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

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Amount: 1% continuation
Expires: Never Purpose: General

## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 2.1 Ballot question
* 3 Path to the ballot
* 4 Related measures
* 5 Recent news
* 6 See also
* 7 External links
* 8 Footnotes

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]

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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.

## Related measures[edit]

* City of Greenfield Sales Tax Increase, Measure W (November 2015) a

* City of Greenfield Sales Tax, Measure X (June 2012) a

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Greenfield sales tax continuation Measure V. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

City of Greenfield Sales Tax Continuation, Measure V (November 2015) - Google News

## See also[edit]

* Local sales tax on the ballot
* City tax on the ballot
* Monterey County, California ballot measures
* November 3, 2015 ballot measures in California

## External links[edit]

| Suggest a link

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* Monterey County Elections Office website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Monterey County Elections, "Monterey County list of local ballot measures on November 3, 2015," accessed October 8, 2015
2. ↑ Sale-tax.com, "Greenfield, California," accessed October 8, 2015
3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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