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IN <br />Approach to analyzing the issue of tax equity <br />• Survey of Citizens <br />• Helps to determine who is using what <br />• Parks, Libraries, recycling, public transit, senior center, wifi /technology, health care <br />• Survey sent out over postal and email, facebook, etc. <br />• Examining taxes paid and government services received by citizens <br />broken down by city and incorporated area <br />• Federalism issues <br />• Public vs. private goods (excludable /non - excludable & rival /nonrival) <br />• Examine city and county budgets, socioeconomic data, tax data, etc. <br />• Snapshot methodology —some tax revenues collected today are shifted to reserve funds <br />to be spent in the future. This makes `taxes collected' look bigger than `service provided' <br />CCM Economics, LLC OC Tax Equity Study <br />