LA considers asking voters to raise a variety of taxes: Hotels, vacant properties, weed and more (laist.com)
from technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to losangeles@lemmy.world on 28 Jan 2026 16:34
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On Tuesday, the L.A. City Council directed the city attorney to draft two options for a hotel tax. The first is a 4% increase that falls to 2% after the Olympics; the second is a 2% increase that drops to 1% after the Games.

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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world on 28 Jan 2026 17:45 collapse

Sounds good to me. Let hotels pay the hotel tax and let Homer pay the Homer tax.

karpintero@lemmy.world on 28 Jan 2026 19:08 next collapse

“homeowner tax…” “well anyway, I’m still outraged”

technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 11 Feb 2026 15:36 collapse

It’s a waste of money. If they want to raise taxes for housing, sustainable transit, gestapo removal, etc., then ok but that’s not what they’re doing. While leeching the city for this nationalist spectacle is completely normal for the olympics, it’s also completely disgusting.

This privileged attitude is literally why the city has so many problems.