On a 7-0 vote, the Salinas City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 operations and capital improvement budgets at their meeting on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Here’s the link to documents presented to the Salinas
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Salinas Taxpayers Association Submits Letter to Salinas City Council for Its Strategic Planning Session on January 26, 2019
Link to PDF Version of Letter: Salinas Taxpayers Association Letter to Salinas City Council – January 26, 2019 Strategic Planning Session Text of Letter: January 25, 2019 Dear Salinas City Councilmembers: At your Strategic Planning
Read moreSalinas City Council Holds Study Session About Proposed 2018-19 Budget
On May 29, 2018, the Salinas City Council held a “study session” on its Fiscal Year 2018-19 Operations Budget and its Capital Improvement Program Budget. See video here: Salinas City Council – May 29, 2018 –
Read moreSalinas Taxpayers Association Recommends Plan to Salinas Union High School District Board to Get Construction on Track
UPDATE: The Salinas Union High School District board of trustees has scheduled a special meeting on November 1, 2017 to discuss the challenges and schedule changes for the construction project in closed session (behind closed
Read moreSalinas Taxpayers Association Seeks Ratepayer Representation on Any Monterey Bay Community Power Community Advisory Committee
The Salinas Taxpayers Association is asking Monterey Bay Community Power to include organizations that represent taxpayer and ratepayer interests in any future agency community advisory committees. Below is the letter sent on October 9, 2017
Read more“Certain Stakeholders” Nudging Up Electricity Rates for Future Customers of Monterey Bay Community Power
The Salinas Taxpayers Association is one of numerous groups in Monterey County concerned about the direction of Monterey Bay Community Power, the new “community choice aggregation” public agency that will obtain and supply electricity to
Read moreNorth Monterey County Unified School District Bond Measures – We Think They’re Illegal
A state and local trend toward “democracy” in California is to schedule elections for the routine primary and general election dates in even years, when Americans generally expect votes to occur for President, Congress, Governor,
Read moreSalinas Financial Sustainability Plan Framework – City Staff Proposal to Eliminate the Structural Deficit and Balance the Budget
Below is a link to the new City of Salinas Financial Sustainability Plan Framework. This is the proposal for how the City of Salinas can eliminate a significant structural budget deficit and balance its budget. The Salinas
Read moreA Grim Outlook for the City of Salinas Budget: Pension Obligations Trigger Rising Deficits
On February 21, 2017, staff for the City of Salinas presented their “Fiscal Year 2016-17 Mid-Year Budget Review and Budget Adjustments” to the city council. It contained some bad news for taxpayers: This mid-year review
Read moreAlisal Union School District Again Gets a Waiver from Bond Measure Debt Limit in State Law
Two Salinas Valley school districts will be able to borrow money for construction in an amount that exceeds limits in state law intended to protect taxpayers. Today (March 9) the State Board of Education approved waiver requests
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