City of Hawthorne Utility Users Tax, Measure V (November 2008)
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A City of Hawthorne Utility Users Tax, Measure V ballot question was on the November 4, 2008 ballot for voters in the City of Hawthorne in Los Angeles County, where it was approved.
Measure V left the city's utility user tax at 5% but extended it to additional utilities, resulting in an overall increase in utility tax revenues to the city.
Election results
| Measure V | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 15,704 | 73.4% | ||
| No | 5,694 | 26.4% | ||
- These final, certified, election results are from the Los Angeles County elections office.
Ballot question
The question on the ballot:
| MEASURE V: "Shall Ordinance No. 1925 be adopted to maintain the rate of the City of Hawthorne’s Communication Users’ Tax (formerly the Telephone Users Tax and Cable Television Users Tax) at 5%; to revise the method for calculating and collecting the Communication Users’ Tax to reflect technological advances and changes in federal law; to continue the tax exemption for senior-citizen and disabled households; and to ratify and approve the past collection of the Tax?"[1] |
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- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
