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Napa, California, Measure F, Hotel Tax for Housing (November 2018)
| Measure F: Napa Hotel Tax for Housing |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 ApprovedMajority required: 66.67%% |
| Topic: |
| Local hotel tax Expires in: No expiration |
| Related articles |
| Local hotel tax on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in California Napa County, California ballot measures City tax on the ballot |
| See also |
| Napa, California |
A hotel tax increase was on the ballot for Napa voters in Napa County, California, on November 6, 2018. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of allowing the city to increase the hotel tax rate from 12 percent to 13 percent to fund workforce housing. |
| A no vote was a vote against allowing the city to increase the hotel tax rate from 12 percent to 13 percent to fund workforce housing. |
Election results
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Napa, California, Measure F, Hotel Tax for Housing (November 2018) |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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21,263 | 72.07% | ||
| No | 8,241 | 27.93% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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To increase, improve, and preserve affordable and workforce housing in the City of Napa, shall an ordinance be adopted to levy an ongoing transient occupancy tax (hotel tax) of 1% a on hotel charges to visitors of 30 days or less, increasing the maximum hotel tax rate from 12% to 13%, with all revenue from the new tax (estimated: 2,100,000 annually) to be restricted to providing programs and services for affordable and workforce housing?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Napa City Clerk:
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Measure “F” was placed on the ballot by the City of Napa City Council, for voters to consider a new Transient Occupancy Special Tax (the “Proposed Tax”) to fund programs and services for affordable and workforce housing. The Proposed Tax would be imposed on all “transient occupants” (people who stay at hotels for 30 days or less) in the amount of 1% of the room rent charged by hotels located in the City limits. Under existing law, the City imposes a tax on transient occupants in the amount of 12% of the room rent (“Existing Tax”). (Napa Municipal Code Chapter 3.20.) Under existing law, the Napa Valley Tourism Improvement District assessment is imposed on hotels (and passed on to transient occupants) in the amount of 2% of the room rent (“Existing Assessment”). (City Resolution No. R2017-019.) If Measure “F” is approved, transient occupants would pay the Existing Tax of 12%, plus the Existing Assessment of 2%, plus the Proposed Tax of 1%, for a total effective charge of 15% of the hotel room rent. Revenue generated from the Proposed Tax must be spent on programs and services that increase, improve, or preserve the availability of affordable and workforce housing. Therefore, the Proposed Tax is defined by law as a “special tax,” and it is only effective if Measure “F” receives a “yes” vote from two-thirds of the voters. (California Constitution Article XIII C, Section 2(d).) The programs and services on which the Proposed Tax revenue must be spent include: construction of new affordable and workforce housing; conversion of existing market rate dwelling units to affordable and workforce housing; preservation, rehabilitation, or maintenance of affordable and workforce housing; any expenditure on affordable housing that is authorized under Napa Municipal Code Chapter 15.94; or acquisition of real property to achieve any of these purposes. Revenue from the Proposed Tax must be spent on affordable and workforce housing that is rented or sold to households with incomes that are less than, or equal to the following affordability thresholds: “moderate income” (up to 120% of area median income (“AMI”)), “median income” (up to 100% AMI), “lower income” (up to 80% AMI), “very low income” (up to 50% AMI), or “extremely low income” (up to 30% AMI). Although voters in the City of Napa will have an opportunity to vote on a similar Napa County measure (Measure “I”), Measure “I” will have no impact on taxes charged in hotels located within the City limits. Measure “I” will only impact taxes charged in hotels located outside the City limits.[2] |
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| —Napa City Clerk[3] | ||
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 Napa, California.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Napa, "Ballot Measure F," accessed September 21, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ County of Napa, "Impartial Analysis Measure F," accessed September 22, 2018
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