Politics & Government
Measure T for Napa County Roads Would Extend Sales Tax in 2018
If approved by two-thirds of Napa County voters, Measure T would take effect in 2018, replacing the half-cent sales tax for flood control that expires that year. Proceeds would be divided between the county and the five cities.
The Nov. 6 ballot asks voters throughout Napa County to make a decision that won't take effect until 2018 and then will last for 25 years.
Measure T aims to raise money for local streets, roads and sidewalks without requiring residents to reach into their pockets for extra taxes.
Instead, if at least two-thirds of county voters agree on Tuesday, the measure's half-cent sales tax would go into effect when the current countywide sales tax for flood control expires in 2018.
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Known on the ballot as Napa Valley Transportation Authority Ordinance No. 2012-01, "Napa Countywide road maintenance act imposing a transaction and use tax to be administered by the State Board of Equalization," Measure T includes a spending plan that divides the annual sales tax proceeds among county municipalities:
- City of Napa: 40.35 percent
- County of Napa: 39.65 percent
- City of American Canyon: 7.7 percent
- City of St. Helena: 5.9 percent
- Town of Yountville: 2.7 percent
The 25-year half-cent sales tax measure would go into effect July 1, 2018. Expenditures would be monitored by an independent taxpayer oversight committee.
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Unlike previous, more comprehensive county transportation tax measures that been opposed by taxpayer advocates and failed to pass, Measure T has had no formal opposition.
Political commentator Michael Haley, in his influential blog, has thrown his support behind the measure: Please see Support the Transportation Tax.
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