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Special Taxes: Is 2/3 or 50% voter approval needed?

July 18, 2019 By Tim Seufert

By Tim Seufert The California Constitution requires that special taxes receive 2/3 voter approval for implementation, and this has been the general understanding for decades. Specifically, Proposition 218 requires that special taxes proposed by a council or board receive 2/3 approval for implementation. More recently, however, a court case, the California Cannabis Coalition v. City […]

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How to Use Sales Tax Data to Create Results for your Public Agency

March 8, 2017 By Rob Braulik

Scenario I am a Finance Director/Manager in a City that like others is seeking to maximize revenues from existing businesses and find new revenues to help our city have sufficient revenues to provide quality services to our residents and the community at-large.  Here’s the problem.  The Finance Director/Manager is inundated every day with new reports […]

Filed Under: Finance & Taxation Tagged With: economic development, finance

Bondtacular Event is Spectacular

November 24, 2015 By Kim Castro

On November 19, 2015 MMANC (Region 1) organized an event called “BONDTACULAR, Sustainable Future with Bonds” which was hosted by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, the City of Mountain View and Stifel. Stifel provided an expert overview on many technical themes from financing options available to fund infrastructure to the intricacies of the municipal […]

Filed Under: Events & Programs, Finance & Taxation, Govern, Places, SF/Peninsula/South Bay/Monterey Bay Tagged With: ballot measures, bonds, event, networking

Fiscal Literacy for Everyone on the Government Ladder

August 20, 2015 By Amy Walcker

Imagine a small child tugging on his mother’s arm in a department store. The child is asking if he can buy the toy clutched in his hand. When the mother denies the child’s request, the child questions why. If the mother chooses to provide a response, she will likely say the toy is priced too […]

Filed Under: Finance & Taxation, Govern, Lead, Managing People, North Bay & Coast Tagged With: employees, finance, fiscal literacy, team development

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