STOP THE MONROVIA SALE TAX INCREASE (Vote No Measure K)

Please Understand The Campaign To Pass The Largest Sales Tax Increase In Monrovia's History is using fear as the only basis to pass the sales tax increase. However, the law does not quite support that. Background Of The California Sales Tax Under California law, the state of California collects a minimum 7.25% sales tax. California law requires the state to send back 1.25% of that amount collected to the county and local governments. The city of Monrovia receives 1% of the revenue collected from the minimum sales tax. This does not include the additional amounts the City of Monrovia collects from property taxes. Local counties and municipalities can levy additional sales taxes on top of that minimum 7.25% amount, generally not to exceed 2 percent for a County or City. A city or county cannot levy more than a 2 percent sales tax increase above the 7.25% minimum according to California Rev & Tax Code § 7251.1 (the language is below) The combined rate of all taxes impose...

The Monrovia City Council wants to raise your sales tax to the maximum 10.25% allowed under California State Law.   This will take approximately 4.5 million dollars from the pockets of city residents, people who work in our city and their guests who visit our city and add it to the city general fund ("City Coffers") every year according to the Measure K ballot description put forth by the City of Monrovia.   This is a tax increase you will pay every time you eat at a restaurant in Monrovia (including Old Town), every time you buy clothes in Monrovia, every time you buy school supplies for your kids  in Monrovia, every time you buy appliances in Monrovia or purchase a vehicle that you register in Monrovia.    This tax increase will also hurt the mom and pop businesses in Monrovia, because people will spend their dollars outside Monrovia in other cities with a lower sales tax where they can buys goods and services cheaper.  Further, if you increase...