Santa Clara mayor: City is spending tax dollars on Levi's Stadium events

The San Jose Mercury News reports:

When city leaders championed a ballot measure six years ago to bring the San Francisco 49ers to town by building a multimillion-dollar stadium, they promised one thing: No taxpayer dollars would be spent on private stadium events or NFL games.

But two years after Levi's Stadium opened its gates, Mayor Lisa Gillmor says some costs for police and firefighter staffing at the stadium continue to go unreimbursed at a cost to the city's general fund -- a violation of the voter-approved Measure J, which shielded against spending the public's money on stadium construction or operations. The mayor ordered a $200,000 audit to determine just how much money has gone to the stadium and whether it's been paid back.

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