• DONATE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • TOPICS
    • GOVERNMENT
    • EDUCATION
    • IMMIGRATION
    • ENVIRONMENT
    • INFRASTRUCTURE
    • DATA
    • HEALTH
      • COVID-19
    • EN ESPAÑOL
  • PROJECTS
    • Conservatorships
    • Veterans Village
    • Deeded Discrimination
    • Mission Act
    • Donovan Deaths
    • Veterans Voices
    • Risky Research
    • Fix This: A community reporting project from inewsource
    • REWIRED
  • ABOUT US
    • About Us
    • Awards
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
    • Internships
    • Job Openings
    • Staff
    • Standards and Policies
  • SUPPORT US
    • Ways to Give
    • Donate
    • Our Supporters
    • Spotlight Club
  • OUR RESULTS
    • OUR RESULTS
  • EN ESPAÑOL
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • DONATE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • TOPICS
    • GOVERNMENT
    • EDUCATION
    • IMMIGRATION
    • ENVIRONMENT
    • INFRASTRUCTURE
    • DATA
    • HEALTH
      • COVID-19
    • EN ESPAÑOL
  • PROJECTS
    • Conservatorships
    • Veterans Village
    • Deeded Discrimination
    • Mission Act
    • Donovan Deaths
    • Veterans Voices
    • Risky Research
    • Fix This: A community reporting project from inewsource
    • REWIRED
  • ABOUT US
    • About Us
    • Awards
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
    • Internships
    • Job Openings
    • Staff
    • Standards and Policies
  • SUPPORT US
    • Ways to Give
    • Donate
    • Our Supporters
    • Spotlight Club
  • OUR RESULTS
    • OUR RESULTS
  • EN ESPAÑOL
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
Skip to content
inewsource

inewsource

Investigative, data-driven journalism

DONATE

Category: Mello-Roos

Posted inEducation

Eastlake homeowners pay millions in Mello-Roos school taxes but money goes elsewhere

by Leonardo Castañeda July 31, 2018February 25, 2019 Why you can trust inewsource

Over the past three decades, the Sweetwater Union High School District has used at least $46 million in special taxes paid by property owners in the Eastlake neighborhood to fund projects in other parts of Chula Vista.

Mello-Roos crowdsourcing illustration by Brandon Quester, inewsource
Posted inGovernment

Help us crowdsource San Diego’s Mello-Roos tax districts

by Leonardo Castañeda July 26, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource
Sweetwater Union High School District spokesman Manuel Rubio shows one of the iPads purchased by the district. In 2012 the district bought almost 8,000 iPads for all seventh graders. May 26, 2017. Brandon Quester, inewsource
Posted inMello-Roos

iPads for seventh graders at Sweetwater school district MIA

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña and Leonardo Castañeda June 22, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource
Homes in the eastern Chula Vista neighborhood of Eastlake are among the thousand of properties paying Mello-Roos taxes in San Diego County. Brandon Quester, inewsource / Google Earth
Posted inGovernment

Special property tax lacks robust oversight, accountability

by Leonardo Castañeda June 20, 2017June 9, 2022 Why you can trust inewsource
Homes in the eastern Chula Vista neighborhood of Eastlake are among the thousand of properties paying Mello-Roos taxes in San Diego County. Brandon Quester, inewsource / Google Earth
Posted inGovernment

Mello-Roos tax records: How we crunched the data

by Brandon Quester June 20, 2017September 9, 2021 Why you can trust inewsource
Posted inBlog, Mello-Roos

City of S.D. says checking Mello-Roos tax bills too costly

by Joanne Faryon May 13, 2014August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource
mello-10
Posted inGovernment, Mello-Roos, Taxes

City auditor wants Mello-Roos tax bills checked for accuracy

by Joanne Faryon May 12, 2014August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource
Posted inGovernment, Mello-Roos, Taxes

Neighborhood kids can’t go to new Poway Unified school, but teachers’ kids can

by Joanne Faryon February 12, 2014August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource
Posted inFuture, Government, Mello-Roos, Taxes

Poway Unified parents want answers about who gets a seat at new school

by Joanne Faryon January 22, 2014August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource
Posted inGovernment, Mello-Roos, Taxes

Poway Unified kids can’t attend new school because parents didn’t pay for it

by Joanne Faryon January 21, 2014August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource

Posts navigation

1 2 3 Older posts

About Us

inewsource is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to improving lives in San Diego and Imperial counties through impactful, data-based investigative and accountability journalism.

Our Staff

Standards and Policies

SUBMIT A TIP
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

inewsource is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our tax ID is 27-0732786.

PO Box 34546
San Diego, CA 92163

(619) 594-5100
contact@inewsource.org

Send Us A Tip

ABOUT

  • Our Staff
  • Awards
  • Jobs
  • Internships
  • Board of Directors
  • Standards and Policies
  • Financial Documents
  • Corrections and Clarifications

Our latest stories and investigations delivered straight to your inbox.


  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • SoundCloud
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
© 2023 inewsource. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy