{"id":205143,"date":"2026-04-21T20:16:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205143\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:16:41","slug":"potential-changes-to-manhattan-beach-business-licensing-to-be-detailed-at-upcoming-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/205143\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential Changes To Manhattan Beach Business Licensing To Be Detailed At Upcoming Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Manhattan Beach and the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce are inviting local business owners to an informational business license tax forum.<\/p>\n<p>The forum is a community meeting at which attendees can learn about the city&#8217;s Business License Tax Modernization Plan and potential changes to Manhattan Beach&#8217;s business licensing program.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is set for noon on Thursday, April 23 at City Council Chambers in Manhattan Beach City Hall, 1400 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Zoom: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manhattanbeach.gov\/Home\/Components\/Calendar\/Event\/80831\/www.zoomgov.com\/j\/1603324329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.zoomgov.com\/j\/1603324329<\/a> Meeting ID: 160 332 4329.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting includes a presentation on the city\u2019s business license tax structure and an exploration of alternative tax structures that, according to the city, &#8220;aim to clarify, simplify, and modernize the tax code, enhance fairness and equity and maintain fiscal sustainability for the City.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the Manhattan Beach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manhattanbeach.gov\/departments\/finance\/business-license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business License<\/a> webpage or contact the city&#8217;s financial services manager, <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/california\/manhattanbeach\/mailto:ehanna@manhattanbeach.gov?subject=Business%20License%20Tax%20Forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Emy-Rose Hanna<\/a>, by phone at (310) 802-5555, or via <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/california\/manhattanbeach\/mailto:ehanna@manhattanbeach.gov?subject=Business%20License%20Tax%20Forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Manhattan Beach and the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce are inviting local business owners to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-205143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-manhattan","9":"tag-manhattan-headlines","10":"tag-manhattan-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}