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TIDs IN The NEWS
Get ready to pay the new Hollywood Visitors Tax
Get ready to pay the new Hollywood Visitors Tax
By Susan Shelley
Los Angeles Daily News Published April 1, 2026
"Get ready to pay the new Hollywood Visitors Tax. This is happening in the 'Hollywood' that is a community in the city of Los Angeles. Businesses in L.A. already pay a gross receipts tax for the privilege of watching the city government fail to provide basic services such as m
By Susan Shelley
Los Angeles Daily News Published April 1, 2026
"Get ready to pay the new Hollywood Visitors Tax. This is happening in the 'Hollywood' that is a community in the city of Los Angeles. Businesses in L.A. already pay a gross receipts tax for the privilege of watching the city government fail to provide basic services such as maintaining clean, unobstructed, safe sidewalks."
Improvements for Whom?
Get ready to pay the new Hollywood Visitors Tax
By Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Published May 2019
Business improvement districts (BIDs) have exploded in popularity across the United States in the last thirty years. However, very little is known about their tangible effects on communities. Passionate opinions about BIDs are informed by scarce empi
By Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Published May 2019
Business improvement districts (BIDs) have exploded in popularity across the United States in the last thirty years. However, very little is known about their tangible effects on communities. Passionate opinions about BIDs are informed by scarce empirical and anecdotal evidence. Some claim that BIDs represent an innovative solution to declining public spending that uplifts communities and boosts businesses. Others insist that BIDs are wolves in sheep’s clothing that displace small businesses and the disadvantaged and change community culture.
Private Government Coming to an Area Near You
Private Government Coming to an Area Near You
By Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
Nevada Current
Published April 17, 2025
‘Business Improvement District’ legal schemes create shadow taxing with money funneled to unelected groups to control and spend.
Imagine you want to create and control a large pool of capital predominantly financed by grants and other people’s money. Simply define a geog
By Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos
Nevada Current
Published April 17, 2025
‘Business Improvement District’ legal schemes create shadow taxing with money funneled to unelected groups to control and spend.
Imagine you want to create and control a large pool of capital predominantly financed by grants and other people’s money. Simply define a geographic boundary, let’s call it a ‘district,’ and get a few business colleagues to decide what mandatory fee or compulsory assessment you’re going to collect to benefit your private business agendas.