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Tag: Sales tax
Posted inTop Stories
San Clemente Residents to Vote on Another Sales Tax for Sand
Residents in San Clemente will get to weigh in on whether or not they approve a 1% local sales tax increase to fund projects that could add more sand to beaches and help prevent wildfires.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Mundekis: Good Thing Orange City Council Majority Aren’t Public Safety Responders
Orange City Council majority is unable to do what they need to do in order to keep their city financially solvent. While praising public safety responders, they refuse to actually do anything financially necessary to keep those same public safety responders.
Posted inEconomy
Laguna Beach Ponders Mix of Local, Visitor Taxes For Nov. Ballot
Laguna Beach officials face an Aug. 9 deadline to decide if a tax increase for tourists and an increase in restaurant and bar taxes will be put on the ballot for the upcoming November election.
Posted inBuena Park
Buena Park Leaders Put Sales Tax Hike on November Ballot
City leaders are looking toward voters on a 1% sales tax proposal that would make it the second highest rate in the county. This comes as city officials this month have called for increasing the city’s police department after a report claims the department is understaffed.
Posted inEconomy
Heading Off a Fiscal Cliff: How Are OC Cities Planning For Budget Shortfalls?
Officials in a host of OC cities are struggling to balance municipal budgets as sales revenue decreases and COVID federal bailout money dries up. How will they stay afloat?
Posted inSanta Ana
Santa Ana Leaders Warn Looming Sales Tax Cliff Could Tear Up Public Services
City finance staff warn in five years Santa Ana will lose $30 million in tax revenue as a citywide sales tax dips significantly in 2029 and sunsets a decade later.
Posted inEconomy
Dwindling Sales Tax Forces Orange County Cities to Rethink Approach to Revenue
The decline in sales tax revenue has pushed some Orange County cities’ budgets to the brink as they figure out new ways to bring in revenue.
Posted inNEWS
Five Westminster Council Candidates Hope to Take Charge of Disarrayed City
Notably, the city’s recent switch to district elections put two council members who have clashed with each other, Kimberly Ho and Tai Do, in the same District 3.
Posted inCENTRAL COUNTY, Economy, Emergencies & Disasters, NEWS, REGIONS, Top Stories, Westminster
A Nervous Westminster City Council Takes Another Hard Look at Increasing Sales Taxes Today
City officials have convened another special meeting for today to revisit the possibility of putting a sales tax increase before voters in November.
