Atherton workshop weighs charter city option; residents split over taxes, prevailing-wage impacts Town staff outlined a short draft charter and fielded residents’ concerns about whether home-rule status would let Atherton change contracting rules or lower tax vote thresholds. Speakers debated trade-offs including legal risk, grant-related prevailing-wage obligations and modest election costs.

Atherton residents are divided over a proposed charter that could reshape local governance, including the power to modify tax rules and bypass prevailing-wage laws.

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