NEWS ALERT: BizFed Takes On Split Roll!

We’re speaking out and getting great earned media! Did you see my latest message about Split Roll published in the Los Angeles Daily News opposing split roll? Click here to read the full Op-Ed or see it in print this Sunday. Higher property taxes on businesses still loom, despite Measure EE’s defeat “Last month, voters overwhelmingly rejected […]

PRESS RELEASE: CONCERNS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE RISE

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Robert L. Duarte, Jr. Operations & Project Manager Robert.Duarte@BizFed.org | (323) 889-4348 Concerns About Homelessness, Infrastructure On The Rise; General Business Outlook Wanes LOS ANGELES, Calif. (June 17, 2019) – The 11th annual poll of Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) shows that business owners share the same concerns […]

NEWS ALERT: LAUSD’s many taxing troubles

LAUSD’s many taxing troubles Supt. Austin Beutner and Monica Garcia, president of the LAUSD School Board, talk to each other during Tuesday’s school board meeting in Los Angeles on, January 8, 2019. Parents opposed the boards vote to simplify the process for volunteering by rolling back background checks saying the board approved it to help […]

NEWS ALERT: LAUSD hasn’t shown it can be responsible. Vote No on Measure EE

LAUSD hasn’t shown it can be responsible. Vote No on Measure EE By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | opinion@scng.com | PUBLISHED: May 10, 2019 at 3:52 pm | UPDATED: May 10, 2019 at 3:52 pm On June 4, voters in the boundaries of the Los Angeles Unified School District will decide whether or not to approve Measure EE, a $500 million per year […]

Press Release: LAUSD’s MEASURE EE DEALT MAJOR SETBACK IN TAXPAYERS LAWSUIT HEARING

Contact: Matt Klink (310) 283-6267 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAUSD’s MEASURE EE DEALT MAJOR SETBACK IN TAXPAYERS LAWSUIT HEARING LOS ANGELES – In a stunning setback to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Measure EE, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary Strobel today ignored requests from a District lawyer to dismiss the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association’s […]

NEWS Alert: Measure EE election goes forward, but legal challenge continues

Measure EE election goes forward, but legal challenge continues By HOWARD BLUME MAY 09, 2019 | 7:35 PM Los Angeles voters will be able to cast ballots on a proposed property tax for schools, but the measure will face a hearing on its validity after the June 4 election. If approved by two-thirds of voters, […]

NEWS ALERT: Last-min. changes to ballot could create problems for Measure EE

Last-minute changes to ballot language could create problems for L.A. schools tax measure By HOWARD BLUME MAY 02, 2019 | 5:40 PM Parking structures like this one in downtown are suddenly the focus of whether L.A. school districts officials followed the rules in deciding what to tax as part of a June ballot measure. (Scott Harrison / Los […]