Local Ballots Are Full Of Transportation Taxes

Measures that would impose sales taxes for transportation dominate local ballots around California this November. Five counties are attempting to get voter approval for local-option sales taxes for the first time, while another five counties are seeking extensions of existing taxes.

The elections demonstrate the growing growing importance of local, general taxes for funding transportation projects. However, the two-thirds vote requirement makes the revenue source far from certain.

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