Sacramento, California, Library Parcel Tax, Measure X (June 2016)
| Measure X: Sacramento Library Parcel Tax |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| June 7, 2016 |
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Majority required: 66.67% |
| Topic: |
| California parcel tax Expires in: 10 years |
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| California parcel tax on the ballot June 7, 2016 ballot measures in California Sacramento County, California ballot measures City tax on the ballot |
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| Sacramento, California |
A library parcel tax measure was on the ballot for Sacramento voters in Sacramento County, California, on June 7, 2016. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of to extend the city's library parcel tax for 10 years at an initial rate of $31.53 per parcel, remove restrictions on how revenue must be spent within the library system, and remove a cap on the total increase of the tax rate through consumer price index adjustments. |
| A no vote was a vote against extending the city's library parcel tax for 10 years and lifting restrictions on how the revenue must be spent, allowing the city's library parcel tax to expire at the end of the 2016-2017 fiscal year. |
Election results
| Sacramento, Measure X | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 81,197 | 79.12% | |||
| No | 21,422 | 20.88% | ||
- Election results from Sacramento County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The following question appeared on the ballot:[1]
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To fund library services –including programs for children, teens, and seniors; homework support for students; regular open hours; books; and technology– shall the parcel tax adopted in 2004 be renewed in 2017-18 (single family residences currently $31.53/ year and other properties at specified amounts, annually adjusted for inflation) for 10 years, generating approximately $5 million annually, with independent financial audits to ensure funds are spent only on City of Sacramento libraries?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Sacramento City Attorney:
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Measure X has been placed on the ballot by the Sacramento City Council. Measure X, if approved, enacts an ordinance that extends for ten years an annual parcel tax for library services and removes use restrictions so that the tax revenue could be used for all library services within the City of Sacramento. In 2004, voters approved an annual parcel tax for additional library services. The tax took effect in 2007. The tax is set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2016-2017. The city council has adopted an ordinance to extend the annual parcel tax for library services for ten years, beginning July 1, 2017. The ordinance is effective only if this Measure X passes. The tax approved by voters in 2004 is for “additional library services,” which are those over and above the basic library services funded by the city’s general fund. The current parcel tax can only be used for those additional services. Measure X, if approved, amends this provision, thus allowing the tax to be used for “library services,” which would include, without limitation, library “programs for children, teens, and seniors; regular open hours at city libraries; library staff; acquisition of books, magazines, newspapers, media, and other library materials; and access to technology at city libraries.” The parcel tax would be collected from the owners of all non-exempt properties within the city. The amount of the tax for each land use is set forth in the full text of the measure, as adjusted annually to reflect increases in the consumer price index, not to exceed three percent (3%) per year. Measure X, if approved, deletes the life-of-the-tax increase cap of eight dollars for single family residences and proportionally for other properties. Measure X continues the following provisions of the tax measure approved in 2004: • Proceeds, less expenses of collection, will be transferred to the Sacramento Public Library Authority to be expended for the purposes set forth in the measure. • With one exception, the city cannot collect the tax in any year during which the city council reduces its general fund budget allocation for library purposes to less than $7.635 million. The exception is if the reduction is not more than the same proportion of reduction imposed on the city’s net general fund budget for non-safety departments. • The low-income rebate program requirement. Measure X adds a requirement of an annual independent audit of the revenues and expenditures made from the parcel tax. A “yes” vote is in favor of approving the ordinance extending the parcel tax for ten years and removing the restrictions on how the library may spend the tax revenues within the City of Sacramento. A “no” vote is against approving the ordinance. The ordinance will take effect only if two-thirds of the voters voting on Measure X approve it.[2] |
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| —Sacramento City Attorney[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Sacramento, California.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [http://www.elections.saccounty.net/ElectionInformation/Pages/InfoUpcomingElect.aspx Sacramento County Elections, "Presidential Primary Election – June 7, 2016," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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