Ibarra, Evelyn
From: TimJohnson <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June18, 20241:14PM
To: Vazquez, Benjamin; Phan, Thai; Amezcua, Valerie; Penaloza, David; Bacerra, Phil; Hernandez, Johnathan; Lopez, Jessie
Cc: eComment; Carvalho, SoniaR.
Subject: AgendaItem #18: LitterAbatementTax
Attention: Thisemailoriginatedfromoutsideof Cityof SantaAna. Usecautionwhenopeningattachmentsorlinks.
Mayor & Council (ccCityA?yCarvalho)…Iseethattherewillbefurtherdiscussionregardingapoten?alcigare?eli?er abatementtax. Iwanttoexpressmyconcernthatweneedtohavesomepreliminaryinforma?ononthisitembefore wedirectsta toproposeatax. Itismyunderstandingthatanordinancelikethiswouldnotbeavailabletogenerate generalfundtaxrevenuebutinsteadwouldbeinthesamerealmasacityfeethatwouldneedtobeoset thecity’s costofservicesassociatedwithsuchcigare?eli?erabatement. Ithinkwecanallagreethatseeinganytypeoftrashon ourcitystreetsisunacceptablethatincludescigare?eli?erwhetherit beusedbu?sorpackagetrash. Ibelievethatany feesgeneratedfromthisprogramwouldonlybeabletooset thecity’scostofpickingupsuchcigare?erelatedtrash.
Forexample, apor?onofstreetsweeping…likelyaverysmallpor?onofstreetsweepingisforpickingupcigare?ebu?s andrelatedtrash.
Essen?ally, Ithinkbeforewegethaveourcitysta spendvaluableinternal ?metocomeupwiththedocuments associatedwithsuchproposal, weneedtounderstandwhatispossiblerst andaminimumofhowit wouldworkand alsoabigpicturerealityofhowtheeconomicswouldwork. Eec?vely, beforesta spendsabunchof ?meproposing something, youandourcommunityneedstoknowwhatthebigpictureeconomicimpactmaybeonthistypeofitem. Is it worththenforsta tothencomeupwiththenecessarydocumentstoproposesuchtax- butonlya?erweknowthe broadstrokesofhowsuchaplanmayworkwithintheconstraintsthatexist.
Icommendthecouncilforthinkingcrea?velyongenera?ngrevenue, butwealsoneedtomakesurethatit willcreate therightkindof “netimpact” toourcity’sbudget.
Tim Johnson , CPA
Partner
949) 860-9892
[email protected]
2601Main Street, Suite580, Irvine, CA 92614
Seeourlatestbusinessnewsandinsightsby clickinghere
This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. JLK Rosenberger is a California Limited Liability Partnership and a member firm of PKF International Limited, a family of legally independent member firms and does not accept any responsibility or liability for the actions or inactions on the part of any other individual member or correspondent firm or firms. 1