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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Grillo ruled against tax opponents on that issue, saying they failed to provide clear and convincing evidence based on the ballot statement that the tax won't be paid by consumers is misleading or partial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge said tax opponents \"only speculate that it is like that such cost will be passed down to consumers, but it is unknown at this point whether or not any of the tax will eventually be passed down to consumers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grillo said the city correctly pointed out that distributors and retailers could choose to absorb the cost of the tax in order to better compete with other businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley school board member Joshua Daniels, who is co-chair of the campaign in favor of Measure D, said Grillo's order that the ballot language be changed is only a \"relatively minor\" development and \"doesn't concern us at all\" because \"everyone knows that the measure is focused on preventing diabetes,\" and he thinks it will still be approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniels said that overall Grillo's ruling is \"a victory\" for Measure D supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grillo's ruling came one day before the deadline on Wednesday for the Alameda County Registrar of Voters Office to send ballot arguments to the printer so that voters can receive them well in advance of the election on Nov. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post July 2, 2014 \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Charles Siler\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/07/02/berkeley-puts-sugar-tax-on-november-ballot-could-be-first-in-country-to-take-on-big-soda/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to include a proposal that would tax distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Voters will decide on penny-per-ounce tax on soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The measure, which proposes a one-cent-per-ounce charge at the distributor level, would be the first such tax passed in the country. 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(Cyrus Musiker/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walk down First Street in Brentwood, a farm and bedroom community 55 long road miles east of San Francisco, and you can see a model example of what local redevelopment agencies once could accomplish in a commercial district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our vacancy rate prior to the project was basically 40 percent, and now we’re around 5 percent,” says City Manager Paul Eldredge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Small businesses have flocked back to this downtown since the city put power lines underground, redid the sidewalks and planted trees. A block away, redevelopment and city funds paid for a new community center and park. This was all legitimate redevelopment spending, a project finished in the spring of 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve always played by the rules,” Eldredge says. “And I would go as far to say Brentwood has been the Boy Scout of redevelopment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may be, but Brentwood is also an example of what a messy process it’s been for California to shut down redevelopment agencies and redistribute their funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Redevelopment agencies were a hugely popular way for cities to fix up so-called blighted neighborhoods, by capturing the neighborhood’s current and future property tax revenue and using it to finance new commercial and residential development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature voted to abolish the agencies in 2011 to help close the state’s budget deficit, because the agencies also shortchanged county and school funding, leaving the state to make up the difference. But agencies in dozens of cities, Brentwood included, transferred billions of dollars to city accounts to protect them from redistribution by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘We’ve always played by the rules. Brentwood has been the Boy Scout of redevelopment.’\u003ccite>Paul Eldredge,\u003cbr>\nBrentwood city manager\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In Brentwood the figure was $19 million to cover services and contracts the city managed for the redevelopment agency. “A lot of times the city would front the money,” says attorney Leah Castella, “based on funding commitments made by the redevelopment agency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those transfers came after the governor proposed killing the agencies, but before they were dissolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the state is claiming,” Castella says, “that those repayments are invalid. That they are entitled to claw that money back, therefore leaving Brentwood, the city, on the hook for making up the difference for the cost of the improvements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Brentwood sued the California Department of Finance, which is handling the redevelopment audits, in Sacramento Superior Court. The city argued the state is violating Proposition 22, the 2010 voter-approved measure that prohibits the state from raiding local sales and property taxes, just like those transferred in Brentwood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The purpose of Prop. 22,” Castella says, “was to prohibit exactly what the state is trying to do here. Which is to disrupt the fiscal planning of local agencies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Allen Sumner agreed with that aspect of Brentwood’s argument in a tentative ruling issued late last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brentwood is just one of about 150 cities that made similar transfers before their redevelopment agencies were dissolved, so Sumner’s ruling raises the question of who controls more than $3 billion in redevelopment funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/135693965&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney William Ihrke is handling a number of similar lawsuits. “In most of those cases, the funds had actually been spent, and in some of the cases I worked on, the projects had been completely built,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ihrke and other attorneys involved in these cases say the law was sloppily drafted. And Ihrke has filed an even more radical court challenge for a group of cities, including Cerritos (Los Angeles County), arguing that the Legislature needed a two-thirds majority to kill redevelopment because the dissolution process creates a mechanism for redistributing property tax revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But H.D. Palmer, a spokesman for the state Department of Finance, defends the law and the dissolution process — and he says not all judges are siding with cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have situations where two different judges are looking at the same body of law, and coming down on two very different positions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sometimes even the same judge will issue seemingly conflicting rulings. Judge Sumner ruled in January that Redwood City can’t claim $10 million it had committed to give, in 1990, to the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sumner ruled the agreement did not qualify as an “enforceable obligation” for the redevelopment agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering where the funds are going, Palmer says, they’re not flowing into some bank account in Sacramento. “That money is allocated to schools, and cities, and counties, and special districts. So the money does not come to Sacramento, it stays locally, and it comes with no strings attached.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By June of next year, schools could get up to $4 billion in redirected redevelopment funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Palmer warns that court challenges are threatening those payments and the state’s carefully balanced budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a potential risk of about $3 billion, depending upon which way the courts end up going on this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in Brentwood, Eldredge, the city manager, stands by a playground built with redevelopment funds. And, like Palmer, he says he worries about what comes next. “You know you have this black cloud hanging over your head. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/02/RS7242_136799870-1-hpf.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-17715\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/02/RS7242_136799870-1-hpf.jpg\" alt=\"(Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/02/RS7242_136799870-1-hpf.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/02/RS7242_136799870-1-hpf-400x250.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/02/RS7242_136799870-1-hpf-320x200.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages, such as soda, would have no negative effect on jobs, a \u003ca href=\"http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301630\" target=\"_blank\">new study \u003c/a>shows. In fact, there would be a small increase, researchers estimate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A team led by Lisa Powell, an economist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, analyzed the effect of a 20 percent tax on sugar-swettened beverages. That works out to a little more than a penny-per-ounce. They looked at the impact in two states: Illinois and California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Effectively we found that there was pretty much zero change in jobs, zero net effect,\" Powell told me in an interview. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These findings are counter to what the beverage industry has long held as a jobs-killer. But Powell says this analysis looked beyond just the effects of less sugary-beverage consumption and to the broader economy. Powell says that while some jobs would indeed be lost, those losses would be offset by gains in other areas. In particular, she noted that consumers who reduced consumption of sugary-drinks would likely switch to other drinks, such as 100 percent fruit juice or diet sodas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A truck driver may no longer be driving around sugar-sweetened beverages,\" she said, \"but he may be driving other goods.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authors called the results of their study \"conservative\" in part because they did not estimate reduced health costs that would result from reduced consumption of sugary-beverages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the American Beverage Assocation disputed the findings. \"Americans have made it clear they don't support taxes and other restrictions on common grocery items, like soft drinks,\" the statement says. \"Soda taxes have unintended consequences on middle-class jobs and small businesses.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, voters in two California cities, Richmond and El Monte, turned down proposed soda taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Warning Label Proposed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other soda news, state Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel) has introduced a bill that would make California the first state to require warning labels on sugary beverages. From the Associated Press:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SB1000 would require the warning on the front of all beverage containers with added sweeteners that have 75 or more calories in every 12 ounces. The label would read: \"STATE OF CALIFORNIA SAFETY WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The measure is backed by the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, the California Black Health Network and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/02/health-warnings-sugary-drinks-soda-cma.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search\" target=\"_blank\">California Medical Association\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=\"UTH78Q0tewpoxz1pE8rCs2YR4dqDNf4x\"]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Lance Knobel\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/12/will-berkeley-be-first-in-nation-to-impose-sugar-tax/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/soda.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-126114\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/soda-640x398.png\" alt=\"No U.S. city has yet been successful in passing a sugar-sweetened beverages tax. Will Berkeley be first? (Vox Efx/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No U.S. city has yet been successful in passing a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. Will Berkeley be first? (Vox Efx/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley has embarked on a path that could lead it to becoming the first city in the nation to tax sugar-sweetened beverages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday night the City Council agreed to put a sugar tax on a community poll assessing possible ballot measures for the November 2014 election (the poll will also test opinions on a commercial vacancies tax, a business license tax on rental housing, and a bond and tax measure for parks). A broad coalition of local groups, rallying under the banner of \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley vs Big Soda\u003c/a>, turned out a crowd of vocal advocates for a 1 cent-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No city has been able to successfully pass a sugar-sweetened beverages tax. But it will happen here in Berkeley,” said City Councilman Darryl Moore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore, usually measured in his remarks at council meetings, delivered an emotive call to support the tax: “We’re the first community to divest. The first community for same-sex partner benefits. The first community to do curb cuts for our disabled citizens. We’re not going to let Big Soda and Big Sugar tell us that we’re going to continue to pollute our young people. We’re prepared for the battle, we’re prepared for the fight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community survey results will be available for the City Council meeting on April 1. Final approval on ballot language is scheduled for the July 1 meeting of the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby Richmond had a similar ballot measure in 2012, which was defeated. According to Councilman Laurie Capitelli, tax opponents, led by beverage manufacturers, spent $3.5 million to defeat the Richmond measure. San Francisco also is likely to have a so-called soda tax on the ballot in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘The sugar industry … will throw millions and millions of dollars at this. They will try to divide us by race, they will try to divide us by class. They will accuse Berkeley of being a nanny state.’\u003ccite>Laurie Capitelli,\u003cbr>\nBerkeley City Councilman\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It will be a daunting task, because the sugar industry if we proceed with this, will throw millions and millions of dollars at this,” Capitelli said. “They will try to divide us by race, they will try to divide us by class. They will accuse Berkeley of being a nanny state. You can count on a piece of mail in your mailbox every three or four days. It scares the pants off me to think about what they’re going to do when they come after us. They will try to buy people. They will accuse Berkeley and the council of trying to dictate what you can buy. We’re going to get all of that, and we’re going to get it in an avalanche. But we’re letting people poison us and we’re letting them get off scot-free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason for such a tax is clear,” said Vicki Alexander, co-chair, Berkeley Health Child Coalition. “Forty percent of Berkeley Unified ninth-graders are overweight. An African-American resident is four times more likely than a white resident to have been diagnosed with diabetes. It is unconscionable to stand by and do nothing. Please be for Berkeley and against Big Soda. The health of our children and our families is at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126117\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Big-Soda-council.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-126117\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Big-Soda-council-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Proponents of a soda tax were out in force in neon green at Berkeley City Council. (Lance Knobel/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proponents of a soda tax were out in force in neon green at Berkeley City Council. (Lance Knobel/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander explained that the tax would be on distributors of drinks that have added caloric sweeteners, including sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks and sweetened iced teas. It would not apply to diet drinks, alcohol, milk products, infant formula or drinks taken for medical reasons. Small businesses would be exempt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to materials distributed by the Healthy Child Coalition, economists have estimated that a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks would reduce consumption by 10 to 15 percent over a decade. Research by UC San Francisco Professor Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo concluded that over a 10-year span, passage of such a tax nationally would prevent an estimated 95,000 coronary heart events, 8,000 strokes and 26,000 premature deaths, while avoiding more than $17 billion in medical costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Berkeley Voters Are Too Smart’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The power that’s here is huge,” said Xavier Morales, executive director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. “Berkeley has been a national leader in improving the quality of nutrition in schools. We know that our presence here makes Berkeley a target for Big Soda. But we know that these tactics won’t work here. Berkeley voters are too smart. We have a campaign manager and we are actively fundraising. Together we’re going to win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several councilmembers said there is a difficult choice between placing a special tax — the funds of which could go for a specific purpose, such as nutrition programs in schools — or a general tax — where funds go into the city’s general fund — on the ballot. A special tax requires a two-thirds majority vote, while a general tax requires only 50 percent plus one. Alexander said the campaign estimates a 1-cent tax per ounce in Berkeley would produce $1.5 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lizzie Velten, state and national policy coordinator for the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, said statewide polling showed two-thirds support for a special tax on sugary drinks. When the tax was posed as a general tax, however, support dropped to one-third.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilwoman Susan Wengraf, who said she was diagnosed as pre-diabetic two years ago, urged consideration of a higher tax rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How did you guys come up with 1 cent per ounce, because I want to make sure this deters people from buying sugared drinks,” Wengraf said. “It doesn’t just cost more, but it helps people make the decision not to buy it at all. I don’t want it to just be making people pay more for the poison. I want people to stop buying the poison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://eepurl.com/lh_3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The company argued that under U.S. Supreme Court precedents, it wasn't required to charge tax because it had no physical presence in the state. But a 2011 California law, drafted to level the playing field for local brick-and-mortar businesses and capture lost sales tax revenue, declared that online merchants with affiliate sellers in the state did indeed have a taxable presence here. (Affiliate sellers are usually independent merchants who earn a commission from a larger company by referring customers there.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon and some other major retailers fought the law. But in the end, Amazon cut a deal with the state to delay the requirement to collect the tax in return for an agreement to locate new fulfillment centers (and thousands of jobs) here. Amazon started collecting the tax in September 2012 while another big retailer, Overstock.com, decided to cut ties with thousands of affiliates based in the state so that it wouldn't be obligated to collect the sales tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'The world has changed dramatically in the last two decades, and it may be that the physical presence test is outdated.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Of course, the California action didn't settle the issue for the rest of the country. Other states, also watching sales tax proceeds decline as more people buy merchandise online, have passed similar laws. And Congress has gotten involved, too. The Senate has passed \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/22/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-senates-online-sales-tax-bill/\" target=\"_blank\">an online sales tax measure\u003c/a> ; it's unclear whether the House will go along, even as \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/14/state-republicans-making-the-case-for-internet-sales-tax-to-congress/\" target=\"_blank\">Republican state officials say\u003c/a> they need a national measure to help deal with a loss of revenue due to growing online sales. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which brings us to the state of New York's online sales tax and today's non-decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon and Overstock have been fighting the New York law, which like California's statute says that affiliate sellers create a taxable business presence. The companies lost a March decision in the New York Court of Appeals. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/business/new-york-ruling-on-sales-tax-collection-by-online-retailers-will-stand.html?_r=0#h%5BIasTMF,3,FnAAti,1,3%5D\" target=\"_blank\">According to The New York Times\u003c/a>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[The court] ruled that the companies had a sufficient presence in the state because of affiliated independent sites that linked to the retailers in return for a commission. “The bottom line,” Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman wrote for the majority, “is that if a vendor is paying New York residents to actively solicit business in this state, there is no reason why that vendor should not shoulder the appropriate tax burden.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chief judge added that it might be time to reconsider the basic rule that states may not collect taxes from out-of-state companies without some physical presence in the state, a principle recognized by the United States Supreme Court in its 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world has changed dramatically in the last two decades,” Chief Judge Lippman wrote, “and it may be that the physical presence test is outdated. An entity may now have a profound impact upon a foreign jurisdiction solely through its virtual projection via the Internet. That question, however, would be for the United States Supreme Court to consider.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The next stop for Amazon and Overstock was the U.S. Supreme Court. Today, without comment, the high court declined to take the case. The bottom line for shoppers: state online sales tax laws in California, New York and elsewhere will stand. Maybe, somewhere down the road, Congress will act to make the tax collections universal for larger businesses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And until then, remember: If you buy taxable goods online, \u003ca href=\"http://www.boe.ca.gov/taxprograms/usetax/\" target=\"_blank\">you owe the tax\u003c/a> whether it's collected or not. But that's another story. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below: The latest writeup on the New York case from the Associated Press:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jessejholland\">Jesse J. Holland\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON — On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused on Monday to wade into a dispute over New York state's taxes on purchases on websites like Amazon.com. The move likely will prompt more states to attempt to collect taxes on Internet sales — and ignite a furious battle in Congress involving Internet sellers, brick-and-mortar stores and states hungry for extra tax revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high court without comment turned away appeals from Amazon and Overstock.com Inc., in their fights against a New York court decision forcing them to remit sales tax the same way in-state businesses do. This could affect online shopping in that state, since for many shoppers one of the attractions of Internet purchasing is the lack of a state sales tax, which makes some items a little cheaper than they would be inside a brick-and-mortar store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Council of State Legislatures estimated that states lost an estimated $23.3 billion in 2012 as a result of being prohibited from collecting sales tax on online and catalog purchases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Web retailers generally have not had to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. But New York and other states say that a retailer has a physical presence when it uses affiliates — people and businesses that refer customers to the retailer's website and collect a commission on sales. These affiliates range from one-person blogs promoting the latest gadgets to companies that run coupon and deal sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon and Overstock both use affiliate programs. Amazon has been collecting sales tax in New York as it fights the state over a 2008 law that was the first to consider local affiliates enough of an in-state presence to require sales tax collection. Overstock ended its affiliate program in 2008 after the law passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But each state has its own rules on Internet sales taxes. While this settles the issue for New York state, other states like Illinois have come to different conclusions — meaning that some Americans will still get state-tax free Internet purchases from certain websites, while others won't simply because of where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the big Internet sellers aren't giving up. After the decision, both Amazon and Overstock said they plan to take their case to Congress in hopes of getting a federal decision on state-level Internet sales taxes that would apply to every state uniformly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"States might take courage from this non-decision but they shouldn't,\" said Jonathan Johnson, executive vice chairman of Overstock.com. Johnson pointed out that they pulled their New York affiliate operations in 2008 after that state passed its law, and that other companies fled Illinois after that state passed a similar law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Internet companies will simply operate in states that have laws advantageous to their businesses, Johnson said. \"Unless all the states choose to do this, I think there will be a strong affiliate market\" somewhere, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, the Illinois state Supreme Court in October threw out that state's taxes on certain Internet sales, saying the so-called \"Amazon tax\" violated federal rules against \"discriminatory taxes\" on digital transactions. State officials are considering whether to appeal their case to the Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The companies lost a March decision in the New York Court of Appeals. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/business/new-york-ruling-on-sales-tax-collection-by-online-retailers-will-stand.html?_r=0#h%5BIasTMF,3,FnAAti,1,3%5D\" target=\"_blank\">According to The New York Times\u003c/a>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[The court] ruled that the companies had a sufficient presence in the state because of affiliated independent sites that linked to the retailers in return for a commission. “The bottom line,” Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman wrote for the majority, “is that if a vendor is paying New York residents to actively solicit business in this state, there is no reason why that vendor should not shoulder the appropriate tax burden.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chief judge added that it might be time to reconsider the basic rule that states may not collect taxes from out-of-state companies without some physical presence in the state, a principle recognized by the United States Supreme Court in its 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world has changed dramatically in the last two decades,” Chief Judge Lippman wrote, “and it may be that the physical presence test is outdated. An entity may now have a profound impact upon a foreign jurisdiction solely through its virtual projection via the Internet. That question, however, would be for the United States Supreme Court to consider.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The next stop for Amazon and Overstock was the U.S. Supreme Court. Today, without comment, the high court declined to take the case. The bottom line for shoppers: state online sales tax laws in California, New York and elsewhere will stand. Maybe, somewhere down the road, Congress will act to make the tax collections universal for larger businesses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And until then, remember: If you buy taxable goods online, \u003ca href=\"http://www.boe.ca.gov/taxprograms/usetax/\" target=\"_blank\">you owe the tax\u003c/a> whether it's collected or not. But that's another story. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below: The latest writeup on the New York case from the Associated Press:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jessejholland\">Jesse J. Holland\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON — On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused on Monday to wade into a dispute over New York state's taxes on purchases on websites like Amazon.com. The move likely will prompt more states to attempt to collect taxes on Internet sales — and ignite a furious battle in Congress involving Internet sellers, brick-and-mortar stores and states hungry for extra tax revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high court without comment turned away appeals from Amazon and Overstock.com Inc., in their fights against a New York court decision forcing them to remit sales tax the same way in-state businesses do. 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Amazon has been collecting sales tax in New York as it fights the state over a 2008 law that was the first to consider local affiliates enough of an in-state presence to require sales tax collection. Overstock ended its affiliate program in 2008 after the law passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But each state has its own rules on Internet sales taxes. While this settles the issue for New York state, other states like Illinois have come to different conclusions — meaning that some Americans will still get state-tax free Internet purchases from certain websites, while others won't simply because of where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the big Internet sellers aren't giving up. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/3527_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-117195\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/3527_transform.jpg\" alt=\"File photo. (David McNew/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo. (David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's all about public funding in San Mateo County. Residents will decide whether to reopen several schools, pass a parcel tax and expand the utility bill. Find your \u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/MyElectionMaterials/\" target=\"_blank\">polling place\u003c/a> in San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>School Measures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP P – SAN MATEO-FOSTER CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Look up your polling place\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/alco_ssl_app/rov/voter_info/voter_profile.jsp?formLanguage=E\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cocovote.us/current-election/where-do-i-vote/#Search\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/voting-information/polling-places/find-your-polling-place/find-your-polling-place-app\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.countyofnapa.org/VoterInfo/\" target=\"_blank\">Napa Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/tools/pollsite/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/apps/voterlookup/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">San Mateo Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://eservices.sccgov.org/rov/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/november_6th_2012_general_election/pollinglookup.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Solano Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.smartvoter.org/ca/sn/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To improve local schools and protect high quality math, science, reading and writing instruction with funding that cannot be taken by the State, shall San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District upgrade classrooms, science labs, and libraries, relieve school overcrowding, update classroom technology for higher 21st- century academic standards, and repair, construct, or acquire equipment, classrooms, sites and facilities by issuing $130,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizen oversight, no money for administrators, and all funds staying local?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> This $130 million bond measure would reopen and renovate several schools. It would spend $62 million to rebuild Bowditch Middle School for fifth graders, thus easing the populations in local elementary schools. It would also spend $18 million to reopen Knolls Elementary School in San Mateo. Another $50 million would go to installing solar panels and other technologies in Foster and San Mateo cities. Opponents of the measure argue the measure disproportionately benefits Foster City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MP_SanMateo_FosterCity_Elem_SD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP R – BELMONT-REDWOOD SHORES SCHOOL DISTRICT\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Without increasing the current tax rate and to maintain excellent student achievement by protecting math, science, reading and writing programs, supporting school libraries, attracting and retaining qualified teachers, and maintaining a well-rounded curriculum, including music and art, shall Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District renew its existing parcel taxes for ten years, with no funds for administrators’ salaries, exempting senior citizens and requiring independent citizen oversight, generating funds that cannot be taken by the State to benefit local schools?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want to renew two education parcel taxes for 10 years? The combined tax would continue to levy $174 per parcel, with an exemption for senior citizens, to fund schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MR_Belmont-RedwoodShore_SchoolDist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP S - LAS LOMITAS SCHOOL DISTRICT\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To repair and improve aging schools to protect quality academic instruction with funding that cannot be taken by Sacramento, shall Las Lomitas Elementary School District build classrooms for increased student enrollment, update/replace aging classrooms to meet current health/safety codes, renovate heating/electrical systems to save money, support 21st century instructional technology, acquire, repair, construct sites, facilities, equipment by issuing $60,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizens’ oversight, no money for administrators, and all funds staying local?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> The bond measure would give Las Lomitas (K-3) in Atherton and La Entrada (4-8) in Menlo Park a $60 million bond to create new two-story buildings, eliminate 18 portable classrooms and renovate existing facilities. The district estimates that property owners would pay $30 per $100,000 of taxable property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MS_LasLomitas_SchoolDist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP W – MENLO PARK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To support high quality education, avoid student overcrowding at our existing schools as enrollment continues to increase, and renovate and expand educational facilities at the O’Connor Elementary School site planned to reopen in Menlo Park’s Willows neighborhood, all as described in the Bond Project List, shall the Menlo Park City School District issue $23 million of bonds at legal interest rates, establish an independent citizens’ oversight committee, perform annual audits, and use no bond money for teacher or administrator salaries?”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> This measure would approve a $23 million bond to rebuild the O'Connor Elementary School in Menlo Park. The district estimates that the bond would cost property owners an average of $8.70 per $100,000 of taxable property for 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MW_MenloParkCity_SchoolDist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>City Measures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP Q – REDUCE THE PORTOLA VALLEY UTILITY TAX\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Do the People of the Town of Portola Valley adopt an ordinance that continues the reduction of the general purpose Utility Users Tax levied on telephone, gas, water and electricity, set forth in Chapter 3.32 of the Portola Valley Municipal Code, from 5.5% to 4.5% on the charges made for such utility services for a period of four years from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2018?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want to reduce the utility tax from 5.5 percent to 4.5 percent for four years?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MQ_PortolaValley.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP T – INCREASE THE BUSINESS LIQUID STORAGE TAX IN BRISBANE\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To pay for general municipal expenses, shall the City increase the annual business license tax for liquid storage facilities up to $115.28 per one thousand cubic feet of liquid storage capacity, and provide for an offset for sales tax revenue received ?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want to increase the a business license tax of $115.28 per 1,000 cubic feet of liquid storage capacity? The city attorney estimates the tax would raise $400,000 based on the capacity of current liquid storage facilities in the City of Brisbane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MT_Brisbane.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP U – INCREASE FOSTER CITY'S BUSINESS LICENSE TAX\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To pay for general city services enjoyed by all residents and businesses in Foster City, including services such as police, fire, parks, recreation, and repairing and maintaining the levee, lagoon, streets and other infrastructure, shall an ordinance be adopted to increase the City’s business license tax effective January 1, 2014?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want to increase the a business license tax over time? The money from the tax would go into the city's general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable>\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>Effective Date\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>General Contractor\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>Specialty Contractor\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>Solicitor\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>All Other Businesses\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>Current Rate\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$50\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$25\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$25\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$25\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>Jan. 1, 2014\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$100\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$50\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$50\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$50\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>Jan. 1, 2015\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$150\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$75\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$75\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$75\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd>Jan. 1, 2016\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$200\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$100\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$100\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd>$100\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MU_FosterCity.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP V – EXPAND PACIFICA'S UTILITY TAX TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Without raising the current 6.5% rate, and to fund fire protection; emergency services; police protection; Meals on Wheels and other senior citizen services; street, sidewalk and pothole repair; and other essential services, shall an ordinance be adopted to amend the City of Pacifica’s Utility Users Tax adding telecommunications services, requiring equal treatment regardless of technology used, maintaining senior exemptions and adding independent citizens oversight, with all funds staying in Pacifica and no funds for Sacramento?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> The measure would expand Pacifica's 6.5 percent utility tax to include telecommunication services, including: video communication, text messaging, and paging services, along with telephone, cellphone and voice over Internet protocol, or VOIP, services. There is a $500 maximum cap for businesses and exemptions for senior citizens. The tax would not apply to cable and Internet access and digital downloads. Money from the tax would go to Pacifica's general fund. The tax would expire after eight years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MV_Pacifica.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP X – RENEW ATHERTON'S PARCEL TAX\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To continue providing funding to maintain neighborhood police patrols and the Town’s ability to respond to emergencies, repairing and maintaining streets, and repairing and constructing storm drains, shall an ordinance be adopted to continue a Special Parcel Tax for four years and allowing for the expenditure of funds derived from such tax?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> This tax would renew Atherton's parcel tax to fund police patrols, street repairs and drainage facility maintenance. Atherton's city council would have to set the tax rate every year, up to a maximum rate (see \u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MX_Atherton.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">this pdf\u003c/a> for maximum rates). The city estimates the tax raises $1.8 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MX_Atherton.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_117195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/3527_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-117195\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/3527_transform.jpg\" alt=\"File photo. (David McNew/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo. (David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's all about public funding in San Mateo County. Residents will decide whether to reopen several schools, pass a parcel tax and expand the utility bill. Find your \u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/MyElectionMaterials/\" target=\"_blank\">polling place\u003c/a> in San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>School Measures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP P – SAN MATEO-FOSTER CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Look up your polling place\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acgov.org/alco_ssl_app/rov/voter_info/voter_profile.jsp?formLanguage=E\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cocovote.us/current-election/where-do-i-vote/#Search\" target=\"_blank\">Contra Costa Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/voting-information/polling-places/find-your-polling-place/find-your-polling-place-app\" target=\"_blank\">Marin Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://secure.countyofnapa.org/VoterInfo/\" target=\"_blank\">Napa Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfelections.org/tools/pollsite/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/apps/voterlookup/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">San Mateo Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://eservices.sccgov.org/rov/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/november_6th_2012_general_election/pollinglookup.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Solano Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.smartvoter.org/ca/sn/\" target=\"_blank\">Sonoma Co.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To improve local schools and protect high quality math, science, reading and writing instruction with funding that cannot be taken by the State, shall San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District upgrade classrooms, science labs, and libraries, relieve school overcrowding, update classroom technology for higher 21st- century academic standards, and repair, construct, or acquire equipment, classrooms, sites and facilities by issuing $130,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizen oversight, no money for administrators, and all funds staying local?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> This $130 million bond measure would reopen and renovate several schools. It would spend $62 million to rebuild Bowditch Middle School for fifth graders, thus easing the populations in local elementary schools. It would also spend $18 million to reopen Knolls Elementary School in San Mateo. Another $50 million would go to installing solar panels and other technologies in Foster and San Mateo cities. Opponents of the measure argue the measure disproportionately benefits Foster City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MP_SanMateo_FosterCity_Elem_SD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP R – BELMONT-REDWOOD SHORES SCHOOL DISTRICT\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Without increasing the current tax rate and to maintain excellent student achievement by protecting math, science, reading and writing programs, supporting school libraries, attracting and retaining qualified teachers, and maintaining a well-rounded curriculum, including music and art, shall Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District renew its existing parcel taxes for ten years, with no funds for administrators’ salaries, exempting senior citizens and requiring independent citizen oversight, generating funds that cannot be taken by the State to benefit local schools?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want to renew two education parcel taxes for 10 years? The combined tax would continue to levy $174 per parcel, with an exemption for senior citizens, to fund schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MR_Belmont-RedwoodShore_SchoolDist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong>PROP S - LAS LOMITAS SCHOOL DISTRICT\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To repair and improve aging schools to protect quality academic instruction with funding that cannot be taken by Sacramento, shall Las Lomitas Elementary School District build classrooms for increased student enrollment, update/replace aging classrooms to meet current health/safety codes, renovate heating/electrical systems to save money, support 21st century instructional technology, acquire, repair, construct sites, facilities, equipment by issuing $60,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizens’ oversight, no money for administrators, and all funds staying local?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> The bond measure would give Las Lomitas (K-3) in Atherton and La Entrada (4-8) in Menlo Park a $60 million bond to create new two-story buildings, eliminate 18 portable classrooms and renovate existing facilities. The district estimates that property owners would pay $30 per $100,000 of taxable property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MS_LasLomitas_SchoolDist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP W – MENLO PARK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To support high quality education, avoid student overcrowding at our existing schools as enrollment continues to increase, and renovate and expand educational facilities at the O’Connor Elementary School site planned to reopen in Menlo Park’s Willows neighborhood, all as described in the Bond Project List, shall the Menlo Park City School District issue $23 million of bonds at legal interest rates, establish an independent citizens’ oversight committee, perform annual audits, and use no bond money for teacher or administrator salaries?”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> This measure would approve a $23 million bond to rebuild the O'Connor Elementary School in Menlo Park. The district estimates that the bond would cost property owners an average of $8.70 per $100,000 of taxable property for 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MW_MenloParkCity_SchoolDist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>City Measures\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP Q – REDUCE THE PORTOLA VALLEY UTILITY TAX\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Do the People of the Town of Portola Valley adopt an ordinance that continues the reduction of the general purpose Utility Users Tax levied on telephone, gas, water and electricity, set forth in Chapter 3.32 of the Portola Valley Municipal Code, from 5.5% to 4.5% on the charges made for such utility services for a period of four years from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2018?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want to reduce the utility tax from 5.5 percent to 4.5 percent for four years?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MQ_PortolaValley.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP T – INCREASE THE BUSINESS LIQUID STORAGE TAX IN BRISBANE\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To pay for general municipal expenses, shall the City increase the annual business license tax for liquid storage facilities up to $115.28 per one thousand cubic feet of liquid storage capacity, and provide for an offset for sales tax revenue received ?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want to increase the a business license tax of $115.28 per 1,000 cubic feet of liquid storage capacity? The city attorney estimates the tax would raise $400,000 based on the capacity of current liquid storage facilities in the City of Brisbane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Arguments for and against\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2013/nov/documents/measures/17_ENG_MT_Brisbane.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Official Ballot (pdf)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\">PROP U – INCREASE FOSTER CITY'S BUSINESS LICENSE TAX\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> How the ballot reads:\u003c/strong> \u003cem>To pay for general city services enjoyed by all residents and businesses in Foster City, including services such as police, fire, parks, recreation, and repairing and maintaining the levee, lagoon, streets and other infrastructure, shall an ordinance be adopted to increase the City’s business license tax effective January 1, 2014?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In a nutshell:\u003c/strong> Do you want to increase the a business license tax over time? 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There is a $500 maximum cap for businesses and exemptions for senior citizens. The tax would not apply to cable and Internet access and digital downloads. Money from the tax would go to Pacifica's general fund. 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Wiener addressed that history in an interview with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Tax-on-soda-to-be-floated-in-San-Francisco-4932025.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I try to cross my t’s and dot my i’s, and I wouldn’t pursue this if I didn’t think it had a chance,” Wiener said. “There will be a big fight – the beverage industry will try to pull all the shenanigans they have pulled elsewhere – but we have a strong coalition behind this. San Francisco is always at the forefront of public health issues and trying to find innovative ways to keep the city healthy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said Richmond’s proposal – which was handily defeated by 67 percent of voters – “was too easy to attack” because it did not require that the money be spent on health programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was carefully crafted to ensure the money is spent on nutrition, physical activity and health – and that it’s not used as a replacement,” for existing public health dollars, he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>This afternoon, Californians For Food and Beverage Choice, an anti-soda tax group, called measures like Wiener’s “unncecesary, wasteful distractions from serious policymaking. Providing people with education, opportunities for physical activity and diverse beverage choices to fit their lifestyles are proven strategies for maintaining health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the poor showing last year of the two soda taxes up before voters, a February Field Poll found that the public may be more receptive to the idea, depending on how the initiative is crafted. 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