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vol . I, no. 4 : september 29-october 5, 2021 : losgatan.com p10
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: n y tim es c rosswor d p u z z le Dan Pulcrano/Los Gatan
SCHOOL DISTRICT ASKING VOTERS TO HIKE LOCAL PARCEL TAX
PG&E ADMITS RECENT SERVICE ‘UNACCEPTABLE’ Senior director: ’We’re going to change the narrative’
Measure B ballots heading to Los Gatos mailboxes soon
Drew Penner, Reporter
Last week, as Shasta County prosecutors were preparing manslaughter charges against PG&E Corp. in response to a 2020 wildfire, the company was putting together a PR offensive related to dozens of outages in the Los Gatos and Santa Cruz areas. During a Thursday evening webinar, company officials admitted to “unacceptable” performance in recent weeks, and pledged to take the communications and power delivery problems seriously. “There’s no way to dress it up — it’s just unacceptable,” said Mark Quinlan, PG&E’s VP of wildfire mitigation operations
Judy Peterson, Reporter
The Los Gatos Union School District’s parcel tax expires next June, so voters are being asked to renew—and increase—the existing parcel tax. There will be two vote centers open in Los Gatos for the Nov. 2 election, with vote-bymail ballots hitting mailboxes in early October. The parcel tax is listed as Measure B on the ballot. The expiring $290 parcel tax was approved by voters in 2013. Now, the school district is proposing to add $45 to the tax, bringing the total to $335 per parcel, per year. Seniors would be exempt from the tax; otherwise it would apply to all residential and commercial properties within the school district’s service area. The proposed tax would generate an estimated $3.2 million annually for eight years and includes a 2 percent annual “inflation adjustment” that kicks in during year two. “This measure will save 23 teachers’ jobs,” said “Yes on B for LG” co-chair Ryan Rosenberg. ➝ Parcel, 6
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KEEPING JAZZ ALIVE Bay Area artist Kim Nalley performed a jazz and blues set Sunday evening, themed around Billie Holiday’s music. The sold out gala at the private La Estancia Estate on Overlook Road benefited the Jazz on the Plazz music series, which has not been held for the last two years due to Covid-19.
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