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Grover Beach, California, Measure L-18, Hotel Tax Increase (November 2018)
| Measure L-18: Grover Beach 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 Luis Obispo County, California ballot measures City tax on the ballot |
| See also |
| Grover Beach, California |
A hotel tax measure was on the ballot for Grover Beach voters in San Luis Obispo County, California, on November 6, 2018. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing the city to increase the local hotel tax from 10 percent to 12 percent to fund general city purposes. |
| A no vote was a vote against authorizing the city to increase the local hotel tax from 10 percent to 12 percent to fund general city purposes. |
Election results
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Grover Beach, California, Measure L-18, Hotel Tax Increase (November 2018) |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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3,746 | 76.54% | ||
| No | 1,148 | 23.46% | ||
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- Results are officially certified.
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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To learn more about measures, follow the links for each tab in this section. For most screenreaders, you can hit Return or Enter to enter a tab and read the content within. To provide funding for maintaining fire and police services, repairing streets, maintaining parks, and other general city services; shall the City of Grover Beach adopt an ordinance amending an ordinance increasing the Transient Occupancy Tax rate charged for hotels and other visitor-serving accomodations from 10% to 12%, providing $70,000 annually in unrestricted funding with all funds staying in Grover Beach?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Grover Beach City Attorney:
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The City Council of the City of Grover Beach has placed Measure L-18 on the November 6, 2018 ballot to ask the voters to approve an ordinance that would enact an increase in the City’s Transient Occupancy Tax on hotel accommodations operating within the City. The City of Grover Beach imposes a transient occupancy Tax (“TOT”), also called a “room” tax, at the rate of ten percent (10%) of the rent paid by guests for the ability to occupy a room or other space in a hotel or other similar accommodation for dwelling lodging or sleeping purposes (collectively “occupancy” and a “hotel”) for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days or less. This TOT currently is imposed upon paying hotel guests for the ability to occupy a room or other hotel space and collected by the hotel operator. Passage of Measure “L-18” would amend the City’s Municipal Code as follows: · Increase the TOT rate from ten percent (10%) to twelve percent (12%) of the rent paid by guests for hotel occupancy. Because the tax is a general tax, its proceeds may be used for any City general governmental purposes, including but not limited to fire and police services, street operations and maintenance, library and parks and recreation facilities and other general municipal services. The tax will remain in effect until voters amend or repeal it. The current ordinance considers a person transient and subject to the tax up to a total of 30 consecutive days and the TOT will apply only to the first 30 consecutive days of occupancy at a hotel. Measure L-18 must be approved by a majority of the votes cast by the City voters who vote on the ballot proposition. A “yes” vote on Measure L-18 will authorize the amendments to the City’s Municipal Code described above. A “no” vote on Measure L-18 will prohibit the City from adopting the amendments to its Municipal Code as described above and the TOT will remain in place at ten percent (10%) until otherwise revised by a majority vote of the voters who vote on a future ballot proposition.[2] |
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| —Grover Beach 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 Grover Beach, California.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Luis Obispo County, "Media Guide," accessed October 30, 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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