PRESS RELEASE
June 23, 2005
Funds Will Promote San Diego Attractions
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors yesterday approved Supervisor Pam Slater-Price's appropriation of $600,000 in Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) funds. The funds will support various non-profit organizations throughout the county that attract and promote tourism and economic development.
"Tourism is vital to the economic well-being of San Diego County, and TOT funds help to promote its many attractions," said Slater-Price. "It is by sharing San Diego with others that we are able to fund the level of services that locals have come to expect."
The Tourist Occupancy Tax is a special fee affixed to the price of all hotel rooms in the county. Once a year the county distributes TOT funds to organizations and programs that promote and generate tourism or economic development within San Diego County.
Some of the organizations that will receive funds include the following:
- P.B. Community Development
$10,000 - Promote La Jolla
$10,000 - Library Association of La Jolla
$15,000 - Mission Trails Regional Park
$5,000 - City Ballet
$10,000 - Evoke Dance
$10,000 - Fern St. Community Arts
$5,000 - La Jolla Music Society
$10,000 - La Jolla Symphony and Chorus
$10,000 - California Ballet
$15,000 - Malashock Dance
$20,000 - McCaleb Dance
$15,000 - Museum of Contemporary Art
$25,000 - Birch Aquarium
$10,000 - San Diego Asian Film Foundation
$10,000 - San Diego Ballet
$10,000 - San Diego Chamber Orchestra
$5,000 - San Diego Children's Choir
$10,000 - San Diego Civic Youth Ballet
$10,000 - San Diego Film Commission
$5,000 - San Diego Youth Symphony
$2,300 - La Jolla Playhouse
$50,000 - Mainly Mozart
$30,000
Supervisor Slater-Price represents the Third Supervisorial District.
