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File Number: 14-281 <br />ordinance, the form thereof, and its submission to the voters of the City at the November 4, <br />2014 election as required by Revenue and Taxation Code section 7285.9, subject to the <br />approval of a majority of the voters voting on the measure at the election called by the <br />adoption of this resolution. The entire text of the ordinance attached hereto, shall be made <br />available to the public upon request. The ordinance specifies that the rate of the transactions <br />and use tax shall be one-half of one-percent (0.5%) of the gross receipts of any retailer from <br />the sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail in the City; it specifies that the rate of <br />the use tax shall be one half of one percent (0.5%) of the sales price of tangible personal <br />property stored, used, or otherwise consumed in the City and that the tax shall be in effect for <br />thirty (30) years. The State Board of Equalization shall collect the tax from retailers subject to <br />the tax and remit the funds to the City. <br />5. Publication of Measure. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause notice of the <br />measure to be published once in the official newspaper of the City of San Leandro in <br />accordance with Section 12111 of the Elections Code and Section 6061 of the Government <br />Code. <br />6. Request to Consolidate and Conduct Election and Canvass Returns. <br />(a) Pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections Code, the Board of <br />Supervisors of the County of Alameda is hereby requested to consent and agree to the <br />consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide Election on Tuesday, <br />November 4, 2014 for the purpose of placing the measure set forth in Sections 2 and 4 on the <br />ballot. <br />(b) The County of Alameda Registrar of Voters is authorized to canvass the returns of <br />the General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only <br />one election and only one form of ballot shall be used. <br />(c) The Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County of <br />Alameda Registrar of Voters to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the <br />consolidated election. <br />(d) The City of San Leandro requests that the County of Alameda Registrar of Voters <br />assign “Z” as the measure letter for consideration by the voters. <br />(e) The City of San Leandro recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the <br />County of Alameda by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for <br />any costs. <br />7. Submission of Ballot Argument and Impartial Analysis <br />(a) The City Clerk shall set the dates for filing of the arguments for and against the <br />ballot measure. <br />(b) The City Clerk shall set the dates for filing the rebuttal arguments for and against <br />the measure. <br />(c) Direct arguments shall not exceed three hundred (300) words and shall be signed <br />by not more than five persons. <br />(d) Rebuttal arguments shall not exceed two hundred fifty (250) words and shall be <br />signed by not more than five persons; those persons may be different persons than the <br />persons who signed the direct arguments. <br />(e) The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure. <br />(f) Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9285, when the City Clerk has <br />selected the arguments for and against the measure, which will be printed and distributed to <br />the voters, the City Clerk shall send copies of the argument in favor of the measure to the <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/2/2014