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Analysis of Measure R and Measure RR |
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Chula Vista’s Bayfront--A Risky Proposition |
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Analysis of the Chula Vista’s Bayfront Plan & Gaylord Project Finds Plan “Fatally Flawed”
Download Study p>San Diego-TaxpayersAdvocate.org today released an analysis of the Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan (CVBMP) which found that while promising to generate “…millions of dollars of new revenues for the Port of San Diego, the City of Chula Vista and Chula Vista’s redevelopment agency, the requirement of almost $300 million in up-front infrastructure costs make it fatally flawed.” The study found that the City’s “…financial problems will likely preclude it from participating in up-front infrastructure financing. Any attempt to do so could have drastic and fatal consequences for the City if Chula Vista.” |
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San Diego City Attorney—Use of Unbudgeted Prop 64 Funds |
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Dear Chairperson Atkins and Members of the Committee: TaxpayersAdvocate.org is conducting a fiscal and management review of the San Diego City Attorney’s office. The primary intent of this project is to focus on how and where the San Diego City Attorney spends taxpayer’s funds and resources. |
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Standard & Poors Downgrades Chula Vista Credit Rating |
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Chula Vista Facing Looming Fiscal Crisis |
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 A Fiscal Analysis of the City of Chula Vista
The City of Chula Vista is facing a serious, self-created financial crisis. This looming crisis is as a result of actions by City Council and is caused by the following factors: - Significant increases to spending, which has consistently out-stripped healthy revenue growth
- Significant increase in General Fund debt
- Significant increase in un-funded pension liability
Download Complete Study | Newsrelease | City of Chula Vista Response |
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Fiscal Analysis of the City of Solana Beach |
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Solana Beach — Financial Storm Clouds Ahead Download: (PDF)
Complete Study Employee Compensation “…small cities such as Solana Beach are considered today on the “endangered list.” There is a real and rational concern throughout the county, among city management and civic leaders, as to whether or not small cities will be able to survive the competition for finances, resources, and the lure of the “large pockets” found among large cities and counties.” Mayor David Powell, State of the City Address, June 21, 2006 |
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California Seeks to Ban Investment in Iran |
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 — It is the kind of political movement that fits handily on a bumper sticker: Divest Iran. Over the past year, one state, Missouri, has opted to do just that, while several others, including New Jersey, have also begun to write or to consider legislation to divest. But the nascent movement took on decidedly more weight last week with the preliminary success of a bill in the California Legislature.
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Support for AB 221 -- Iran Divestment |
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Honorable Edward P. Hernandez, Chair Assembly PERS Committee
California State Assembly
Sacramento, CA Dear Chairman Hernandez and Members of the Committee: I am writing to urge you to support AB 221. Since American taxpayers have spent billions of dollars fighting terrorism, it seems bizarre at best that California taxpayer's are investing in foreign companies which do business with the terror-supporting nation of Iran. |
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Taxpayers should not fund terrorists |
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“It is unconscionable for our country's public pension systems to permit investment in companies that provide revenues, advanced equipment and technology to countries that threaten our vital security interests.” U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. |
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