Los Angeles County Board of supervisors are predicting a $1 billion decline in sales tax revenues this fiscal year and are expecting to lose even more by next year due to the coronavirus, officials said Friday. Los Angeles County’s economic outlook has taken a hard hit from the COVID-19 crisis, with officials forecasting a $1 billion decline in sales tax ...
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I-5 Construction In Santa Clarita To Improve Roads, Traffic Officially Underway
I-5 construction in Santa Clarita is officially underway in a CalTrans effort to refurbish a 15.8-mile stretch of the I-5 — from a half-mile south of the 14 Freeway juncture through Lake Hughes Road. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. CalTrans officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday afternoon officially launching the project, ...
Read More »George Runner: Measure H May Set ‘Dangerous Precedent’ For L.A. County
State Board of Equalization Vice Chair, George Runner decried the way Los Angeles County’s homelessness fighting bill, Measure H, was drafted, saying it could set a “dangerous precedent” that could leave cities such as Santa Clarita disenfranchised in Sacramento. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The measure, a local tax hike approved ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Sales Tax Set To Rise July 1
Santa Clarita residents have until Saturday, July 1 to make purchases before the sales tax is set to increase. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The sales tax across Los Angeles County is expected to increase one-half of a percent to 9.25 percent in the City of Santa Clarita, according to the State ...
Read More »UPDATE: Homeless Advocates Anticipate Support With Measure H Passage
Los Angeles County voters Tuesday passed a measure to fund homeless support services that is set to raise sales tax one-quarter percent. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Measure H passed with the required two-thirds majority of L.A. County voters — 67.44 percent in favor and 32.56 percent against — with 100 ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Voters Weigh In On Ballot Measure To Fight Homelessness
After months of discussion about the homeless crisis in Los Angeles County, voters now have the option to put their vote to where the money is with Measure H. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. For Santa Clarita Valley voters, Measure H is the only item on Tuesday’s ballot. The quarter-cent sales ...
Read More »Sales Tax Dips, Set To Rise Again
Starting January 1st 2017, the California sales tax rate decreased, but this new rate will not last long for Santa Clarita residents. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The current sales and use tax rate in Santa Clarita, decreased one quarter of one percent (0.25%) from 9.00 percent to 8.75 percent, at ...
Read More »Gas Prices Go Up More Than Three Cents Due To New Tax
California motorists pay an extra $0.035 per gallon of gasoline starting Monday due to a higher excise tax under the state's Fuel Tax Swap program that keeps revenue constant despite fluctuating fuel consumption and prices.
Read More »City To Weigh Sales Tax Increase Of Their Own
Editor’s Note: This article was originally printed as an April Fool’s joke. It is purely satire. If city council approves motion, sales tax in Santa Clarita will rise to 11.75% Santa Clarita could be the owner of the Most Expensive City title if a controversial new plan to raise the local sales tax goes through city council Tuesday night. City ...
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