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Arrests
Cody Calhoun Davis, 20, arrested for disorderly conduct: alcohol and underage in possession of alcohol in public in the North Village on Jan. 2
Gregorio Botello, 20, arrested for driving without a license on Main Street on Jan. 2
Matthew John Smith, arrested for assault with a deadly weapon: not a firearm or means likely to produce great bodily harm and possession/making/selling a dangerous weapon on Center Street on Jan. 3
Randia Katherine Rayle, 20, arrested for battery on a cohabitant/spouse/other on Hidden Valley Road on Jan. 3
Bren Ray Shamel, 36, arrested for resisting/obstructing an officer, operating a motor vehicle with the intent to evade, willfully flee or otherwise elude a pursuing peace officer and driving with a suspended license on Lodestar Drive on Jan 4
Geri Loverme, 50, arrested for disorderly conduct: alcohol on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Nicholas K. Burgess, 21, arrested for disorderly conduct: alcohol on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Citations
Shoplifting citation issued on Minaret Road on Jan. 2
Stoplamps required citation issued on Sierra Nevada Road on Jan. 2
Underage in possession of alcohol in public in North Village on Jan. 2
No street parking citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No street parking citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No street parking citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
Parking/stopping within 15 feet of a fire hydrant citation issued on Rainbow Lane on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
No parking zone citation issued on Lakeview Boulevard on Jan. 2
Driving without a license citation issued on Main Street on Jan. 2
Unregistered vehicle citation issued on Lee Road on Jan. 3
Failure to yield right of way citation issued on Old Mammoth Road on Jan. 4
Unregistered vehicle citation issued on Meridian Boulevard on Jan. 4
Stop sign limit line citation issued on Azimuth on Jan. 4
Resisting/obstructing a peace officer citation issued on Lodestar Drive on Jan. 4
Disorderly conduct: alcohol citation issued on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Disorderly conduct: alcohol citation issued on the corner of Minaret Road and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4
Using cell phone while driving citation issued on Meridian Boulevard on Jan. 4
Incidents
Grand theft property: $400+ incident reported on Meadow Lane on Jan. 2
Driving without a license incident reported on Main Street on Jan. 2
Petty theft incident reported on Sierra Nevada Road on Jan. 2
Unauthorized use of personal information incident reported on Jan. 2
Hit and run: failure to locate/notify owner incident reported on Meridian Boulevard on Jan. 2
Assault with a deadly weapon: not a firearm or means likely to produce great bodily harm incident reported on Lupin Street on Jan. 3
Lost property found incident reported in the North Village
Vehicle towed on South Frontage Road Jan. 3
Burlary incident reported on Main Street on Jan. 3
Defrauding the ski area incident reported at Chair 4 on Jan. 3
Defrauding the ski area incident reported at Canyon Lodge on Jan. 3
Hit and run: failure to locate/notify owner incident reported in Vons parking lot on Jan. 4
Resisting/obstructing a peace officer incident reported on Lodestar Drive on Jan. 4
Disorderly conduct: alcohol incident reported on corner of Minaret Boulevard and Lake Mary Road on Jan. 4 |
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Thursday, 03 April 2008 |
Figures show Town's take actually more than 4.4 percent on books
By Stacey Powells
Mammoth Times Staff Writer
Proposition 13, officially titled the "People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation," a ballot initiative to amend the constitution of the state of California, was enacted by voters on June 6, 1978. The proposition's passage resulted in a cap on property tax rates in the state, reducing them by an average of 57 percent. In addition to lowering property taxes, the initiative also contained language requiring a two-thirds majority in both legislative houses for future increases in all state tax rates or amounts of revenue collected, including income tax rates. Proposition 13 received an enormous amount of publicity, not only in California, but throughout the United States.
Since the passage of Proposition 13, many counties in California, including Mono County, have scrambled to fill the financial gaps left open due to the lack of property tax money no longer filtering down through governmental tentacles.
Any new taxes would have to be voter approved, but since the proposition has been called the "third rail," or the "untouchable subject," of California politics, it is not politically popular for Sacramento lawmakers to attempt to change it.
When taxes were combined and capped at 1 percent, every taxing agency, i.e. special districts, school districts, etc., that was collecting was allocated its proportionate share of that single percent. If a taxing agency was not in existence in 1978, it either received no taxes or had to make an agreement with the existing entities receiving taxes for a portion of theirs. State law determines the allocation of taxes.
Every year questions are raised about how the property taxes that are collected on behalf of Mono County are distributed. According to the Mono County Department of Finance, the Town of Mammoth receives 4.4 percent of the total county-wide tax value, but because the majority of the population in Mono County resides in the Town of Mammoth Lakes, they really receive much more than 4.4 percent. The tax roll for Mono County (both secured and unsecured) projected a total county-wide tax value of $53,062,020. This is allocated according to where the taxes are collected and what taxing entities exist in those areas.
Associated services such as the Mosquito Abatement District, the Fire District and the Water District receive 17 percent. In addition, Mammoth Unified School District receives 16.8 percent and the Hospital District receives 3.6 percent of the total county-wide value. Adding these up, the Town and associated Town services receive 41.8 percent of taxes collected county-wide. These percentages vary from year to year based upon growth, development and market conditions.
In actuality, the County only received 29.6 percent of the total taxes collected or $15,706,796 of the $53,062,020 projected 2007/2008 county-wide tax revenues. The library system received 1.7 percent and the schools in the Eastern Sierra Unified School District received 23.3 percent with other special districts county-wide getting their fair share of the tax distributions.
With the tax dollars the County receives, it is able to provide the necessary and mandated services of sheriff protection, jail facilities, probation, court operations, district attorney, public defender, clerk-recorder, elections, veteran services, social services, mental health services and public health services. Given that the larger percentage of the population resides in Mammoth Lakes, it is not difficult to see that a larger percentage of the services provided are provided for the benefit of Mammoth Lakes residents. In addition, the County assists in joint projects that directly benefit the Town, i.e., Mammoth Lakes Library, South Gateway Site Plan, Sierra Summer Festival and Mammoth Lakes Trails/Public Access, as well fish stocking, tourism, Chamber Music Unbound and Mono Council for the Arts.
The County also provides services such as those associated with the Treasurer-Tax Collector and the Auditor-Controller in the Dept. of Finance. Both those departments collect and apportion the tax dollars and invest on behalf of the treasury. They also maintain the operational funds of the County as well as many of the special districts. County Administration insures that Board policy and direction are carried out and Paramedic services, Planning, Animal Control and Economic Development are necessary services provided for the good of the County as a whole.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 April 2008 )
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