Odds and ends on an off Friday
•Here’s Tuesday’s City Council agenda. Among the items: continued consideration of an increased hotel tax and increased rental fees at the Civic Auditorium. •Also on the agenda: Property owners have...
View ArticleAnnual financial report Monday (updated)
The City Council Audit Committee meets Monday to discuss the city’s annual financial report. We’ll post it when we get a copy; City Hall was closed Friday. UPDATE: If you’d like to see a copy of the...
View ArticleRedevelopment lobbying
At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, Mayor Ann Johnston said she, Vice Mayor Kathy Miller and Deputy City Manager Mike Locke traveled to Sacramento that morning to lobby lawmakers against killing...
View ArticleMore on redevelopment debt
Last month the City Council memorialized about $111 million in debt the city’s redevelopment agency owes city funds fronted for numerous projects over the past 35 years. The council also approved a...
View ArticleOral arguments on redevelopment agencies
Tune in to The California Channel at 9 a.m. Nov. 10 to watch oral arguments before the California Supreme Court over the constitutionality of the state’s attempt to do away with redevelopment agencies,...
View ArticleStockton’s $3.98M patch
Here’s some numbers underpinning today’s story on more bad news about the city’s waning budget. This is right out of a city report on the new holes in the general plan and the solutions to patching...
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