CITIZENS’ PLAN RESPONDS TO CITY OF SAN DIEGO’S PROPOSAL TO KEEP INITIATIVE’S TEXT OUT OF VOTER GUIDE

The public is entitled to know exactly and fully what is being proposed by the Citizens’ Plan. The public should not be limited to a biased analysis or summary prepared by City Hall. The public has a right to know that the taxpayer resources in the Citizens’ Plan can be used to fix roads, sidewalks, and other infrastructure, to help strengthen our police, fire, and lifeguard forces, and to provide affordable housing and homeless services — all through a general tourist tax without earmarks for special interests.

On its face, the Citizens’ Plan protects taxpayers and makes our tourism economy and infrastructure competitive while compelling tourists and the corporations who benefit most from tourism to pay their fair share of what it takes to keep us America’s Finest City. City Hall has refused to do that on its own and cannot be trusted to deliver that message to the voters now. Voters are entitled to read for themselves that the Citizens’ Plan requires the tourism industry to pay its own way.