After maneuvering through a tangled bureaucratic mess, Burbank and Glendale have received millions to pay down redevelopment-related debt obligations, although the amounts they received fell short of what city officials say is their fair share.
In the ongoing tussle with the state over how much property tax revenue cities should get to cover the debt obligations they were left holding when the state dissolved local redevelopment agencies, the latest round of allocations did little to quell feelings among city officials that they've been forced to grovel for money to cover expenses that would normally have been taken care of.
Glendale City Manager Scott Ochoa on Friday said that while some money was better than none, the process had moved beyond questions of fairness and into the realm of “insanity.”