Nearing Bankruptcy, Westminster Puts Sales Tax Extension on November Ballot

Nearing Bankruptcy, Westminster Puts Sales Tax Extension on November Ballot
Visitors peer through the windows of City Hall in Westminster, Calif., on Sept. 3, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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Following mounting pressure from residents to address Westminster’s impending bankruptcy, city councilors finally decided to put a proposal to extend the city’s 1 percent sales tax—which has been deeply disputed on the dais over the last two years—on the November ballot.

The 4–1 approval vote—with Councilman Tai Do abstaining—came last minute on Aug. 12, the deadline for new measures to appear on the ballot.