San Diego City Council Advances Empty Second Homes Tax to June Ballot

San Diego City Council advances empty second homes tax to June ballot

San Diego City Hall. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) A proposal to tax empty second homes will move to the ballot after the San Diego City Council voted 8-1 Tuesday to let voters decide in the June primary. Councilmember Raul Campillo was the lone holdout because he said he had not received a memo that fully outlined the city’s ability to withstand a lawsuit regarding the tax. “I cannot in good faith vote yes today when the reason…

About that Fake Public Commenter at City Council

He lives in Colorado, but has six homes in San Diego. He hates renters, loves Prop. 13 and is very opposed to taxing empty second homes. Could you imagine a more perfect villain for tax-hungry lefties?  This person is not real, but a character conjured up by Ocean Beach Planning Board Vice Chair Kevin Hastings, who put on his best get-off-my-lawn voice to call into last week’s City Council Rules Committee hearing on the tax. “Hey, I had to call …

This proposed ballot measure aims to end San Diego’s new trash fees — for 2 years, anyway

A group of local business leaders filed paperwork Monday for a November ballot measure that could cancel for two years San Diego’s controversial new trash fee for single-family homes. If a simple majority of city voters approve the measure, it would cancel the fee from July 2027 through June 2029 and worsen the city’s already bleak budget picture by reducing revenue by nearly $100 million a year. The measure appears likely to appear on the ballo…

City council to take again consider ballot measure that would tax empty homes $8K

Opponents of the proposal spoke out Monday, stating it would not significantly impact housing supply — its purported goal — and homeowners could be penalized for difficult compliance and enforcement mechanisms.

San Diego city council to vote on proposed empty homes tax

The San Diego City Council is considering a tax measure targeting homes that sit vacant for most of the year, which could generate between $12 million and $23 million in 2027 if approved by voters.

San Diego City Council to consider empty homes tax ballot proposal

A little over a month after the City Council's Rules Committee killed a proposed ballot measure to tax empty homes and vacation rentals, the full council will hear a similar proposal — sans rentals.