Fact Check: Bonnie Lowenthal for Mayor

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Bonnie Lowenthal says

LBREPORT.com says

"...In the legislature, Bonnie stood up to the special interests to get more than $31 million of our tax dollars returned to the City of Long Beach, allowing the city to balance its budget."

The $31 million apparently refers to money returned to the City of Long Beach as a result of the state legislature's dissolution of Redevelopment Agencies statewide, a move recommended by Gov. Brown to help balance Sacramento's state budget. The City of Long Beach (with Mayor Foster especially outspoken) strongly opposed Sacramento's dissolution of Redevelopment Agencies.

While regretting the loss of Redevelopment, city management has acknowledged that the monies Long Beach received from the dissolution of Redevelopment did produce a windfall that helped produce a surplus in LB City Hall's General Fund FY14 budget. Without the returned sums, Long Beach wouldn't have a surplus this year, even with Council majority approved reductions to police, fire and other core services and "pension reform."

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