Critics fault first-year budget split and frontage-based formula for East Carson NID
Speakers at the Sept. 2 hearing questioned the draft budget — citing high administrative and marketing allocations and only about 3% for storefront activation — and criticized a frontage-based assessment formula that they said could place disproportionate burdens on low-margin grocers.
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A focal point for critics at the public hearing was the draft first-year budget and the assessment formula. Opponents repeatedly cited the proposed budget breakdown and asked why relatively little money was allocated to direct economic-vitality programs such as grants or storefront activation.
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