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Santa Barbara County To Consider Asking Voters To Approve Hike In Hotel Bed Tax

Should motel and hotel guests in parts of Santa Barbara County be taxed more to help pay for county services?

Santa Barbara County Supervisors today will look at a proposal to increase what’s known as the “transient occupancy tax” from 10% to 12% for motel, and hotel guests in unincorporated parts of the county.

It would bring the TOT tax in line with the 12% currently charged by the cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Buellton, and Solvang.

County Supervisors are being asked to consider putting the proposal on the November ballot. If approved, the increased tax on motel, and hotel guests would boost the county’s revenue from around $9.4 to more than $10.3 million dollars in its first year after being implemented.