sales tax

Money will help fund things like public safety and street repairs.

Sales tax hikes would be used to fund public safety, other municipal services.

Proposal calls for half-cent hike, taking sales tax from 8.75% to 9.25%. Tax would raise an estimated $15.6 million annually.

Would you be willing to pay a bit more sales tax to reduce the region’s brush fire danger, and create more open space? Some South Coast voters could be…

A new one-cent sales tax increase approved by voters in the city of Santa Barbara kicked in April of 2018.That new tax appears to be having its intended…

A sales tax increase approved by voters in Carpinteria, Santa Maria and Port Hueneme has gone into effect as of April 1.The rates in Santa Maria and Port…

Ventura County voters are going to be asked whether they are willing to spend a little more money to improve the region’s highways, streets, and…

Hundreds of thousands of South Coast voters may be asked to approve a sales tax hike to finance new transportation projects. Ventura County, and its…

Getting stuck in traffic is a frustrating, often daily problem for tens of thousands of South Coast commuters. Maybe you’re one of them. But would you be…