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Hayward voters to be asked to modernize City’s 48-year-old Business License Tax

The City of Hayward announced plans today to ask Hayward voters in the Nov. 3 general election to support an ordinance modernizing the Hayward Business License Tax. The Business License Tax, also known as the BLT, is what businesses that operate in Hayward pay at the start of each year to support city services that are important to the quality of life in Hayward and make the city a great place to live, visit and do business in. It would be the first update of the ordinance in 48 years since the current version of the tax was adopted on
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