Huntington Beach Tax Override to Fund Pensions is Thrown Out
1 September 2003 - 12:00am
| Author: CP&DR Staff
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A Huntington Beach property tax override intended to fund employee retirement benefits violated Proposition 13, a divided Fourth District Court of Appeal panel has ruled. The court majority held that the tax override approved by voters in 1978 allowed the city to assess property owners only for retirement benefits offered at that time — and not for increased benefits the city had given to employees since.
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