Santa Clara County Measure RTM: Connect Bay Area Transit Initiative Half-Cent Sales Tax
Source: results.enr.clarityelections.com
What does this measure do?
Adds a half-cent sales tax in Santa Clara County for 14 years, part of a five-county Bay Area measure raising about $980 million a year to keep BART, Caltrain, VTA, and other transit running, plus some road repairs. Shoppers pay about 50 cents more per $100 spent, with audits and public oversight.
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 half a cent in Santa Clara County, 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 · growsf.org · localnewsmatters.org
Sources: growsf.org · localnewsmatters.org