Santa Ana Residents to Challenge Budget
As they did last year, residents said they plan to question whether the city’s proposed budget, the subject of a hearing Monday, conforms with Proposition 218.
The ballot measure limited the ability of local governments to raise taxes by requiring resident approval of fee increases and how the money is used.
Ed McKie, president of the French Court Neighborhood Assn., said he will again question the use of sanitation funds for graffiti removal, weed abatement and tree costs. McKie contends that use of the sanitation funds for such services is forbidden under the proposition’s rules.
City officials said they studied the issue last year and determined they are not violating Proposition 218 rules.
The council will meet at 6 p.m. in the Santa Ana Police Department Community Room, 60 Civic Center Plaza. Information: (714) 647-6900.
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