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Redondo Beach council directs staff to prepare ballot measure authorizing up to 15% TOT, signals intent toward 14%

Redondo Beach City Council · November 19, 2025
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After a broad discussion of hotel impacts, tourism returns and Olympic/World Cup timing, council unanimously directed staff to draft a measure authorizing the council to set the transient occupancy tax up to 15% and return with further analysis; council favored pursuing roughly 14% and asked for hotel-specific feedback and labor-market impact analysis.

The Redondo Beach City Council voted unanimously to direct staff to prepare ballot materials that would authorize the council to set the city's transient occupancy tax (TOT) at up to 15 percent, with council members signaling an intent to move the rate to about 14 percent if supported. The action was procedural: it directs staff to draft ordinance and ballot materials and to return with analysis rather than immediately changing the tax.

Staff noted the city—s…

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