California Department of Finance Archives

Let’s Budget Nuaimi’s Termination for Fiscal 2012/2013.

May 11, 2013 no comments

Yucca Valley, Ca.,- Having been inspired by our neighbors to the east with the termination of their city manager, Richard Warne, I have been contacted by citizens asking the costs to terminate town m...

DHS Sells RDA Property Without State Approval

May 4, 2013

DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CA – Cities all across California are wrangling with the state Department of Finance to get permission to sell public properties owned by their former redevelopment agency (RDA). ...

Let Loose The Dogs Of War: Twentynine Palms Sues

April 29, 2013

The City of Twentynine Palms has declared war upon the State of California. In a direct act of contempt of a legal order to return funds to the State and defease and Cancel the Project Phoenix Bond S...

State Says: Hey 29 Palms Cancel those Bonds!!!

April 29, 2013

On April 13th the City of Twentynine Palms was once again told to Defease or buy back the illegally floated Project Phoenix Bonds in a letter by the California Department of Finance. Once again it is...

State hits Burbank with huge tab for redevelopment wind-down – B...

April 1, 2013

State finance officials have ordered Burbank to hand over $42 million in former redevelopment funds for distribution to taxing entities, stunning city officials who in January had pegged a far lower ...

DOF Issues FINAL Determination Letter to Deny C.O.R.E/Low Mod Housing

January 27, 2013

Yucca Valley, Ca.-On January 2, 2013, the California Department of Finance issued their final determination letter denying the National C.O.R.E. Low/Mod Housing project. The Town of Yucca Valley did ...

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Department of Finance Denies RDA Loan to Fontana by SB County

January 24, 2013

Fontana, Ca.,- The California Department of Finance are a knowledgeable team sitting in the driver’s seat to look at requests for payments by the 400 dissolving RDAs, Redevelopment Agencies. I ...

Relative Insanity Indeed!

July 25, 2012

Updated July 25, 7:59 pm (see below) ISSUE ONE- Haughty RSG consultant, Matt McCleary, as customary was perched on his city staff seat last night behind his official name plate, alongside him sat ...

	michaelv on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% Mark, that is the real issue, there is free flowing cash on the base and a large portion of the ...
	Branson Hunter on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% Given the fact that 29 will not have an adequate fire department, with response times subject to change at any ...
	Branson Hunter on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% It's a tough sell to open a service or retail business in 29 and compete the base. As I recall ...
	michaelv on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% The sheriff just helped with some of the problem by taking out the smoke shops. Another question, how long is ...
	michaelv on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% There was interest at one time, however due to the insurance liability it was not feasible to construct a water ...
	Mark Clemons on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% What the hell is there to study the base pulled a fast one. The council swallowed the shiny presentation, now ...
	Steve Whitten on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% I didn't say "study". It's called a Market Analysis. It seperates perception from reality. It would confirm ...
	Mark Clemons on 29 Palms Sales Tax Shrink by 4.7% What the hell is there to study the base pulled a fast one. The council swallowed the shiny presentation, now ...