Oxnard City Manager Alexander Nguyen claims to have greatly increased transparency at City Hall.
Really?
California’s 482 cities are required to report employee wages and benefits to the California State Controller each year.
Can you guess which four cities did not disclose that information for 2019?
As of today, September 26, 2020, those four cities are: Compton, Ione, Roseville … and Oxnard.
See for yourself at this link: Government Compensation in California
It shows Oxnard as “Failed to File.”
You know things are really bad in Oxnard when even the City of Bell reports this information on a timely basis – and their corrupt finances are legendary.
The motivation for not being transparent is obvious.
The City of Oxnard wants you to vote for Measure E, a massive 1.5% sales tax increase … with no end date!
That will double the City’s tax from 1.5% to 3%, making it the HIGHEST city rate in California: a dubious achievement shared only by Santa Cruz and Watsonville.
Oxnard City Hall doesn’t want you to see the impact of last year’s managerial pay raises – at the same time they cut funding for libraries, youths and seniors.
And this lack of transparency is one more reason to Vote NO on Oxnard Measure E.
It’s also a great reason to Vote YES on Oxnard Measure L (the Oxnard Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Act).
Measure L will improve vital city services by making the city more accountable to the people of Oxnard.
Measure L requires complete transparency of Oxnard City Hall’s spending, including requiring them to post every invoice online.
Measure L requires hiring licensed accountants for the city’s finance department, performance measurements for city departments, internal audits of city operations, and requires that wrongful and criminal acts be reported to the city council and law enforcement.
And Measure L puts the city finance department under the direction of a City Treasurer elected by and accountable to the people of Oxnard.
We spoke with both candidates running for Oxnard City Treasurer. Both candidates for Treasurer urge you to Vote YES on Measure L … and both are committed to regularly disclosing employee salaries and benefits.
But they won’t be able to do that unless we Vote YES on Oxnard Measure L.
The best way to improve Oxnard is to Vote NO on Measure E’s tax increase and Vote YES on citizen-sponsored reform measures F, L, M and N to bring real transparency and accountability to City Hall, fix our streets and alleys, better fund Oxnard’s needs and produce more jobs for Oxnard’s economic recovery from COVID.
Vote NO on Measure E, and Vote YES on Measures F, L, M, and N.
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What’s wrong with transparency? Starr’s measures are redundant and dangerous! There is plenty of transparency as it is.
Why is Starr writing up a permit process measure? Is he a expert in permits? STUPID!
Why does he want any one over 18 years of age to be our Finance Director and not be removable from that position until another election boots that person out? RECKLESS!
Starr wants roads to be in a certain condition, which would require funds to be taken away from public safety for the sake of the roads! RECKLESS, AGAIN!
NO on everything Starr proposes!
Sorry Pedro voting yes. What’s wrong with transparency?
Nice try – the State messed up on this one. Oxnard filed it in June. NO on everything Starr proposes!