Monterey Park Measure AAA: 77% Yes on Hotel Occupancy Tax Increase

MONTEREY PARK, Los Angeles County — November 2026 general election. 77% Yes on Hotel Occupancy Tax Increase. In the latest available ABC7 local-results display, Yes has the larger number of counted votes. These are preliminary results, not a certified election outcome.

Counted ballots

Yes: 8,840 (76.74%). No: 2,680 (23.26%). Yes leads by 6,160 votes in the reported count. The ordinance’s effective date and any implementation require certified results and official action.

What is Measure AAA?

The ballot concerns an increase to the city hotel and motel occupancy tax. The proposal concerns transient lodging taxes collected under municipal rules, rather than a tax on ordinary residents’ home ownership. It is a legally separate question from Measure HOM, which deals with housing-overlay provisions.

What happens next?

Los Angeles County continues its official canvass after the November 3 election, including eligible mailed and provisional ballots. The source is a live local-results snapshot retrieved November 5, 2026 (UTC); the ABC7 page labels its measures as updated recently but does not give an exact county bulletin timestamp. We have not independently verified a new November 5 county batch. Percentages can change, and passage or rejection should not be treated as official until the Registrar-Recorder certifies the results. The county’s published schedule calls for ballot-count updates on November 5 at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Pacific.

Sources: ABC7 Los Angeles — November 2026 live local ballot results; Los Angeles County official election results; County counting and canvass information. Related statewide reporting: California58 election hub.

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