AnonymousSource: City of Santa Barbara
The City of Santa Barbara collected approximately $1,200,700 in transient occupancy taxes (TOT) for July 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic and related response has severely affected the local travel industry. TOT revenues in July 2020 were 49.6% below July last year.
July is the first month of the City’s fiscal year, which runs from July 1 through June 30. The City’s adopted TOT budget is $17,241,134.
The Transient Occupancy Tax table can be viewed here.
Don’t worry too much about this. In order to keep up the money flow to pay all the public employees, the City “staff” will recommend other sources of income. I heard that to apply for an outdoor restaurant street permit, the application fee is $1200!! Can anyone confirm?