Resolution No. 2023-026RESOLUTION NO. 2023-26
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON,
CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF AN ALL-MAIL BALLOT
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 9,
2024, FOR THE ELECTION OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AS
REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
VERNON AND TO SUBMIT A BALLOT MEASURE TO THE VOTERS TO
ESTABLISH A TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A. In April 2024, the term of one Vernon City Council Member will expire.
B. Under the provisions of the City of Vernon Charter, a General Municipal Election
shall be held on April 9, 2024, for the election of one Municipal Officer.
C. Additionally, the City Council desires to submit a ballot measure to the voters to
add Vernon Municipal Code Section 3.22, establishing a transient occupancy tax.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines
that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 3. Pursuant to the requirements of the State of California, and the
Vernon Charter and Municipal Code, there is called and ordered to be held in the City of
Vernon, California, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, a General Municipal Election conducted by
all-mail ballot for the purpose of electing one (1) Member of the City Council for the full
term of five (5) years and submitting a ballot measure to the voters.
SECTION 4. The City Council, pursuant to its rights and authority, does order
submitted to the voters at the General Municipal Election the following question:
Shall the measure establishing a ten percent (10%) transient
occupancy tax to fund general services in the City of Vernon,
such as street and sidewalk repairs, public safety, and City
health services, to be paid by hotel guests staying within the
City of Vernon, providing an estimated $84,539 annual
revenue for general government use until ended by voters,
with all funds locally controlled, be adopted?
YES
NO
SECTION 5. Pursuant to California Constitution Article XIIIC, the measure
requires approval by a majority vote of those casting ballots on the measure.
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SECTION 6. The full text of the ordinance is attached as Exhibit A and shall be
printed in the Voter Information Pamphlet.
SECTION 7. The ballots to be used at the election shall be in form and content
as required by law.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to procure
and furnish any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment
and paraphernalia that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the
election by all-mail ballot.
SECTION 9. Pursuant to the Municipal Code and Charter, the Election shall be
conducted by all-mail ballot, and shall be conducted pursuant to California Elections Code
Section 4100, et seq. Ballots cast in this Election shall be returned to the Office of the
City Clerk no later than 8:00 p.m. on election day in order to be counted. Ballots
postmarked on election day and received no later than seven (7) days following the day
of the election will also be counted.
SECTION 10. In accordance with Elections Code Section 15651(b), in the event
of a tie vote (if any two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number of votes
for an office) as certified by the Elections Official, a special runoff election shall be
conducted to resolve the tie vote and such special runoff election is to be held on a
Tuesday not less than 40 days nor more than 125 days after the administrative or judicial
certification of the election which resulted in a tie vote.
SECTION 11. In all particulars not recited in this resolution, the Election shall be
held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections.
SECTION 12. Notice of the time and place of holding the Election is given and the
City Clerk is authorized, instructed, and directed to give further or additional notice of the
election, in time, form, and manner as required by law.
SECTION 13. The City Council of the City of Vernon authorizes the City Clerk to
administer said Election and all reasonable and actual election expenses shall be paid by
the City upon presentation of a properly submitted bill.
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SECTION 14. The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED November 7, 2023.
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CRYSTAL LARIOS, Mayor
ATTEST:
LISA POPE, City Clerk
(seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ZAYNAH N. MOUSSA, City Attorney
I CERTIFY THAT RESOLUTION NO. 2023-26 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Vernon at the Regular Meeting on November 7, 2023, by the
following vote:
AYES: 3 Council Members: Lopez, Rivera, Merlo
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 2 Council Members: Ybarra, Larios
ABSTAIN: 0
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LISA POPE, City Clerk
(seal)
ORDINANCE NO. 1294
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF VERNON ADDING VERNON
MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 3.22 ESTABLISHING A TRANSIENT
OCCUPANCY TAX
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF VERNON ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Vernon Municipal Code Chapter 3.22, Transient Occupancy Tax,
is hereby added to read as follows:
3.22.010 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and terms are defined and shall be
construed as herein set forth unless otherwise expressly stated, or unless the context
clearly indicates a different intention. Words defined herein may have different definitions
in different chapters of this Code.
"Block Reservation" means an arrangement whereby a person reserves, whether on an
exclusive or non-exclusive basis, a room or block/group of rooms, for a defined period of
time under a written or oral agreement with an operator, intending for such room(s) to be
occupied by that person's employees or agents on an intermittent, periodic, or "as
needed" basis during that defined period of time. A block reservation arrangement shall
not constitute a Qualifying Rental Agreement.
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club,
fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust,
receiver, trustee, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
"Hotel" means any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended
or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and
includes any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging
house, rooming house, apartment house, hostel, bed and breakfast, time-share project
rental unit, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home or house trailer at a fixed
location, duplex, triplex, single-family dwelling, or other similar structure or portion thereof.
"Occupancy" means the use or possession, or the right to use or possess, any room or
rooms or portion thereof, in any hotel for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes.
"Operator" means the person who is proprietor of the hotel, whether in the capacity of
owner, lessee, sublessee, mortgagee in possession, time-share project owners'
association licensee, or any other capacity. Where the operator performs his functions
through a managing agent of any type or character other than an employee, the managing
agent shall also be deemed an operator for the purposes of this chapter and shall have
the same duties and liabilities as his principal. Compliance with the provisions of this
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chapter by either the principal or the managing agent shall be considered to be
compliance by both.
"Rent" means the consideration charged, whether or not received, for the occupancy of
space in a hotel valued in money, whether to be received in money, goods, labor or
otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits and property and services of any kind or
nature, without any deduction therefrom whatsoever.
“Tax Administrator" means the Finance Director of the City, or appointed designee;
provided, however, that if such official position of the City is eliminated, then “Tax
Administrator” means the officer of the City with substantially similar duties and
responsibilities, or appointed designee.
"Time-Share Project" means a structure or real property (including airspace) in which
either a time-share estate or a time-share use (as those terms are defined in California
Business and Professions Code Section 11212) and any similar form of ownership
involving a right in perpetuity, for life, or for a term of years, to occupy any room, place or
area has been sold.
"Transient" means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by
reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement for a period of
thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full
days. Any such person so occupying or entitled to occupy space in a hotel shall be
deemed to be a transient until the period of thirty (30) consecutive and uninterrupted days
of occupancy has expired, unless there is an agreement in writing between the operator
and the occupant providing for a longer period of occupancy. Any break or interruption in
occupancy shall start a new thirty-day period subject to the tax.
In the case of a block reservation, a person's employee or agent shall be deemed a
transient if that employee or agent exercises or is entitled to occupancy of a room for a
period of thirty (30) executive calendar days or less, regardless of the duration of any
block reservation agreement. By way of example, if a corporation enters into a one-year
block reservation agreement with an operator and one of the corporation's employees
occupies a room for thirty (30) calendar days, the employee shall be deemed a transient
whose occupancy is subject to the tax, notwithstanding the fact that the block reservation
agreement has a duration longer than thirty (30) calendar days.
3.22.020 - TAX IMPOSED
For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a
tax in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the rent charged by the operator. The tax
constitutes a debt owed by the transient to the City which is extinguished only by payment
to the operator or to the City. The transient shall pay the tax to the operator of the hotel
at the time the rent is paid. If the rent is paid in installments, a proportionate share of the
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tax shall be paid with each installment. The unpaid tax shall be due upon the transient's
ceasing to occupy space in the hotel.
3.22.030 - EXEMPTIONS
No tax shall be imposed upon:
(a) Any person as to whom, or any occupancy as to which, it is beyond the power of the
City to impose the tax herein provided.
(b) Any federal or State of California officer or employee when on official business.
(c) Any officer or employee of a foreign government who is exempt by reason of express
provision of federal law or international treaty.
(d) The occupancy of an owner of a timeshare estate in a room or rooms in a timeshare
project, or the guest of an owner.
(e) The occupancy by right of an owner of a membership-camping contract in a camping
site at a privately-owned campground, or the guest of an owner.
(f) The occupancy of facilities operated by a local governmental entity.
(g) The occupancy by a transient exempt from payment of transient occupancy tax by
treaty or federal or state law.
No exemption shall be granted except upon a claim therefor made at the time rent is
collected and under penalty of perjury upon a form prescribed by the Tax Administrator.
3.22.040 - RESPONSIBILITY OF OPERATOR
Each operator shall collect the tax imposed by this Chapter to the same extent and at the
same time as the rent is collected from each transient. The amount of tax shall be
separately stated from the amount of the rent charged, and each transient shall receive
a receipt for payment from the operator. No operator of a hotel shall advertise or state in
any manner, whether directly or indirectly, that the tax or any part thereof will be assumed
or absorbed by the operator, or that it will not be added to the rent, or that, if added, any
part will be refunded, except in the manner hereinafter provided. If an operator collects
the rent but fails to collect the tax imposed by this chapter for any reason, the operator
shall be required to pay the tax.
3.22.050 – REGISTRATION
A. Prior to the commencement of business, every person engaging in or conducting
business as an operator of a hotel renting to transients within the city shall file with the
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tax administrator an application for a transient occupancy registration permit (the “permit”)
for each place of business. Every application for a permit shall be made upon a form
prescribed by the Tax Administrator.
B. At the time of making an application for a permit, the applicant shall pay a registration
fee equal to an amount established by a resolution of the City Council.
C. The permit shall, among other things, state the following:
1. The name, address, and contact information for the operator;
2. The hotel address;
3. The date upon which the permit was issued;
4. The following statement: “This transient occupancy registration permit signifies that
the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the transient
occupancy tax chapter by registering with the Tax Administrator for the purpose of
collecting from transients the transient occupancy tax and remitting said tax to the Tax
Administrator. This permit does not authorize any person to conduct any unlawful
business in any unlawful manner, nor operate a hotel without strictly complying with all
applicable laws, including, but not limited to, those requiring a permit from any board,
commission, department or office of this city. This permit does not apply in lieu of such
other permits which are otherwise required.”
3.22.060 - PERMIT REQUIRED
No hotel subject to the provisions of this chapter shall operate without a valid transient
occupancy tax permit.
3.22.070 - CURRENT INFORMATION
During the effective duration of the transient occupancy registration permit, the operator
shall promptly update, correct or supplement the information contained in the application
on file with the city when necessary to keep the information contained therein current and
accurate.
3.22.080 - OPERATOR NOT RELIEVED FROM OTHER PERMIT REGULATIONS
Operators required to obtain a transient occupancy registration permit under this chapter
shall not be relieved from obtaining any other permits for the privilege of carrying on any
similar or related activity required under any other regulation of the city and shall remain
subject to the regulatory provisions of all chapters of the municipal code.
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3.22.090 - REPORTING AND REMITTING
Each operator shall, on or before the last day of the month following the close of each
calendar quarter or of such different reporting period a return as may be established by
the Tax Administrator, make a return to the Tax Administrator, on forms provided by him,
of the total rents charged and received, the amount of tax collected for transient
occupancies, and such other information as may be reasonably required. At the time the
return is filed, the full amount of the tax collected shall be remitted to the Tax
Administrator. The Tax Administrator may establish either shorter or longer reporting
periods for any individual certificate holder or category of certificate holders if he deems
it necessary or desirable in order to ensure collection of the tax or to increase the
efficiency of its administration. Returns and payments are due immediately upon
cessation of business for any reason. All taxes collected by operators pursuant to this
chapter shall be held in trust for the account of the City until payment thereof is made to
the Tax Administrator.
3.22.100 - PENALTIES AND INTEREST
Original Delinquency - Any operator who fails to remit any tax imposed by this chapter
within the time required shall pay a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the tax
in addition to the amount of the tax.
Continued Delinquency - Any operator who fails to remit any delinquent remittance on or
before a period of thirty (30) days following the date on which the remittance first became
delinquent shall pay a second delinquent penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of
the tax in addition to the amount of the tax and the ten percent (10%) penalty first
imposed.
Fraud - If the Tax Administrator determines that the nonpayment of any remittance due
under this chapter is due to fraud, a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount
of the tax shall be added thereto in addition to the above stated penalties.
Interest - In addition to the penalties imposed, any operator who fails to remit any tax
imposed by this chapter shall pay interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month for
each month or portion of a month that the tax shall be delinquent on the amount of the
tax, exclusive of penalties, from the date on which the tax first became delinquent until
paid. The interest shall be computed on a monthly basis and shall not be subject to
proration for any portion of a month.
Penalties Merged with Tax - Every penalty imposed and such interest as accrues under
the provisions of this section shall become a part of the tax herein required to be paid.
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3.22.110 - PROCEEDINGS FOR REMEDY
If any operator shall fail or refuse to collect the tax and to make, within the time provided
in this chapter, any report and remittance of the tax or any portion thereof required by this
chapter, the Tax Administrator shall proceed in such manner as may deemed best to
obtain facts and information on which to base his estimate of the tax due. As soon as the
Tax Administrator procures such facts and information upon which to base the
assessment of any tax imposed by this chapter and payable by any operator who has
failed or refused to collect the same and to make such report and remittance, the Tax
Administrator shall proceed to determine and assess against such operator the tax,
interest and penalties provided for by this chapter. In case such determination is made,
the Tax Administrator shall give a notice of the amount so assessed by serving it
personally or by depositing it in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the
operator so assessed at his last known place of address. Such operator may within ten
(10) days after the serving or mailing of such notice make application in writing to the Tax
Administrator for a hearing on the amount assessed. If application by the operator for a
hearing is not made within the time prescribed, the tax, interest and penalties, if any,
determined by the Tax Administrator shall become final and conclusive and immediately
due and payable. If such application is made, the Tax Administrator shall give not less
than five (5) days written notice to the operator to show cause at a time and place fixed
in the notice why the amount specified therein should not be fixed for such tax, interest
and penalties. At such hearing, the operator may appear and offer evidence why such
specified tax, interest and penalties should not be so fixed. After such hearing, the Tax
Administrator shall determine the proper tax to be remitted and shall thereafter give
written notice to the operator of such determination and the amount of such tax, interest
and penalties. The amount determined to be due shall be payable after fifteen (15) days
unless an appeal is taken.
3.22.120 - APPEAL
Any operator aggrieved by any decision of the Tax Administrator with respect to the
amount of such tax, interest and penalties, if any, may appeal to the City Administrator by
filing a notice of appeal with the City Clerk within fifteen (15) days of the serving or mailing
of the determination of tax due. The City Administrator shall fix a time and place for
hearing such appeal, and the City Clerk shall give notice in writing to such operator at the
last known place of address. The findings of the City Administrator shall be final and
conclusive and shall be served upon the appellant in the manner prescribed above for
service of notice of hearing. Any amount found to be due shall be immediately due and
payable upon the service of notice.
3.22.130 - RECORDS
Each operator shall maintain its financial and accounting records in accordance with
established accounting practices acceptable to the Tax Administrator. It shall be the duty
of every operator liable for the collection and payment to the City of any tax imposed by
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this chapter to keep and preserve, for a period of three (3) years, all records as may be
necessary to determine the amount of such tax as operator may have been liable for the
collection and payment of to the City, which records the Tax Administrator shall have the
right to inspect at all reasonable times.
3.22.140 - TAX DECLARED A DEBT-ACTION TO COLLECT
Any tax required to be paid by any transient under the provisions of this chapter shall be
deemed a debt owed by the transient to the City. Any such tax collected by an operator
which has not been paid to the City shall be deemed a debt owed by the operator to the
City. Any person owing money to the City under the provisions of this chapter shall be
liable to an action brought in the name of the City of Vernon for the recovery of such
amount.
3.22.150 - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS
Any operator or other person who fails or refuses to furnish any return required to be
made, or who fails or refuses to furnish a supplemental return or other data required by
the Tax Administrator, or who renders a false or fraudulent return or claim, is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and is required to make, render, sign or verify any report or claim who
makes any false or fraudulent report or claim with intent to defeat or evade the
determination of any amount due required by this chapter to be made, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
3.22.160 – REFUNDS
A. Whenever the amount of any tax or penalty has been overpaid, paid more than once
or has been erroneously or illegally collected or erroneously received by the city under
this chapter, the overpayment may be refunded as provided in subsections B and C of
this section, provided a claim in writing under penalty of perjury stating the specific
grounds upon which the claim is founded is filed with the Tax Administrator within three
years of the date of payment. The claim shall be on forms available from the Tax
Administrator.
B. An operator may claim a refund or take as a credit against taxes collected and remitted
the amount overpaid, paid more than once or erroneously or illegally collected or received
when it is established in a manner prescribed by the Tax Administrator that the person
from whom the tax has been collected was not a transient; provided, however, that neither
a refund nor a credit shall be allowed unless the amount of the tax so collected has either
been refunded to the transient or credited to rent subsequently payable by the transient
to the operator.
C. A transient may obtain a refund of taxes overpaid or paid more than once or
erroneously or illegally collected or received by the city by filing a claim in the manner
provided in subsection A of this section, but only when the transient having paid the tax
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to the operator establishes to the satisfaction of the Tax Administrator that the transient
has been unable to obtain a refund from the operator who collected the tax.
D. An operator who has remitted an amount in excess of the amount required to be paid
by this chapter may receive a credit to the extent of the excess. If the excess is discovered
as a result of an audit by the City, no claim need be filed by the operator. Such credit, if
approved by the Tax Administrator shall be applied to any deficiency found or any further
tax payments due under the rules prescribed by the Tax Administrator.
E. No refund shall be paid under the provisions of this section unless the claimant
establishes their right thereto by written records.
3.22.170 – ADDITIONAL REMEDIES
A. Any violation of this chapter by the holder of a transient occupancy registration permit
or any business license validly issued pursuant to this or any other chapter of the
municipal code shall constitute grounds for modification, suspension and/or revocation of
said permit and/or license.
B. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the city from pursuing other remedies provided
by the City of Vernon Municipal Code, including, but not limited to, administrative fines or
citations, denial or revocation of certificates of occupancy, issuance of stop work orders,
and injunctive relief.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Vernon Municipal Code or appendices thereto
inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies
and no further, is repealed or modified to that extent necessary to affect the provisions of
this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion thereof, of this Ordinance is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. To this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are
declared to be severable.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption and publish this ordinance
as required by law.
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SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall go into effect if approved by a majority of
eligible voters casting ballots on the measure at the General Municipal Election to be held
on April 9, 2024, and shall be executed by the Mayor upon certification by the City Council
of the results of the election approving this ordinance.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED ___________.
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CRYSTAL LARIOS, Mayor
ATTEST:
LISA POPE, City Clerk
(seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH N. MOUSSA, City Attorney
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City Council Agenda Report
Meeting Date:November 7, 2023
From:Lisa Pope, City Clerk
Department:City Clerk
Submitted by:Lisa Pope, City Clerk
Subject
April 9, 2024 General Municipal Election
Recommendation
A. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-26 calling and giving notice of an all-mail ballot General Municipal
Election to be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, for the election of a City Council Member as
required by the provisions of the Charter of the City of Vernon and to submit a ballot measure to
the voters to establish a transient occupancy tax;
B. If desired, determine authors of arguments and rebuttals;
C. Direct the City Clerk to transmit a copy of the measure to the City Attorney for preparation of
the impartial analysis; and
D. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-27 requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los
Angeles render specified services to the City relating to the conduct of a General Municipal
Election to be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
Background
Pursuant to Vernon Charter Section 5.1 and Municipal Code Section 2.28.020, the City of Vernon
conducts all-mail ballot General Municipal Elections on the second Tuesday of April each year.
The City Council is required to adopt various resolutions to begin the election process.
Resolution Calling the Election
The first resolution calls the election on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, for the election of one member
of the City Council for a full five (5) year term and to submit a ballot measure to the voters to
establish a transient occupancy tax.
Ballot Measure
On August 31, 2023, zoning changes went into effect allowing hotels in the City of Vernon.
Transient occupancy taxes (TOT) are not paid by residents nor hotel operators but instead are
paid by visitors staying in hotels and help fund local services visitors use while staying in the City.
The zoning changes also allow the development of single-family and multifamily residential
properties. The TOT would apply to short-term rental (less than 30 days) of those properties
typically through e-commerce sites such as Airbnb.
Of the 88 cities in Los Angeles County, only 15 cities including Vernon do not have a TOT. The
average rate for the 73 cities with a TOT is 10.5%. The rate for the cities’ immediately surrounding
Vernon is 14% for the City of Los Angeles, 12% for County Unincorporated, 12% for Commerce,
5% for Maywood, and 5% for Huntington Park. Staff recommends a 10% TOT.
The proposed ballot measure requires approval by a simple majority of those casting ballots on
the measure. Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 13119(b), the proposed ballot
language must include an estimate of the annual revenue to be raised by the tax. Because there
are no existing hotels in Vernon, staff conducted an analysis of projected TOT revenue in
conjunction with Willdan Financial Services, a third-party consultant with expertise in public
sector finance and TOT studies. Based on a conservative estimate of 20 hotel rooms in the
rezoned areas and using a weighted average of Revenue per Available Room based on the total
room inventory in three selected submarkets (Los Angeles – Southeast,
Pasadena/Glendale/Burbank, and South Bay), staff and Willdan estimate total annual hotel
revenue of $845,390. With the proposed TOT rate of 10%, the City could expect to collect
approximately $84,539 in annual TOT revenues.
Written Arguments and Rebuttals
The Elections Code provides regulations for written arguments and rebuttals, including deadlines
for submission. Arguments are due no later than November 21, 2023, and rebuttals must be
submitted by December 4, 2023.
If the City Council desires to delegate this responsibility to one or two members, it should
determine the authors.
Impartial Analysis
Elections Code Section 9280 provides for the City Attorney to prepare an impartial analysis,
showing the effect of the measure. The impartial analysis is due on the same date as the initial
arguments, November 21, 2023.
Resolution Requesting County Services
The second resolution requests the services of the Los Angeles County Elections Department to
provide appropriate forms, signature verification services, and prepare, print, and mail official
ballots and ballot materials.
Candidate Statement Regulations
Elections Code Section 13307 allows candidates to prepare a candidate statement for inclusion
in the voter’s pamphlet.
On October 21, 2014, the Council adopted Resolution No. 2014-64 adopting regulations
regarding candidate statements submitted to voters. This resolution applies to the April 2024
election.
Nomination Period
The nomination period begins on December 18, 2023, at which time candidates may obtain
nomination papers and required filing materials from the City Clerk Department. The last day to
file nomination papers is January 16, 2024. If the incumbent fails to file, the nomination period
will be extended to January 22, 2024.
Ballot Drop-Off Locations
In prior elections, the City has offered an additional ballot drop-off location on election day. Staff
will consider options for providing the best value for voters and will inform voters of such.
Fiscal Impact
The fiscal impact is estimated at $20,000. Sufficient funds are available in the General Fund, City
Clerk Department, Elections Account No. 011-010-125-529300 for the current fiscal year.
Attachments
1. Resolution No. 2023-26
2. Resolution No. 2023-27
3. Resolution No. 2014-64