Pomona Unified election candidates, utility tax focus of forum

The coming Pomona Unified School District elections will be the focus of the upcoming Willie White Park Focus Group's next meeting.

 

Candidates seeking election to the Pomona Unified Board of Education have been invited to participate in a forum scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at the Willie White Park Community Center, 3065 Battram St.

 

Eight of the 10 candidates have confirmed their participation in the forum.

 

District voters will have a chance to elect board members to fill three seats with four-year terms and vote to fill a two-year term seat.

 

A representative of the Pomona City Manager's Office will also be present to speak on Measure PS, the city's telecommunications utility users tax initiative.

 

The measure calls for updating the portion of the city code related to the utility users tax. The update is meant to bring the code in line with current and future telephone technology without changing the current tax rate.