La Habra Voters to Decide on Sales Tax Increase in November
La Habra officials are asking voters to consider a 1% sales tax measure this November after cutting and deferring over $6 million in spending to balance their current fiscal year budget.
At Monday’s meeting, city council members voted unanimously to put the sales tax measure on the November ballot in a city where 70% of the $62 million general fund – the city’s discretionary pot of money – is spent on public safety.
According to the city’s latest approved budget, council members allocated 41% of the general fund – almost $26 million – to police while 29% or almost $18 million was designated for fire and ambulance services.
Officials argued that putting the measure on the ballot will allow voters to decide if they want to maintain the current level of city services and they publicly worried about the impacts not approving the measure could have on police response times and public safety.
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