Long Beach joins Los Angeles in repealing never collected cargo tax
THE Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners have unanimously repealed a cargo tax that has been on the Southern California seaport's books since 2008, but implementation was delayed repeatedly and the fee was never collected.
The repealed Infrastructure Cargo Fee was intended to finance road and rail upgrades around San Pedro Bay ports and was earlier repealed by the Port of Los Angeles as well.
THE Long Beach Board of Harbour Commissioners have unanimously repealed a cargo tax that has been on the Southern California seaport's books since 2008, but implementation was delayed repeatedly and the fee was never collected.
The repealed Infrastructure Cargo Fee was intended to finance road and rail upgrades around San Pedro Bay ports and was earlier repealed by the Port of Los Angeles as well.