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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

California Supreme Court Puts Urban Renewal Out of Business Statewide


THE GUARDIAN learned today via the LA Times Newspaper, all Urban Renewal (aka Redevelopment Agencies in Ca.) will be officially shut down in California as of February 1, 2012.  The High Court in California ruled unanimously in favor of a state law passed last summer to abolish more than 400 redevelopment agencies statewide,

Gov. Jerry Brown called for the demise of all redevelopment agencies in California when he was running for governor and was able to get it passed into law and now the court has ruled in his favor in this matter. Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar, said "the Legislature had the power to create the redevelopment agencies and the power to end them."


Assemblyman Chris Norby of Fullerton, Ca. stated " Redevelopment has become a cash cow for developers. NFL team owners and big box stores who have been on the public dole for a long, long time, subsidized by these redevelopment funds."


We can only hope Idaho Legislators come to the same conclusion about Urban Renewal abuses in Idaho. It is a legalized form of "earmarks" for local government to bypass voter approval of all manner of projects that would never pass muster with voters.  Yet all the funds for Urban Renewal come from property taxes within and outside the UR district.  Higher levy rates are put on property outside the UR districts to make up for the increased demand for city and county services.

We applaud Gov. Brown and the California Legislature's efforts to stop all the waste, fraud and abuses of California property owners. Here's a link to the full article in the LA Times.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/29/local/la-me-redevelopment-20111230 
Posted by Paul Alldredge at 11:19 AM

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousTuesday, January 31, 2012 1:14:00 PM

    Well this tells me Idaho is flush with money and ignorance of taxpayer plight.

    If a state like California takes down urban renewal with a democrat gov. and legislature and affirmed by their high court, it must really be corrupt.

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  2. AnonymousWednesday, February 01, 2012 11:23:00 AM

    Cleaning up corrupt and unsustainable retirement perks for legislators and judges looks to be the topic this year.

    I wonder what the deal was with Sen. Crapo when he pushed the retirement nonsense through the legislature? Now he is part of the problem in Washington DC.

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