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From:Chris Robell <br />To:publiccomment <br />Subject:Public Comment Agenda Item #5 (items not on agenda) <br />Date:Monday, October 28, 2024 3:09:46 PM <br />[You don't often get email from chris_robell@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important at <br />https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] <br />Dear City Council, <br />I would like you to consider adopting a resolution to formally opposed Proposition 5, as other city councils (e.g., <br />Gilroy) have done. <br />Proposition 5, as you know, makes it easier for the government to raise taxes. It lowers the approval threshold from <br />2/3rds to 55% for general obligation bonds which are an expensive form of debt. It will make everyone’s property <br />taxes more expensive. There no NO exemptions for seniors on fixed income or exceptions for those in need. <br />Everyone pays more. <br />Business owners will pay more taxes causing them to increase the price of products and services as well. <br />I hope we can all agree taxes are sufficiently high in our region as is the cost of housing. <br />If taxes genuinely need to be raised, it should be the same 2/3rds approval threshold since the formation of the <br />California Constitution in 1879. <br />Somehow the government is doing a fine job making sure we pay enough. Let’s not make it any easier. <br />Chris Robell