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State-funded schools
The reason Proposition 13 was put into effect was local school districts were full and about 90 percent funded by local taxes voted in by the people. 66 percent of the voters had to approve the vote, or there would be no funding.See the full content of this document
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State-Funded Schools
As a result, districts like Covina-Valley and El Monte City had several cities within their districts. They were called bedroom home districts. Only homes were taxed. Wealthy districts like Beverly Hills had oil wells, etc., for money. But the bedroom cities had only homes to tax and not many businesses to take from. We were starving for m...
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