To continue providing and maintaining essential City services, such as: fire and police protection, public safety and emergency response, facilities maintenance, and environmental preservation, shall the City of Albany measure making its existing one-half cent transactions and use (sales) tax permanent, providing $1.4 million annually for unrestricted general revenue purposes, without increasing the rate, with annual independent audits, and all funds spent only in Albany, be adopted?
2, Alameda County • 2018 • M
Passed
Result: 81.0% yes, 19.0% no (8,415 votes cast)
AI-generated plain-language summary
This measure made Albany's existing half-cent sales tax permanent, continuing to generate approximately $1.4 million annually for general city services including fire, police, public safety, and facilities maintenance. The measure did not increase the tax rate but removed the expiration date from the existing tax.