Sentences with phrase «pass parcel taxes»

Higher income families already donate large amounts, pass parcel taxes and bonds to get facilities up to par.

«We are pleased that the district has agreed to terms that will ensure that all public school students are eligible for their fair share of funding in the spirit intended, and as voters mandated» when they passed the parcel tax, said Jed Wallace, president and CEO of the charter schools association.

Critics also noted that voters passed another parcel tax — Measure G — just six months ago and argued that the generosity of Oakland property owners might have worn thin.

Not exact matches

By contrast, only one of the other 17 parcel tax measures around the state passed in the last election.

In the most recent election, a parcel tax to support maintenance of facilities passed with just over 80 precent of the vote.

David Brillant, a Walnut Creek attorney who represented property owners in the Borikas case, also has sued to invalidate four parcel taxes that districts passed last November that would appear to raise the same issues.

Asked if they are willing to change Proposition 13 to make it easier to pass local parcel taxes, just 39 percent of likely voters say it is a good idea to lower the two - thirds vote requirement to 55 percent.

If a measure to increase local parcel taxes for public schools were on the ballot, about half of likely voters (48 %) would vote yes — a level of support far short of the two - thirds majority needed to pass a local parcel tax.

The lawsuit was the first that the charter schools association had brought over a parcel tax, which 124 districts in the state — about 1 in 8 — have passed at some point, according to a 2013 EdSource report.