92nd Best Place to Live… Let them eat cake…

Median family income (per year)
Grand Terrace $70,435 Best Places Average $90,316

Family purchasing power (annual, cost-of-living adjusted)
Grand Terrace $57,781 Best Places Average $82,867

Median home price $379,986 Best Places Average;$359,352

Average property taxes
(2006) $1,981 $3,585

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2007/snapshots/PL0630658.html

The above figures come from the web page.

Here is how I read the information.

The People who live in Grand Terrace have a Lower Purchasing Power than the Average Best Place. People who live in Grand Terrace and who have purchased their homes recently have paid more for their homes a premium of 20,000.00 above the average in spite of having 27.000.00 per household less to spend on an annual basis.

IN Addition, the average property taxes being lower than the average indicates that other communities have a different tax structure, and or there are many homes that have not been resold at the higher property values to undermine the effects of Prop 13.

So who ever is living in Grand Terrace it is a struggle to do so financially. For the City to increase that in any way is counter productive. In addition the goal of ever advancing or increasing the price or “value” of a house in Grand Terrace causes a direct negative affect to people trying to buy and pay for those same houses. Higher Sales prices only benefit the people who are leaving Grand Terrace and the Realtors who are making a percent of their income based on the price negotiated.

For the City Manager to be paid more than the Average Family in GT and be provided a car and house is not prudent use of limited resources of one of the smaller cities on the list.

There is an interesting unbalance shown by the data published.

When you visit the above site... check out the LOW Crime Rate Reported and then Look at July Arrests...

60 People were Arrested and Booked into jail in the Month of July. The Charges are listed below. White 20, Black 7, Hispanic 32, Other 1, Females 13, Males 47.

HS11364(A) Drug Paraphernalia
PC1320(A) Failure to Appear in Court
PC853.7 Failure to Appear in Court
PC647(F) Public Intoxication
PC1320(A) Failure to Appear in Court
PC647(F) Public Intoxication
PC853.7 Failure to Appear in Court
PC273.5(A) Domestic Battery causing wound or injury
HS11550(A) Under Influence of Controlled Substance
PC1320(A) Failure to Appear in Court
PC148(A)(1) Obstruction of Police Officer
PC853.7 Failure to Appear in Court
PC12020(A)(1) Weapons Violation
VC14601.1(A) Driving with Suspended License
HS11550(A) Under the Influence of Controlled Substance
HS11550(A) Under the Influence of Controlled Substance
PC530.5(A) Identity Theft
VC14601.1(A) Driving With Suspended License
VC16028(A) Driving Without Proof of Insurance
VC22350 Excessive Speed
VC40508A Failure to Appear in Court
PC647(F) Public Intoxication
PC496(A) Possession of Stolen Property
VC4463(A)(1) False/Altered Records of Ownership/Registration
HS11377(A) Possession of Controlled Substance
VC12500(A) Driving Without Driver’s License
PC69 Every person who attempts, by means of any threat or violence, to deter or prevent an executive officer from performing any duty imposed upon such officer by law, or who knowingly resists, by the use of force or violence, such officer, in the performance of his duty, is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
HS11377(A) Possession of Controlled Substance
HS11377(A) Possession of Controlled Substance
PC3056 Parole Revoked
HS11377(A) Possession of Controlled Substance
VC23222(B) Possession of Marijuana While Driving Motor Vehicle
PC496(A) Possession of Stolen Property
HS11364(A) Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
PC853.7 Failure to Appear in Court
PC3056 Parole Revoked
PC496(A) Possession of Stolen Property
HS11357(B) Possession of Concentrated Cannabis (Hash)
PC1320(A) Failure to Appear in Court
HS11550(A) Under Influence of Controlled Substance
PC1320(A) Failure to Appear
PC148(A)(1) Resisting or Obstructing Police Officer
VC12500(A) Driving Without Drivers License
VC23152(A) Driving Under the Influence
VC23152(B) Driving with greater than .08 Blood Alcohol Level
HS11377(A) Possession of Controlled Substance
HS11378 Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Sale
PC273A(A) Child Endangerment
HS11377(A) Possession of Controlled Substance
PC496(A) Possession of Stolen Property
PC647(F) Public Intoxication
PC12020(A)(1) Firearms Violation
PC12020(A)(1) Firearms Violation
HS11377(A) Possession of Controlled Substance
HS11550(A) Under Inflence of Controlled Substance
PC243(E)(1) Domestic Battery
PC1203.2 Probation Revoked
VC10851(A) Taking Auto Without Owners’ Permission
HS11377(A) Possession of Controlled Substance
HS11550(A) Under Influence of Controlled Substance
PC148(A)(1) Interference with Law Enforcement Officer
HS11550(A) Under Influence of Controlled Substance
PC415(1) Fighting In Public or Challenge Person to Fight
PC415(1) Fighting In Public or Challenge Person to Fight
PC415(1) Fighting In Public or Challenge Person to Fight
HS11550(A) Under Influence of Controlled Substance
VC23152(B) DUI Blood Alcohol in Excess of .08
HS11550(A) MISD ORIGINAL NO BAIL CITE-REL
HS11550(A) Under the Influence of Controlled Substance
PC273.5(A) Domestic Battery
PC594(B)(1) Vandalism excess of $400.00
HS11383 (c) Any person who possesses any compound or mixture containing
piperidine, cyclohexanone, pyrrolidine, morpholine, 1-phenylcyclohexylamine (PCA), 1-piperidinocyclohexanecarbonitrile (PCC), or phenylmagnesium bromide (PMB) with the intent to manufacture phencyclidine, is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for two, four, or six years.
PC1320(B) Failure to Appear in Court
PC487(A) Grand Theft
PC12031(A)(1) Illegal Loaded Firearm
PC1320(A) Failure to Appear in Court
HS11377(A) Possesion of Controlled Substance
PC368(B)(1) Elder Abuse or Neglect
PC484E(A) Grand Theft
PC496(A) Possession of Stolen Property
HS11550(A) Under Influence of Controlled Substance
PC487(A) Grand Theft
PC496(A) Possession of Stolen Property
PC32 Harboring/Aiding a Felon
PC148(A)(1) Resisting a Peace Officer
VC23152(A) Driving Under the Influence
VC23222(B) DUI with Blood Alcohol Lever Exceeds .08
VC23152(A) Driving Under the Influence
VC23222(B) DUI with Blood Alcohol Lever Exceeds .08
PC273A(A) Child Abuse
HS11377(A) Possession of Controlled Substance
PC273A(A) Any person who, under circumstances or conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death, willfully causes or permits any child to suffer, or inflicts thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child, willfully causes or permits the person or health of that child to be injured, or willfully causes or permits that child to be placed in a situation where his or her person or health is endangered, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison for two, four, or six years
HS11550(A) Illegal Distribution of Drugs With Out License
PC1320(A) Failure to Appear
HS11550(A) Illegal Distribution of Drugs With Out License
PC422 Threats of Bodily Harm
HS12677 It is unlawful for any person to possess dangerous fireworks without holding a valid permit.

PC647(F) Public Intoxication
PC148.9(A) Obstruct Public Officer
PC647(F) Public Intoxication
HS11364 Drug Paraphernalia
PC148.9(A) Obstruct Public Officer
VC12500(A) Driving Without a License
PC496(A) Receipt/Possession of Stolen Property
VC23152(A) Driving While Intoxicated
PC148.9(A) Obstruct Public Officer
PC3056 Revoked Parole
PC602 Trespassing
PC148.9(A) Obstruct Public Officer