One of these measures would create a special flood prevention fund for San Diego in response to January's devastating flooding.
One of these measures would create a special flood prevention fund for San Diego in response to January's devastating flooding.one of which would increase the City of San Diego's sales tax, are now advancing to the City Council, after receiving unanimous support from the council's Rules Committee.
He said the city should not hike taxes for something that he he said was the city's responsibility to begin with. This flood prevention measure would be a parcel tax of seven cents per square foot, averaging between $18 and $19 a month for single-family properties and raising an estimated $130 million a year.
"It's something that has to happen now," said San Diegan Salvador Atena. whose parents' home was flooded. He is urging the passage of this new tax.Also moving forward: a proposed one-cent increase to San Diego's city sales tax, which would bump it up to 8.75%, providing an additional $400 million a year for everything from police and fire services, to parks, libraries and infrastructure.
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