Polling: A Strategic Tool for Winning Voter Support of City Finance Initiatives

摘要

Unless local governments succeed in passing constitutional measures to strengthen protection for local revenues, it is virtually guaranteed that California cities will continue to suffer fiscal losses at the hands of the state. Fiscal year 2004-05 looks even more dismal than the current fiscal year, which already has been tough for local government finance. And while state government officials are still betting that California's economy will improve, the state continues to reduce funding for local services as it attempts to balance its own books.