Such a move would relieve some of the property owners who have
been fighting the assessment tax that supports the
organization.
The Board of Directors at Downtown Inc. is mulling over the idea
of shrinking the assessment district’s boundaries.
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Assessment district consultant Marco Mandri said the formation
of the district involved some unusual methods.
Property owners on both sides of a battle over the downtown
assessment tax spoke at Tuesday’s council meeting.
Members of a group fighting a downtown assessment levy say they
are suffering from taxation without representation.
Jose Pulido says his family’s auto care shop gets no benefit
from a downtown assessment tax that funds Downtown Inc. His brother
— and mayor of Santa Ana — has been a champion of the booster
organization.
Downtown property and business owners — mainly those who run
mom-and-pop shops — showed up to Tuesday’s City Council meeting to
protest what they say is an unfair tax.
Downtown business owners — mainly those who run mom-and-pop
shops — will be at the Santa Ana City Council meeting Tuesday
night to protest what they say is an unfair tax.
Denizens of the downtown Artists Village have spoken out against
what they say is a lack of support from city leaders. Recently,
city leaders have reached out. The artists, however, remain
skeptical.
The artists in Santa Ana’s Artists Village are fed up with the
what they call the creeping gentrification of their neighborhood
and a general lack of respect from the powers that be.
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