ALL ABOUT PARCEL TAX

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George Russell: Tam board serves up a smaller dish

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Tam Union school district to review tax survey results

Officials of the Tamalpais Union High School District will decide Tuesday whether to stay with their original plans for a parcel tax measure on the November ballot, or to amend the tax rate or other terms based on results of a new community survey.

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Tam district postpones decision on parcel tax changes

The board, meeting Tuesday, discussed options for possibly increasing the tax rate after reviewing results of a poll of residents condu

The survey concluded the positive feedback was not strong enough to indicate that the board should make a change.

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Tam school district puts scaled-back tax measure on ballot

After more than a year of debate and discussion, Tamalpais Union High School District officials this week punted off a more costly and longer-term November parcel tax ballot measure in favor of an easier-to-swallow $149 annual supplemental tax for a m

“The vote came after public response to a recent community poll indicated less-than-optimal support for the earlier proposals to guarantee a two-thirds majority needed for passage.“

“I really, really wanted the whole enchilada for 10 years,” said board member Chuck Ford, who voted for the four-year supplemental tax along with Laura Anderson, Leslie Harlanderand Barbara Owens. “But the (poll) numbers are sobering.“The risk of losing (the November vote) is too great,” Ford added. “It would be nice to do it all, but those numbers are too scary.”“

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Hospital district moves toward long-term acute care and urgent care, closure of ER

Singh looked to as district’s ‘Hail Mary’

“There are still concerns about how the transition would impact the $155 annual parcel tax on each taxable parcel in the district. PDHCD issued revenue bonds secured by the parcel tax.“

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Special district would impose new tax for the purchase of open space

Residents who want to preserve open space in the region might have an opportunity to put up their own money.

The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) is considering the formation of a special district that would use tax dollars to buy vacant land targeted for development in the Agoura and Calabasas, and designate the property as open space.

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VIDEO: Williams Lake proposes two per cent tax hike for business sector, zero for residential and industrial

“There was a huge assessment change in the different categories, residential particularly went way up, so the decision has been made to hold the line as far as the residential rate goes,” Cobb said. “We have always been the highest on the industrial tax list and this year they got a reduction on their assessments so we decided to hold the mill rate the same.”

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Measure B voting deadline on Tuesday

Residents in the Mountain View Whisman School District have until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, to turn in ballots for the Measure B parcel tax election.

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Hayward school parcel tax winning in early returns

A measure that would retain an existing parcel tax to fund Hayward’s schools and increase it by $30 per parcel is winning in early returns.

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Voters reject hospital parcel tax increase

Southern Humboldt County voters rejected Measure W, a parcel tax that would fund a new hospital, according to preliminary elections results released Tuesday night.

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Greenbrae voters reject tax hike for medians

Greenbrae voters defeated a ballot measure that would have doubled the parcel tax for street median landscaping.Measure A received 487 votes in favor and 470 against, for a 51 percent majority.

Greenbrae voters defeated a ballot measure that would have doubled the parcel tax for street median landscaping.

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Isla Vista voters approve parcel tax for parks

In Santa Barbara County, of the 11,000 registered voters in Isla Vista, just 550 ballots were cast in this week’s special election there. That’s a five

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Kern Valley Hospital, a 24-bed critical access hospital in Mt. Mesa, Calif. , may close in 2030 if voters do not approve a proposed parcel tax, according to The Bakersfield Californian.

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The Sonoma Valley Healthcare District seeks a five-year extension of the parcel tax, at $250 a year – a $55 increase.

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Measure K funding has been used to keep parks and playgrounds open, preserve after-school programs, and offer various senior activities, according to a GVRD staff report.

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Results of the Los Gatos parcel tax election are expected to be certified on May 15.