MEASURE TO BE VOTED ON AND NOTICE OF DATE FIXED FOR SUBMITTING ARGUMENTS ON THE CITY OF SANGER TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX MEASURE
Notice is hereby given that a special municipal election for the following measure is to be voted on at the Consolidated Statewide General Election to be held in the City of Sanger on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
SYNOPSIS OF MEASURE
The ordinance/measure updates the City of Sanger's transient occupancy tax provisions to expressly apply to short-term rentals and online rental platforms. Subject to voter approval, it increases the tax rate from 4% to 12%. The tax will be paid by hotel and short-term rental guests, deposited into the City's general fund, and available for any lawful municipal purpose. The ordinance also modernizes the City's procedures for collecting, reporting, auditing, and enforcing the tax.
Arguments for or against the measure may be submitted to the Fresno County Clerk/Elections, 2221 Kern St., Fresno, CA 93721, no later than Monday, August 24, 2026, by 5:00 p.m. Paper copies of arguments must be submitted with original signatures, as well as by email to clerk-elections@fresnocountyca.gov in MS Word format. No argument shall exceed 300 words in length. Arguments may be submitted by the legislative body, or any member or members of the legislative body authorized by that body, or any individual voter who is eligible to vote on the measure, or bona fide association of citizens, or any combination of voters and associations. If an argument is signed by more than five persons, the names of only the first five persons signing, determined by the order in which their signatures appear, shall be printed with the argument.
Only one argument for and one argument against each measure will be selected for printing and distribution to the voters. Preference and priority in selection will be given in the order named: (1) The legislative body, or member or members of the legislative body authorized by that body; (2) The individual voter or bona fide association of citizens, or combination of voters and associations, who are the bona fide sponsors or proponents of the measure; (3) Bona fide associations of citizens; (4) Individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure. Any argument submitted shall not be changed after Monday, August 24, 2026, by 5:00 p.m.
ALL ARGUMENTS submitted shall be verified in substantially the following form:
VERIFICATION
The undersigned author(s) of the (primary/rebuttal) argument (in favor
of/against) ballot proposition (name or number) at the (title of election) election for the (jurisdiction) to be held on (date) hereby state that this argument is true and correct to the best of (his/her/their) knowledge and belief.
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Dated: August 14, 2026 James A. Kus
County Clerk/Registrar of Voters
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By: Sonia Lopez
Program Technician
Quienes deseen obtener la versión en español de este aviso legal pueden solicitar una copia llamando al Departamento de Elecciones al (559) 600-8683.
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Aug 14 2026