Tag: transportation sales tax

twitter posts against Measure A

In case you are interested, and/or not on Twitter, these are posts that STAR has made on the subject of Measure A, with the hashtag #MeasureANotOK. STAR's twitter handle is @startransitsac. Existing #SacramentoCounty Measure A transportation sales tax allocates 3.5%, increasing to 5.5% for disabled and senior transportation, including paratransit. Proposed Measure A allocates just … Continue reading twitter posts against Measure A →

letter to SACOG on the sales tax measure

STAR has sent a letter to the SACOG Board of Directors and James Corless, Executive Director of SACOG, restating our opposition to the proposed transportation sales tax measures, and expressing doubt that a side agreement being worked on by SACOG, SMAQMD (Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District), and Mayor Steinberg would actually mitigate the impacts … Continue reading letter to SACOG on the sales tax measure →

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 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 →

Sac Council workshop on transportation

The Sacramento City Council will be meeting on Tuesday, October 29 for a ‘Transportation Funding and Priorities Workshop’. The meeting announcement and agenda is at http://sacramento.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=21&event_id=3561. From 5:00PM to 7:00PM, the council will discuss the staff document, and the public may comment, with the usual two minute limit. At first glance, the list of projects … Continue reading Sac Council workshop on transportation →

SacMoves Framework

A coalition of transportation and equity advocate organizations have developed a framework for the next Sacramento County transportation sales tax measure, as well as for transportation system. The framework is both about process, setting goals before identifying projects which meet those goals, and a recommended set of goals and polices to support those goals. STAR … Continue reading SacMoves Framework →

LA’s Measure M

Metro (the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority) released a document entitled "LA County’s Measure M Lessons Learned - How to Pass a Mega Transportation Measure," which is available on their Measure M page. This document is being used by the Measure B Coalition as a model for Sacramento County in SacTA's (Sacramento County Transportation Authority) … Continue reading LA’s Measure M →