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  • Is the tax redistribution proposed by AB 680 too modest to be effective?

  • Why not have a public vote on AB 680?

  • How can AB 680 be changed if it passes?

  • If AB 680 is not approved, what next?

  • How can we help pass the bill?

  • What is the role of SACOG (the Sacramento Area Council of Governments) under AB 680?

  • How can we have it so jobs and housing are nearer to retail services and amenities?

  • How would AB 680 affect neighborhood revitalization efforts?

  • How can we assure that all jurisdictions take responsibility for housing in the region?

  • How will AB 680 lower housing costs in the urban core and thus discourage sprawl?

  • How can we stop cities and counties from lobbying against AB 680 if it passes?

  • How does the Sacramento region deal with proximity to the Bay Area and Southern California?

  • Why not focus on property taxes instead of sales taxes?

  • Without the incentive of sales tax revenue, why would any community allow big box stores and malls to be built?

  • Is it a good idea for AB 680 to eliminate “revenue neutrality” requirements?

  • Did data presented at the forum incorporate the general plans of the communities? And what was the model used to determine the per capita sales tax projections under the status quo and under AB 680?

  • Do we have demographic projections of the one million new residents the Sacramento area projects it will have by 2020?

  • Why not omit certain businesses from AB 680?

  • Why not amend the bill to create a way small cities can pay a fee to help finance regional affordable housing and open space programs? Isn’t that better than exempting small communities?

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