Hard to find, but it DOUBLES the “homeless tax” from 1/4% to 1/2% on top of the existing 10% we have here in LA.
But also “...we spent over 24 billion taxpayer dollars on this crisis”, but apparently not enough. A year ago, “75,518 people were counted” as homeless. That’s over $320,000 already spent per homeless person, yet the situation gets worse and worse, and the only solution is always more money.
it would be 320K/person IF all the dollars could be accounted for...problem is, that’s the problem. So who’s to say new sales tax funding won’t go down the same pet NGOs’ and contractors’ rabbithole?
According to a CNN article, Calif will have laid out $20 billion in the years 2019-2024 - $2 billion in tax credits to developers to build 481 units, $2 billion on stalled projects, $4 billion to local govt’s for ‘initiatives’, $2 billion for ‘emergency assistance’ and $3.7 billion for local govts to buy 13,500 “units”. Against a projected need of 2.5 million units. The state alphabet agencies have yet to detail where the rest of the money went.
Until the State can be honest with the taxpayer as to where exactly the $20billion has gone -to the dime - yet another tax is beyond the pale.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/11/us/california-homeless-spending/index.html
City of Los Angeles...Sales tax rate is 9.5%...That is lowest possible rate in Los Angeles County...Other cities have higher sale tax rate...Culver City...Sales tax rate is 10.25%...
In any case, I will be voting "no" on this homeless measure...However, it might still pass...LA County is not Orange County...