SACRAMENTO — Sacramento city leaders are looking at raising taxes on businesses. The city council says it’s necessary to help fund more police officers, but with rising prices and inflation, business owners fear it will take a bite out of their bottom lines.
It was a festive Halloween at this week’s city council meeting, but fun costumes quickly gave way to a serious topic.
“It’s necessary and I think it’s long overdue,” Councilmember Karina Talamantes said during the meeting.
She’s referring to a business tax modernization, which is something that hasn’t…