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RESOLUTION Establishing November 8, 2016 as the Date for a Municipal Election on a Proposed Ballot Measure Seeking Voter Approval to Increase the City's Existing Transient Occupancy Tax for General Fund Purposes from Ten Percent (10%) to Fourteen Percent (14%), Establishing Policies and Procedures in Connection with Such an Election, and Requesting that the Alameda County Registrar of Voters Conduct Such an Election, and Requesting that the City Attorney Prepare and File an Impartial Analysis of the Proposed Ballot Measure
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WHEREAS, on November 21, 1983, pursuant to its authority under California Revenue and Taxation Code section 7280 et seq., the City Council of the City of San Leandro ("the City Council") adopted Ordinance No. 83-033, codified as Title 2, Chapter 2-10 of the Municipal Code, which provides for the imposition and collection of a general excise tax on the privilege of using hotel accommodations in the City (a "transient occupancy tax" or "TOT") to be paid by hotel users and collected by hotel operators; and
WHEREAS, Article XIIIC, section 2(b) of the California Constitution requires that any general tax, such as the TOT, must be approved by a majority vote of the voters voting on the issue of the increase of the tax; and
WHEREAS, the City requires additional revenue to fund important City programs; and
WHEREAS, Article XIIIC, section 2(b) of the California Constitution requires that an election by the voters to approve a general tax must be consolidated with a statewide general election at which members of the City Council will be elected; and
WHEREAS, November 8, 2016 is the date of the statewide general election at which members of the City Council will be elected; and
WHEREAS, after considering the foregoing information,, the City Council believes that a four percent (4%) upward adjustment to the TOT should be authorized by the voters of the City for general fund revenue purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ...
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