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# Santa Monica Weighs Hotel Bed Tax Hike to Aid Schools
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/022704-story/
- Published: 2004-02-27T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:52:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Local politicians and city leaders have been recently discussing whether a hike in the hotel bed tax would be appropriate to help fund the local school district, which is financially faltering.

The tax, which is strategically set at 12 percent — 2 percent lower than the city of Los Angeles and surrounding cities — is tacked on to room rates at hotels in Santa Monica.

The increase would have to be voter approved, and could appear as a ballot measure this November.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Do you support an increase in the hotel bed tax. Why or why not?”

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Saturday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 27, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022704.pdf?ref=smdp.com)