CALIFORNIA CITY VOTERS TURN DOWN PARCEL TAX PLANS.Byline For the use of the term in football (soccer), see Byline (soccer). The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, and often the position, of the writer of the article. : Daily News California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). City voters are making a habit of voting down parcel taxes. In the fourth rejection in less than two years, citizens voted 835 to 816 against Measure G, which would have imposed an annual property tax of $25 a parcel for five years to pay for street repairs and maintenance. They voted 836 to 810 for Measure H, a tax of $20 a parcel for five years to fund police services - but the measure needed approval of two-thirds of voters to pass. With the defeat of the taxes, the problem facing city officials is how to make up a $400,000 gap in city spending that was plugged this fiscal year by borrowing from the city's general fund reserve. ``The question is, can I do that and maintain the same level of services?'' City Manager Steve West Steve West can refer to:
1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have ) extremely questionable.'' West said he expects to make his proposal for dealing with the revenue gap to the City Council at its first meeting in May. The city has laid off 44 percent of its employees over the last two years, cutting its budget by 33 percent - from $3 million in 1994-95, the last year of the previous parcel tax, to $2 million this year, West said. Combined, the taxes would have raised about $1.75 million - about $1 million for road paving and street maintenance, and $750,000 for police services. |
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