City of Fairfield Measure P: Extending Sales Tax
What does this measure do?
Raises Fairfield's city sales tax by 1 cent per dollar and keeps the existing 1-cent city tax with no end date, for services like police, fire, 911, streets, and homelessness. Shoppers would pay 9.375% sales tax instead of 8.375%, raising about $24 million more a year.
Read the official ballot measure (PDF)
Proposed by: Fairfield City Council
The city's elected council. It asked voters to raise the city sales tax by 1 cent, to 2 cents, with no end date. A higher local tax needs voter approval in California.
Source: content.solanocounty.gov
A YES vote means
Fairfield's sales tax rises from 8.375% to 9.375%, and both the new and existing city sales taxes stay until voters end them. The money goes to the city's general budget.
A NO vote means
The sales tax does not go up, and the city's existing 1-cent sales tax is not extended by this measure. The city does not get about $24 million a year in new money.
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Source: content.solanocounty.gov