INFRASTRUCTURE: City Council will seek sales tax increase
by Mark McDermott The Manhattan Beach City Council Tuesday night unanimously approved going forward with a ballot measure in the November election that would increase the local sales tax by a half cent. If approved by voters, the increase would generate $5 million in annual revenues for the City. Councilperson Steve Napolitano, who brought the […]
ELECTION 2024: Measure MB election results are too close to call
by Mark McDermott Measure MB, the proposed renewal of the local parcel tax meant to stave off teacher layoffs, finished election night just below the required two-thirds vote total for approval. But hope was very much still alive among the ballot measure’s supporters because several batches of votes have yet to be counted. Campaign co-chairs […]
INFRASTRUCTURE: Stormwater drain ballot measure narrowly passes
by Mark McDermott A ballot measure that will steeply increase storm drain utility fees was approved by Manhattan Beach property owners in a mail-in election. The votes were tallied earlier this week and results officially announced late Tuesday, with the ballot measure earning 52.65% approval versus 47.35% against. “The support for the storm drain measure […]