After hearing oral arguments in March, the Court of Appeal ruled a taxpayer does have standing to challenge a governmental entity, in this case a water district that has a conflict of interest.
The pain of preparing to cut eight full-time equivalent teaching positions in the Scotts Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) next year seemed to make the “rubber hit the road” in planning for a parcel tax measure on the November ballot , according to District Superintendent Tanya Krause.