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Daly City, California, Measure VV, Hotel Tax Increase (November 2018)
| Measure VV: Daly City Hotel Tax Increase |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local hotel tax Expires in: No expiration |
| Related articles |
| Local hotel tax on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in California San Mateo County, California ballot measures City tax on the ballot |
| See also |
| Daly City, California |
A hotel tax measure was on the ballot for Daly City voters in San Mateo County, California, on November 6, 2018. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of increasing the local hotel tax on hotel guests from 10 percent to 12 percent in 2019 and from 12 percent to 13 percent in 2020. |
| A no vote was a vote against increasing the local hotel tax on hotel guests from 10 percent to 12 percent in 2019 and from 12 percent to 13 percent in 2020. |
Election results
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Daly City, California, Measure VV, Hotel Tax Increase (November 2018) |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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20,024 | 79.78% | ||
| No | 5,076 | 20.22% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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To maintain senior, youth/afterschool, parks/recreation, library, disaster preparedness programs, school safety officers, rapid response to burglaries; address homelessness; improve traffic safety; maintain Daly City financial stability and other general services, shall an ordinance by adopted increasing the City's transient occupancy (hotel) tax by up to 3% paid by hotel/motel guests, providing approximately $300,000 annually until ended by votes, requiring audits, with all funds only for Daly City?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Daly City City Attorney:
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The City of Daly City City Council has placed Measure VV on the ballot to approve an ordinance increasing the existing transient occupancy tax, also known as a hotel tax, within Daly City. The tax is paid only by persons, primarily visitors, who rent a hotel room located in Daly City for 30 days or less. All revenues resulting from the increase in the transient occupancy tax on the rental of a hotel room would be unrestricted revenues allocated to the City's general fund and thus can be used for any legitimate general governmental purpose. No portion of the revenues generated by this tax would go to the State of California. The proposed ordinance would increase the transient occupancy tax rate on rent charged to persons for the rental of a hotel room as follows:
By way of example a person renting a hotel room for $100 per night currently pays a hotel tax of $10 per night. If Measure VV passes, a person renting a hotel room for $100 per night will pay a hotel tax of $12 per night effective January 1, 2019 which will increase to $13 per night effective January 1, 2020. Because the use of tax revenue generated by the increase in the transient occupancy tax can be used for unrestricted general governmental purposes, it is classified as a "general tax." A "Yes" vote is a vote in favor of the tax. A "No" vote is a vote against the tax. This ordinance will be approved if a majority of those voting on Measure VV vote "yes."[2] |
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| —Daly City City Attorney[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Daly City, California.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Mateo County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder and Elections, "November 6, 2018 Election Information," accessed October 8, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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