State Looking for Redevelopment Fraud. Suggestion: Grantville

Kudos Brian for all you do. Where in the "State of California Community Redevelopment Agencies Annual Reports do we find how much the Redevelopment Agencies collected for "in Lieu of Fees"? These are the dollars that a Developer pays to the County in lieu of building the required affordable housing units that start with 5 units or more. To avoid the builder from providiing affordable housing units the "in lieu of fees" are between $70,000 to $90,000 per unit. These dollar amounts should be shown, I would think, in Table 5 of the Controller's book above. -- TOT Taxes are collected whenever we rent a room in a hotel and these go to the Redevelopment Agencies. The Statewide total for 08/09 is $9,360,877. What a Scam!! The Statewide Property Tax Increments that go to cities and counties for 08/09 is $5,676,516,917. Unconscenable!! To get these dollar amounts you can go to the Controller's website at www.sco.ca.gov/ard_locrep_redevelop.html . Do you know someone living in a Condo downtown that you could ask if they pay property taxes plus fees or assessments in their H/O/A dues that pay for municipal services like schools, fire and police protections, parks and libraries, since they are in a Redevelopment Project Area where the Agency diverts the property tax dollars (increments) into their budget that should be going for these public works projects, services, maintenace and for municipal services within those project area boundaries? -- The California Redevelopment Agencies have the strongest lobbies in the world, which include the Califonria Legislature, California Redevelopment Association, League of California Cities, CSAC (California State Association of Counties, most Associations of Realtors, City and County governing bodies of these Redevelopment Agencies. Have you gone to Tea Party Groups, Sean Hannity, 60 Minutes to tell your story?
— January 30, 2011 9:14 p.m.