Laguna Beach city officials are holding off on placing a tax increase on the November ballot after council and members of the public couldn’t come to a consensus following multiple rounds of citywide surveys and committee formations.
The city has been mulling over three potential tax increases that would help bolster funding for the city, facing a narrow budget gap and looking to support wildfire mitigation and public safety efforts.
The three tax increase options are a hotel tax, a business license tax or a sales tax…