On June 6, 2006, the voters of National City approved Proposition D, a District Sales Tax increase of 1%, raising the sales tax rate in the City from 7.75% to 8.75%. The need for this tax increase was based on a few temporary changes to the City’s revenue. The first was rising General Fund expenditures that began in 2004, the second was a decrease in Sales Tax revenues due to the onset of the “Great Recession”, and the third was the State of California reducing aid to local governments to addr...