City of Ukiah Sales Tax Extension, Measure P (November 2014)

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A City of Ukiah Sales Tax Extension, Measure P ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the city of Ukiah in Mendocino County, California. It was approved.

Upon approval, Measure P authorized the city to extend its 0.5 percent general sales tax indefinitely. Once Measure P was approved, only a majority vote of the city electors could cancel the tax. The money was designated, according to city officials, to fund public services, including police service, fire prevention and protection service and emergency medical service. The tax, however, was a general tax, which meant the revenue went into the city's general fund and could be used for any governmental purpose.

Without Measure P, this half cent sales tax was set to expire on September 25, 2015.

Election results

Mendocino County Measure P
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		2,660	76.00%
No		840	24.00%

Election results via: Mendocino County Elections Office

Text of measure

Ballot question

The question on the ballot appeared as:

“

Shall the one-half of one percent (0.5%) transaction and use tax used to fund essential public services, including police, fire prevention and protection, and emergency medical services, set to expire on September 25, 2015, be extended by Ordinance No. 1149 until repealed by majority vote in a municipal election?

”

Impartial analysis

The following impartial analysis was prepared for Measure P:

“	If approved by a majority vote, this ballot measure would extend, until repealed by a majority vote at a municipal election, the existing general one-half of one percent (0.5%) sales tax in the City of Ukiah. This tax was adopted by majority vote as “Measure S” at a municipal election on June 7, 2005, by Ordinance No. 1063 along with “Measure T,” which was an advisory measure asking whether police, fire and emergency medical services should be the first priority for the use of the general fund revenue from Measure S. Section 1799.5 of Ordinance No. 1063 provides, in effect, that the tax is repealed on September 25, 2015. Measure T remains in effect and continues to advise that public safety services should be the first priority for the use of revenue from the ½ cent sales tax. Measure P would amend Section 1799.5 to provide that the sales tax will remain in effect after September 25, 2015, until repealed at a general municipal election. This ½ cent sales tax has been in effect for almost nine years. Currently, it is added to the existing 7.625% sales tax in Mendocino County, making the total sales tax on goods sold in Ukiah 8.125%. On a purchase of $100 in the City of Ukiah, the ½ cent sales tax increases the sales tax by fifty cents ($.50). The combined sales tax rate in Ukiah compares to an 8.125% sales tax rate in Willits and Point Arena, 8.625% sales tax rate in Fort Bragg and a rate of 8.25% in Sonoma County and every incorporated city in Sonoma County. The City receives 1% of the 7.5% statewide Bradley Burns sales tax which goes into the City General Fund to pay for city provided service. All of the additional .5% sales tax enacted by Measure S goes to fund city provided services, including police, fire and emergency medical services. Measure P would extend this revenue beyond September 25, 2015. Under existing state law, these funds must be used exclusively for the municipal purposes of the City of Ukiah and may not be diverted by the state for any other use. The tax will continue to be administered by the California State Board of Equalization (“SBOE”) under a contract with the City.	”
—David J. Rapport, Ukiah City Attorney

See also

• City tax on the ballot
• Local sales tax on the ballot
• Mendocino County, California ballot measures
• November 4, 2014 ballot measures in California

External links

Suggest a link

• Mendocino County Elections office website