Proposition K Informational Meeting Tuesday
Brentwood Superintendent of Schools, David Faulkner will give an overview and answer questions about Prop K at the district office.
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Declining Brentwood Property Values Prompt Prop K for Schools
The tax levy could be rolled back when current TIF projects are paid off.
The Brentwood School District will ask Brentwood taxpayers for more money in the April 2 general election. Proposition K would increase the school district operating tax levy ceiling by 75 cents. That's about $83 per $100,000 of home value over the 2012 taxes levied. Based on the 2011 assessed values, the median home value in Brentwood was about $160,000. Prop K would add $133 over the 2012 taxes, or about $11 per month. Brentwood Superintendent of Schools David Faulkner said declining property valuations are the reason. He said values went down for the first time in 2009. They dropped again in 2011, and the county assessor has told him to expect down values in 2013. “When values goes down, we have to ask to raise the rate so we can …
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Liz Ault
9:43 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
I've already voted. No, No, No. Only 3 things on ballot. I've lived in Brentwood 30 years, and the family I married in to has been here for 60 years. Let's destroy homes in the "hollow" for Promenade - will help pay taxes and reduce mine, What a joke. I agree with those that say vote NO on anything that will increase prop taxes. more ›