Board members of the Bayside Business District Corp. are looking for ways to bring in more revenue to increases services — such as hiring ambassadors to assist visitors and monitor for illegal activity — in and around the Third Street Promenade. Ways of increasing revenue could include increasing the amount of fees assessed on businesses by City Hall.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Do you support requiring businesses to pay more to provide additional services downtown? Why or why not?”
Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to 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 July 29, 2005. Read the original PDF.