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Public commenters urge Orange County to redirect some tourism tax revenue toward homelessness and housing
Summary
During public comment, residents asked the board to allow more flexible uses of Tourist Development Tax revenue to address homelessness and housing, citing daily TDT receipts and local needs; commissioners explained legal limits and noted existing county homelessness spending.
Several residents used the meeting's public comment period to urge the Board of County Commissioners to repurpose some Tourist Development Tax (TDT) revenue to address homelessness and housing needs.
Alan Levi told the board he believed the county had collected about $358.2 million in TDT and proposed using roughly 3% of those receipts to convert the former Kaley Avenue Work Release Center into…
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