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By Erica Madison Just three days before the New Year, the California Supreme Court handed down a ruling that dissolved Alameda City’s Community Improvement Commission as well as 400 other redevelopment agencies in California. In a ruling released today, the California Supreme Court has ruled that the State of California can legally abolish local redevelopment agencies. Earlier this year, the State introduced legislation to do just that, to preserve funding for the K-12 schools, and the California Redevelopment Association sued. Alameda City Council will receive an annual report on the city’s redevelopment agency tonight at a special joint meeting of Alameda City Council and the Community Improvement Commission. By Erica Madison In March and April of 2011, Gallagher and Burk Inc. were contracted by the Public Works Department to perform capital improvements to Otis Drive, Park Avenue, and Robert Davey Jr. Drive. By Erica Madison “We want everyone on their best behavior,” laughed Planning Services Manager Andrew Thomas, at Monday’s Planning Board meeting. By Erica Madison and Staff Reports Located on Harbor Bay Parkway, VF Outdoors‘ construction is on schedule to bring its business to Alameda, thanks to a recent unanimous parcel map approval from the Alameda Planning Board. An audit of 18 California redevelopment agencies release last week by California State Controller John Chiang found that five of the 18 agencies failed to make $33.6 million in required payments to schools within their redevelopment areas. The missed payments mean that the State of California has to increase the amount it pays out to local school districts. There’s an e-mail circulating in Alameda urging readers to “Email, write, fax and call your state senator and assembly member and tell him or her that you support the governor’s proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies. Then email others, especially people involved in online communities, and urge them to do the same.” It’s originating from an unexpected source – a real estate developer in Capitola, California. As Alameda residents get ready to vote on another Alameda Unified School Parcel Tax, Measure A, on the ballot on March 8th, the non-partisan California State Legislative Analyst’s Office is sparing with the California Redevelopment Association over the Office’s interpretation of the impact of Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies across the state. The California Redevelopment Association has sued the State of California over budget moves in the past that transferred $2 billion from state redevelopment agencies to K-12 funding. A letter from Action Alameda News publisher David Howard… Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to eliminate some 400+ redevelopment agencies across the state of California comes as the Alameda Unified School District reaches out to voters yet again for a parcel tax. Across the state, redevelopment agencies divert to development subsidies some $5 billion of local property taxes per year. (Source: State controller’s annual report on redevelopment agencies.) |
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