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Analysis <br />Amounts of Transaction and Use Tax revenue generated by Measure Z <br />The adopted Budget approved on May 19, 2014 anticipates $4.45 million Measure Z <br />revenue for FY 2013-14. This represents an increase of 3.5% from the prior year. The <br />Measure Z revenue is forecasted to increase $4.65 million in the current year budget, <br />which represents 5.5% of projected General Fund Revenue for Fiscal Year 2014-15. <br />Use of the tax revenue and the impact on the City operating budget including a <br />statement on the impact of the revenue in reducing the amount of cuts resulting <br />from addressing the budget shortfall <br />The Measure Z revenue is available for any legal expenditure by the City. In the context <br />of public safety, the annual revenue represents about 16.1 % of the police department's <br />Fiscal Year 13-14 budget, which is $27.6 million, and 22.3% of the fire department <br />budget, which is $20 million. Without Measure Z, the sworn police officers totaling 90 <br />could be cut by as much as 14 positions (if $4.45 million was removed from the police <br />department budget). Similarly, the fire department 63 firefighters could be down 14 <br />positions (if all $4.45 million was eliminated from its budget). The ballot also indicated <br />that Measure Z would sustain 9-1-1 emergency response times, neighborhood police <br />patrols, investigation and gang suppression officers, library hours/programs, street and <br />pothole repairs, youth after-school and senior programs, and other general City <br />services. The City preserved funding for these programs and projects due to Measure <br />Z. <br />