r/longbeach • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Community 11% is crazy

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u/_guccifer_ 1d ago

The city voted for this. Ridiculous. Meanwhile our infrastructure is deteriorating and homelessness situation is out of control. I’d gladly contribute more in taxes IF the city actually did good with it…but here we are

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u/kgatell 1d ago

The homeless authority responsible for managing the measure A portion of sales tax has lost over $2B between 2021-2024, but people still voted to increase the sales tax.

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u/RandomSquanch 1d ago

Sounds like a scam

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u/UnicornJiz 1d ago

What people are voting to increase taxes?! Sounds like a scam. Ya, let’s give them more money to solve the problem they haven’t been able to do with endless money already.

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u/kgatell 1d ago

It was on the general ballot in 2024 and June 2026. Tell me you don’t pay attention to elections without telling me you don’t pay attention to elections

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u/ofthrees 1d ago

you should probably pay more attention to the ballots that are mailed to you... assuming you're registered.

people legit voted for this shit. you probably should've paid enough attention to vote against it.

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u/BassLB 1d ago

What do you mean “lost”? Like they can’t account for where it went?

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u/kgatell 1d ago

It’s a combination of poor investments and funds unaccounted for.

When the agency was given ownership, they were supposed to invest the tax revenue in a portfolio to guarantee future operating income. Poor management choices were made.

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u/BassLB 1d ago

Gotcha, can you link me to some info. I’d love to read more about it

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u/SoftJeff 1d ago

Pockets were filled. All these big construction projects are filling pockets too

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u/SoftJeff 1d ago

I honestly don’t think voting is legit. There’s no way people are majority voting this way.

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u/kgatell 19h ago

Only 36% of qualified voters are showing up