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Salinas Taxpayers Association

Salinas Taxpayers Association

Analysis of Budget and Tax Issues for People Living or Doing Business in the City of Salinas (Monterey County, California)

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Salinas Taxpayers Association

Category: School Construction

Salinas Taxpayers Association Recommends Plan to Salinas Union High School District Board to Get Construction on Track

October 30, 2017 Budget and Tax Analyst School Construction

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

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Alisal Union School District Bond Measure – Salinas Taxpayers Association Opposes Measure M (November 2016)

September 29, 2016 Budget and Tax Analyst School Bond Measures - Monterey County, School Construction

Below are the official primary opposition argument and the official rebuttal opposition argument in the Monterey County Official Voter Guide to Measure M, authorizing the Alisal Union School District (based in Salinas) to borrow $70,000,000 from investors via bond sales

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Hartnell College Bond Measure – Salinas Taxpayers Association Opposes Measure T (November 2016)

September 29, 2016 Budget and Tax Analyst School Bond Measures - Monterey County, School Construction

Below are the official primary opposition argument and the official rebuttal opposition argument in the Monterey County Official Voter Guide to Measure T, authorizing the Hartnell Community College District (based in Salinas) to borrow $167,000,000 from investors via

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Governor Brown Signs School Bond Reform Bill Supported by Salinas Taxpayers Association

August 18, 2016 Budget and Tax Analyst School Bond Abuses, School Construction

The Salinas Taxpayers Association supported Assembly Bill 2116, introduced by Assemblyman Jim Gallagher, to give taxpayer groups and the public more leverage from state law to curtail abuses in bond finance for California school and community

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Salinas Union High School District Board to Vote on Project Labor Agreement – September 29 Special Meeting

September 27, 2015 Budget and Tax Analyst School Construction

UPDATE: The board of the Salinas Union High School District voted 5-1 for the Project Labor Agreement. Voting YES were Carlos Rubio, Patty Padilla-Salsberg, Phillip Tabera, Kathryn Ramirez, and Lila Cann. Voting NO was Evamarie Martinez. One seat is vacant. On September 22,

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Tax Links

1. Other Monterey County Taxpayer Organizations

Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association

Seaside Taxpayers Association

2. Northern California County Taxpayer Organizations

Contra Costa Taxpayers Association

Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association

San Joaquin County Taxpayers Association

Valley Taxpayers Coalition

Central Solano Citizen/Taxpayer Group

Solano County Taxpayers Association

Kern County Taxpayers Association

Sonoma County Taxpayers Association

Napa County Taxpayers Association

Marin United Taxpayers Association

3. Southern California County Taxpayer Organizations

San Diego County Taxpayers Association

Orange County Taxpayers Association

Inland Empire Taxpayers Association

Ventura County Taxpayers Association

Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association

4. California Taxpayer Organizations

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

Calfornia Taxpayers Association

5. California School and Community College Bond Oversight

California League of Bond Oversight Committees (CalBOC)

6. California Taxpayer-Oriented Studies

California Policy Center Study: "For the Kids" – A Comprehensive Review of California School Bonds

7. National Taxpayer Organizations

National Taxpayers Union

Tax Foundation

Citizens Against Government Waste

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