Amid a fight over how to close the city’s $120 million structural budget deficit, San Diego voters in June will decide whether to create a new revenue source for City Hall.
In this week’s episode of the San Diego Politics Show, we outlined the debate over Measure A, which would tax vacant second homes in the city, in a bid to either rase money for the cash-strapped city, or push property owners to rent or sell their homes to evade the tax.
Our guest this week was Shane Harris, the spokesperson for the No on Measure A campaign, who primarily argued the measure would empower the city to identify homeowners it thinks are subject to the fine, then put the burden on them to prove they aren’t.
The measure outlines eligible property owners as anyone who does not have a “homeowner’s exemption” on file with the county assessor, and who also has not filed a vacation/second home exemption” from a “rental unit business tax” to which they would otherwise be subject, as inewsource outlined.
We previously completed interviews with the three biggest Democratic candidates in the CA-48 congressional race. Check out the episodes with three-time , Palm Springs investor and .
If you haven’t yet, check out previous episodes of the San Diego Politics Show, featuring interviews with 48th congressional district candidates Ammar Campa-Najjar, Brander Riker and San Diego Councilmember Marni von Wilpert, plus previous episodes featuring Mayor Todd Gloria, Councilman Sean Elo-Rivera, County Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe and San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce CEO Chris Cate.
