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REPORT - CITY OF SANTA ROSA REVENUE BALLOT MEASURES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GENERAL CITY SERVICES
BACKGROUND: Additional financial resources are needed to enable the City to meet several unmet needs. Options for generating these additional financial resources include increasing the City sales tax by a quarter-cent; increasing Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) from 9% up to 12%; and, an Affordable Housing General Obligation Bond. All of these options would require voter approval. Sales tax and TOT increases designated for general City purposes would require a majority (50% plus one vote). If designated for special purposes, such tax increases would require a two-thirds vote. A General Obligation bond for Affordable Housing would also require a two-thirds vote.
The City engaged the services of two firms to conduct an opinion survey gauging voter opinion on a quarter-cent sales tax increase, a TOT increase, and a Housing and Infrastructure General Obligation Bond. The results of...
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