Parcel tax to help South Pasadena schools is a no-show on bills

11-30-2009

By Esmeralda Bermudez/Los Angeles Times

It is said that nothing is certain but death and taxes -- except in South Pasadena, where a hard-won parcel tax to aid public schools is missing from residents' Los Angeles County property tax bill. The school district forgot to submit to the county assessor's office the paperwork for the voter-approved assessment and the new tax of up to $288 for homeowners. The mistake wasn't discovered until the county bills were mailed about a month ago. Now the South Pasadena Unified School District is paying $15,000 from its general fund to fix it. "We don't know exactly who to blame for the glitch," said school board President Elisabeth Eilers. "This happened at a time when we were going through a lot of changes at the district." Voters were in the midst of a heated campaign over Measure S in June, she said, when the superintendent resigned and Interim Superintendent John Fitzpatrick was appointed. (more...)

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