Empty Home Tax

Posted by goodnewssantacruz | Mar 30, 2022 | All Talk, Good News Santa Cruz, Local | 0

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Empty Home Tax

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On Thursday, March 24 Good News Santa Cruz host Janet Quinn talked with Kayla Kumar and Cyndi Dawson about the Santa Cruz Empty Home Tax.

This is a community driven ballot initiative to increase affordable housing options in the city of Santa Cruz by raising funds to create affordable housing through a parcel tax on empty homes.

Links:

Non-bias summary created by the city of Santa Cruz lawyer

Full initiative

Website

Link to FAQs

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