Compton Property Taxes Near the Top in County Rates
A study shows Compton residents face one of the county’s highest combined tax rates. The average $24 000 home would pay 903 in taxes including 485 for schools and 268 for county, city and special district taxes. Exemptions could cut bills by 68 to 101. Other cities’ rates and totals are listed for context.
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Compton
Unty
Westlake
Valfeheia
Campion
Aea
Long ‘Beach
Independent, Press-Telegram
Cial
Santa Monica
Malibu
Commerce
el Segundo
Beverly Hills
City of
Los Angeles
County fights SCAG control in RTD finance bill
County supervisors clashed with a proposed RTD finance bill that would levy an extra quarter cent on the gates tax while ceding revenue control to the Southern California Association of Governments. They directed lobbyists to seek deletion of the SCAG provision while opposing a separate bill shifting gasoline tax revenues to the State Highway Commission.
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Southern California Association of Governments
Senate
Assembly
Frank Bonelli
Bonelli
Warren Dorn
Dorn
State Highway Commission
California
County seeks car pool study to curb smog fight
The county chief administrative officer was ordered to study forming a computerized county employee car pool. A motion urged all local governments and industries to promote car pools to cut smog. Dorn noted cars cause over 9 percent of county smog and urged new employees to join pools. He cited San Bernardino County's computerized pool and suggested private firms help set up a Pushbutton program.
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Warren Dorn
Dern
Dorn
San Bernardino
Marin board approves bulletproof shield for San Quentin case
The Marin County Board of Supervisors approved in principle a floor to ceiling bulletproof glass shield for the courtroom where defendants in the San Quentin killings will face trial. The vote followed Judge Henry Broderick’s appeal amid fears of new disclosures from the Aug 21 case. Dist. Atty. Bruce Bales plans indictments against attorney Stephen Bingham and other unnamed inmates related to the San Quentin violence that killed three guards, two white inmates, and Saladad Brother George Jackson during an abortive escape attempt.
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San Rafael
Marin County Board of Supervisors
San Quentin
Superior Court
Henry Broderick
Angela Davis-Ruchell Magee
Bruce Bales
Grand
Stephen Bingham
Saladad
George Jackson
County voting devices under review amid bid protests
Supervisors move to cancel IBM contract and buy new voting systems from Computer Election System and Western Molded Fibre, aiming to save about 1.6 million dollars. State election commission must rule on acceptability of lighter compact devices. ERA urged a 803,000 package with Comp uvote bases. Compuvote contends tooling.
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IBM Corp
State Election Commission
Ernest Debs
State Commission
Vole Recorders
IBM
Economic Research Associates
ERA
Compuvote Inc
Compuvote
Thomas Woods
Compuvota
Debs Claims State Commission Rejected Compact Model
Debs says a call from a knowledgeable man warned the state oil commission would not approve the compact model, details unclear.
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Debs
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Palos Verdes
Hawaiian Gardens
Artesia
Alla
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L.A. Borean
Corningware
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State Olenion Commission
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