Sales Tax Increase
Summary
Get ready to pay more for stuff in Santa Clara County! Voters are approving a sales tax increase, so your shopping trips will cost a bit extra starting soon.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 2
Impact analysis
Your wallet's going to feel it a little more every time you buy something.
The county gets more money for whatever they plan to spend it on.
Everyone who buys things in the county will pay more.
Mentions & discussions (4)
Waite: We don't need another tax increase for public transit - San José Spotlight
Passengers board a VTA light rail train in this file photo. Santa Clara County voters have been generous to VTA. Today’s sales tax rate includes four ballot measures — from 1976, 2000, 2008 and 2016 — totaling ...
How will South Bay transit change if tax increase fails? - San José Spotlight
Santa Clara County transportation projects could be hurt if a regional tax measure to fund public transit is rejected by voters on Nov. 3, but the impact would be less than other parts of the Bay Area — and the details of service reductions are unclear.
Santa Clara County Voters OK Sales Tax Increase By 56K, and Counting
Santa Clara County Voters OK Sales Tax Increase By 56K, and Counting San Jose Inside
Santa Clara County News - San José Spotlight
Santa Clara County Bay Area residents overwhelmingly think their lives are headed in the right direction, even as they see the region moving down the wrong track. That’s one of the key takeaways from the an...
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