Re:95% of Bay Area Cities Lost Zoning Authority
by rcpt on Thursday February 23, 2023 @11:54AM
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It's possibly because of Prop 218. One of Howard Jarvis's more insidious laws which requires that local taxes get 2/3 of votes to pass.
Re:95% of Bay Area Cities Lost Zoning Authority
by jxramos on Thursday February 23, 2023 @01:12PM
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that's interesting, I wonder why it never changed. Been on the books since the late 90s it sounds like.
Ratified November 5, 1996
Date effective November 6, 1996; 26 years ago
> The school board had cited declining enrollment, funding issues and voters’ rejection of a parcel tax as reasons for closing the two schools.
I'm very intrigued that the Cupertino voters rejected a parcel tax, I've seen so many of those in my town and they all pass. They typically go something like "shall the City of Cupertino collect a parcel tax at rate XYZ for the next ZZZ years to replace aging air conditioning and plumbing and other aging building facilities?".