New polling leaves union-backed San Diego sales tax increase still iffy for November ballot

New polling leaves union-backed San Diego sales tax increase still iffy for November ballot

Backers of a possible San Diego sales tax increase say they will use new polling that tested a half-cent hike instead of a full-cent hike to decide in coming days whether to target the November ballot. The local construction union proposing the ballot measure says it could have a better shot at passing than a failed 2024 measure because it would restrict uses of the additional revenue mostly to infrastructure projects. Polling in October and Nov…