<Ul> <Li> 0.25%--Local County--Transportation funds </Li> <Li> 1.00%--Local City / County--Operational funds </Li> </Ul> <Li> 0.25%--Local County--Transportation funds </Li> <Li> 1.00%--Local City / County--Operational funds </Li> <P> The statewide sales tax in California was first imposed on August 1, 1933, at the rate of 2.50% under the "Retail Sales Act of 1933 ." No local sales taxes were levied at that time . In an editorial dated September 5, 1933, the Los Angeles Times criticized the 2.50% sales tax rate in stating that the "sales - tax rate should not have exceeded 1 per cent" and that the tax rate was "so high as to discourage business, which will make the tax less productive ." </P>

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