property tax

California voters reject rent control and employee rights for gig workers, but close Prop 13 loopholes and restore parolee voting rights

With things like affirmative action, abolishment of cash bail, rent control and a referendum on Proposition 13 on the table,…

3 years ago

Pleasant Hill breaks from budget norms as city contends with Covid-19 revenue loss

The Pleasant Hill City Council, which generally approves city budgets two years at a time, is poised to pass a…

4 years ago

Covid-19 update: State to allow elective surgeries, widespread face covering orders take effect, activists use tech in Earth Day call to action

Stay-at-home orders did not stop activists and the rest of the world from celebrating the 50th year of Earth Day.…

4 years ago

Lafayette fire Station 16 to reopen after nearly six-year closure

Six years after closing amid budgetary struggles, Fire Station No. 16 in Lafayette is set to reopen this spring, and…

5 years ago

Excess SF property taxes could help fund affordable housing

San Francisco's controller has announced that The City will recognize a $415 million windfall thanks to excess property tax revenue.…

5 years ago

SF property tops $200 billion for first time

San Francisco's total property assessment exceeded $200 billion for the first time when the fiscal year 2016-17 assessment was submitted.

8 years ago

Special tax will fund Dogpatch parks

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Friday to form what city officials said is the nation's first green…

9 years ago

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