Retrospective: 55% say yes — Hermosa eyes a third sales-tax run

The one thing. Third time's the question. At its marathon May 26 meeting, Hermosa council saw poll results showing 55% support for a one-percent sales tax, even after respondents heard the opposition's case. Voters said no in 2022 and 2024. The measure would raise about $4 million a year against a structural deficit, and council wants the sales-tax-or-hotel-tax call made before August. Easy Reader →

The rest of that five-and-a-half-hour night — the zoning ordinance, trash rates, the City Yard CEQA contract, sea-level-rise planning, the landscaping district — is covered in Issue No. 1. Budget season then rolled straight into a May 28 capital-projects study session.

Your money. The FTB fired the flare on May 27: pass-through entities owe their elective-tax payment by June 15, the greater of 50% of last year's tax or $1,000. The full what-to-do is in Issue No. 1. FTB →

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