Measure P Allocation Plan
Revenue generated by Measure P allows the City to expand essential services that enhance our community’s quality of life while ensuring that non-resident visitors contribute to the cost of these services. Taxpayer investment in Measure P is protected by a Citizen's Oversight Committee that ensures revenue generated by this measure is used for its legal purpose.
A detailed list of allocations that were approved by the Measure P Oversight Committee can be accessed in the annual Transmittal Letter.
Measure P Budgeted Expenditures
Fiscal Year 2026 - 2027
Animal Services
Measure P will:
- Contribute towards renovations at the Animal Care & Adoption Center.
- Help fund the City's Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program.
- Support ongoing development and training for officers and shelter personnel.
- Purchase animal shelter supplies such as microchips, vaccines, medical and cleaning supplies, and food.
Allocation Amount: $3,053,867
Code Compliance
Measure P will:
- Support proactive Code Enforcement services seven days a week, including late weekday and weekend shifts.
- Fund personnel directly assigned to addressing impacts of homelessness within residential communities and commercial zones.
- Fund ongoing Community Enhancement Program efforts to improve community and commercial appeal by addressing community blight, illegal dumping, and environmental complaints.
- Fund the launch of the City Detect pilot program, a monitoring platform that uses imagery to detect, document, and help combat urban blight.
Allocation Amount: $2,908,310
Community Services
Measure P will:
- Fund personnel dedicated to children's services and library support staff to enhance library programs and services.
- Fund personnel dedicated to park maintenance operations and facility/building maintenance operations.
- Provide funding to support the parking lot slurry seal projects at Doris Davies Park and Hook Park to preserve and extend the life of the existing pavement.
- Pay for the development of a comprehensive Facilities and Maintenance Master Plan to guide long-term facility needs and investments.
Allocation Amount: $2,140,145
Fire
Measure P will:
- Contribute $775,000 towards the apparatus replacement reserve fund. This contribution is set aside for future apparatus replacement needs and may not be expended during the current fiscal year.
- Purchase a mobile pump test trailer to evaluate, test, and service fire engine pumps.
- Support the expansion of HazMat and Urban Search and Rescue capabilities through the purchase of equipment.
- Fund building improvements at various fire station locations.
- Support Fire Department personnel costs.
Allocation Amount: $9,064,551
General
Measure P will:
- Contribute towards design services for the Old Town Streetscape Improvement Project
- Pay for contract services for a detailed analysis of the Transaction and Use Tax.
Allocation Amount: $2,594,816
Homelessness & Housing
Measure P will:
- Support the operations and maintenance of the Wellness Center.
Allocation Amount: $1,600,000
Police
Measure P will:
- Continue funding the 12 personnel positions added since the implementation of Measure P to support:
- Improved response times
- Improved response and attention to investigative matters
- Improved response times to lower-priority calls
- Increase the level of traffic enforcement
- Contribute $4 Million towards the Capital Reserve Fund for a New Police Station. This contribution is set aside for future capital needs and may not be expended during the current fiscal year.
Allocation Amount: $7,071,911
Public Safety Maintenance
Measure P will:
- Support the Public Safety Maintenance (PSM) increase.
- PSM is the increase in current fiscal year operations and maintenance expenditures for Public Safety departments above the Fiscal Year 2020-21 baseline. PSM allows for Measure P to fund the increases to the General Fund expenditures of the Police, Fire, Code Compliance and Animal Control departments, supporting the stability of General Fund reserves.
Allocation Amount: $15,924,935