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Council members ask staff for list of revenue options, flag timing for any ballot measures
Summary
Council members directed staff to prepare an initial list of revenue options — including changes to occupancy tax collection on platforms, fines and transfers of sidewalk responsibilities — and flagged a compressed schedule if any proposal must reach voters by June 2026.
City Council members asked staff to assemble an initial, 45-day report cataloging options to generate revenue for the city and to clarify which measures would require a public vote.
Council members emphasized that most options would not affect the current fiscal year and that any new revenue would likely show up in the city’s fiscal-year 2027 budget. A staff speaker said a fuller report will be released in February and that “a penny saved is a penny earned,” urging the council to consider both revenue increases and cost reductions.
The list the council requested is to…
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