The Placentia Hotel Tax, or Measure L, proposes to increase the city\u2019s transient occupancy tax (TOT) from 10% to 14%.<\/p>\n
The measure is expected to generate approximately $715,000 annually, city officials said. Revenue would go into the city\u2019s general fund and could be used for services in the city such as the police patrols, fire protection, 911 response, and road repairs mentioned in the measure.<\/p>\n
Measure L also contains accountability safeguards, including annual independent audits of tax proceeds and expenditures, and spending reviews by the city\u2019s existing Citizens\u2019 Oversight Committee, which is required to submit an annual report.<\/p>\n
The rate could not be raised above 14% without future voter approval, and the tax would remain in effect unless repealed by voters. If approved, the measure would take effect Jan. 1.<\/p>\n
Supporters say the tax, which is charged on an overnight\u2019s stay, would be paid by guests at hotels, motels, and short-term rentals in Placentia, and is not a tax on residents\u2019 property or everyday expenses.<\/p>\n
Supporters include Robert S. McKinnell, chair of the Citizen\u2019s Oversight Committee, and Kenny Binnings, president of the Placentia Chamber of Commerce, who said in the argument they penned to go with the ballot that the city\u2019s current rate \u201chas not kept pace with inflation\u201d and falls below other Orange County cities. They call the measure a \u201cfair, common-sense way to increase revenue\u201d that ensures \u201cvisitors pay\u201d while\u00a0 \u201cresidents benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was no ballot argument submitted against the measure.<\/p>\n
Measure L requires a simple majority vote in favor to pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Placentia Hotel Tax, or Measure L, proposes to increase the city\u2019s transient occupancy tax (TOT) from 10%…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,204,1071,100,611,8047,2463,13,77],"class_list":["post-484926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-election","tag-local-government","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orange-county-elections","tag-placentia","tag-politics","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}