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Cudahy, California, Measure CS, Public Safety Parcel Tax (November 2018)
| Measure CS: Cudahy Public Safety Parcel Tax |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 DefeatedMajority required: 66.67% |
| Topic: |
| California parcel tax Expires in: 10 years |
| Related articles |
| California parcel tax on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in California Los Angeles County, California ballot measures City tax on the ballot |
| See also |
| Cudahy, California |
A parcel tax measure was on the ballot for Cudahy voters in Los Angeles County, California, on November 6, 2018. It was defeated.
A yes vote was a vote in favor of enacting a parcel tax—a kind of property tax based on units of property rather than assessed value—to fund public safety services for ten years at the following rates:
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| A no vote was a vote against enacting a parcel tax to fund public safety services for ten years. |
Election results
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Cudahy, California, Measure CS, Public Safety Parcel Tax (November 2018) |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,295 | 40.36% | ||
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1,914 | 59.64% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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To provide dedicated funding for public safety services (including police services, code and parking enforcement), shall the City establish a parcel tax subject to citizen oversight that expires in 10 years on land parcels at a rate of $343/year per parcel for single family residential parcels; $556/year per dwelling unit for multifamily parcels; and between $3,500 to $112,000/year per parcel for other parcels to raise approximately $5,000,000 per year?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Cudahy City Attorney:
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The Cudahy Public Safety Services Measure (the “Measure”) establishes a parcel tax on land located in the City of Cudahy (“City”). The tax is structured as a “special tax” within the meaning of Proposition 218 and as such, its proceeds may only be used for the purposes specifically designated in the Measure and nothing else. Under the Measure, proceeds of the tax may only be used to pay for public safety services which, under the Measure, includes the cost of equipment, salaries and other operating expenses associated with police protection, code enforcement and parking enforcement services, including to the extent such services are provided to the City by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (the “Sheriff’s Department”) or some other public agency under contract with the City. The tax expires automatically in 10 years unless extended by Cudahy voters. The initial tax rate for land parcels is as follows: These rates will increase each year during the term of the tax by a percentage equal to the percentage change in amount charged to the City for Sheriff’s Department services as set each year by the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller, subject to a 15% annual cap on such increases. The Measure also mandates the creation of an oversight committee to monitor the use of tax proceeds. Owners of land parcels subject to the tax will be responsible for paying the tax. The tax will be collected through the owner’s annual property tax bill. Parcels that are legally exempt from federal taxation under the IRS code as well as government-owned property are exempt from the tax. The tax is estimated to raise approximately $5,000,000 per year in revenues. Because the proposed tax is both a parcel tax and a special tax, it must be approved by a supermajority of at least two-thirds (2/3’s) of votes cast by Cudahy voters at the City’s General Municipal Election of November 6, 2018. If the number of votes cast in favor of the tax is less than 2/3’s of votes cast, the Measure and the tax established under the Measure will not take effect.[2] |
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| —Cudahy City Attorney[3] | ||
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Cudahy, California.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ County of Los Angeles, "Current and Upcoming Elections," accessed September 30, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Los Angeles County Elections, "Sample Ballot," accessed October 5, 2018
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