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Santa Barbara County Hotel Tax, Measure K ballot question was on the
June 8, 2010 ballot for voters in
Santa Barbara County, where it was
approved.
Measure K maintained an existing 10% bed tax rate on hotels in the unincorporated areas of the county. The bed tax for these hotels was moved to 10% from 8% in 1990, with the additional 2% set to expire in 2010. If Measure K had been defeated, the bed tax would have gone back to 8%. If that had happened, the county would have received about $1.2 million less in bed tax revenue than it currently does.[1]
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage |
 a Yes | 54,169 | 71.56% |
| No | 21,528 | 28.44% |
- These final, certified results are from the Santa Barbara County elections office.
Text of measure
The question on the ballot:
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MEASURE K: Shall an ordinance to continue Section 32-12 of the Santa Barbara County Code to sustain the current transient occupancy tax rate of ten percent (10%) upon transients occupying defined hotels located only within the unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County be approved?
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