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Marina, California, Measure N, Sales Tax Increase (November 2018)

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Measure N: Marina Sales Tax Increase
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The basics
Election date:
November 6, 2018
Status:
Approveda Approved
Topic:
Local sales tax
Amount: 1.5%
Expires in: 15 years
Related articles
Local sales tax on the ballot
November 6, 2018 ballot measures in California
Monterey County, California ballot measures
City tax on the ballot
See also
Marina, California

A sales tax measure was on the ballot for Marina voters in Monterey 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 sales tax from 1.0 percent to 1.5 percent for fifteen years to fund general city purposes.
A no vote was a vote against authorizing the city to increase the local sales tax from 1.0 percent to 1.5 percent for fifteen years to fund general city purposes.

Election results

Marina Measure N

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

3,334 51.32%
No 3,162 48.68%
Results are officially certified.
Source

Text of measure

Ballot question

The ballot question was as follows:[1]

To sustain and improve city services such as fire, police, road repairs & maintenance, shall the ordinance increasing the rate of the City of Marina’s existing transactions & use (“sales”) tax from 1% to 1.5% estimated to generate approximately $4,890,000 annually as compared with $3,260,000 for the current tax and extending the expiration date for the tax to March 31, 2034 be adopted?[2]

Full text

The full text of the measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in California

This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Marina, California.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Monterey County Elections, "Notice Of Local Measures," accessed September 16, 2018
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.