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San Diego County property value tops $500 billion
SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Assessor Ernest Dronenburg announced June 29 that the 2017 assessed value of all taxable property has topped the $500 billion mark, closing at $512.3 billion. This is an increase of 6.05 percent (or $29.2 billion) over last year. The County’s net assessed value after the deduction of property tax exemptions for homeowners, disabled veterans and charitable organizations is $492.1 billion. Based on Proposition 13’s statutory 1 percent tax rate, this will produce approximately $4.92 billion to fund schools, law enforcement, parks and other public services. Dronenburg attributes this increase, the fifth annual increase in as many years, to the slow and steady growth in the real estate market. “The real estate market and median home prices have been steadily increasing in the range of 5 to 6 percent annually for a number of years. This consistent growth is sustainable and will likely continue into the near future.” Dronenburg added, “While the total assessed value for the County increased by over 6 percent, 81 percent of taxpayers will see an increase of only 2 percent due to the protections offered by
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Volunteers dig in to landscape vet’s home
Courtesy photo Homes For Our Troops recruits work on the landscaping at Marine Private First Class Isaac Blunt’s future specially-adapted custom home in Fallbrook June 24. See more photos on page B-1.
Three local nonprofits receive Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funds
CWA approves rate increase Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
The San Diego County Water Authority (CWA) approved what equates to a 3.7 percent rate increase for its water rates. The June 22 adoption of next year’s rates will increase the cost per acre-foot on a countywide basis from $1,546 to $1,603 for treated water and from $1,256 to $1,303 for untreated supply. The rate changes also include replacing a per-acre annexation cost with a single annexation application fee. The CWA’s rates are based on a melded rate which melds the cost of water delivered from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), water purchased from the Imperial Irrigation District under the Quantification Settlement Agreement (QSA), and water produced by the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant. The CWA also has transportation, storage, and customer service charges along with fees and charges for fixed expenditures which are incurred even when water use is reduced. Debt coverage targets are also incorporated into the CWA rate structure; the CWA has a target debt coverage ratio, or ratio of cash available to debt obligation, of 1.5:1 for senior lien debt (debt secured by collateral in the event of default) and 1.4:1 for overall debt. The QSA included
see CWA, page A-8
Child pornography offenses present a real threat to children
see ASSESSOR, page A-4
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Connor Kuhn photo Veterans of Foreign Wars Charles E. Swisher Post No. 1924 on Old Stage Road is one of the recipients of a Neighborhood Reinvestment Program grant, to be used for building improvements. Joe Naiman Village News Correspondent
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The recipients of District Five Neighborhood Reinvestment Program grants approved during the June 20 San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting include Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1924, the Fallbrook Historical Society, and Spirit of Sharing. The supervisors’ 5-0 vote allocated $25,000 to Post 1924 for various facilities improvements, $15,000 to the Fallbrook Historical Society for Reche School House restoration work, and $20,000 to Spirit for Sharing which will be used to purchase non-perishable food and hygiene products for military families. The Neighborhood Reinvestment Program is intended to provide grants to non-profit organizations for the furtherance of public purposes at the regional and community levels. In addition to non-profit organizations, county supervisors can also fund schools and fire departments, and supervisors can also use money from their budgets to supplement other county funding for specific county projects such as parks, roads, and libraries. Each county supervisor recommends the allocation
of his or her Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funds, although those allocations must be approved by a majority of the board. Supervisor Bill Horn recommended funding from his District Five budget for Post 1924, the Fallbrook Historical Society, and Spirit of Sharing. Post 1924 is in the 1100 block of Old Stage Road and is formally Charles E. Swisher Post No. 1924. Swisher was a Fallbrook native who was stationed on the U.S.S. Arizona and was killed when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Swisher’s father, Leon, was one of the 28 World War I veterans who founded Post 1924. In 1942, the post was named after Swisher and, in 1945, land was donated for post hall. “The Fallbrook VFW is a great community resource for veterans,” Horn said. The Neighborhood Reinvestment Program grant will help purchase photovoltaic energy panels, ceiling insulation, and playground equipment and rehabilitate a patio cover. The Fallbrook Historical Society was founded in 1976 and merged with the Reche Community Club, whose only task was to maintain the Reche School House building, in 2016. Reche School was Fallbrook’s
first school when it opened in 1886, and it operated as a school until 1939. “The Reche School House is part of Fallbrook’s rich history and in need of some TLC,” Horn said. “This $15,000 grant will be used to restore the interior and exterior of the building and make the restrooms wheelchair accessible.” In 2000, a World War II veteran founded Spirit of Sharing in order to help military families in times of needs. Camp Pendleton families are among those who receive emergency-based assistance which includes an onsite food bank, items for infants and other children, household goods, furniture, bedding, and hygiene items. The Neighborhood Reinvestment Program funding will be used to purchase nonperishable food items, hygiene products, diapers, baby formula, baby wipes, utensils, dishware, curtains, tablecloths, bedding, furniture, and other items. “I am proud to support the Spirit of Sharing volunteers who are dedicated to providing emergency assistance for our military families,” Horn said. To comment on this story online, visit www.thevillagenews.com.
The children whose abuse is captured in child pornography images suffer not just from the sexual abuse graphically memorialized in the images, but also from a separate victimization, knowing that the images of that abuse are accessible, usually on the Internet, and are traded by other offenders who receive sexual gratification from the children’s distress. According to academic researchers, medical professionals, and child pornography victims themselves, knowing that all copies of child pornography images can never be retrieved compounds the victimization. The shame suffered by the children is intensified by the fact that the sexual abuse was captured in images easily available for others to see and revictimizes the children by using those images for sexual gratification. Unlike children who suffer from abuse without the production of images of that abuse, these children struggle to find closure and may be more prone to feelings of helplessness and lack of control, given that the images cannot be retrieved and are available for others to see in perpetuity. They experience anxiety as a result of the perpetual fear of humiliation that they will be recognized from the images. This harm is best described by the mother of a victim. A mother’s story of child pornography victimization “My daughter was abused repeatedly to produce images for the purpose of being traded [and] shared over the Internet. Without a market to receive and
see THREAT, page A-8