Hotels Raise Fees With Support of City Council

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Published April 9, 2008 at 10:00 AM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

In December, the San Diego City Council raised the fee guests pay while staying in hotels by 2 percent. The extra $29 million the city is expected to raise will go back to the hotels for marketing pur

Tom Fudge: Twice in the past five years San Diegans were asked to raise the hotel tax, and twice they refused to do it. So how did the San Diego City Council actually manage raise the levy on hoteliers just this past December? That's one of the questions reporter Amita Sharma sought to answer when she started looking into the city's action. Another question is how that extra money raised from hotels, is going to be spent. Because if you think this cash is going to pay for more cops and firefighters, you've got the wrong idea.

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Amita Sharma , KPBS investigative reporter.