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Monterey Measure D asks voters to increase sales tax by $4.5M a year to close budget gap
Voters in the city of Monterey will decide on June 2 whether to increase the local sales tax by a fraction of a cent to close the city’s budget deficit and fund a range of general services. Measure D would raise about $4.5 million a year that would be dedicated to the city’s general fund and be used for a variety of city services. It would be the second recent increase to the sales tax that generates unrestricted money for the general fund. Three other temporary local increases have targeted uses for the money generated, including transportation and infrastructure.
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Monterey Measure D asks voters to increase sales tax by $4.5M a year to close budget gap, Voters in the city of Monterey will decide on June 2 whether to increase the local sales tax by a fraction of a cent to close the city’s budget deficit and fund a range of general services. Measure D would raise about $4.5 million a year that would be dedicated to the city’s general fund and be used for a variety of city services. It would be the second recent increase to the sales tax that generates unrestricted money for the general fund. Three other temporary local increases have targeted uses for the money generated, including transportation and infrastructure.
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- Monterey Measure D asks voters to increase sales tax by $4.5M a year to close budget gapLocal News Matters - 2026-05-26T16:00:00+00:00
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