10% Tax on Fairground Admissions Rescinded
After protests from more than 200 employees, concessionaires and promoters of events at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, the Pomona City Council has rescinded a 10% admissions tax enacted a week ago.
The council instead instructed City Administrator Julio Fuentes to work with Ralph Hinds, president of the Los Angeles County Fair Assn., to seek other sources of revenue.
Hinds said the tax, which would have applied to admissions and fees for exhibit space at all events at the fairgrounds except the county fair and off-track betting, would have had a devastating effect on fairground operations, and could have cost hundreds of jobs.
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