Why are Measure H funds being used to pave roads that don’t serve city dwellers?

I got a comment here about road work done with Measure H money – in Stilson canyon? Sure enough, when my husband and I checked it out, we saw that the city had not only resurfaced Humboldt Road but Stilson Canyon Road.

Stilson Canyon is a neighborhood of luxury homes in Chico California offering an assortment of beautiful styles, varying sizes and affordable prices to choose from. Stilson Canyon single-family homes for sale range in square footage from around 2,000 square feet to over 6,600 square feet and in price from approximately $479,000 to $2,349,000.

According to the city map, some of this neighborhood is in the city of Chico, but this sign shows that most of them live in the county.

You can see from this point, there is nothing, no housing, along that section of newly paved road. There are no city residents on Humboldt Road either. Who was served by this project – paid for with Measure H funding? This type of project should be funded with property taxes, and these people all pay property taxes to the county. Why are Measure H funds being used? Well, some very influential people live in this neighborhood, is about all I can figure.