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<br /> <br />Ibarra, Evelyn <br />From:Tim Johnson <tjohnson@jlkrllp.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, June 18, 2024 1:14 PM <br />To:Vazquez, Benjamin; Phan, Thai; Amezcua, Valerie; Penaloza, David; Bacerra, Phil; <br />Hernandez, Johnathan; Lopez, Jessie <br />Cc:eComment; Carvalho, Sonia R. <br />Subject:Agenda Item #18: Litter Abatement Tax <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br />Mayor & Council (cc City A?y Carvalho)…I see that there will be further discussion regarding a poten?al cigare?e li?er <br />abatement tax. I want to express my concern that we need to have some preliminary informa?on on this item before <br />we direct staff to propose a tax. It is my understanding that an ordinance like this would not be available to generate <br />general fund tax revenue but instead would be in the same realm as a city fee that would need to be offset the city’s <br />cost of services associated with such cigare?e li?er abatement. I think we can all agree that seeing any type of trash on <br />our city streets is unacceptable that includes cigare?e li?er whether it be used bu?s or package trash. I believe that any <br />fees generated from this program would only be able to offset the city’s cost of picking up such cigare?e related trash. <br />For example, a por?on of street sweeping…likely a very small por?on of street sweeping is for picking up cigare?e bu?s <br />and related trash. <br /> <br />Essen?ally, I think before we get have our city staff spend valuable internal ?me to come up with the documents <br />associated with such proposal, we need to understand what is possible first and a minimum of how it would work and <br />also a big picture reality of how the economics would work. Effec?vely, before staff spends a bunch of ?me proposing <br />something, you and our community needs to know what the big picture economic impact may be on this type of item. Is <br />it worth then for staff to then come up with the necessary documents to propose such tax- but only a?er we know the <br />broad strokes of how such a plan may work within the constraints that exist. <br /> <br />I commend the council for thinking crea?vely on genera?ng revenue, but we also need to make sure that it will create <br />the right kind of “net impact” to our city’s budget. <br /> <br />Tim Johnson , CPA <br /> <br />Partner <br /> <br /> <br />(949) 860-9892 <br /> <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />tjohnson@jlkrllp.com <br /> <br /> <br />2601 Main Street, Suite 580, Irvine, CA 92614 <br /> <br />See our latest business news and insights by clicking here <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is <br />protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this <br />message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. JLK Rosenberger is a California Limited Liability Partnership <br />and a member firm of PKF International Limited, a family of legally independent member firms and does not accept any responsibility <br />or liability for the actions or inactions on the part of any other individual member or correspondent firm or firms. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />