City of Sausalito Sales Tax, Measure O (November 2014)
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A City of Sausalito Sales Tax, Measure O ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the city of Sausalito in Marin County, California. It was approved.
Upon approval, Measure O authorized the city to impose a 0.5 percent sales tax for ten years.[1]
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,848 | 61.15% | ||
| No | 1,174 | 38.85% | ||
Election results via: Marin County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The question on the ballot appeared as:[1]
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City of Sausalito Essential Services Measure. To maintain the City’s long-term financial viability and improve local quality of life and essential services including storm drain repairs to protect the Bay, street/sidewalk maintenance, pothole repair, parks, landscape maintenance, youth/senior programs, library hours/services, disabled access, public safety, and other general services shall the City of Sausalito enact a half cent sales tax for 10 years, requiring independent financial audits/public review, with all funds remaining in Sausalito?[2] |
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Support
- The Marin Independent Journal published an editorial endorsing both this measure - Measure O - and a similar sales tax measure in the town of Fairfax - Measure J. An excerpt of the editorial is below:[3]
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Most of Marin's towns and cities have won voter approval of local sales tax measures for projects and services that voters agreed are necessary. Passage of Measure O would add Sausalito to that list. The IJ editorial board recommends passage of Fairfax's Measure J and Sausalito's Measure O to help those towns meet important local public priorities.[2] |
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| —Marin Independent Journal editorial board[3] | ||
Opposition
If you have an argument you would like to see posted here, please email the Local Ballot Measure Project staff writer.
See also
- Sales tax in California
- Local sales tax on the ballot
- Marin County, California ballot measures
- November 4, 2014 ballot measures in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marin County Registrar of Voters website, "Ballot information for Measure O," accessed October 13, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Marin Independent Journal, "Editorial: Tax measures J and O deserve voters' support," October 12, 2014
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