What was the result of the 2020 sales tax increase?
Since 2020, the general fund revenues have increased from $155 million a year to $275 million a year…and City Hall still says it’s not enough!!
City employees who helped campaign for voters to adopt the 2020 increase then expected the city to reward them for it…and the city did.
New contracts with the employee unions have increased our annual costs by over $21 million, consuming 1/3 of the increased revenue. This is increased pay for existing employees, NOT new services being provided by new employees.
The biggest increases were given with the city manager’s discretionary authority to department heads.
Trend of department head pay since the 2020 sales tax increase:
This chart only includes 2 of the 13 department heads for a cleaner graph, but this is representative of the trend for the other 11 as well.
Paid for by Starr Coalition for Moving Oxnard Forward Opposing Measure E. FPPC ID 1379154.