Bear Lake hotel tax, Measure Y, 2008

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A Bear Lake hotel tax, Measure Y was on the November 4, 2008 ballot in San Bernardino County for all voters in the City of Big Bear Lake. It was approved.

Measure Y was about whether the city's hotel tax (transient lodging tax) should be increased from its current 6% to 8% starting in 2010.

• Yes: 1,503 (59.8%)
• No: 1,009 (40.1%)

The language on the ballot said:

Shall an ordinance be adopted to increase the rate of the City’s Transient Occupancy Tax (also known as Hotel Tax) charged to guests of private home rentals and any other overnight lodging facility from 6% to 7% as of January 1, 2009, and 7% to 8% as of January 1, 2010?

Advisory vote on Measure YY

An additional advisory-only vote was on the Bear Lake ballot. It said, "If the City’s Transient occupancy Tax (also known as Hotel Tax) is increased from 6% to 8%, should the City solely allocate the additional revenue to rebuild and renovate infrastructure, streets, parks, trails, lake access points and other public facilities, and prohibit the additional revenue from being used for general City operations?"

Advisory Measure YY was approved with over 78% of the vote.

See also

• California 2008 local ballot measures

External links

• Text of Measure Y
• San Bernardino County local ballot measure election results for November 4, 2008
• November 2008 California hotel taxes

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