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Orange County Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan Table 3.14 continued # BEACH FREE STREET PARKING % AVAILABLE FOR BEACH TOURISM ANNUAL REVENUE ASSUMING $1000/METER 53 Shaw's Cove 87 15 $13,050 54 Fisherman's Cove 55 Diver's Cove - Heisler Park $27,000 56 Laguna Beach 58 10 $5,800 57 Brooks Street Beach 8 20 $1,600 58 Bluebird Coast 45 20 $9,000 59 Wood's Cove/ Ruby Street 51 20 $10,200 60 Victoria Beach 47 20 $9,400 61 Treasure Island Beach 0 n/a 62 Aliso County Beach Park 25 100 $25,000 63 Camel Point Beach 80 90 $72,000 64 Table Rock Beach 118 60 $70,800 65 1000 Steps Beach 110 60 $66,000 66 Three Arch Bay 0 n/a 67 Monarch Beach 0 n/a 68,69 Salt Creek Beach 110 85 $93,500 70 Dana Point 0 n/a 71 Baby Beach 0 n/a 72 Doheny State Beach 0 n/a 73 Capistrano County Beach 157 95 $149,150 74 Poche Beach 0 n/a $29,000 75 San Clemente City Beach 816 70 $640,800 76 San Clemente State Beach 0 n/a 77 Cottons 93 97 $90,210 Total $5,381,360 Everest International Consultants, Inc. 3.70
Orange County Coastal Regional Sediment Management Plan Sales Taxes Cities and counties have the authority to raise a portion of the sales tax and use the proceeds for quality of life issues. Even a small increase would raise funds for beach nourishment, though this solution may not be politically feasible. One proposal, considered for San Diego County by SANDAG several years ago, was a 0.25 percent quality of life increase in the sales tax rate. State law allows such funds to be used for a variety of projects to improve the quality of life in a region. For example, sports stadiums may be financed by such a measure, such as attempted by the basketball team the Sacramento Kings. If such a measure passed and proceeds were pro-rated based on beach spending, as shown in Section 3.4.1, it would generate $2.6 million per year for Orange County. Figure 3.14 presents data on all sales/use tax ballot measures in California from 2003-2007 (League of California Cities, 2011). As one can see, just over half of the 113 measures passed. Further, there does not seem to be a relationship between the size of the hike and the success rate, though half percent hikes were by far the most successful. This type of increase could possibly be more politically feasible if the revenues were shared for a number of purposes, perhaps coastal protection in general. A half-cent increase devoted to a variety of issues including coastal protection might be the most successful strategy, since it would allow for a coalition of interest groups to support the tax. It is also possible that a sales tax could be limited just for sporting goods and used to pay for beach nourishment and other recreational activities. The State of Texas appropriates a portion of the sales taxes generated by sporting goods to support parks and recreation. However, beach equipment is not listed among the revenue generating categories (State of Texas, 2008). Everest International Consultants, Inc. 3.71
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