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The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state can dissolve redevelopment agencies but cannot force payments.
California's high court concluded the Legislature could raid redevelopment funding, rejecting arguments from redevelopment advocates that the move violated voter-approved Proposition 22, a 2010 measure designed to bar the state from seizing local funds to pay its bills.See the full content of this document
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Local Cities Stunned by High Court Ruling
The justices, however, struck down a separate state law approved as part of the package that would have allowed redevelopment agencies to stay afloat if they relinquished a large share of their funding to the state.
The "ruling by the California Supreme Court validates a key component of the state budget and guarantees more than a billion dollars of ongoing funding for schools and pub...See the full content of this document
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