SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The group of people opposing South Lake Tahoe’s Measure N, which would impose a vacancy tax on some homeowners, is continuing its fight against the measure and recently won a victory in court.

A judge last week found that the language of the arguments and counterarguments to Measure N in South Lake Tahoe’s official voter information guide was “false and misleading.” In response, the group that wrote the measure, Locals For Affordable Housing, agreed to change some of the language and add “administrative costs” to the tax’s funds.

“When we heard their arguments that the money raised could only be used for public transit, roads and housing, we said, ‘Okay, you know what, wait a minute.’ We expect the red tape for this measure to be astronomical,” said Sharon Kerrigan, executive vice president of the South Lake Tahoe Association of Realtors and co-director of the No on Measure N campaign.

But Amelia Richmond, co-founder of Locals For Affordable Housing, said these “administrative costs” are a drop in the ocean compared to the revenue generated by the tax.

“The City of South Lake Tahoe conducted an impartial analysis of Measure N and determined that annual administrative costs would be approximately 3% of total revenue, leaving $19.4 million per year for housing, roads and transportation after administering the tax,” Richmond said.

One reason Measure N is controversial is that the majority of people affected don’t actually get to vote on it. Since the tax would only be imposed on homeowners who stay in South Lake Tahoe less than half the year, those homeowners are likely registered to vote at their primary residence and not in South Lake Tahoe.

“Some people will say this is voter fraud and some people will say this is voter suppression,” said local real estate agent Bob Poet.

The Douglas County District Attorney is keeping an eye on residents who recently moved their primary residence to South Lake Tahoe and has sent a letter to several of those residents suspected of changing their address in time for the November election, urging them to update their address immediately.

Locals For Affordable Housing announced Tuesday that it found that the total amount of money given to the housing sector by national and state lobbying groups recently reached $899,000, breaking the record for the highest amount spent to influence a local election in South Lake Tahoe.