Rohnert Park Considers Half-Cent Sales Tax To Plug $10.8 Million Deficit

Rohnert Park Considers Half-Cent Sales Tax To Plug $10.8 Million Deficit

Rohnert Park voters could decide this November whether to approve a new half-cent sales tax to help stabilize the city’s struggling budget. According to the Press Democrat, the City Council is considering the measure to address a projected long-term operating deficit of nearly eleven million dollars. If passed by a simple majority, the tax would bring in an estimated five-point-five million dollars annually and raise the local sales tax rate to …