{"id":199201,"date":"2026-03-01T11:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199201\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:21:09","slug":"hotel-tax-increase-and-cannabis-levy-survey-gets-green-light-orange-county-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/199201\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotel tax increase and cannabis levy survey gets green light \u2013 ORANGE COUNTY TRIBUNE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ERIN BACKS, Westminster finance director.<\/p>\n

By Jim Tortolano
Orange County Tribune<\/p>\n

A key step toward asking residents how they would feel about two possible tax measures was taken at Wednesday night\u2019s meeting of the Westminster City Council.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s proposed \u2013 as a step toward achieving \u201cfinancial stability\u201d \u2013 is the city will spend $35,000 to hire an opinion research firm to conduct public opinion polling about an increase in the city\u2019s transient occupancy tax \u2013 commonly known as \u201cbed tax\u201d charged to guests at hotels and motels \u2013 and initiate a tax on the sale of cannabis (marijuana-derived) products within the city.<\/p>\n

What was before the council didn\u2019t actually require a vote of the council. \u201cThis is within my spending authority,\u201d said City Manager Christine Cordon, \u201cso if you have any particular objections, this is the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

But there were none, and the council voted to \u201creceive and file\u201d the summary given by Erin Backs, city finance director.
The survey, expected to take five to six weeks to complete, will be conducted in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.<\/p>\n

At least 400 Westminster residents will be questioned on their opinions using texts, photo calls and other means
Currently, Westminster\u2019s \u201cbed tax\u201d is 8 percent.<\/p>\n

The next meeting of the Westminster City Council is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11 at 8200 Westminster Blvd. (one block east of Beach Boulevard in the Civic Center).<\/p>\n

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