How Measure C Works

In the municipal election of June 3, 2014, Hayward voters approved Measure C, which raised the City's Transaction and Use (Sales) Tax by a half-cent for a 20-year period. This tax increment took effect on Oct. 1, 2014, and the City began receiving allocations from the half-cent sales tax on Jan. 1, 2015.
Measure C Financial Breakdown

The Measure C half-cent sales tax currently generates about $20 million a year, revenue which, importantly, is legally dedicated for municipal purposes and cannot be taken or diverted away by county or state government for other uses. Each year, the City Council programs Measure C dollars as part of the annual budget process. The money is used in three ways—to repay borrowing for facility construction (called debt service), to fund capital improvements, such as street projects, and pay operating expenses associated with increased staffing at the Hayward Police and Maintenance Services Departments.

June 27, 2023 - City Council Meeting

 

Community Survey Results: Receive Presentation of Community Survey Results and Consider Potential Ballot Measure for Future Facilities Needs

 

April 11, 2023 - City Council Meeting

 

Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Appropriate $640,894 from the Measure C Operating Fund (Fund 101) for the Purchase of Motorola Dispatch Console Equipment and Service Plans and to Execute an Agreement with Motorola for Purchase of those Products

 

April 11, 2023 - City Council Meeting

 

Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Appropriate $88,598.89 from the Measure C Operating Fund (Fund 101) for the Purchase of (1) EagleAir(r) Model RVA15M3D4U RavenCFS Breathing Air Compressor System

 

June 15, 2022 - Council Budget & Finance Committee Meeting

 

Measure C Debt Analysis and Review

 

December 07, 2021 - City Council Meeting

 

Measure C Annual Report: Review Annual Report of Measure C Revenues and Expenditures, Approved by Voters on June 3, 2014 (Report from Finance Director Claussen)

 

November 17, 2021 - Council Budget & Finance Committee Meeting

 

Measure C Annual Report: Review Annual Report of Measure C Revenues and Expenditures, Approved by Voters on June 3, 2014

 

January 26, 2021 - City Council Meeting

 

Measure C Annual Report: Review Annual Report of Measure C, Approved by Voters on June 3, 2014, Revenues and Expenditures (Report from Finance Director Claussen)

 

November 19, 2019 - City Council Meeting

 

Measure C (2014 City's Sales and Use Tax) Annual Report

 

October 02, 2019 - Council Budget & Finance Committee Meeting

 

Measure C Annual Report

 

January 08, 2019 - City Council Meeting

 

Approval to Appropriate Funds from the Measure C Operating Fund for the 2016 Lease-Purchase of 532 Radios for Police and Field Personnel, Not to Exceed $2,600,000

 

October 02, 2018 - City Council Meeting

 

Measure C Annual Report

 

June 20, 2018 - Council Budget & Finance Committee

 

Measure C Annual Report

 

November 14, 2017 - City Council Meeting

 

Measure C Sales Tax Initiative - Annual Report

 

July 19, 2017 - Council Budget & Finance Committee

 

Measure C Annual Report

 

July 06, 2016 - Council Budget & Finance Committee Meeting

 

Measure C (District Sales Tax) Annual Report FY 2016

 

July 14, 2015 - City Council Meeting

 

Financing Plan for Measure C—Funded Capital Projects

 

December 16, 2014 - City Council Meeting

 

Measure C Implementation and Funding Plans

 

July 08, 2014 - City Council Meeting

 

Resolution Acknowledging Receipt of Canvass of the General Municipal Election Held June 03, 2014, and Declaring the Results Thereof: #7 At said election Measure C, a ballot measure relating to Use (Sales) Tax, was voted on and aaproved by the electorate.

 

 

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