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City Council votes to place 2% hotel-tax measure (37B) on the ballot
Summary
Los Angeles City Council voted to place a 2% transient occupancy tax increase (item 37B) on the ballot after rejecting an amendment to make the increase permanent; the adopted measure drew mixed council comment and opposition from hotel and business groups. The council recorded multiple roll-call tallies and approved the final version of 37B by a 13–2 margin.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to put a 2% increase in the city—ull transient-occupancy tax (TOT) before voters, approving motion Nazarian/Hutt (item 37B) after the Hernandez/Blumenfield amendment to a flat 2% failed.
Council member Nury Martinez (referenced by speakers during debate as Council member Nazarian and others) led the motion adopted as 37B; Council member Hernandez introduced an amendment (37A) intended to keep the increase at 2% permanently but that amendment failed 7 ayes to 8 no. The Nazarian/Hutt…
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