Measure S

Levy Sales Tax to Fund General City Services Measure

Official Summary

To provide locally-controlled funding for Oceanside services and infrastructure, such as keeping streets, sidewalks, parks, and public facilities safe, clean, and well-maintained; fixing potholes; improving traffic; restoring/protecting local beaches; modernizing public safety/emergency facilities to improve 911 emergency response/community safety; and repairing aging infrastructure, shall City of Oceanside’s ordinance establishing a 1/2 cent sales tax be adopted, providing $20,000,000 annually for general government use for 10 years, with independent audits and citizen oversight?

Fiscal effects: The Oceanside City Attorney’s impartial analysis indicates that Measure S will generate approximately $20 million per year.

• Official SD Voter Guide Summary ; text of proposed law

• Impartial Analysis

• Ballotpedia Summary

Notes

• Oceanside’s current sales tax rate is 8.25%. If this passes, the sates tax rate would increase to 8.75% through 2036. If San Diego County Measure B also passes, the sales tax rate would be 9.25%. That sales tax increase has no expiration.

• It would commence on or after April 1, 2027 and would remain in place for 10 years (2037). Measure X (added .5%) is in place until 2036.