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As expected and feared, state officials are reaching into city and county tills to balance the budget. Alan Tandy, Bakersfield's city manager, estimates the hit to city coffers this way (the budget isn't yet published, so exact tallies aren't available):   • $6.5 million in property taxes, a loan to be repaid in three years. • $4.8 million "take" of gas taxes this year and the same next year. • $2.5 million "take" of redevelopment funds. Total estimate: $13.8 million this fiscal year; $4.8 million next fiscal year (fiscal years start July 1). LA County supes have already voted to sue the state, with other localities expected to join.  In Bakersfield, the city council would have to vote on the matter, but Tandy said city staff believes the taking of gas tax and redevelopment funds are "clearly illegal." (Fun read: veteran Sac Bee columnist Dan Walters says Cali officials would be Madoff cellmates if the state was a...
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