Will Bay Area Transit Tax Measure Qualify for November Ballot?

Will Bay Area transit tax measure qualify for November ballot?

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Tax to bail out struggling Bay Area transit agencies appears headed to voters

Tax to bail out struggling Bay Area transit agencies appears headed to voters

Just Lovely! Bay Area Transit Tax Measure Qualifies For November Ballot After Signature Drive

Organizers with the Connect Bay Area Act, a regional sales tax measure for public transit, collected 305,895 signatures across five Bay Area counties, well above the 186,000 required threshold to place it on this year’s ballot. Voters in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Santa Clara will vote this November on the sales tax measure Senate Bill 63 — more commonly known as the Connect Bay Area Act — that would c…

These proposed ballot measures could appear before voters in November

By Jordan Gerard, Jakob Thorington | State Affairs With a budget on the horizon and most legislative bills either dead, signed, vetoed or waiting for a final vote in the Legislature, there’s only one more piece of business looming over legislators ahead of this year’s final adjournment. The ballot measures. This year, several concurrent resolutions from the House and the Senate squirmed their way through the legislative process. Some made it thr…