Cupertino Utility Users Tax, Measure B (November 2009)
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A Cupertino Utility Users Tax, Measure B was on the November 3, 2009 ballot in Santa Clara County for voters in the City of Cupertino, California, where it was approved.[1]
- Yes: 7,843 (75.98%)
- No: 2,479 (24.02%)
Measure B will extend Cupertino's existing utility tax, which was first imposed in 1990, to an additional range of services, including cell phone usage. The tax rate will stay the same. The current tax raises about $1 million a year in taxes. Measure B is expected to bring in an additional $600,000 in taxes to the city.[1]
142 California cities have a utility users tax. In 2002, voters in Cupertino agreed to have the tax sunset in 2030 instead of in 2015.[1]
Ballot question
The question on the ballot was, "Without increasing the tax rate, shall an ordinance be adopted to update Cupertino’s existing telephone utility users tax, to fund general city services, including neighborhood police patrols, library services, city streets, parks and open spaces, senior programs, and school crossing guards, while maintaining senior citizens’ tax exemptions, retaining local control of revenues, requiring annual audits and public expenditure reviews, by amending language for consistency with current practice?"
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mercury News, "Cupertino asking voters to approve cell phone tax or risk losing $600K", August 10, 2009
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