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Did Bottoms’s FY2021 budget keep Atlanta’s property-tax rate unchanged?

Matches stated direction. Atlanta’s FY2021 budget kept the city property-tax rate unchanged. This checks one year, not every tax or four balanced budgets.

Keisha Lance Bottoms

FY2021 city property-tax rate

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What they say

Bottoms said she balanced four budgets without raising taxes.

What the record shows ·

Atlanta’s certified ordinance records FY2021 budget adoption on June 19, 2020, with a $673 million general fund. The council reported no city property-tax-rate increase.

Limit: This checks one year’s rate, not tax bills, other taxes or four balanced budgets.

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  1. Atlanta Press Club debate, 2026-10-12https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x8O5cq2I_k&t=403s

    Atlanta Press Club · Published Oct 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Paraphrase from saved native captions; timestamp links to surrounding statement.

    candidate statement

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  2. Atlanta council FY2021 budget adoptionhttps://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/Home/Components/News/News/2138/175?npage=2

    Atlanta City Council · Published Jun 20, 2020 · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Council adopted 20-O-1260 without increasing the city millage rate; the general fund was approximately $673 million.

    official office record

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  3. Passage of FY21 Budgethttps://justicereform.atlantaga.gov/article/passage-of-fy21-budget-2

    City of Atlanta · Reviewed Oct 29, 2026

    Official page identifies Bottoms’s FY21 budget; previously verified in the published diversion card.

    official office record

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  4. Atlanta ordinance 20-O-1260, certified copy, pages 1–2 (document)

    Atlanta City Council · Reviewed Oct 30, 2026

    Certified copy: council adoption June 19, 2020; Mayor Bottoms’s approval June 24. The council’s June 20 release describes Saturday’s approval; exact vote timing remains unresolved.

    official legislative record

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