On Sunday, Bill Buchanan hosted the Davis Vanguard‘s David Greenwald on his KDRT radio show, “Davisville.” We talked about the budget, taxes and how the city’s finances got to this point.
“The city of Davis, facing a $5 million yearly deficit and a backlog of deferred road repairs, has asked voters to boost the city sales tax by a half-cent per dollar starting this summer. Citywide votes on water rates and possibly a new city parcel tax are also in the works this year. On today’s show, Davis Vanguard blogger David Greenwald–who has written extensively about the city’s finances–talks about how the city dug this hole for itself, the options, and where we go from here.”
Click here to listen to the show.
One technical detail I got wrong was that it takes 90 days to implement the new tax so the effective date would be October 1 rather than July 1.
The interview is a very accessible introduction to the current budget situation, a good way for folks do get an overview without having to spend a ton of time wading through Vanguard and Enterprise articles.
“…*to* get an overview…”
P.S. How’s that Edit Post button coming along?