To protect Tehachapi's financial stability/maintain general City services such as fire protection, local 9-1-1 response, crime prevention; protect drinking water; prepare for/respond to natural disasters, earthquakes/fires; help retain businesses/jobs; repair streets/potholes, keep public areas safe/clean; shall an ordinance establishing a 1¢ sales tax providing approximately $4,000,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring spending disclosure, funds controlled locally/no money for Sacramento, be adopted?

To provide funding that stays in Tehachapi and cannot be seized by the State, to be used for increased street maintenance, improving senior services, enhancing public facilities, and improving other general city services, shall an ordinance be adopted to enact a temporary, one half of one percent sales tax for 10 years, with mandatory audits and annual community reporting?