School parcel tax renewal may hit April 6 ballot Nov 19, 2009
San Marino Unified School District has a $1,090-a-year parcel tax with a 3 percent annual increase or CPI, whichever is lower. The Kentfield Elementary School District is supported by a $773-a-year parcel tax with a 5 percent annual increase. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
California Focus: Voters detest new taxes? Not always Jul 16, 2009
So far this year, 10 such local proposals have succeeded in places as geographically varied as Piedmont in the East San Francisco Bay area and the Los Angeles suburb of San Marino. Only five parcel tax plans have failed. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Clergy say, "I won't" Jul 10, 2009
But Cribbs, a 59-year-old African-American minister with the United Church of Christ in San Marino, Calif. isn't attending many weddings lately. (Salon)
Lincoln exhibit lectures begin with desegregation discussion May 30, 2009
The exhibit is six panels featuring reproductions of historic documents related to Lincoln and emancipation in the collection of the Huntington Library of San Marino, Calif. The Huntington Library organized the exhibit along with New York City's Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. (Athens Banner-Herald)
