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Oroville, California, Measure U, Sales Tax (November 2018)
| Measure U: Oroville Sales Tax |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| Local sales tax Expires in: No expiration |
| Related articles |
| Local sales tax on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in California Butte County, California ballot measures City tax on the ballot |
| See also |
| Oroville, California |
A sales tax was on the ballot for Oroville voters in Butte County, California, on November 6, 2018. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of authorizing a one-cent sales tax allocted to the general fund to pay for general city operations and services. |
| A no vote was a vote against authorizing a one-cent sales tax allocted to the general fund to pay for general city operations and services. |
Election results
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Oroville Measure U |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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2,563 | 56.42% | ||
| No | 1,980 | 43.58% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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To prevent cuts and restore essential public safety services, including 911 response, police officers, gang/youth violence prevention, fire protection / emergency medical response, and other essential services including street repairs, youth/senior services and park maintenance, shall the City enact a one cent sales tax providing approximately three million seven hundred thousand dollars annually with all revenue required to stay in the general fund, with local control and independent annual financial audits and citizen oversight? [2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Oroville City Attorney:
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Voter approval of this measure would amend the Oroville Municipal Code by adding a transactions and use (sales) tax on the sale and/or use of all tangible personal property sold at retail in the City at the rate of one cent for every dollar spent (or one percent). The tax would remain in place until repealed by the voters. All revenue generated from the measure would be deposited in the City’s General Fund, and all revenue collected from the measure would be used by the City to pay for general City operations and services, including police protection, fire suppression, vehicle repair and maintenance, finance department analyst and human resources services. This ballot measure proposes a "general purpose tax" which requires a majority vote of the electorate for approval. The City Finance Director estimates that, if passed, the measure would generate approximately $3.7 million per year. The measure requires that a Citizens Oversight committee be established to make recommendations on the priority of expenditures of the funds and to review the use of the funds by the City. The measure further requires quarterly and annual reporting of expenditures to the public through the City’s website for transparency. The proposed tax would be administered by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA), in the same manner that sales tax is currently administered, to reduce the cost of collecting the tax and to minimize the burden of record-keeping upon retailers subject to the tax. If approved, collection of the tax would begin on April 1, 2019. [2] |
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| —Oroville City Attorney[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 Oroville, California.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ "Butte County Elections Office","Measure U," accessed September 19, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Butte County Elections, "Measure U Impartial Analysis," accessed September 24, 2018
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