City of Pismo Beach Sales Tax, Measure I (November 2014)

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A City of Pismo Beach Sales Tax, Measure I ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the city of Pismo Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California. It was approved.

Measure I authorized the city to continue a sales tax of 0.5 percent for 12 years. This tax was designed as a general tax, with revenue going to the city's general fund to be used for any governmental purpose.

This tax was originally authorized in June of 2008 when voters approved Measure C. In 2008, city officials estimated the tax would bring in about $1.1 million in revenue per year.

Without the approval of Measure I, the sales tax would expire in 2015. Prior to Measure I's approval, the total sales tax rate in the city was 8 percent. If Measure I was rejected and this 0.5 percent sales tax was allowed to expire, the total sales tax rate in the city would have been 7.5 percent, which was the minimum, state-mandated sales tax rate in California at the time.

Election results

City of Pismo, Measure I
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		2,343	71.22%
No		947	28.78%

Election results via: San Luis Obispo County Registrar of Voters

Text of measure

Ballot question

The question on the ballot:

“

The Pismo Beach Vital Public Service Protection Measure. To continue to help preserve, enhance and improve the infrastructure, safety and character of Pismo Beach, shall an ordinance be adopted to extend the existing one-half cent increase to the City of Pismo Beach sales tax, approved by the voters in 2008, for a period of twelve (12) years?

”

Impartial analysis

The following impartial analysis was prepared for Measure I:

“	If approved by the voters, Measure I-14, entitled “The Pismo Beach Vital Public Service Protection Measure”, would amend the Pismo Beach Municipal Code to extend the current retail transactions and use tax within the City that was approved by the voters in 2008. This measure is authorized by the State Legislature under Revenue and Taxation Code Section 7285.9. This measure would set the retail transactions and use tax rate at one-half of one percent (0.50%). At this rate, for example, a retail transaction $100 in value would generate a tax of 50 cents. The proposed transactions and use tax would be imposed upon the sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail within the City. This measure would authorize the City to enter into a contract with the State Board Of Equalization to administer and collect the tax. This measure requires all proceeds of the tax to be deposited into the City’s General Fund to be used for such general municipal governmental purposes as the City Council shall direct. Among such purposes are street and sidewalk construction, maintenance and repair, pothole repair, storm drain construction, maintenance and repair, and pier maintenance. This measure would provide several enumerated exemptions and exclusions from the transactions and use tax. It would further prohibit the issuance of any injunction to prohibit the collection of the tax. The ordinance proposed by this measure will only become effective if approved by a majority of those electors voting on the measure. The measure provides that, if approved at election, the tax would expire twelve years following its operative date without further action of the City Council or the voters. A YES vote approves the measure. A NO vote rejects the measure. This measure was placed on the ballot by the City Council of the City of Pismo Beach.	”
—David Fleishman, Pismo Beach City Attorney

Related measures

a City of Pismo Beach Sales Tax Increase, Measure C (June 2008)

See also

• Sales tax in California
• Local sales tax on the ballot
• San Luis Obispo County, California ballot measures
• November 4, 2014 ballot measures in California

External links

Suggest a link

• San Luis Obispo Elections Office website