City of Bellflower Utility User Tax, Measure A (March 2009)
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A City of Bellflower Utility Users Tax, Measure A ballot proposition was on the March 3, 2009 ballot in Los Angeles, California for voters in the City of Bellflower, where it was approved by a wide margin.[1]
Measure A authorized the city to extend the city's utility user tax (UUT) to include additional forms of telecommunications; the tax rate itself was not increased in Measure A. Bellflower has had a UUT since 1993.
The Bellflower City Council unanimously voted to place Measure A on the March 2009 ballot on November 24, 2008.
Election results
| Measure A | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 2,592 | 81.8% | ||
| No | 578 | 18.2% | ||
- These final election results are from the Los Angeles County election office.
Ballot question
The question on the ballot:
| Measure A: "Shall an ordinance be adopted, without raising tax rates, to continue and modernize Bellflower's utility users' tax on telecommunications services to fund vital services, including Sheriff's services/neighborhood patrols; school safety programs; grafitti removal; gang/drug prevention/enforcement programs; after-school activities; senior/disabled residents' services; library services; and other general fund services; exempting low-income residents, requiring equal treatment of taxpayers regardless of technology used, audits, citizen oversight committee, public expenditure review/local control of revenues?"[2] |
See also
External links
- City's description of Measure A
- Choices in Bellflower
- Democratic Party endorsement of Measure A (dead link)
Footnotes
- ↑ Contra Costa Times, "Council races still up in air," March 4, 2009
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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