Category: Measure A 2022

sales tax allocations to transit

STAR's Action Team member DD Cathcart compiled a table showing the percentages allocated to transit in the current proposed measure, and past measures, offered here with some additional information. Since the 2020 measure was never placed on the ballot, the percentage for that one is based on the best information available to us. YearNametaxtermtransitparaequivnotes1988A1/2 cent?38.3%1/6 … Continue reading sales tax allocations to transit →

Measure 2022: if not this, then what?

At the recent ECOS Climate Change Committee meeting, Roger Dickinson raised a question that was on many people's mind: If the proposed sales tax measure does not qualify for the ballot or does not pass, how will SacRT get the funds it needs as matches for its grant applications? Should the advocacy community consider supporting … Continue reading Measure 2022: if not this, then what? →

Measure 2022: transit projects

Here is the main transit section of the proposed transportation sales tax measure, Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) Maintenance, Operations, and Transformative System Improvements (25.11%). The Senior and Disabled Transportation Services (3.05%) section is separate. 25.11% of all annual net tax revenues generated by this Measure shall be allocated monthly to SacRT for the transit … Continue reading Measure 2022: transit projects →

Measure 2022: transit requirements

The proposed transportation sales tax measure imposes some very specific requirements on SacRT for transit expenditures and reporting, in Chapter II: Measure Revenue Percentage Allocations by Spending Category, section B: Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) Maintenance, Operations, and Transformative System Improvements. Specifically: During this period the following performance metrics shall also be met:1. SacRT will … Continue reading Measure 2022: transit requirements →

Measure 2022: transit allocation

A group calling themselves A Committee for a Better Sacramento is sponsoring a citizen-initiated ballot measure for the November election, titled “Sacramento County Transportation Maintenance, Safety, and Congestion Relief Act of 2022—Retail Transactions and Use Tax”. (Note: Some people are referring to this as Measure A, but measure letters are assigned by county elections, not by the … Continue reading Measure 2022: transit allocation →