League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Riverside County, CA June 8, 2010 Election
	Measure A Incorporation Proposed City of Eastvale Majority Approval Required Pass: 2,955 / 65.77% Yes votes ...... 1,538 / 34.23% No votes See Also: Index of all Measures

Arguments For Measure A

Arguments Against Measure A

Voting Yes on Measure "A" will strengthen Eastvale by making our special community a great city today and for years to come! Voting Yes on Measure "A" will protect Eastvale families by requiring voter approval for all tax hikes. Eastvale will become a city without creating any new taxes! That is why taxpayer groups unanimously support Yes on Measure "A" - our best protection against local tax hikes! Voting Yes on Measure "A" will help maintain a budget reserve three times greater than required by law, insuring that as Eastvale grows and prospers we can expand critical sheriff and fire protections including adding new stations. That is why over five thousand Eastvale residents already support cityhood. Voting Yes on Measure "A" means we have local control. That is why businesses support Eastvale cityhood + they know it will help them expand and create jobs by cutting bureaucratic red tape. Eastvale cityhood has been studied for three years with state, regional, county, and local agencies. Riverside County and regional agencies have voted five times unanimously in support of cityhood for Eastvale. Please join your neighbors, elected leaders, and taxpayer advocates in voting Yes on Measure "A" on June 8th. By: John Leal, Eastvale Resident Kelly Howell, Secretary of EIC Jeff DeGrandpre, President, Eastvale Incorporation Committee Kenneth Minesinger, Pres. Riverside County Taxpayers Assoc. Adam Rush Rebuttal to Arguments For Eastvale should become a city as soon as we can afford it. But we're not there yet. If Measure "A" passes, Eastvale will be an under-funded city that hands too much money over to the County, and has a severely limited ability to provide service improvements. In fact, the "approved" cityhood model includes no improved services in the first 10 years over what the county already has planned for Eastvale. Let's get some other facts straight... Under California state law NO community is allowed to raise taxes in the first three years after incorporation without prior voter approval. Cityhood offers little or no protection against tax hikes because the state and county levy most sales and property taxes. As part of Measure "A", we are voting on 30-year agreements wherein Eastvale will have to: Pay County neutrality fees that are 30% higher than they should be. Hand over "local control" of ALL our Fire Fund taxes to the county. Deplete our general fund budget reserve year after year to pay the city's bills. How does a city grow and prosper under those conditions? It's your money. Get the facts, not hype at http://www.NotNOWEastvale.com. Then decide if you think we can afford cityhoodNOWunder Measure "A". By: Donna Kaye Arena Ellen Krogman, Asst. Principal Marilyn Head Groff Irene Desmond Long Veronica Saldana

It isn't NO on Eastvale...it's Not NOW Eastvale. Few would dispute that cityhood is our common goal. We have a great community that will make a great city. Unfortunately, the terms of Measure "A" tie us to unfavorable commitments that compromise our ability to become a successful city. We need to generate a bigger tax base. Eastvale's tax base isn't yet large enough to afford anticipated operating expenses. Becoming a city will not automatically bring us a larger tax base. Moving families into all those foreclosed homes, supporting local businesses, and attracting new businesses and customers to our community is what will increase the tax base. We need to keep Eastvale Fire Funds in Eastvale. A single fire station with one engine and a crew of three is not enough to serve our community. Yet as part of Measure "A", we are required to hand over to the County any surplus Eastvale Fire Funds for use in other communities. We need to build Eastvale on solid fiscal principles and avoid borrowing money. Since 2002, new cities are required by law to reimburse counties for lost revenues resulting from their incorporation + "neutrality fees." Under Measure "A", Eastvale will be borrowing money from the County and taking money from our city Fire Fund to meet operating expense obligations, including these neutrality fees, for many years. We can create a much stronger Eastvale if we reject the terms of cityhood under Measure "A", take the time to negotiate more favorable agreements with the County, and put cityhood back on the ballot in a future election. By: Donna Kaye Arena Ellen Krogman, Asst. Principal Marilyn Head Groff Irene Desmond Long Veronica Saldana Rebuttal to Arguments Against Each and every time cityhood for Eastvale has been examined by state, regional, and local agencies, the taxpaying families of Eastvale have earned the unanimous support of their elected boards. As LAFCO has stated, "The proposed city is expected to receive revenues sufficient to provide public services and facilities". Measure "A" makes sense because it improves the safety of our streets, our neighborhoods, while helping attract good jobs. It keeps our hard earned taxes here, protecting us, instead of being spent on other communities. Measure "A" means that when a major disaster strikes, we will be protected because we will be able to make the investment in multiple fire stations, expanded sheriff patrols, and a state-of-the-art regional `mutual aid' emergency response system. Eastvale cityhood means that the safeguards taxpaying families in every neighboring community enjoy + the right to vote on taxes, the ability to go to City Hall to solve an issue, will be ours as well. That is why the Riverside County Taxpayers Association and the Eastvale Taxpayers Association urge a `YES' vote on Measure "A". Don't let political insiders scare you so they can keep spending your taxes. Measure "A" is our best way to keep our taxes here in Eastvale where we have control over the politicians. Vote `Yes' on Measure "A" on June 8th. By: Jeff DeGrandpre, President, Eastvale Incorporation Committee Adam Rush, Businessman / Community Planner Kelly Howell, Secretary of Eastvale Incorporation Committee John Leal, Eastvale Taxpayers Assn. Kenneth Minesinger, Chairman Riverside County Taxpayers Assoc.