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Redevelopment: The Unknown Government
A Report to the People of California,
August, 1998







Table of Contents

Preface
by: Fullerton City Councilman Chris Norby



1 - The Unknown Government


2 - Blight Makes Right


3 - Tax Increment Diversion


Table I: Property Tax Increment Diversions

4 - Debt: Play Now, Pay Later


Table II: Total Redevelopment Indebtedness Statewide

Table III: Top 20 Cities by Total Indebtedness

Table IV: Top 20 Cities by Per-Capita
Indebtedness

5 - Corporate Welfare


6 - Predatory Redevelopment: Sales Tax Shell Game


7 - The Myth of Economic Development


Table V: Income Growth Comparison, Cumulative

Table VI (a) (b) (c): Income Growth Comparison, Selected Cities

8 - Eminent Domain for Private Gain


9 - The Redevelopment Establishment


10 - What You Can Do


11 - Reclaiming Redevelopment Revenue


Table VII, Annual Revenue Gains by Public Entity

Table VIII, Current Per-Student Expenditures (1996-97)

Table IX, Pre-Student Expenditures, with Restored Property Taxes 










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A Report to the People of California



August,1998       Second Edition


Redevelopment: The Unknown Government
is published by Municipal Officials for Redevelopment Reform (MORR),
through a grant from the Fieldstead Institute, Irvine, CA.



EDITORIAL BOARD
Director:
Chris Norby
City Councilman, City of Fullerton
Fullerton, CA     Ph.: (714) 871-9756
 
Associates:
Sherry Curtis
Consultant, Paul Gann's Citizens Committee
Sacramento, CA     Ph.: (209) 754-4530
 
Ruth Gilson
City Councilwoman, City of Bellflower
Bellflower, CA     Ph.: (562) 866-1998
 
Jean Heinl
Californians United for Redevelopment Education (CURE)
South Gate, CA     Ph.: (213) 567-6737
 
Douglas Kaplan
School Board Member, Pajaro Valley U.S.D.
Watsonville, CA     Ph.: (831) 476-3627
 
Dr. Ralph Shaffer
Member, Los Angeles County Grand Jury, 1993-4
Chair, Grand Jury Subcommittee on Redevelopment

Professor of History (Ret.), Cal Poly Pomona
Covina, CA     Ph.: (626) 966-4304
 
Christopher Sutton
Attorney-at-Law
Pasadena, CA     Ph.: (626) 683-2500
 
Illustrations by Dan Minamide     Ph.: (714) 992-0848
 
Redevelopment: The Unknown Government Original Edition
First Printing: October, 1996
Second Printing: May, 1997
 
Second Edition
Third Printing: August, 1998
 




Any part of this book may be reprinted for public education purposes.

For additional copies, call, write or FAX:

Municipal Officials for Redevelopment Reform (MORR)

214 N. Yale Ave., Fullerton, Ca 92831

Ph: (714) 871-9756; FAX: (714) 992-6627


E-mail: Rdvreform@aol.com

Web Page: www.redevelopment.com












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