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What’s Happening In Your Community
Find out what’s happening in your community, what are the local public needs of your community? Get involved, make informed decisions.
Community Outreach and Engagement
Monterey County Regional Fire Protection District
Measure DD – Commercial Cannabis Business Tax
In the November 2024 election, voters in the Monterey County Regional Fire Protection District will be asked to decide on Measure DD. This measure concerns the potential repeal of the District’s Commercial Cannabis Business Tax (Measure H), originally approved by voters in 2018.
City of Winters Fire Department
Fire Protection and Emergency Response Services Measure
Winters Fire Department is proposing a new measure to ensure continued and improved fire protection and emergency response services. Property owners within the City of Winters will receive a ballot by mail that will allow them to decide whether continued and improved fire protection, fire suppression, and emergency response services should be provided.
City of Watsonville
Vista Montaña Landscape and Lighting Maintenance Assessment District
A Landscape & Lighting Assessment District is a flexible tool used by local government agencies to finance the cost and expense of operating, maintaining, and servicing landscaping and lighting improvements in public areas. LLMADs are typically established when subdivisions are built. All services in these areas are directly funded through individual homeowner property tax assessments for homes that benefit from these services.
Capay Valley Fire Protection District
Fire Protection and Emergency Response Services Measure
The Capay Valley Fire Protection District is proposing a new measure to ensure continued and improved fire protection and emergency response services. Property owners within the Fire District will receive a ballot by mail that will allow them to decide whether continued and improved fire protection, fire suppression, and emergency response services should be provided.
City of Colfax
Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) November 2022 Ballot Measure
About the TOT Measure
On May 25, 2022, the Colfax City Council unanimously approved Resolution No. 15-2022, which placed an ordinance related to the City’s Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) on the November 8, 2022, ballot. In order to pass, the ordinance needs to be approved by a simple majority of voters.
