Sales tax in California

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California has a statewide sales tax of 8.25%. Municipalities are allowed to assess a local sales tax up to 9.25%.

The statewide 7.25% is allocated as:^[1]

7.25% - State
- 5.00% - State of California's General Fund
- 0.25% - State of California's Fiscal Recovery Fund
- 0.50% - State of California's Local Revenue Fund
- 0.50% - State of California's Local Public Safety Fund
- 1.00% - Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Tax
  - 0.25% - Local County - Transportation funds
  - 0.75% - Local city/county - Operating funds

On April 1, 2009, the state sales and use tax increased by 1%, making the minimum sales tax statewide 8.25%.^[2],^[3]

The statewide local sales tax of 1.25 percent was imposed in 1967.^[4]

Local sales tax elections

2012

November 6

November 6, 2012 ballot measures in California

Twenty-five (25) local sales tax measures are on the November 6, 2012 ballot ballot in cities and towns.
Nine (9) county-wide local sales tax measures are on the November 6, 2012 ballot.

Cities and towns

Measure	County	Outcome
Albany (City of), Measure F	Alameda	a
Capitola (City of), Measure O	Santa Cruz	a
Carmel-by-the-Sea (City of), Measure D	Monterey	a
Commerce (City of), Measure AA	Los Angeles	a
Culver City, Measure Y	Los Angeles	a
Fairfield (City of), Measure P	Solano	a
Grass Valley (City of), Measure N	Nevada	a
Half Moon Bay (City of), Measure J	San Mateo	a
Healdsburg (City of), Measure V	Sonoma	a
Hollister (City of), Measure E	San Benito	a
La Mirada (City of), Measure I	Los Angeles	a
Lathrop (City of), Measure C	San Joaquin	a
Maricopa (City of), Measure R	Kern	d
Moraga (Town of), Measure K	Contra Costa	a
Nevada City, Measure L	Nevada	a
Orinda (City of), Measure L	Contra Costa	a
Paso Robles (City of)	San Luis Obispo	a
Rio Vista (City of), Measure O	Solano	a
Sacramento (City of), Measure U	Sacramento	a
Salinas (City of), Measure E	Monterey	a
Sebastopol (City of), Measure Y	Sonoma	a
Trinidad (City of), Measure G	Humboldt	a
Vacaville (City of), Measure M	Solano	a
Williams (City of), Measure G	Colusa	a
Yucca Valley (Town of), Measure U	San Bernardino	d

Counties

The "Yes on Lake County's Measure E" logo

Measure	County	Approval %	Outcome
Alameda County (Transportation), Measure B1	Alameda	66.67%	d
Fresno County (Libraries), Measure B	Fresno	66.67%	a
Lake County (Clear Lake), Measure E	Lake	66.67%	d
Los Angeles County (Transportation), Measure J	Los Angeles	66.67%	d
Marin County (Open Space), Measure A	Marin	66.67%	a
Napa County (Roads), Measure T	Napa	66.67%	a
Plumas County, Measure D	Plumas	50.00%	d
San Mateo County, Measure A	San Mateo	50.00%	a
Santa Clara County, Measure A	Santa Clara	50.00%	a

June 5

June 5, 2012 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Outcome
Alameda (City of), Measure C	Alameda	d
Greenfield (City of), Measure X	Monterey	a
Hercules (City of), Measure O	Contra Costa	a
Pittsburg (City of), Measure P	Contra Costa	a
Ridgecrest (City of), Measure L	Kern	a
San Pablo (City of), Measure Q	Contra Costa	a
Santa Maria (City of), Measure U	Santa Barbara	a
Solano (County of) Libraries, Measure L	Solano	a
Soledad (City of), Measure Y	Monterey	a
Sonoma (City of), Measure J	Sonoma	a
Stanislaus (County of) Libraries, Measure T	Stanislaus	a

2011

November 8

November 8, 2011 ballot measures in California

"Yes on O" campaign website banner

Measure	County	Outcome
Coachella, Measure K	Riverside	d
Coachella, Measure L (Advisory)	Riverside	a
Del Rey Oaks, Measure S	Monterey	a
Fairfax, Measure D	Marin	a
Fillmore, Measure I	Ventura	d
Mendocino Libraries, Measure A	Mendocino	a
Oakdale, Measure O	Stanislaus	a
Palm Springs, Measure I	Riverside	a
San Francisco, Proposition G	San Francisco	d
Vallejo, Measure B	Solano	a

June 7

June 7, 2011 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Outcome
Siskiyou, Measure H	Siskiyou	a
Richmond, Measure D	Contra Costa	d

2010

November 2

November 2, 2010 election in California

Measure	County	Outcome
Antioch, Measure P	Contra Costa	d
Carson City, Measure H	Los Angeles	d
Concord, Measure Q	Contra Costa	a
El Cerrito, Measure R	Contra Costa	a
Eureka, Measure O	Humboldt	a
Half Moon Bay, Measure K	San Mateo	d
Marina, Measure M	Monterey	a
Mendocino County, Measure C	Mendocino	d
Novato, Measure F	Marin	a
Placerville, Measure H	El Dorado	a
Redlands, Measure A	San Bernardino	d
San Diego, Proposition D	San Diego	d
San Leandro, Measure Z	Alameda	a
Santa Barbara, Measure S	Santa Barbara	d
Santa Monica, Measure Y	Los Angeles	a
Santa Monica, Measure YY	Los Angeles	a
Santa Rosa, Measure B	Sonoma	a
South El Monte, Measure R	Los Angeles	a
St. Helena, Measure C	Napa	d
Tracy, Measure E	San Joaquin	a
Union City, Measure AA	Alameda	a
Wheatland, Measure S	Yuba	a

June 8

June 8, 2010 election in California

Measure	County	Outcome
Calexico, Measure H	Imperial	a
Cathedral City, Measure H	Riverside	a
Davis, Measure Q	Yolo	a
Rohnert Park, Measure E	Sonoma	a
Woodland, Measure V	Yolo	a

April 13

April 13, 2010 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Outcome
City of Cotati, Measure A	Sonoma	a

2009

November 3

November 3, 2009 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Outcome
City of Gustine, Measure B	Merced	a
Salinas, Measure K	Monterey	d
San Carlos, Measure U	San Mateo	d
San Mateo, Measure L	San Mateo	a
Ventura, Measure A	Ventura	d

May 19

May 19, 2009 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Outcome
City of Pacifica Sales Tax, Measure D (May 2009)	San Mateo	d

May 5

See also May 5, 2009 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Outcome
City of Chula Vista Sales Tax, Proposition A (May 2009)	San Diego	d

March 3

March 3, 2009 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Outcome
City of Beverly Hills Business License Tax, Measure P (March 2009)	Los Angeles	d
City of Clovis Sales Tax Increase, Measure A (March 2009)	Fresno	d

2008

November 4

November 4, 2008 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Outcome
Alturas Sales Tax	Modoc	d
County of Amador Sales Tax, Measure M (November 2008)	Amador	a
City of Arcata Sales Tax, Measure G (November 2008)	Humboldt	a
City of Arvin Sales Tax Increase, Measure L (November 2008)	Kern	a
City of Barstow Sales Tax Increase, Measure D (November 2008)	San Bernardino	d
City of Campbell Sales Tax, Measure O (November 2008)	Santa Clara	a
City of Capitola Sales Tax Increase, Measure D (November 2008)	Santa Cruz	a
City of Colusa Sales Tax, Measures A and B (November 2008)	Colusa	d
City of El Cajon Sales Tax Increase, Proposition J (November 2008)	San Diego	a
City of El Monte Sales Tax Increase, Measure GG (November 2008)	Los Angeles	a
Fresno County Library Tax, Measure L (November 2008)	Fresno	d
City of Gustine Sales Tax Increase, Measure N (November 2008)	Merced	d
City of Galt Sales Tax Increase, Measure R (November 2008)	Sacramento	a
City of Eureka Sales Tax, Measure D (November 2008)	Humboldt	a
Imperial County, Measure D, 2008	Imperial	a
City of La Habra Sales Tax, Measure T (November 2008)	Orange	a
City of La Mesa Sales Tax Increase, Proposition L (November 2008)	San Diego	a
Los Angeles Measure R	Los Angeles	a
City of Marysville Sales Tax, Measure O (November 2008)	Yuba	d
City of Maywood Sales Tax, Measure MC (November 2008)	Los Angeles	d
City of National City Sales Tax Repeal, Proposition M (November 2008)	San Diego	d
County of Monterey Sales Tax for Roads, Measure Z (November 2008)	Monterey	d
City of Oxnard Sales Tax Increase, Measure O (November 2008)	Ventura	a
City of Pico Rivera Sales Tax Increase, Measure P (November 2008)	Los Angeles	a
City of Port Hueneme Sales Tax Increase, Measure W (November 2008)	Ventura	a
City of Ridgecrest Sales Tax for Street Repairs, Measure N (November 2008)	Kern	d
Sonoma-Marin Rail Sales Tax, Measure Q, 2008	Marin and Sonoma	a
County of Santa Barbara Transportation Sales Tax, Measure A (November 2008)	Santa Barbara	a
Santa Clara BART sales tax, Measure B, 2008	Santa Clara	a
Stanislaus Sales Tax, Measure S, 2008	Stanislaus	d
City of Trinidad Sales Tax Increase, Measure I (November 2008)	Humboldt	a
Town of Truckee Sales Tax, Measure V (November 2008)	Nevada	a
West Sacramento Sales Tax, Measure V (November 2008)	Yolo	a

June 3

June 3, 2008 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Details	% needed to pass	Outcome
City of Lindsay Sales Tax Increase, Measure G (June 2008)	Tulare	City sales tax of 3/4 of a cent	50%	d
Town of Mammoth Lakes Sales Tax, Measure R (June 2008)	Mono	1/2 cent sales tax to develop trails and parks	66.67%	a
Needles Sales Tax	San Bernardino	One-half cent for hospital	66.67%	d
City of Pacific Grove Sales Tax Increase, Measure U (June 2008)	Monterey	Increase city sales tax by one cent	50%	a
City of Pismo Beach Sales Tax Increase, Measure C (June 2008)	San Luis Obispo	1/2 cent sales tax for 6.5 years	50%	a
City of San Juan Bautista Sales Tax Increase, Measure U (June 2008)	San Benito	1.25 cent, up from 3/4 cent	50%	d
San Mateo County Sales Tax for Parks, Measure O (June 2008)	San Mateo	One-eighth cents sales tax	66.67%	d
Santa Cruz County Sales Tax for Libraries, Measure R (June 2008)	Santa Cruz	1/4 cent sales tax for library	66.67%	a
City of South Gate Sales Tax Increase, Measure P (June 2008)	Los Angeles	Increase city sales tax by one cent	50%	a

February 5

See also: February 5, 2008 ballot measures in California

Measure	County	Details	% needed to pass	Outcome
City of El Cerrito, Measure A	Contra Costa	One-half cent sales tax for streets	66.67%	a
City of Lompoc, Measure T	Santa Barbara	One-half cent sales tax for police/fire/EMT	66.67%	d
City of Reedley, Measure G	Fresno	One-half cent sales tax for police/fire/EMT	66.67%	a
City of Sanger, Measure S	Fresno	Three-quarter cent sales tax for police/fire/EMT	66.67%	a
City of Seaside, Measure R	Monterey	One cent sales tax	50%	a

Statewide propositions

California Proposition 172 (1993) imposed an additional sales tax.

California Proposition 11 (1998), which was approved, said that municipalities could enter into sales tax revenue-sharing agreements with other local governments as long as the governing bodies of those governments agreed. Prior to Prop 11, voters in areas with proposed revenue-sharing agreements had to consent to the arrangement.

Sales tax for schools

Three of California's 58 counties have tried to increase their local sales tax in order to benefit school districts in their county. Mariposa County has voted twice on such a proposal, and San Francisco and San Mateo County have each voted once.

The only such measure that passed was in San Franciso. In June 1993, voters there agreed to a quarter-cent sales tax for the San Francisco School District.^[5]

External links

References

[0] California Board of Equalization - Detailed Description of the Sales and Use Tax Rate

[1] Whittier Daily News, "No fooling, taxing times for Californians begin April 1", March 17, 2009

[2] Associated Press, "California sales tax rises to almost 9 percent", April 1, 2009

[3] Analysis of Proposition 172

[options-4] Local Revenues for Schools: Limits and Options in California

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