Santa Barbara County Supervisors Weigh Bed-Tax Hike Against Cannabis Tax Reform
The board will decide next month which tax proposal to put on the November ballot.
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The board will decide next month which tax proposal to put on the November ballot.
Increase could net $15.6 million a year to fund public services if approved by voters in November.
Mayor Paula Perotte announces she’s running for reelection against challenger Rich Foster in this November’s election, when city council seats in districts 3 and 4 will also be on the ballot.
How Roy beat Das 2-1 in their hometown, and what it could mean for cannabis.
Survey respondents reject idea of putting a sales tax, library tax, or parcel tax on November’s ballot.
The ballot initiative voters approved this week will provide billions of dollars to fund housing and treatment facilities for mentally ill Californians.
An election tally on Wednesday morning showed challenger Roy Lee holding his slim but insurmountable lead over incumbent Santa Barbara County supervisor Das Williams.
Ballots cast for write-in candidates could trigger a November rematch between incumbent Das Williams and challenger Roy Lee into November.
Carpinteria City Councilmember Roy Lee’s lead over incumbent supervisor Das Williams narrows slightly as more ballots are counted.
Roy Lee — a moderate pro-business candidate and a registered Democrat — played David to Das Williams’s Goliath, knocking the entrenched incumbent, a 20-year fixture of Santa Barbara politics, off his perch with a pebble instead of a stone.