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Belmont, California, Measure KK, Hotel Tax Increase (November 2018)
| Measure KK: Belmont Hotel Tax Increase |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local hotel tax Expires in: No expiration |
| Related articles |
| Local hotel tax on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in California San Mateo County, California ballot measures City tax on the ballot |
| See also |
| Belmont, California |
A hotel tax measure was on the ballot for Belmont voters in San Mateo County, California, on November 6, 2018. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of increasing the local hotel tax from 10 percent to 12 percent for guests who stay in short-term rentals and hotels for less than 30 days, with funds used for general city purposes. |
| A no vote was a vote against increasing the local hotel tax from 10 percent to 12 percent for guests who stay in short-term rentals and hotels for less than 30 days, with funds used for general city purposes. |
Election results
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Belmont, California, Measure KK, Hotel Tax Increase (November 2018) |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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8,695 | 75.45% | ||
| No | 2,829 | 24.55% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall a City of Belmont ordinance providing funding, that cannot be taken by the State, for city services including: Fixing potholes, repairing streets and sidewalks; Maintaining neighborhood police patrols and crime prevention; Maintaining 9-1-1 emergency response times; Maintaining parks, open spaces, sports fields; Unrestricted general revenue purposes; by permanently raising the transient occupancy tax to 12% of the rent paid by guests, providing an additional $560,000 annually, with independent audits, be adopted?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Belmont City Attorney:
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Measure KK asks Belmont voters to approve an ordinance raising the city's transient occupancy tax (TOT) rate from 10% of the rent charged by an operator of short-term lodging to 12% of the rent paid the guests. The city council placed the measure on the ballot by unaminously adopting Resolution 2018-061. The measure requires a simple majority to pass. The city's TOT, or Hotel Room Tax, is paid by guests who stay for a period of 30 consecutive days or less at a hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, or other short-term rental lodging in the city. The city's Hotel Room Tax was last changed in 1978 and is currently not assessed on the markup charged by on-line platforms sucgh as Hotels.com and Airbnb because the tax is based on the amount charged by the hotel operator which does not include the markup. The proposed measure will change the TOT to apply to the amount paid by the guest which will include any markup charged by an on-line platform. The proposed measure would also raise the TOT rate to 12% which is the rate currently charged by most other cities with a TOT in San Mateo County. The proposed measure is expected to annually generate an additional $560,000 in unrestricted general city revenue. This revenue would be collected by the city and may not be taken by the state. The additional revenue would be deposited into the general fund and available for general governmental operations and services, such as fixing potholes in city streets, repairing sidewalks, maintaining city police patrols and crime prevention, emergency response, and maintaining parks, open space, and sports fields. The measure therefore proposes a general tax and requires a simple majority vote for adoption. A "Yes" vote on the measure would approve the ordinance increasing the TOT rate to 12% of the rent paid by short-term rental guests. A "No" vote on the measure would reject the ordinance and keep the TOT rate at 10% of the amount charged by operators.[2] |
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| —Belmont City Attorney[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Belmont, California.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Mateo County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder and Elections, "November 6, 2018 Election Information," accessed October 8, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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