Ventura County Watershed Protection District: Backdoor Tax Bill goes to California Senate

The Ventura County Watershed Protection District AKA Ventura County Board of Supervisors are attempting to raise taxes again.

A bill that would allow the Ventura County Board of Supervisors to ask county property owners to approve an annual fee to help reduce pollution from storm water advanced to the state Senate floor this week, but not before receiving a testy challenge from Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks.

The measure would give supervisors, who govern the Ventura County Watershed Protection District, the ability to ask property owners to vote for a fee that would likely amount to about $25 per year for each parcel of developed property. Agricultural and undeveloped land would be exempt, because pollution is generated when rainwater runs off asphalt and concrete before ultimately flowing into storm drains.

The Lefties in the California Legislature will pass this.

Hopefully, Tom McClintock, will have the Governor’s ear and solicit a veto.