Blog: Sacramento Again Trying to Take Away Your Vote!

It seems that some in Sacramento will not be happy until they ruin everything! State Senator Wolk represents the 3rd Senate District and has now authored SB33, the Infastructure Finance Bill. Existing law authorizes a legislative body, as defined, to create an infrastructure financing district, adopt an infrastructure financing plan, and issue bonds, for which only the district is liable, to finance specified public facilities, upon voter approval. The key here is VOTER APPROVAL.

This bill would revise and recast the provisions governing infrastructure financing districts. The bill would eliminate the requirement of voter approval for creation of the district and for bond issuance, and would authorize the legislative body to create the district subject to specified procedures. The bill would instead authorize a newly created public financing authority, consisting of 5 members, 3 of whom are members of the city council or board of supervisors that established the district, and 2 of whom are members of the public, to adopt the infrastructure financing plan, subject to approval by the legislative body, and issue bonds by majority vote of the authority by resolution. Take note on the part where you, the voter, no longer get a say here. 3 members of the council can do this all on their own.

So, very simply put, we, the voters now have the say in doing this type of thing and Sentor Wolk thinks you shouldn't. Although the Monrovia City Council won't be voting on the bill, we can still have a voice and tell the Senator to take her hands OFF our voting rights. This is just one example of what the good folks up in Sacramento will be trying to do and we all need to keep our eyes and ears open to prevent them from taking more of your rights away!