Is Petaluma Ready for a New Tax?

The Petaluma City Council has authorized City Manager John Brown to commission a poll of citizens to test their appetite for a new tax to fund city services. 

According to Petaluma360 the poll will be designed to find out what type and how much of a tax residents will support.

While 62 percent of voters supported a $52.00 parcel tax last year to pay for parks, the measure failed because Proposition 13 requires a two-thirds majority for a parcel tax to pass.

Petaluma360 reports that the Sonoma County Taxpayers Association will oppose any effort to increase taxes until the city finds ways to lower its pension obligations. 

Take our Patch Poll and tell us if you’d support a tax increase and under what circumstances.