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Kings County sets aside $687,000 of new CalPFA/CalCHA funds for local needs after heated debate
Summary
Kings County supervisors designated roughly 11% ($687,000) of a $6 million CalPFA/CalCHA allocation for immediate local requests — including public safety gear, cemetery aid and small capital repairs — after a lengthy discussion weighing debt‑paydown for a government center remodel against bridge and district priorities.
Kings County supervisors voted April 14 to set aside $687,000 — about 11% of the $6 million allocated to the county by the California Public Finance Authority and the California Community Housing Agency — for discretionary local requests while staff returns with financing scenarios for larger capital projects.
Matthew Boyett, assistant CEO, told the board the two JPAs allocated $6 million to Kings County (roughly $2 million from CalPFA and $4 million from CalCHA) and presented options: apply the funds toward the government center remodel debt service, loan funds to the Houston Avenue Bridge project (expected to be reimbursed), establish an enterprise fund for long‑term…
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