City of Carson

To maintain services such as 911 emergency response/public safety; natural disaster/public health emergency preparedness; protect local drinking water; repair streets/potholes and other general City services, shall the measure, continuing the existing 2% Utility Users Tax (no tax increase) limited to electric/gas utilities, exempting senior and low-income households, providing approximately $8,000,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring public spending disclosure, all funds for Carson, be adopted?

To maintain City services, such as public safety, natural disaster/public health emergency preparedness; 9-1-1 emergency response, protect local drinking water/environment; assist local small businesses/retain jobs; repair streets/potholes; and other general City services, shall the measure establishing a ¾-cent general transaction and use (sales) tax providing Carson approximately $12,000,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring public spending disclosure, all funds for Carson, be adopted?

Shall the measure, to adopt a CITY CHARTER to provide the People of Carson with greater local control, through provisions such as: limiting council authority to levy taxes, prohibiting favoritism and nepotism, banning marijuana dispensaries, regulations for redevelopment of contaminated sites, promoting economic development, regulating impacts of truck intensive business, prohibiting conflicts of interest or financial interests in City contracts, modifying methodology of compensation for council, imposing term limits on city council members, be adopted?

If a future Carson City Council or if voters of Carson through another ballot measure permit cannabis business activities, shall an ordinance establishing a cannabis tax of $25 per square foot of space utilized for cultivation and 18% of gross proceeds (adjusted annually on July 1 based on CPI) apply on all cannabis related business activities in Carson with annual revenues ranging from $500,000 to $3.5 million for Carson, with no sunset clause, be approved?

Shall Ordinance 16-1598, establishing a lifetime term limit of three (3) terms of four (4) years each served as an elected official in the City of Carson, including Mayor, member of the City Council, City Clerk, City Treasurer, or any combination of elected offices, be approved?

Shall Ordinance 16-1580, which extends the existing 2% Utility Users Tax on electricity & gas by seven years to June 30, 2023, to raise approximately $8.5 million annually, to continue basic and essential services for residents, including but not limited to, law enforcement, gang intervention programs, graffiti removal, youth and senior programs, sidewalk and street repair, City special events, and public parks staffing, while exempting senior and low-income households, be adopted?

Shall Jim Dear be recalled (removed) from the office of City Clerk?

Shall Ordinance 14-1544 be adopted extending the 2% Utility Users' Tax on electricity & gas, and adding water, cable, telephone & cellular utilities to continue essential services, including police, park enforcement teams, gang intervention, youth recreation programs, graffiti removal, Meals on Wheels, senior programs & stroke recovery, sidewalk & street repair, city special events, staffing parks, and addressing blight caused by loss of redevelopment revenue, while exempting senior and low-income households?

Shall the City of Carson eliminate the direct election of a mayor and return to selection of a mayor by the city council, on a rotating basis, with the mayor to be compensated the same as all other members of the City Council, the same to be effective commencing in 2017?