Monrovia City Manager: State Power Grab 'Unconscionable'

Monrovia City Manager Laurie Lile says the state government is grabbing too much power. In her weekly email report, she writes:

One of the budget trailer bills, AB1484, vested the State Department of Finance with an extraordinary amount of authority to withhold City’s property tax and sales tax if, in the judgment of the state, the payments required through the dissolution of the redevelopment agencies are not adequate.  Our staff is reviewing the bill’s language to better gauge the potential impact to our community; however, despite the immediate financial impact, the power that the state has created for itself to take away resources at a local level is unprecedented and unconscionable.

- Brad Haugaard