CITY WON'T SEEK TAX PALMDALE NOT PLANNING FEE FOR DEPUTIES.Byline: Jim Skeen Do you mean:
PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - Palmdale officials have no plans to put a law enforcement parcel tax before the voters and have not taken a position on Sheriff Lee Baca's proposed half-cent sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. measure, the mayor said Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant . Stating that he was responding to concerns expressed by Palmdale residents, Mayor Jim Ledford said the city has no plans for a parcel-tax measure like the one going before Lancaster voters in April to fund additional sheriff's deputies. Ledford said confusion among citizens has risen from the Lancaster tax debate and from Baca's tax proposal. ``There is no effort to bring a parcel tax to Palmdale,'' Ledford said. ``That is something we would not do.'' Lancaster residents will vote April 13 on Measure 04-A, a $25-per-parcel annual tax aimed at paying for 10 additional deputies. That measure requires a two-thirds majority to pass. Palmdale will draw from its budget for any increases in law enforcement, Ledford said. There is also confusion in Palmdale stemming from the Baca proposal, the mayor said. The City Council has not taken a position on the Baca proposal and probably will not until the proposal qualifies for the ballot, Ledford said. Ledford's comments came a day after Baca held a press conference in Palmdale to drum up support for the half-cent sales tax proposal. Baca's proposal is to increase the county sales tax by a half-cent to generate $500 million annually for law enforcement. Baca is proposing that one-third of the funding would go to the Sheriff's Department, another third to the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . , and the rest would be divided among other law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). in the county. The allotments would be divided among cities based on population; more than $6.1 million annually would be for Palmdale and more than $5.9 million would be for Lancaster. Supporters of the Baca proposal need to collect 200,000 signatures to put the tax proposal on the ballot. If the proposal qualifies for the ballot, the City Council would then analyze the measure, Ledford said. Ledford said he personally has not taken a position on the Baca proposal, but that he has questions about it, including whether it is equitable equitable adj. 1) just, based on fairness and not legal technicalities. 2) refers to positive remedies (orders to do something, not money damages) employed by the courts to solve disputes or give relief. (See: equity) EQUITABLE. to base the distribution of funds on population. Ledford also noted the controversy over Proposition 172, a statewide half-cent sales tax for law enforcement approved in 1993. Palmdale probably contributes about $5 million annually as a result of that tax hike, but does not see any benefit from it, Ledford said. Palmdale will likely increase its number of deputies in the upcoming 2004-2005 city budget, he said. While the state budget crisis will probably take revenue from the city, Palmdale is growing and should be able to boost its law enforcement contract, the mayor said. Palmdale might also see the start of construction of its new sheriff's station this year. County officials are reviewing bids for the project, estimated to cost $22.7 million. The new station will consist of a 47,000-square-foot main building, including a 7,800-square-foot jail, a 5,900-square-foot vehicle-maintenance building, and staff and visitor parking. A 3,700-square-foot community room and a helipad hel·i·pad n. See heliport. A prepared area designated and used for takeoff and landing of helicopters. (Includes touchdown or hover point.) have been included in the bid package but might be eliminated, depending on contractors' bids. The lease on the existing Palmdale station is scheduled to expire expire /ex·pire/ (ek-spi´er) 1. to exhale. 2. to die. ex·pire v. 1. To breathe one's last breath; die. 2. To exhale. in November 2008 and can be terminated at any time, county officials said. The 11.5-acre project site, at Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling and Avenue Q, is being given to the county by the city of Palmdale. Under the terms of the land transfer, the city has the option to buy back the site, with the improvements, at current market value if the city chooses to terminate its service contract with the Sheriff's Department. The station will replace leased quarters in a shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into at Palmdale Boulevard and 10th Street East. Deputies now must have their cars serviced at a local garage; they book evidence and prisoners at the Lancaster sheriff's station eight miles away. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com |
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