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“Those school districts would each receive 20% when we have the property tax revenue share,” said West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero, center.<\/p>\n “Those school districts would each receive 20% when we have the property tax revenue share,” said West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero, center.<\/p>\n
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While many school districts are struggling, including those in California, the school districts in West Sacramento received promised good news from the group that launched a plan to attract a Major League Baseball team.<\/p>\n
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If the city is selected for an expansion team and builds a promised new stadium<\/a>, backers say 40% of the new property tax revenues it generates would go to two Yolo County school districts, Los Rios Community College District<\/a>, and Washington Unified School District<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yolo County schools would receive a portion of local tax revenues, but the 40% figure specifically refers to the city of West Sacramento’s overall share of property taxes generated within city limits \u2014 unusually high for a city in California, where tax distributions are limited by rules set in 1978’s Proposition 13.<\/p>\n Under the “Sacramento Pitch” campaign for an MLB expansion franchise, the funding plan relies on tax increment financing from a proposed ballpark district.<\/p>\n Over a projected 40 years, backers say the ballpark district is expected to generate $1.77 billion in tax revenue. Of this, $1 billion is earmarked for stadium construction, and the remaining $770 million is allocated to fund schools, county services, and special districts.<\/p>\n MLB is looking to add two expansion teams before the end of Commissioner Rob Manfred’s tenure in 2029.<\/p>\n “Those school districts would each receive 20% when we have the property tax revenue share,” said West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero, who has been mayor since 2020.<\/p>\n The Sacramento River divides West Sacramento, a city of 53,915, from the state capital city, Sacramento. It’s also the county line.<\/p>\n The city’s existing minor league ballpark lies a short walk across the river from Sacramento, and the proposed MLB park would be built in the same location.<\/p>\n The city would contribute $1 billion to the stadium project tapping revenues on what Guerrero described as a “pay go” basis. She said the city has no plans to tap bonds for the project and she is unaware of whether the private partners are considering going after private activity bonds.<\/p>\n As for the timing of when the city’s two school districts could benefit from the proposed baseball stadium, Guerrero said it would be in line with the timing of the estimated $1.8 billion the city expects to realize from the stadium over a 40-year period. She adds the city conceivably could realize more than that; it just ran the numbers going out 40 years.<\/p>\n Washington Unified School District’s outstanding general obligation bonds are rated Aa2 by Moody’s Ratings, according to its filings on the Municipal Rulemaking Board’s EMMA bond disclosure<\/a> website.<\/p>\n The city based its economic analysis on how much revenue the city has realized from having the Athletics play in its minor league stadium, she said.<\/p>\n The Athletics officially decamped from Oakland after their lease at the Oakland Coliseum ended in 2024. The franchise \u2014 now simply known as the Athletics without a city identifier \u2014 is playing three temporary seasons at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento while awaiting a planned relocation to a new stadium in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n The city analyzed the revenues its three local hotels would realize and how much of a cut the city would receive from through hotel bed taxes, as well as direct stadium revenues.<\/p>\n “We are being conservative and basing it on our experience with this year’s MLB games,” Guerrero said.<\/p>\n Part of that includes the parking revenues the city has accrued.<\/p>\n