City of Pinole Sales Tax, Measure S (November 2014)

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A City of Pinole Sales Tax, Measure S ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the city of Pinole in Contra Costa County, California. It was approved.

Measure S authorized the city to impose an additional 0.5 percent transaction and use tax, commonly called a sales tax.[1]

With this Measure S tax, the total sales tax rate in the city amounted to 9 percent as of 2015. Of this total, 7.5 percent was the minimum sales tax mandated by the state, and 1 percent was imposed by the county.

Election results

Pinole City Measure S
ResultVotesPercentage
Approveda Yes 2,429 52.60%
No2,18947.40%

Election results via: Contra Costa County Elections Office

Text of measure

Ballot question

The question on the ballot:[1]

APPROVAL OF LOCAL TRANSACTIONS AND USE (SALES) TAX
City of Pinole Local Sales Tax: Shall an ordinance be adopted enacting a local half-cent transaction and use (sales) tax to maintain essential police and fire services, to prevent the reduction in maintenance of City parks and streets, and to prevent the reduction of youth, family and senior recreational services, subject to annual external audit and review?[2]

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Contra Costa County Elections Office, "November 4, 2014, ballot measure information," archived September 19, 2014
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.