City of Seaside Sales Tax, Measure R (February 2008)

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A City of Seaside Sales Tax Increase, Measure R ballot question was on the February 5, 2008 ballot for voters in the City of Seaside in Monterey County, where it was approved.

Measure R increased the sales tax in the city by one cent.

Election results

Measure R
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 3,018 58.16%
No2,17141.84%
These final, certified, results are from the Monterey County elections office.

Ballot question

The question on the ballot:

Measure R: "Seaside Vital City Services Measure: To protect/maintain essential City of Seaside services by hiring additional police officers and firefighters, improving 9-1-1 police/fire response times, fixing potholes, improving/maintaining City streets, youth/senior programs and parks, increasing code enforcement, expanding anti-gang/drug enforcement programs, removing graffiti/blight, and other general City services, shall the City sales tax be increased by one cent with published, independent annual financial audits of all expenditures available for public review?"[1]

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  1. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.