Shall the City extend the half percent (1/2%) transactions and use tax to continue to preserve funding for essential city services such as SFPD, LAFD and SFPW; street repairs, park beautification, and other public works infrastructure projects; cultural and recreational programs; economic development; staffing recruitment, retention and wages; restoration of the City’s emergency “rainy day” fund; and other unrestricted general revenue purposes until voters decide to end it?
2, Los Angeles County • 2018 • M
Passed
Result: 69.3% yes, 30.7% no (5,127 votes cast)
AI-generated plain-language summary
This measure extended Los Angeles's existing half-percent sales tax indefinitely to fund city services including police, fire department, public works, street repairs, parks, cultural programs, economic development, city staffing, and the emergency reserve fund. The tax would continue until voters decide to end it in a future election.