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San Francisco committee forwards 0.5% sales-tax ballot measure to fund public safety programs for children and seniors
Summary
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to forward an amended ordinance placing a half-of-one-percent (0.5%) local sales-and-use tax on the Nov. 8, 2011 ballot to create a special revenue fund for public safety programs serving children and senior citizens; the committee advanced the measure to the full Board without objection.
The Budget and Finance Committee advanced an ordinance on a 0.5% local sales-and-use tax to the full Board on Tuesday, directing that the measure be placed on the Nov. 8, 2011 municipal ballot to fund public safety programs and services for children and senior citizens in the City and County of San Francisco.
The measure would add Article 16(a) to the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code, create a special revenue fund and add Administrative Code section 10.100.321. The ordinance directs the State Board of Equalization to administer the tax in accordance with parts 1.6 and 1.7 of Division 2 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.…
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