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Yolo supervisors weigh transient‑occupancy tax and longer‑term sales tax to help close $35.7M gap
Summary
Board members asked staff to develop ordinance language and timelines to consider raising the unincorporated transient‑occupancy tax for the November ballot and to further study countywide sales tax and other revenue options, while staff cautioned about legal and timing constraints.
Supervisors asked county staff on May 5 to further analyze near‑term and long‑term revenue options to help close an estimated $35.7 million general‑fund shortfall for FY 2026–27. The revenue generation ad hoc subcommittee and county administrator highlighted a mix of technical, legislative and political steps needed before putting measures to voters.
Alex Stengel, from the county administrator’s office, outlined the subcommittee’s early work: a proposed technical correction to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) allocation that Senator Cabaldon has advanced as budget language—staff estimate that correction could yield about $3 million annually…
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