Napa County Measure B: Napa County Wildfire Preparedness, Watershed Protection and Open Space Preservation Act of 2026
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What does this measure do?
Supports: Environment and Public Health
Measure B, put on the ballot by voter petition, would add a half-cent sales tax across Napa County from 2027 to 2045 to clear brush, build firebreaks, and protect open space and water sources. Shoppers would pay about $23 million a year more, with groceries and prescriptions exempt.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Citizen initiative by the Land Trust of Napa County and Napa Firewise, placed by the Board of Supervisors
Two nonprofits. The Land Trust of Napa County (CEO Melanie Parker) protects open land. Napa Firewise (CEO Joe Nordlinger) works to cut wildfire risk. The Sierra Club also backs it.
Source: localnewsmatters.org
A YES vote means
Napa County's sales tax goes up by half a cent for 18 years, raising about $23 million a year. Half goes to the county park and open space district and half to county wildfire grants, with an oversight committee and audits.
A NO vote means
The county sales tax does not go up, and there is no new dedicated fund for wildfire prevention, open space, and watershed work.
Sources: napacounty.gov · pressdemocrat.com · localnewsmatters.org
Sources: napacounty.gov2 · napavalleyregister.com · localnewsmatters.org