City of Greenfield Sales Tax Increase, Measure W (November 2015)
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| Measure info Amount: .75% increase |
A sales tax increase was on the ballot for Greenfield voters in Monterey County, California, on November 3, 2015. It was approved.
Measure W authorized the city to levy an additional 0.75 percent sales tax. The tax was designed to be a general sales tax, with revenue deposited in the general city fund to be used for any government purpose. Measure W did not have an automatic expiration date.[1]
Another sales tax measure, Measure V, was also on the ballot. Measure V, which was approved, was designed to authorize the city to continue levying a 1 percent local sales tax that was first enacted in June 2012 under the name Measure X and was set to expire in 2017. Measure V also had no automatic sunset date.[1]
The total sales tax rate in the city, which included the state-mandated 7.5 percent tax and the county's 0.125 percent tax, was affected in the following ways by the outcome of Measure W and Measure V:[1][2]
- Since both Measure W and Measure V were approved, the total sales tax in the city increased to 9.375 percent.
- If Measure V had been approved but Measure W had been defeated, the total sales tax in the city would have remained at 8.625 percent.
- If Measure W had been approved but Measure V had been defeated, the total sales tax in the city would have increased to 9.375 percent until the city's 1 percent tax expired in 2017, when the total rate would have dropped to 8.375 percent.
- If Measure W and Measure V had both been defeated, the total sales tax in the city would have remained at 8.625 percent until the city's 1 percent sales tax expired in 2017, when the total rate would have dropped to 7.625 percent.
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 588 | 60.56% | ||
| No | 383 | 39.44% | ||
- Election results from Monterey County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The following question appeared on the ballot:[3]
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Greenfield 2015 City Services Transactions and Use Tax Measure. To enhance the health, safety and welfare of Greenfield, and provide greater general City services, such as strengthened public safety; increased youth recreation programs; re-establishment of code enforcement services; and other essential services, shall the City of Greenfield enact a voter approved 0.75 cent transaction and use tax, subject to annual audits and public review?[4] |
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Path to the ballot
Measure W was put on the ballot by a vote of the Greenfield City Council.
Related measures
- City of Greenfield Sales Tax Continuation, Measure V (November 2015)
- City of Greenfield Sales Tax, Measure X (June 2012)
Recent news
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See also
- Local sales tax on the ballot
- City tax on the ballot
- Monterey County, California ballot measures
- November 3, 2015 ballot measures in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedQuestion - ↑ Sale-tax.com, "Greenfield, California," accessed October 8, 2015
- ↑ Monterey County Elections, "Monterey County list of local ballot measures on November 3, 2015," accessed October 8, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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