One option being presented to the city council during Wednesday night's special meeting is increasing the city's current sales tax from 8.25% to potentially 8.75%.
Estavan explained that he'll maybe "eat out less or be more frugal in my grocery shopping."
"I'm not too fond of that just because things are pretty expensive as it is," said local business owner Adrian Torrez, manager of The Hangout on North School Street in downtown Lodi.
"I'd hate to have to increase. My mom or my older brother, they own [The Hangout]. I'd hate for them to have to do that," he said. "I don't think they would, but it just makes it harder."
"It's great," said Kay Claxton, owner and operator of French at Heart, also on North School Street. "If it's going to be used to help downtown, I think it's great. We haven't had a price increase in a long time."
For Torrez, he knows that regardless of what happens, his customers will help him through.
Besides the sales tax, another option being presented to the city council is to reimpose the Business License Tax. They could also decide to increase the city's Transient Occupancy Tax.
The council did not vote on increasing the sales tax on Wednesday. It was just reviewing the budget.
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