To maintain the City of Murrieta's long-term finances, provide funding for general services including faster response times to 911 emergencies, improved fire protection/paramedic services, increase police to strengthen crime prevention, reduce gang activity/ drug crimes, graffiti removal, and parks and recreation/street maintenance/pothole repair, shall the measure establishing a one-cent sales tax until ended by voters be adopted, providing approximately $14,000,000 annually for city services, requiring citizen oversight and all funds controlled locally?
2, Riverside County • 2018 • M
Passed
Result: 52.6% yes, 47.4% no (32,914 votes cast)
AI-generated plain-language summary
The measure established a one-cent sales tax in Murrieta to fund general city services including police, fire, emergency response, parks, street maintenance, and other municipal operations, generating approximately $14 million annually. The tax remains in effect until voters choose to end it and includes citizen oversight requirements with local control of funds.