Indio, California, Sales Tax, Measure X (November 2016)
| Measure X: Indio Sales Tax |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 8, 2016 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local sales tax Expires in: 20 years |
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| Indio, California |
A sales tax measure was on the ballot for Indio voters in Riverside County, California, on November 8, 2016. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of imposing a sales tax of 1 percent for 20 years to fund general city services. |
| A no vote was a vote against imposing a sales tax of 1 percent for 20 years to fund general city services. |
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 16,578 | 73.32% | ||
| No | 6,031 | 26.68% | ||
- Election results from Riverside County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The following question appeared on the ballot:[1]
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To maintain rapid 9-1-1 emergency response times; police gang/drug enforcement programs; increase police patrols of neighborhoods/parks/schools; improve water quality/delivery by upgrading pipes/infrastructure; fix potholes; and other city services, shall Indio adopt an ordinance to enact a one cent sales tax, for 20 years, providing $8,500,000 annually, with citizens' oversight, annual audits, all money for Indio, prohibiting state government from taking funds raised?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Indio City Attorney:
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If enacted by the voters, Measure X, the City of Indio Neighborhood Safety/Essential City Services Improvement Measure, would approve the Indio Transactions and Use Tax Ordinance (commonly known as the “Sales Tax Ordinance”) that would increase the City’s existing sales tax rate by 1.0% or one cent for every dollar of taxable sales of goods in the City, and on the taxable storage, use or consumption in the City of goods purchased. The total sales tax rate currently paid in the City of Indio is 8%. If Measure X is approved by the voters, the total sales tax rate in the City will increase to 9%. The proposed tax is a general tax meaning that revenues from this tax will be deposited into the City’s General Fund and used to pay for general municipal City services, operations and programs such as but not limited to police services, street repair, infrastructure upgrades and other city services. All revenues raised by the tax would belong to the City and would not be shared with the State or any other governmental entity. The City’s Finance Director estimates that the proposed tax will raise approximately $8.5 million per year in General Fund revenue for the City. If the Sales Tax Ordinance is adopted by the voters, it will automatically expire after twenty years on March 31, 2037. The Sales Tax Ordinance provides that the tax will be collected by the State under State law in the same manner as the existing sales tax. The Sales Tax Ordinance further provides that the tax and any expenditures of revenue collected from the tax is subject to an annual independent financial audit, which is a public record. In addition, the financial audit shall annually be independently reviewed and analyzed by the City’s Citizen’s Finance Advisory Commission at a public meeting. The financial audit along with the Commission’s analysis, findings and recommendations are to be further reported to the City Council at a public meeting. Article XIIIC of the California Constitution, commonly known as Proposition 218, requires that the proposed tax be approved by a majority of the voters voting on the ballot measure. On August 3, 2016, the City Council unanimously approved the Sales Tax Ordinance, attached to Resolution No. 9883, and authorized its placement on the ballot. A full copy of the ordinance is printed in these ballot materials. A “Yes” vote on Measure X adopts the 1% Sales Tax Ordinance for a period of twenty years. A “No” vote will result in the 1% Sales Tax Ordinance not being adopted. By: Roxanne Diaz, City Attorney The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure X. If you desire a copy of the measure, please call the elections official’s office at (760) 391-4007 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.[2] |
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| —Indio 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 Indio, California.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Voter's Edge, "Riverside County, November 8, 2016 Election," accessed November 19, 2016
- ↑ 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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