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Two Monterey County fire funding measures seek property tax hikes to avoid service cuts
Voters in two Monterey County cities will decide on separate property tax measures in the June statewide primary election that would fund fire and 911 services. Soledad contracts with Cal Fire for its fire services, while the city of Gonzales fields its own department. Both measures need two-thirds approval to pass. Measure A In Soledad, […] The post Two Monterey County fire funding measures seek property tax hikes to avoid service cuts appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Two Monterey County fire funding measures seek property tax hikes to avoid service cuts, Voters in two Monterey County cities will decide on separate property tax measures in the June statewide primary election that would fund fire and 911 services. Soledad contracts with Cal Fire for its fire services, while the city of Gonzales fields its own department. Both measures need two-thirds approval to pass. Measure A In Soledad, […] The post Two Monterey County fire funding measures seek property tax hikes to avoid service cuts appeared first on Local News Matters .
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