NOTICE AND DIGEST
ORDINANCE 1) AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 INCREASE IN
THE RATE OF PROPERTY TAX IMPOSED BY VOTER -APPROVED
MEASURES; AND 2) FIXING THE RATE OF THE PROPERTY TAX AND
LEVYING A TAX ON REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 -23 FOR THE EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES RETENTION ACT OF 1997 (MEASURE M), THE PARAMEDIC SERVICES ACT OF 1997 (MEASURE N), THE LIBRARY SERVICES RETENTION AND ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2004 (LIBRARY MEASURE Q), THE 2014 OAKLAND PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICES VIOLENCE PRE VENTION ACT (MEASURE Z), THE 2018 OAKLAND
PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESERVATION ACT (MEASURE D), THE 2020
OAKLAND PARKS AND RECREATION PRESERVATION, LITTER
REDUCTION, HOMELESSNESS SUPPORT ACT (PARKS MEASURE Q),
AND THE CHILDREN’S INITIATIVE OF 2018 (MEASURE AA)
This ordinance would authorize an increase of either 3.2 percent consistent with the Consumer Price Index for the San Francisco Bay Area or 5.7 percent consistent with the change in the California Per Capita Personal Income as determined by California Department of Finance, to the special parcel tax rates imposed in accordance with the Voter-Approved Emergency Medical Services Retention Act Of 1997 (Measure M), The 1997 Paramedic Services Act (Measure N), The Library Services Retention And Enhancement Act of 2004 (Library Measure Q), The 2014 Oakland Public Safety And Services Violence Prevention Act (Measure Z), The 2018 Oakland Public Library Preservation Act (Measure D), the 2020 Oakland Parks and Recreation Preservation, Litter Reduction, and Homelessness Support Act (Parks Measure Q), and The Children’s Initiative of 2018 (Measure AA). The increase would be effective July 1, 2022. The ordinance would also authorize the City Council to fix the rates and levy the taxes at the new rates for all referenced tax measures.