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City of Rancho Palos Verdes Measure RS: Hotel Tax Increase

Unofficial result: Passed

Source: results.lavote.gov

What does this measure do?

Rancho Palos Verdes would raise its hotel tax, paid only by hotel and motel guests, from 10% to 13%. It would bring in about $2.2 million a year for landslide response, roads, disaster readiness and other city services, until voters end it.

Read the official ballot measure

Proposed by: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council (Resolution 2026-61)

The elected council that runs Rancho Palos Verdes. It voted unanimously in 2026 to put this hotel tax increase on the November ballot.

Source: rpvca.gov

A YES vote means

Hotel and motel guests in Rancho Palos Verdes would pay a 13% room tax instead of 10%. The city would get about $2.2 million more a year.

A NO vote means

The hotel room tax would stay at 10%, and the city would not get this extra money.

Source: rpv.granicus.com

Sources: ballotpedia.org2