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Berkeley City Council seeks sales tax increase matching highest in Bay Area
Berkeley voters will be asked to increase their sales tax rate to 10.75%, ranking with the highest in the Bay Area, to close a looming $30 million budget deficit. The proposed 0.5% increase would align Berkeley with most of Alameda County, including Oakland. Statewide, sales tax rates range from 7.25% to as much as 11.25%, […] The post Berkeley City Council seeks sales tax increase matching highest in Bay Area appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Berkeley City Council seeks sales tax increase matching highest in Bay Area, Berkeley voters will be asked to increase their sales tax rate to 10.75%, ranking with the highest in the Bay Area, to close a looming $30 million budget deficit. The proposed 0.5% increase would align Berkeley with most of Alameda County, including Oakland. Statewide, sales tax rates range from 7.25% to as much as 11.25%, […] The post Berkeley City Council seeks sales tax increase matching highest in Bay Area appeared first on Local News Matters .
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