California Courts of Appeal
Aug. 5, 2014
Appeals court strikes down San Diego hotel tax use
City can't use money to revamp its convention center, home to annual Comic-Con conference that has threatened to leave the town
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The city of San Diego cannot use a hotel tax to finance a $520 million renovation of its convention center, the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled late Friday.
The unanimous decision, written by Justice Cynthia Aaron, could doom the city's much heralded efforts to revamp the center, which is home to the annual Comic-Con convention. Aaron said increasing taxes requires approval by two-thirds of voters, and the San Diego tax was...
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