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Redwood City

City gets $1.5 million from county over hotel tax loss

April 8, 2021 11:09 am

By the Daily Post staff The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (April 6) unanimously approved paying Redwood City $1.5 million to make up for lost taxes from […]

Redwood City

County offers to pay city $1.5 million for lost hotel tax revenue

April 6, 2021 12:01 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors today (April 6) is expected to approve paying Redwood City $1.5 million to make up for […]

Palo Alto

Cities raising pay as economic recession begins

April 28, 2020 8:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The depths of the economic shutdown really haven’t registered in the halls of local government. Mountain View and Palo Alto city governments are […]

Menlo Park

Economic crash blows big hole in city budget; pay cuts and layoffs on the table

April 27, 2020 10:26 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The economic crash caused by the coronavirus stay-at-home order has blown a $20.7 million hole in Menlo Park’s coffers, representing a 29% hit […]

Menlo Park

Hotels ask for more time to pay city taxes so they can make payroll

April 20, 2020 10:49 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park’s City Council tomorrow night (April 21) will consider extending the deadline for hotels to pay their city taxes from the end […]

Opinion

Editorial: No on Measure E

October 11, 2018 4:40 pm

DAILY POST EDITORIAL Palo Alto’s Measure E seems like a tax inspired by a Monty Python skit. In one episode, a politician in a bowler hat says, “To improve the […]

Palo Alto

Council to tackle idling vehicles — growth cap, hotel tax also on Monday’s agenda

July 28, 2018 3:50 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is returning from summer vacation Monday (July 30) to consider a ban on vehicle idling and two items for […]

Belmont

4 cities eye hotel tax increases

June 25, 2018 2:11 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four mid-Peninsula cities — Palo Alto, San Carlos, Los Altos and Belmont — are planning to ask residents to raise hotel taxes in […]

Palo Alto

Proposed hotel tax increase negotiated during midnight bargaining session

June 24, 2018 12:35 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Those who stayed up until midnight to watch Palo Alto City Council got to see some real-time deal-making as council negotiated over a […]

Palo Alto

City puts soda tax on hold but charges forward with increase in hotel tax

June 5, 2018 12:37 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto voters may be asked to decide whether to boost the hotel tax to the highest rate in the state in November […]

Palo Alto

Councilman Tanaka slams tax proposals, says city should spend money more wisely

May 2, 2018 11:36 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilman Greg Tanaka has come out against raising taxes in the November election, saying the city shouldn’t be giving money away […]

A slide from the presentation pollsters will give to the City Council's Finance Committee.
Palo Alto

Poll finds anemic support for new taxes, growing number say city is on the wrong track

April 15, 2018 1:09 pm

By the Daily Post staff A pollster hired by the city has found that Palo Altans won’t support a parcel tax or a sales tax to fund the city’s infrastructure, […]

Palo Alto

City may put tax on he ballot — cost of police station jumps from $57 million to $92.2 million

March 20, 2018 9:00 am

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto voters might be asked in November to increase taxes in the city as a way to fund a package of infrastructure projects, […]

Mountain View

As city revenues soar, city considers new taxes

January 22, 2018 7:49 pm

By the Daily Post staff Mountain View officials tomorrow (Jan. 23) will consider three tax measures for the November ballot even though the city just completed a year in which […]

Redwood City

City considers whether to allow and tax short-term home rentals

November 19, 2017 1:48 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Short-term rentals such as those offered through Airbnb aren’t allowed in Redwood City, but officials are considering a plan to permit and tax […]

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