La Mirada~On Tuesday night, the La Mirada City Council voted 5-0 to adopt an ordinance to place a 1 percent tax revenue measure on the November 6th ballot.

La Mirada voters will decide if the sales tax in the city will be raised from 8.75 percent to 9.75 percent.

If approved, the increase would go into effect April 3, 2013 and would last five years.

According to a city report, the city is claiming it needs the tax to pay for immediate infrastructure needs.

Recently, a study identified $67 million worth of work that needs to be done to repair city streets, curbs, gutters, storm drains, and traffic signals.

The report also stated that an additional $126,932,000 has also been identified as being required to fund other community wants, such as privately owned deteriorated block walls.

The city declared a fiscal emergency this past February 14th.