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REPORT - FY 2023-24 PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION TAX ANNUAL REPORT
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 3680 added Chapter 3-26 to the Santa Rosa City Code establishing a special transaction and use tax. The special tax measure, known as Measure O, increased sales tax by a quarter percent to fund specific Police, Fire, and the Violence Prevention Partnership, which was originally known as the Gang Prevention and Youth Programs, as set forth in the Ordinance. The Ordinance also established a seven-member Public Safety and Prevention Tax Citizen Oversight Committee, with members appointed by the City Council, to annually review expenditures and appropriations of the tax revenues to ensure that all such revenues are spent or appropriated for the purposes and uses set forth in the Ordinance. Each year, an Annual Report is prepared by City staff, reviewed by the Public Safety and Prevention Tax Citizen Oversight Committee, and presented to the City Council reporting on expenditures and activities during ...
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