Shall an ordinance be adopted which provides that if, and only if, another local governmental entity seeks to increase the transaction and use tax (sales tax) in Beverly Hills, then the City may prevent this tax increase and instead impose a Beverly Hills transaction and use tax by up to ¾% (approximately $28.06 million annually, indefinitely) so that the tax revenues will flow to Beverly Hills rather than the other governmental entity?
2, Los Angeles County • 2020 • Measure
Passed
Result: 72.6% yes, 27.4% no (15,343 votes cast)
AI-generated plain-language summary
This measure allows Beverly Hills to impose its own sales tax of up to 0.75% if another local government entity attempts to increase sales tax in the city, directing those tax revenues to Beverly Hills instead of the other entity. The tax would only be implemented as a defensive measure against external tax increases, not as an automatic tax on residents.