San Francisco County Measure RTM: Connect Bay Area Transit Initiative One-Cent Sales Tax
Source: sfelections.org
What does this measure do?
Supports: Public Infrastructure
Adds a one-cent sales tax in San Francisco for 14 years, part of a five-county Bay Area measure raising about $980 million a year to keep Muni, BART, Caltrain, and other transit running, with some money for road repairs. Shoppers pay about $1 more per $100 spent, with audits and public oversight.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Citizen initiative petition by the Connect Bay Area Transit committee of business, labor and civic groups
A committee of business, labor and civic groups. Early big donors: Chris Larsen, Herzog Contracting, Genentech, HNTB, Meta and the union SEIU 1021. It raised nearly $3 million to start.
Source: masstransitmag.com
A YES vote means
Sales tax rises by one cent in San Francisco, and the money funds transit service, safety, and cleanliness plus targeted road repairs for 14 years.
A NO vote means
No new sales tax, and transit agencies face the service cuts they say the funding gap would force.
Sources: vote.santaclaracounty.gov · localnewsmatters.org · seamlessbayarea.org
Sources: growsf.org · localnewsmatters.org