STATE SUPREME COURT REJECTS LOCAL’S APPEAL TO INVALIDATE ALAMEDA SCHOOL PARCEL TAX MEASURE

High Court Declines To Hear Case, Upholding August Appeals Court Ruling

Exterior View of California First District Court Of Appeal Which Ruled In AUSD’s Favor

The California State Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to local resident Leland Traiman’s cause to nullify AUSD’s parcel tax Measure A, by letting stand a California First District, Division 5 Court Of Appeals ruling that the tax did not create “different effective tax rates for different properties.”

Had he prevailed, AUSD General Fund revenues which the district listed as just over  $154.5 million for Fiscal Year 2023-4 would have declined by about $10 million or j...