File #: 24-00759    Version: 1
Type: Departmental Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/1/2024 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 7/9/2024 Final action: 7/9/2024
Title: HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Second Reading of a Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Increase Ballot Measure for November 2024 General Election Ballot, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.) a) Consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending Section 32-12 of the Santa Barbara County Code to increase the TOT rate from the current level of twelve percent (12%) to fourteen percent (14%) of the rent charged in the unincorporated areas of the County; b) Adopt a Resolution submitting the proposed Ordinance and ballot language proposing to increase the TOT rate to fourteen percent (14%) to the electorate for approval, and requesting and ordering consolidation with the November 5, 2024 General Election; and c) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines because they consist of the creation of government funding mechanisms which do ...
Sponsors: COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - Proposed Ordinance to Increase TOT to 14%.pdf, 3. Attachment B - Resolution to place 14% TOT on Ballot.pdf, 4. Santa Barbara County TOT Issues Survey Summary Memo, 5. Presentation, 6. Adopted Ordinance, 7. Adopted Resolution, 8. Minute Order

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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Second Reading of a Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Increase Ballot Measure for November 2024 General Election Ballot, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)

 

a) Consider the adoption (Second Reading) of an Ordinance amending Section 32-12 of the Santa Barbara County Code to increase the TOT rate from the current level of twelve percent (12%) to fourteen percent (14%) of the rent charged in the unincorporated areas of the County;

 

b) Adopt a Resolution submitting the proposed Ordinance and ballot language proposing to increase the TOT rate to fourteen percent (14%) to the electorate for approval, and requesting and ordering consolidation with the November 5, 2024 General Election; and

 

c) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines because they consist of the creation of government funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.

 

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY