Since 1991, the State has been taking city and county revenues to fund their overspending. This is money that could have used to repair our sidewalks and streets, pay for additional police officers, and improve our infrastructure.
I will work with the cities Costa County to end the theft of local revenues.
The 478 cities in California have formed a coalition with the California State Association of Counties and the California Special Districts Association, called LOCAL (Leave Our Community Assets Local).
We successfully passed Proposition 1A with over 87% of the vote to constitutionally protect our property tax, sales tax and vehicle license fee revenue.
Yet, more work is still needed in the Legislature to bring our State Budget into balance without raising taxes and fees.
Creating a healthy business climate in Brentwood will in itself bring in more revenue to the city through existing sales tax.
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