Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido is heading up an effort to resurrect California’s controversial redevelopment agencies, working with the public relations firm Forde & Mollrich to solicit donations from cities to fund a ballot initiative that would reverse one of Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature policy achievements, according to the Voice of OC.
City contributions would go to a nonprofit setup to draft the Jobs & Economic Development Initiative – termed JEDI – for the November 2014 ballot, which would allow cities to once again capture tax increment revenue, the central component to what was formerly called redevelopment. Continue reading
