To maintain essential community services, keep public areas safe/clean, retain local businesses/jobs, address traffic near sports/entertainment facilities, increase affordable housing, maintain youth/anti-gang programs, senior services, and other general City services, shall the measure increasing the transient occupancy tax paid only by hotel/motel guests from 14% to 15.5% providing an estimated $730,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring public spending disclosure, audits, be adopted?
2, Los Angeles County • 2021 • Measure
Failed
Result: 62.2% yes, 37.8% no (9,951 votes cast)
AI-generated plain-language summary
This measure would have increased the transient occupancy tax on hotel and motel guests in Los Angeles from 14% to 15.5%, generating an estimated $730,000 annually for general city services including public safety, affordable housing, youth programs, and senior services. The measure failed despite receiving 62.2% yes votes, likely because it required a supermajority to pass.