Burlingame Hotel Tax, Measure H (November 2009)
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A City of Burlingame Hotel Tax, Measure H ballot proposition was on the November 3, 2009 ballot in San Mateo County for voters in the City of Burlingame, where it was approved.
- Yes: 3,907 (79.8%)
- No: 991 (20.2%)
Measure H increases the City of Burlingame’s hotel tax from 10% to 12%. Any guest who stays at a hotel or similar establishment within the city borders of Burlingame will have to pay the tax.
Hotel taxes are general taxes. Revenues raised from hotel taxes go into the city's general fund where they can be used for any general governmental function of the city.
If hotel occupancy rates in the city stay the same, the city estimates that an $2 million could be generated in tax revenues. Future occupancy rates are unpredictable, and can be negatively impacted by the attitude of potential hotel guests toward higher hotel taxes.
Ballot question
The ballot question was, "To preserve funding for general city services, including maintaining public safety, recreation, planning and library services, and repairing and improving city streets and infrastructure, such as the Broadway/Highway 101 interchange, shall the City of Burlingame approve an ordinance amending the Burlingame Municipal Code to increase the transient occupancy tax rate from ten (10%) per cent to twelve (12%) per cent on the rent charged to hotel guests within the City?"
Path to the ballot
The Burlingame City Council approved the tax increase, and putting the tax increase on the ballot. By state law, a minimum of 2/3rds of the City Council had to vote in favor of the tax increase before it could go on the ballot.
See also
External links
- Impartial analysis of Measure H
- Argument in favor of Measure H
- San Mateo local ballot measures, November 2009
- Measure H election results
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