Encinitas Sand Tax (2008)
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The Encintas Sand Tax ballot measure, Proposition K, appeared on the November 4, 2008 ballot in Encintas, California in the wake of a June 3, 2008 defeat of the identical ballot measure, the Beach Sand Replenishment Tax.
Under the terms of Proposition K, short-term vacation rental unit visitors will have to pay a 2% hotel tax for beach sand replenishment and stabilization products.
Because the Beach Sand Tax is for a special purpose, 2/3rds of voters had to approve it for it to win.
Proposition K was approved with 70.13% of the vote.
There are approximately 130 short-term rentals in Encinitas, and if the tax on those rental units passes, it is expected to put about $250,000 per year into the city's treasury. Encinitas spends $40,000 a year to replenish the sand on its beaches.
Sand and the Encinitas beach
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) spread 2.1 million cubic yards of sand on the beaches in 2001. The sand was dredged from offshore on 12 sites along San Diego County's 70-mile coastline from Oceanside to Imperial Beach. The project cost $17.5 million and was paid for with federal and state dollars.
Waves and storms have washed most of that sand out to sea, and supporters of Proposition K believe the beaches are getting, or will get, too rocky.
Supporters and opponents
Supporters include the California Coastal Coalition, the Seacoast Preservation Association and the owner of Hansen's Surf Shop.
Opponents include the San Diego County Taxpayers Association and the San Diego Tax Fighters group.
See also
External links
- Ballot text
- Election results
- Sand tax headed for November ballot
- In Encinitas, a ballot measure to keep sand on the beach
- Encinitas Taxpayers Association
- California Coastal Coalition
- November 2008 California hotel taxes
