Dispute between Sonoma County supervisors stalls proposed ballot measure to widen lodging tax

Division among Sonoma County supervisors has sunk an effort to place an update to the county’s lodging tax ordinance on the November ballot.

It has also highlighted a long simmering disagreement inside county government over how revenue from the tax on overnight stays is dispersed among the county’s five supervisorial districts.

Officially known as the county’s transient occupancy tax, it is a general levy charged to lodging operators, like hotels and inns, outside city limits. The current rate is 12% of the total “rent” paid for lodging.

County officials want to update the ordinance to expand the scope of businesses subject to the tax to include operators that use online booking sites like Airbnb and the hosts of those online platforms.



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