City of Dunsmuir Sales Tax, Measure P (November 2015)
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| Measure info Amount: 0.5% |
A sales tax question was on the ballot for Dunsmuir voters in Siskiyou County, California, on November 3, 2015. It was approved.
Measure P authorized the city to impose a local transactions and use tax, or sales tax, of 0.5 percent. Measure P increased the total sales tax paid on purchases within the city from 7.5 percent, which was the state-imposed sales tax in 2015, to a total of 8 percent. The revenue from Measure P was designed to go into the city's general fund to be used for any government purpose. The tax was proposed in order to provide additional funding to the city's library system, and parks and recreation department.[1][2]
Election results
| Dunsmuir, Measure P | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 206 | 61.13% | ||
| No | 131 | 38.87% | ||
- Election results from Siskiyou County Elections
Text of measure
Ballot question
The following question appeared on the ballot:[1]
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Shall the City of Dunsmuir impose a Transactions and Use Tax of one-half of one percent (0.50%) of the gross receipts of any sale or use pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 7285.9 to fund general operations of the City of Dunsmuir including supporting the Dunsmuir Library, Dunsmuir Recreation and Parks District activities including the Community Center, and other eligible projects and/or services within the City of Dunsmuir.[3] |
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Path to the ballot
Measure P was put on the ballot through a unanimous vote of the city council. The city council's resolution calling for Measure P cited presentations from Friends of the Library and the Dunsmuir Recreation and Parks District that both claimed a need for additional funding.[4]
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See also
- Local sales tax on the ballot
- City tax on the ballot
- Sales tax in California
- Siskiyou County, California ballot measures
- November 3, 2015 ballot measures in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Siskiyou County Elections Office, “Measure P legal election notice,” accessed September 14, 2015
- ↑ Sale-tax.com, "Dunsmuir, California," accessed September 14, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Siskiyou County Elections, "Dunsmuir City Council Resolution No. 2015-23," accessed September 14, 2015
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