Archive for February 2nd, 2018

Los Angeles Times: California cities say pension costs are high — and will get even higher in the next few years

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  • Posted February 2, 2018 at 7:09 pm

By John Myers
Feb. 1, 2018 – 3:53 p.m.

Citing limited options for raising local taxes, the association representing hundreds of California cities warned that rising public employee pension costs might mean fewer services and longer emergency response times over the next several years.

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Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of California cities and counties will have to make it easier to permit housing, state says

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By Liam Dillon
Feb. 1, 2018 – 3:30 p.m.

Almost every city and county in California will have to streamline its rules for approving new housing following the passage of legislation last year, the state Department of Housing and Community Development said Thursday.

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