San Diego Tourism Authority announces support for mayor's proposed TOT increase

San Diego tourism and lodging leaders said Thursday they strongly support an increase of up to three percent to the transient occupancy tax (TOT) to modernize and expand the San Diego Convention Center, repair city streets and reduce homelessness.

​The "TOT for Jobs, Streets & People" plan would raise the TOT, or visitor tax, three percent for downtown lodging facilities, two percent for those on the periphery of downtown and one percent for facilities located elsewhere in the city. Tourism leaders are spearheading the effort because it would boost San Diego's tourism economy, create thousands of jobs, repair roads and reduce homelessness. It also would add millions of dollars to the city's General Fund, which pays for neighborhood services.

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