A citizens’ committee created to monitor how Stockton spends its hundreds of millions of dollars in Measure A sales tax money has given city staff 90 days to answer a list of questions about the city’s oversight of the funds.
At City Hall on Thursday, the six-person Measure A Citizens’ Advisory Committee voted 5-1 to have Stockton finance officials return in January with answers to a list of 21 questions, including about how much of the tax money the city has put toward hiring new Stockton Police Department officers.
Committee members Duwayne Chavez, Julie Dunning, Susan Lenz, Daniel Offield and Destiny Rivas voted “yes.” Committee leader Ned Leiba voted “no.” The committee has one vacant seat…