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fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

L.A. firefighters propose hike in sales tax to pay for new stations, equipment and more

A half-cent perpetual sales tax would raise hundreds of millions annually to expand the Los Angeles Fire Department, funding new stations, equipment and 1,400 firefighters.
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fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, DA Jeff Rosen back Measure A amid concerns about the impact of federal cuts on public safety

Medicaid cuts could produce a $1 billion annual shortfall; Measure A's sales tax would raise $330 million to prevent public safety and county service cuts.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, DA Jeff Rosen back Measure A amid concerns about the impact of federal cuts on public safety

County services that rely on revenues from Medicaid are expected to bear the brunt of President Donald Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill, which slashes $1 trillion from the federally-funded health insurance program over the next decade. The legislation is estimated to rip a roughly $1 billion annual hole in the county's budget that could lead to cuts to services across the board. Measure A a five-eights-of-a-cent sales tax increase on the Nov. 4 ballot could soften some of the blow as county officials anticipate it will generate $330 million annually.
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fromSun Sentinel
2 months ago

Push is on to cut Florida property taxes. Who's helped and who's hurt?

Florida lawmakers are weighing major changes or elimination of property taxes that fund local services, posing complex funding, service, and political trade-offs.
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