The City of Santa Fe Springs is a great place to live, do business, and raise a family, with safe neighborhoods, high-quality local schools and beautiful parks. The City is committed to maintaining strong community partnerships and providing quality City services to support the health and safety of Santa Fe Springs residents and grow our local economy.
Addressing Santa Fe Springs Roads and Infrastructure Needs
Keeping Santa Fe Springs clean, safe and well-maintained are our top priorities. Our local city streets and sidewalks, as well as aging city infrastructure need repairs and improvements. Damaged roads impact safety for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists and result in costly pothole-related car repairs. Waiting to address these repairs causes them to worsen, costing us all more in the future.
In addition, maintaining proactive public safety to prevent crime and repairing our Aquatic Center so it can be reopened to the public are needed to keep our community strong.
Updating Our Business License Structure
The City has been working proactively to examine the budget and develop a plan to maintain fiscal stability and address community needs without impacting City services and local residents. One strategy to secure our fiscal future is to update the City’s Business License tax, which was last adjusted over 25 years ago.
While no decisions have been made, the Santa Fe Springs City Council is considering placing a measure on the November 2022 ballot that would change the current business license tax rate square foot for industrial businesses and gross receipts of other businesses, phased in over the next four years. Together, these changes would generate approximately $1.5 million in the first year, increasing to reach $6.8 million annually by year four, in locally controlled funding to help support City services.
If approved by Santa Fe Springs voters, these funds could be used to support City services, such as:
A Clear System of Accountability
We Want to Hear From You
The City Council will be considering this matter at its August 2, 2022 meeting, and welcomes your input. To provide feedback or ask questions, please call (562) 409-7582.
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