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Special Tax Rate Ordinances

At a glance

  • What: The annual set of Fiscal Year 2027 special tax and bond debt service rate ordinances, 14 in all (Ordinance Nos. 8,013 to 8,026-N.S.), which Council adopts each June for voter-approved taxes and bonds.
  • Where it stands: First readings adopted June 16, 2026 on the Consent Calendar (Humbert/Taplin, all ayes), with second readings scheduled for June 30, 2026 (see 2026-06-30 - City Council (regular), which records the second readings on consent).
  • Next: None; rates take effect for the FY 2027 tax roll. Contact for all: Henry Oyekanmi, Finance.

Detail

Rates adopted on first reading, all on the June 16 Consent Calendar:

  • Item 3, Library Relief Act of 2024 (Measure X), Ordinance 8,013: 6.297 cents per square foot for dwelling units, 9.446 cents for industrial, commercial and institutional buildings. Several form letters and individual letters came in on this item.
  • Item 4, Library Services, Ordinance 8,014: 31.28 cents per square foot for dwelling units, 47.29 cents for other buildings.
  • Item 5, Business License Tax on large non-profits, Ordinance 8,015: 91.68 cents per square foot of improvements.
  • Item 6, 2015 refunding general obligation bonds (Measures G, S and I), Ordinance 8,016: 0.0075%.
  • Item 7, Affordable Housing bonds (Measure O), Ordinance 8,017: 0.0200%.
  • Item 8, Emergency services for the severely disabled (Measure E), Ordinance 8,018: 2.339 cents per square foot.
  • Item 9, Fire protection and emergency response and preparedness (Measure GG), Ordinance 8,019: 7.026 cents per square foot for dwelling units, 10.634 cents for all other property.
  • Item 10, Firefighting, emergency medical response and wildfire prevention (Measure FF), Ordinance 8,020: 13.633 cents per square foot.
  • Item 11, Emergency medical services (paramedic tax), Ordinance 8,021: 4.92 cents per square foot.
  • Item 12, Infrastructure and facilities bonds (Measure T1), Ordinance 8,022: 0.0140%.
  • Item 13, Parks, City trees and landscaping, Ordinance 8,023: 27.83 cents per square foot.
  • Item 14, Neighborhood branch library bonds (Measure FF of 2008), Ordinance 8,024: 0.0035%.
  • Item 15, SAFE STREETS street and traffic safety tax, Ordinance 8,025: 17.842 cents per square foot for dwelling units, 26.238 cents for industrial, commercial and institutional improvements.
  • Item 16, Street and watershed improvement bonds (Measure M), Ordinance 8,026: 0.0040% (the minutes print "FY 2026" in the recommendation text, apparently a typo).

Related ballot measures: Sales Tax Ballot Measure and Infrastructure Bond Ballot Measure.

Sources

Log

2026-06-16 - City Council (regular)

First readings of the 14 FY 2027 rate ordinances adopted on consent, all ayes; second readings set for June 30.