City of Benicia

Shall the citizens of Benicia enact a measure raising local funds for the specific purpose of repairing, maintaining, and improving Benicia’s streets, roads, potholes and related sidewalks and storm drains, never to be used for other municipal services, by adopting a ½ cent sales tax, providing approximately $4,000,000 annually, with a citizen oversight committee and annual audits, until ended by voters?

To ensure proper investments in essential City services including roads, infrastructure, Benicia’s Police and Fire Departments, shall the City of Benicia adopt a Charter, that can only be amended with voter approval, for the limited and sole purpose of allowing voters to consider enacting a real property transfer tax (measure H), the proceeds of which shall provide necessary funding for critical City infrastructure and services, monitored with audits and citizen oversight?

To invest in essential city services including: Roads, infrastructure, facilities; Police, Fire, City services; Shall the City of Benicia enact a real property transfer tax based on sale price, assessed only when property is sold, with exemptions for family members, at a rate of 0.4% for properties $2 million and under, 0.6% for properties over $2 million, and 0.8% for properties over $10 million, providing approximately $850,000 annually, until ended by voters, with audits and citizens’ oversight?

Shall the City of Benicia enact a measure protecting essential Benicia services, including: maintaining police services, protecting 911 response times, maintaining local parks and library services, promoting economic development, by adopting an ordinance increasing the transient occupancy tax, paid by hotels and vacation rentals, from 9% to 13%, paid only by guests and tourists, providing approximately $250,000 annually for general governmental purposes, sunsetting in twelve years, subject to accountability by annual audits and an independent citizens’ oversight committee?

To protect Benicia’s essential public safety, city services, and facilities including: maintaining police services, protecting 911 and fire emergency response times, maintaining local parks, preserving recreation and library services, sustaining other vital city programs, shall the City of Benicia enact a measure, by adopting a ¾ cent sales tax, for general government purposes, providing approximately $5,400,000 annually, under local control, with citizens’ oversight and annual audits, with a sunset date of twelve years?

To continue the existing protections provided by the current Urban Growth Boundary ("UGB"), such as preventing urban sprawl, and preserving agricultural land and open space, shall the City of Benicia extend the existing UGB until December 31,2043, clarify the uses permitted beyond the UGB, and require that future changes to the UGB be approved by the voters?

Shall the City of Benicia enact a measure raising local funds under local control for general government purposes, including: repairing, paving and maintaining deteriorating streets; fixing potholes; improving safe routes to schools; protecting local creeks and the bay from toxins and pollution by fixing aging, deteriorating storm drains; by adopting ¾ cent sales tax, providing approximately $5,000,000 annually, with citizens' oversight and annual audits, until ended by voters?

(ADVISORY) Shall the City allow any new retail cannabis dispensaries in Benicia?

Shall the measure establishing a City of Benicia cannabis business tax at annual rates not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for commercial cannabis cultivation (adjustable for inflation) and 6% of gross receipts for all other cannabis businesses, and estimated to generate approximately $1.46 million annually in tax revenue until ended by voters, to be spent for unrestricted general revenue purposes, including police, fire and emergency services, parks, recreation, and street maintenance, be adopted?

Shall the office of City Treasurer be appointive?

To maintain Benicia’s status as a full-service city, improve/maintain Police patrols, fire/ 9-1-1 response times; road conditions; pothole repair; clean water; storm drains to protect the Carquinez Strait; business attraction/job creation; park maintenance; other city services, shall the City of Benicia enact a one cent sales tax with authority to incur bonded indebtedness to accelerate infrastructure projects, requiring independent annual audits, Citizens’ Oversight, all revenue for Benicia, none for Sacramento?