Humboldt County voters may approve an increase to the hotel tax this June. County supervisors are trying to figure out how to spend the additional funds.
Representatives of Humboldt County’s hospitality industry are taking a hard stand against a county-backed ballot initiative that would raise the local transient occupancy tax (TOT) rate to 12 percent. Members of the Humboldt Lodging Alliance (HLA) called the ballot measure “misleading” and said the