Downtown business leaders voted this morning in favor of Mayor Bob Foster's $571 million infrastructure plan, which would place a parcel tax on residential and commercial properties until 2044.
The measure, which goes before voters in November, means $120 per year for single-family homes, or $120 per unit for apartments and other multi-unit buildings. Commercial property owners would pay based on a different formula that takes into account the size of their properties.
DLBA joins other supporters such as the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city's police and firefighters associations, the California Business Roundtable and former Gov. George Deukmejian, a Long Beach resident.
The measure, which goes before voters in November, means $120 per year for single-family homes, or $120 per unit for apartments and other multi-unit buildings. Commercial property owners would pay based on a different formula that takes into account the size of their properties.
DLBA joins other supporters such as the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city's police and firefighters associations, the California Business Roundtable and former Gov. George Deukmejian, a Long Beach resident.
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I do to....and if you need any help passing Measure I....let me know....
We need this to fix the city and make it 1st class.
Laugh Factory was a great addition....