Tell CoCo Supervisors What You Think About More Sales Taxes
As we’ve mentioned previously, the Board of Supervisors is expected to place a 0.625% sales tax hike on the June ballot which will drive total sales taxes over 10% throughout much of the County. Tomorrow (Tuesday), you have an opportunity to tell Supervisors what you think of this idea by giving public comment at their weekly meeting.
📢 ACTION ALERT: Speak Up on the Sales Tax Measure Tomorrow!
The Board will be discussing Item D.2, the sales tax measure, and public comment is a critical way to make your views known.
🗓 DATE: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 ⏰ TIME: Meeting starts at 9:00 AM. ⚠️ IMPORTANT: Item D.2 is the second item on the discussion agenda. It will likely come up early in the meeting (possibly between 9:30 AM and 10:30 AM). We strongly recommend you log on by 9:15 AM to ensure you do not miss your chance to speak, but please be prepared for a significant wait (you can have the meeting on in the background while doing other tasks).
HOW TO JOIN VIA ZOOM
HOW TO JOIN VIA PHONE
If you cannot join by video, you can call in:
Dial: 1 855-758-1310
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPEAKING
Wait for the Item: Listen for the Clerk to call "Item D.2" (relating to the sales tax). Click here to see the full agenda.
Raise Your Hand:
On Zoom: Click the "Raise Hand" button at the bottom of your screen.
On Phone: Press #2 on your keypad.
Speak: When the Clerk calls your name (or the last 4 digits of your phone number), you will be unmuted.
State your name for the record.
You will typically have 2 minutes to speak.
Be clear, concise, and respectful.
Here are some points you might wish to make:
After 2020 Measure X passed, their budget began to grow. Last year, their budget had risen 63.4% over the pre-Measure X spending, despite the fact that the population grew less than 1% AND inflation was only 18.4%. How can they ask for more?
Sales tax is incredibly regressive, affecting disproportionately the working poor and those on fixed income. They can’t afford sales taxes soon to be over 10%.
State law was designed to restrict local sales taxes to no more than 2% over the state tax of 7.25%. SB 1349 was pushed through as a pretense for an illegitimate bypass of the statutory 2% cap (RTC Section 7251.1) on local sales-tax additions to the statewide base of 7.25%.
A justification is that HR 1 drastically cut federal aid to Medi-Cal, but it didn’t cut it for legal residents. CCC has over 30,000 who are not legal residents; the state is paying for those already here. Most of us have premiums and copayments for our care; why should we pay sales taxes to provide free health care for others when our healthcare isn’t free?
Thanks for all you do!