City Of Greenfield Sales Tax Continuation, Measure V (November 2015)

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Measure info; Amount: 1% continuation; Expires: Never Purpose: General;

A sales tax continuation was on the ballot for Greenfield voters in Monterey County, California, on November 3, 2015. It was approved.

Measure V authorized the city to continue levying a 1 percent local sales tax that was first enacted in June 2012 under the name Measure X and was set to expire in 2017. Measure V had no automatic sunset date. The tax was designed to be a general sales tax, with revenue deposited in the general city fund to be used for any government purpose.^[1]

Another sales tax measure, Measure W, was also on the ballot. Measure W, which was approved, was designed to increase the city's local sales tax by 0.75 percent.^[1]

The total sales tax rate in the city, which included the state-mandated 7.5 percent tax and the county's 0.125 percent tax, was affected in the following ways by the outcome of Measure W and Measure V:^[1]^[2]

Since both Measure W and Measure V were approved, the total sales tax in the city increased to 9.375 percent.
If Measure V had been approved but Measure W had been defeated, the total sales tax in the city would have remained at 8.625 percent.
If Measure W had been approved but Measure V had been defeated, the total sales tax in the city would have increased to 9.375 percent until the city's 1 percent tax expired in 2017, when the total rate would have dropped to 8.375 percent.
If Measure W and Measure V had both been defeated, the total sales tax in the city would have remained at 8.625 percent until the city's 1 percent sales tax expired in 2017, when the total rate would have dropped to 7.625 percent.

Election results[edit]

Greenfield, Measure V
Result	Votes	Percentage
a Yes	681	69.7%
No	296	30.3%

Election results from Monterey County Elections Office

Text of measure[edit]

Ballot question[edit]

The following question appeared on the ballot:^[1]

“

Greenfield Continuation of Essential City Services Funding Measure. To preserve the health, safety and welfare of Greenfield, and maintain/protect general City services, including 9-1-1 emergency response; building protection; neighborhood police patrols; gang/sex offender enforcement; animal control; street maintenance/pothole repair; park maintenance; and other essential services, shall the City of Greenfield continue a voter approved 1 cent transaction and use tax, subject to annual audits and public review?^[3]

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Path to the ballot[edit]

Measure V was put on the ballot by a vote of the Greenfield City Council.

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Recent news[edit]

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