L.A. voters passed Measure A, which replaced and increased an earlier county-wide sales tax for the homeless. That tax, passed a decade ago, failed to stem the growth of the homeless population and may even have encouraged it.
Two cities in the county, Lancaster and Palmdale, are now paying a sales tax of 11.25% — the highest in the U.S.
Separately, another tax supposedly for the benefit of the homeless, Measure ULA, is impeding the rebuilding effort in Los Angeles after the recent, devastating wildfires. The so-called “mansion tax” has depressed real estate transactions.
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and the billions they raised before this to take care of the homeless just disappeared? or did it just go to the grift
ReplyDeleteI can't remember a time when L.A. had an honest government that was for the people. When I was a kid local reporter Jerry Dunphy was on the news every night talking about some corruption. Jerry was an honest ex-cop.
ReplyDeleteNext up, a new "we'll vote for any new tax you want" ballot item.
ReplyDeleteAs a resident of Comiefornia I can tell you that not one dime of that sales tax will go for homeless people. It will be diverted to gavin and nancy's corporations as payment for some boondogle. ie. high speed train to nowhere.
ReplyDeleteWhere do you get justice when the jurists are corrupt and protected by the gestapo. Not an exaggeration.
DeleteSo Californians actually trust that their elections are honest? Suckers.
ReplyDeleteThe stupidity of municipal governments is astounding. There's a simple principle we all learn as toddlers: if you reward a particular behavior you get more of it; if you punish it you get less. LA has lavished hundreds of millions of dollars on services for the homeless . . . and they wonder why they get more homelessness?
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