S2.11 20-0918 Subject: Equitable Business Tax Blue Ribbon Task Force
From: Councilmembers Bas And Thao
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 88227, Which, Among Other Things, Directed City Council To Adopt An Ordinance Creating A Nine-Member Charter Section 601 Business Tax Blue Ribbon Commission, To Create An Eleven-Member Blue Ribbon Equitable Business Tax Task Force To Review, Analyze And Make Recommendations Regarding The Proposed Progressive, Modern And Equitable Business Tax Ordinance Approved By The City Council On July 14, 2020 For Placement On The November 8, 2022 Ballot And Appointing As Members Michael Katz, Regional Organizer For East Bay Works And Liz Ortega-Toro, Executive Secretary-Treasurer For Alameda Labor Council
Let's hope this blue ribbon commission can recognize that the small housing providers deserve exemption from the business tax just as is proposed for other small businesses. You don't get much smaller than the $750 per month for my in-law unit. Oh, wait, it's half that now until COVID19 is behind us. So I have gone from being "a bloodsucker in it for the money" to no, not really a business? Oakland makes the Ellis Act look like a good thing.
Let's hope this blue ribbon commission can recognize that the small housing providers deserve exemption from the business tax just as is proposed for other small businesses. You don't get much smaller than the $750 per month for my in-law unit. Oh, wait, it's half that now until COVID19 is behind us. So I have gone from being "a bloodsucker in it for the money" to no, not really a business? Oakland makes the Ellis Act look like a good thing.