Solana Beach's Budget and Finance Commission will review property taxes, sales tax revenue and city fees when it meets Monday, Nov. 16, at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 635 S. Highway 101.
The session is the commission's first since Aug. 24, according to the meeting agenda. Four items are on the docket: a real property tax update, a sales tax and Measure S update, a user fee schedule update and a preliminary general fund budget update for FY 2026.
The meeting is open to the public.
Measure S is the city's 1-percent local sales tax. The commission has reviewed Measure S revenue at regular intervals. At a June 2025 meeting, HDL, a consulting firm the city uses for tax analysis, presented fourth-quarter 2024 sales tax and Measure S data, according to minutes from that session.
The agenda also lists a user fee schedule update. The city has historically adjusted fees based on the Consumer Price Index. At a December 2022 meeting, the commission discussed a maximum annual fee adjustment of 2.5 percent, according to minutes from that session.
A preliminary, unaudited general fund budget update for FY 2026 rounds out the agenda. Finance Director Rachel Jacobs has presented budget updates to the commission in past sessions. At the June 2025 meeting, Jacobs presented the proposed FY 2026 and FY 2027 budgets, noting expected surpluses in both the general fund and the Measure S fund, according to those meeting minutes.
The commission will also vote to approve minutes from its Aug. 24 meeting, which covered a Chandler Asset Management investment update and a PARS 115 Trust investment update.
Residents can submit written comments to Rachel Jacobs at [email protected] by 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16.
