Tax reforms urged to ease California home ownership burdens
Bob Schmidt argues in a Sacramento column that the present property tax assessment system penalizes homeowners. He notes rising assessments raise taxes despite little change in actual home value, harming retirees and discouraging maintenance and improvements. Some states cut taxes with home upgrades, suggesting California needs major revision to encourage ownership.
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California
Sacramento
Bob Schmidt
Schmidt
House subcommittee backs Social Security coverage for government workers
A House subcommittee voted to make Social Security coverage mandatory for all federal, state, and local government civil servants. The plan would raise costs for cities and counties, with Los Angeles County expected to add about 20,000 workers to coverage and local taxpayers bearing a 6.05 percent payroll increase for many employees. The proposal aims to raise roughly 10 billion dollars in the first year, funded largely by local taxes.
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House
Long Beach
Public Employees
Los Angeles
Letters to the editor on ID cards and marina plans
A reader urges a workable ID system to distinguish citizens from non citizens amid fears of border enforcement and discrimination. The letter also critiques a downtown marina proposal with concerns about financing costs, environmental mitigation, and an alternative 300 slip plan offering park space and affordable recreation. It praises Greyhound service for funding via taxes and warns against taxpayer burdens if subsidies fade.
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A. Pedersen
Afl-Cio
Bowler Patrol
Mary Neiswender
1, P-T
I, P-T
Marina
EIA
Queensway Bay
Greyhound Service
Robert J. Swan
Senior Utopia Center a long awaited Long Beach project
Spectator recounts Coastal Program Advisory Committee meeting about the Marina production and three decades of council participation. A lifelong Long Beach resident reflects on failed promises of a senior citizens' building and cheers a new facility as a hoped-for boost to recreation, wellbeing, and community life. ED Lancaster expresses gratitude to city officials and pledges support for a happier lifestyle.
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TPT
Mary Neiswender
Marina
Long Beach
Ours
ED Lancaster
Banking reform faces resistance in Congress over audit power
Washington reports that banking reform faces GOP and Democratic resistance as Rosenthal and St Germain press to empower the General Accounting Office to audit federal banking agencies. Rep Brown blocks progress with amendments and strategy, amid scrutiny of campaign contributions from major banks.
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General Accounting Office
Capitol Hill
House
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
Ernand St. Germain
D-R.l
Rosenthal
St. Germain
Garr- Brown
R-Mich
Brown
House Banking Committee
Seniors oppose canal crisis stance and warn against war
Arthur Barsky of Long Beach argues aging citizens distort canal politics and favor force against Panama while decrying violence. He condemns arms escalation, cites Vietnam, and urges compassion over punitive global conflict.
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Panama Canal
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Russia
Panamas
U.S
Mars
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Orly
Vietnam
United States
Arthur Barsky
Long Beach
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