Download a sample letter to the editor and send to your local news outlets noting you oppose Sacramento's plans to eliminate Redevelopment in California.

Dear Editor:

Once again the state wants to raid local revenues to fix its state budget problems. The state’s proposal to eliminate redevelopment will kill jobs and economic expansion and instead, suck the positive momentum into the black hole that is Sacramento.

Consider:

• Redevelopment supports 304,000 full- and part-time private sector jobs a year, including 170,600 construction jobs; 
• Redevelopment contributes over $40 billion annually to California’s economy; and
• Redevelopment construction activities generate $2 billion in state and local taxes a year. Redevelopment has helped locally, too.

For example:.

INSERT LOCAL EXAMPLES OF REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE THREATENED BY THE ADMINISTRATION’S BUDGET PROPOSAL. INCLUDE JOB LOSSES AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND SPECIFIC PROJECT DETAILS.

We understand the realities of the State’s budget deficit, but eliminating redevelopment will kill local jobs when we need them most.

Sincerely,