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Running Springs Water District Parcel Tax, Measure B (November 2015)
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| Measure info Amount: $158 per parcel |
A parcel tax was on the ballot for Running Springs Water District voters in San Bernardino County, California, on November 3, 2015. It was defeated.
If approved, Measure B would have authorized the district to increase its annual parcel tax—a kind of property tax based on units of property rather than assessed value—to $158 per parcel by 2018, after which it would have been adjusted according to inflation but by not more than 3 percent per year. The increase would have happened in the following phases:[1]
- 2016: $95 per parcel
- 2017: $125 per parcel
- 2018: $158 per parcel
Without the approval of Measure B, the district's parcel tax continued to be $65 per parcel. The district's parcel tax was first approved by voters in 1980.[1]
A two-thirds (66.67%) vote was required for the approval of Measure B.
Election results
| Running Springs Water District, Measure B | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 No | 304 | 54.38% | ||
| Yes | 255 | 45.62% | ||
- Election results from San Bernardino Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The following question appeared on the ballot:[2]
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Shall the maximum annual availability charge for fire suppression and emergency medical services within Running Springs Water District on each improved lot or parcel of property be increased from $65 to $95 in 2016, to $125 in 2017, and to $158 in 2018, per unit of benefit, with subsequent annual inflationary adjustments requiring Board approval, not to exceed three percent in any fiscal year, to pay for continued locally controlled fire protection and emergency medical services?[3] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of Measure B was prepared by the office of the county counsel:
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On March II, 1980, the Board of Directors of Running Springs Water District adopted Ordinance No. 9 authorizing the assessment and collection of an annual availability charge for fire suppression service on each improved lot or parcel of property within the District, except those owned by state or federal governmental agencies, other local agencies, or those determined by the District's engineer not to receive fire suppression benefit, in an amount not to exceed $65 per unit of benefit as defined in the Uniform Building Code, subject to approval by two-thirds of the District's voters at an election to be conducted within the boundaries of the District as required by law for the assessment of a special tax on real property. At an election conducted within the boundaries of the District on November 4, 1980, more than two-thirds of the voters voting at the election approved the proposed annual availability charge for fire suppression service. Since the date of approval by the voters of the District in 1980, the annual availability charge for fire suppression service assessed on improved lots or parcels of real property within the District has not been adjusted to keep pace with inflation and increases in the cost of providing fire protection and emergency medical services. Measure B proposes to increase the maximum amount of the annual availability charge to pay for the continued locally controlled fire suppression service and also emergency medical services to $95 in the first fiscal year following the effective date, $125 in the second fiscal year following the effective date, and $158 in the third fiscal year following the effective date, per unit of benefit. Beginning in the fourth fiscal year following the approval by the voters and each fiscal year thereafter, requiring Board approval, the maximum amount of the availability charge may be adjusted for inflation in an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, reflected in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (Los Angeles-AnaheimRiverside) published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the 12- month period ending on December 3151 of the immediately preceding calendar year, provided that such adjustment shall not exceed, in any fiscal year, three percent (3%) of the maximum annual availability charge authorized for the previous fiscal year. This measure was placed on the ballot by the District's Board of Directors.[3] |
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| —San Bernardino county counsel[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of the tax ordinance, Ordinance No. 43, is available here.
Path to the ballot
Measure B was put on the ballot by a vote of the district's board of directors.[1]
Recent news
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See also
- California parcel tax on the ballot
- Parcel tax
- Parcel tax elections in California
- San Bernardino County, California ballot measures
- November 3, 2015 ballot measures in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 San Bernardino County Elections Office, "Impartial analysis of Measure B," accessed October 2, 2015
- ↑ San Bernardino County Elections Office, “Election notice for Measure B,” accessed September 29, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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