A proposed measure to fund jobs and other services for young people in Sacramento is being supported by a coalition of labor and religious groups and some local elected officials. A $29 annual tax on parcels of property in the city would be set up to pay for programs provided through Youth Jobs and Opportunity Act. Property owners would be charged the tax. The proposed initiative could appear on the November ballot. Supporters say they intend to collect 30,000 signatures from residents. Prop... KathleenHaley Justin Smith comment-20959 2010-01-21T04:04:10Z 2010-01-21T04:04:10Z Well it's no secret that religious charities prey on poor and defenseless people of all stripes. What stake does any given religious group have in this fight? I wonder what kind of half cocked scheme unions are running to keep their lavish pensions up? I can't see the state paying $90,000 per year per kid to be locked up without union thugs having their way. Why not set up work programs and encourage prison/slave labor to keep the California union cash cow lactating, while encouraging arrests at the same time. Justin Smith 2010-01-21T04:04:10Z Rhonda Erwin comment-20952 2010-01-20T22:39:08Z 2010-01-20T22:39:08Z As long as the proposed measure provides jobs to the youth, as long as the youth receive the services, funding and it is not tangled up - bulk of money going to administration cost--agency enhancements-- whereas the money/ services doesn't really reach the youth- community affected by violence, communities of neglect.....If it's for the youth and not the agencies then this is nice. I attended several meetings and recall the city tax measure supported by Yes to Youth Coalition, Sacramento Area Congregations Together... whereas the groups appeared looking (just as law enforcement) on how to enhance their agencies, gain clout... and began to aggressively seek to gain funding when money became available and did not labor and sat mute when no funding was available....Programs lacking money to assist with helping kids pass high school exit exam suddenly shifted to be "youth violence prevention" programs since funding was coming to address youth violence. As long as it is done in the spirit of love and not the spirit of greed- then this is really nice.... But I've seen so much deceit, so many with other agenda's so many looking at money and not looking at resources (and I saw greed from those listed in the article) So we need to be careful and we need to know EXACTLY how the money will be spent. This is too vague. We need to know WHAT WE ARE SIGNING on to, otherwise it's as vague as Johnson's SMP- done in the dark..... and not as helpful as it appears to be. We'd be surprised who all can be and have been poverty pimps. Rhonda Erwin 2010-01-20T22:39:08Z Justin Smith comment-20945 2010-01-20T20:50:27Z 2010-01-20T20:50:27Z Yeah, their hyper-liberal agenda is to inform the public about what's going on. They just might be correlating the expensive costs of incarcerating youth with the necessity to minimize costs to the state. Justin Smith 2010-01-20T20:50:27Z thsas comment-20925 2010-01-20T16:30:25Z 2010-01-20T16:30:25Z The government will make much better decisions on where my money should go, than I posssibly ever could. I will stop using Harv's Car wash once a year to pay for this, and that should help with the employment of the unskillled. The $6,000 a year I pay in property tax did seem a bit low.... thsas 2010-01-20T16:30:25Z The Parrhesiac comment-20858 2010-01-20T04:39:21Z 2010-01-20T04:39:21Z Does Sac Press have an agenda? Why are you pushing this? It's already been covered. The Parrhesiac 2010-01-20T04:39:21Z