Yesterday (4/17/19), Tracy took the NO ON EE fight to the airwaves on KTLA, 5 News! Tracy informed voters why to vote NO on EE on June 4th and stood tall for the Business Community, Homeowners, Property Owners, and Renters! Check out the video below (on the No on EE website) and share it on Facebook and Twitter! #VoteNOonEE
Garcetti, in yearly address, pushes new tax to support L.A. schools
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“Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti used his annual State of the City address Wednesday to make an extended sales pitch for Measure EE, a new tax for public schools that faces sharp opposition from the region’s business groups.”
“More than a dozen business groups have lined up against Measure EE, which needs a two-thirds majority to pass. Last week, the leader of one of those groups accused a high-level Garcetti advisor of making threats over their opposition to the new tax. The advisor, Rick Jacobs, denied the allegations. Minutes after the speech ended, Chip Ahlswede, chief executive of the Beverly Hills Greater Los Angeles Assn. of Realtors, issued a statement calling Measure EE “the wrong solution” to the school district’s woes. ‘Measure EE does not guarantee that funding goes toward children or into the classroom,’ he said. ‘In fact, it’s more likely that our hard-earned tax dollars will be used to fund retiree pension debt and health costs, more bureaucrats and more consultants.’”
Battles over local tax measures heat up
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“The California Tax Foundation calculates that bills already introduced this year would raise Californians’ taxes by $6.2 billion a year with others to come.”
“The financially strapped Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is seeking voter approval in June of an unusual form of “parcel tax” on property, hoping to raise as much as a half-billion dollars a year. The jousting over LAUSD’s Proposition EE turned nasty last week. Tracy Hernandez, chief executive of the Los Angeles County Business Federation, alleged that Measure EE campaign manager Rick Jacobs told her that federation members who campaigned against the measure would be frozen out of dealings with the City of Los Angeles, whose mayor, Eric Garcetti, is backing the tax.”
LAUSD’s decision to tax homeowners, renters and businesses is in response to the promises made by the district to meet union demands that ended the strike earlier this year.
- Measure EE has no accountability and oversight on how much of the $500 million raised each year will be spent on overhead, salaries, pension debts, and outside consultants.
- This measure doesn’t require any fundamental reform that will fix the school district. LAUSD should fix longstanding problems, reform its broken system and better control its run-away finances.
- It is a per square foot parcel tax, not a flat rate, ultimately putting the burden on low-income taxpayers and the business community. Instead, LAUSD needs to demand money from Sacramento politicians.
Website is LIVE! Visit www.VoteNOonEE.com to find out why Measure EE is the wrong solution for the LAUSD. Follow @NoOnMeasureEE on Twitter!
Vote June 4th, No on Measure EE!
