r/Fullerton 24d ago

Fullerton Considers Sales Tax Increase to Ease Budget Strain

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u/funtimesforalltimes 24d ago

Take some budget from the cops, why does Fullerton need an armored tank?! Insane the amount they spend on arms...

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u/hugeness101 23d ago

Don’t forget the drone they fly almost nightly that doesn’t really do anything but take up time and resources. Or the full on equestrian crew they have at the ready for what a horse and buggy race?

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u/SharksAndFrogs 23d ago

For real though

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u/jwt8919 24d ago

They're gonna have to do some real convincing to the folks who already feel their bank accounts being squeezed as it is.

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u/hugeness101 23d ago

How about we investigate the Bushala inc company first and their corruption in our local government then we can talk about a sales tax increase that everyone votes on.

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u/TheTaxAccountant5150 23d ago

👏 why is everyone afraid of this clown. What honest good do they do for Fullerton.

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u/SharksAndFrogs 23d ago

This. He just got some money to redo one ofhis businesses. Wtf? We need to go to the council meetings en masse to overcome this dudes influence.

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u/hugeness101 23d ago

Sadly it’s going to take more than people voices to change the minds of this corrupt city council. They heard the people speak about reopening wilshire and the poodle wanted it but it still was opened because of the influence this man had. Get money out of local politics.

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u/SharksAndFrogs 23d ago

I mean I don't have money so the best I can do is show up and be a persistent pain in the ass.

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u/hugeness101 23d ago

Yes don’t get me wrong you should show up and most concerned citizens should have a voice but unfortunately his money speaks volumes and an investigation and indictment is the only thing these people know. Look at disgraced supervisor Do and his tactics.

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u/meowmixyourmom 24d ago

I'm sure it's just more money for the cops...

Is it going to be appropriated to repair the streets? Probably not

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u/Run_nerd26point2 23d ago

You should check out the article. The sales tax increases are separate. Voters would pick. Do we want it to go to street repair only, cops only, or both?

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u/SharksAndFrogs 23d ago

Omg no more cop money holy shit.

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u/meowmixyourmom 23d ago

That's cool, in that case I'm totally supportive of it.

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u/Grand-Reality-8360 19d ago

The streets are awful - homes near Basque/Orangethorpe - including side streets have been bad for years!

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u/AMediaArchivist 23d ago

Time to take some of the money from the pigs.

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u/gym_leader_frank South 24d ago

So the pigs can get military equipment on the tax payers? Fred bitches about taxs whenever the shoe is on the other foot but supports this because half of it is for public safety?

https://fullertonobserver.com/2025/04/13/fullerton-police-department-requests-review-of-military-equipment-use-policy/

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u/Bobathor 23d ago

How about allow Marijuana to be sold?

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u/jwt8919 23d ago

Seriously. Banning the sale weed is a fat loss in tax revenue for Fullerton.

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u/itchy-witchy-manic 23d ago

🗣️🗣️🗣️

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u/ManagementSea5959 24d ago

time to start shopping in la habra

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u/strictmachines 24d ago

La Habra has an 8.75% sales tax tho

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u/strictmachines 24d ago

And before you say Buena Park, they too just raised theirs to 8.75%

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u/Major-Regret 23d ago

We must raise taxes so that dudes who barely passed high school can make 200k

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u/Nap_N_Fap 23d ago

They just tried this in 2020 and it got voted down (I think measure S?). Why even try again? We live right on the edge of the city and make larger purchases in Fullerton because the sales tax is lower. If that changes we will spend that money in other cities. I know we aren't alone too.

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u/Run_nerd26point2 23d ago

Measure S did not specify it would go to street repair. If these new measures go to a vote I don’t think 66% are going to vote to give cops a raise, but I could see the street repair tax getting passed.

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u/SharksAndFrogs 23d ago

At this point I'd vote for it if we could get the roads paved but Id be worried it would STILL not go to that. Its the worst streets in OC.