Santa Clara County's Measure A ahead in poll

Coalition Gauging Support for Countywide Sales-Tax Hike

A coalition of labor and advocacy groups last week pushed out a poll on a possible countywide half-cent sales tax measure to prevent public safety and health care cuts and fund causes including expanded child care and solutions to the Tijuana River sewage crisis.  The citizens group estimates the tax increase, if approved by voters in 2026, could pull in $360 million annually. The county’s current sales-tax rate is 7.75 percent.  The coalition, …

Reject Measure A, the new Santa Clara County sales tax increase

Editorial of the Daily Post This was originally printed Oct. 13. Santa Clara County residents should vote “no” on Measure A, the 5/8ths-of-a-cent sales tax for a variety of reasons.  First, this tax was conceived behind closed doors with no public discussion about whether it’s needed. The tax was rolled out two days before the Board of Supervisors voted to put it on the ballot, which isn’t enough time to let the public digest the pros and cons o…

Santa Clara County's Measure A ahead in poll

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Anti-tax-hike side accuses County Sheriff of wrongdoing in Measure A fight

Just days before the polls were set to close in the Measure A health care tax-hike campaign, the “No” side upped the drama, accusing the “Yes” contingent—as well as Santa Clara County Sheriff Robert Jonsen—of violating election laws. The Fair Political Practices Commission said, Wednesday evening, it had received the official complaint, but when the Los Gatan reached the Sheriff’s Office a couple days later, an agency official said Jonsen didn’t…

Santa Clara County’s Measure A ahead in poll

Early signs point to slim voter enthusiasm for a Santa Clara County sales tax measure that could mean the difference between public hospital cuts and closures — and the opposition campaign is heating up. The post Santa Clara County’s Measure A ahead in poll appeared first on Palo Alto Online.