Tag: tax
City council considers Gilroy hotel tax increase
Gilroy officials are considering asking the voters to approve an increase of the city’s transient occupancy tax—commonly referred to as the hotel tax—up to...
Education leaders, community members rally for county tax measure
Education advocates and community leaders gathered on a cloudy morning outside Saint Louise Regional Hospital to urge voters to support Measure A, a Santa...
Doctors’ union is largest donor to sales tax measureÂ
A union of physicians earning up to $1 million a year is the biggest funder of the ballot measure to raise local sales taxes....
County pushes new sales tax after federal cuts
Santa Clara County supervisors voted unanimously today to ask voters to approve new sales taxes that will place half the county in the double...
Voters approve county’s Measure A sales tax increase
Santa Clara County’s one-eighth-cent sales tax increase was approved by voters with 53 percent majority vote as of about 6 a.m. Wednesday morning.Â
Community Pulse: Will you vote for or against the water district’s...
THIS WEEK’S POLL: Will you vote for or against the Santa Clara Valley Water District’s 15-year, $548 million parcel tax measure on the November ballot?
Would you vote for an additional local sales tax to financially...
• Yes, as much as I feel the weight of our tax burden, I do believe our community is served well by Saint Louise. • No. Hospital is supposed to be self-sufficient. We are already paying for the Gilroy Unified School District, Gavilan Community College and the library. • No. Although I support nonprofits personally, this is a religious based facility and should not be supported by a local sales tax measure. • Why would the public support a private hospital? • No. There are other areas to tackle in terms of leadership that won’t be resolved with a local tax. • No. Saint Louise is profit based, they can raise their own funds! • Yes. Having a local hospital is a very key need in South County and it's a critical business worthy of community support. Quality health care is more important than a new library, a police station building or many other public endeavors. • No. This financing is the responsibility of the owners, the Daughters of Charity. • Yes, the sales tax is generated largely by out-of-town shoppers, so they would be paying for something that benefits the local residents.
