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County Supervisors approve a proposal to raise the transient occupancy tax, which is the tax visitors pay on motel, hotel, and vacation rental accommodations.
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Proposal calls for asking voters to hike transient occupancy tax from 12% to 14% in unincorporated parts of county. Tourism groups oppose it.
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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…