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Santa Cruz County eyes potential half-cent sales tax hike to offset federal cuts

By Nik Altenberg|2026-03-27T22:21:35-07:00March 27, 2026|Tags: County of Santa Cruz, Donald Trump, Featured, Nik Altenberg, sales tax, SB 1078|

Local taxes could be as high as 10.25% if adopted by voters

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Half-cent sales tax for Santa Cruz County buses proposed for November ballot

By Jesse Kathan|2026-03-20T12:51:33-07:00March 19, 2026|Tags: 2026 elections, buses, Featured, James Sandoval, Jesse Kathan, Manu Koenig, Melinda Orbach, Nov. 3 2026 election, public transit, sales tax, Santa Cruz Metro, Shebreh Kalatari-Johnson, transportation|

Money would avert service cuts and 100 layoffs

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Passenger rail could require sales tax hike to 12% in Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2025-11-05T12:26:06-08:00August 4, 2025|Tags: Featured, Jesse Kathan, passenger rail, rail trail, sales tax, Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, train|

Transportation commission to discuss report Thursday

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Capitola voters to weigh sales tax hike

By Tyler Maldonado|2024-08-13T16:54:30-07:00August 1, 2024|Tags: city budget, City of Capitola, Featured, Jamie Goldstein, Kristen Brown, Nov. 5 2024 election, pensions, sales tax, taxes, Tyler Maldonado, Yvette Brooks|

Projected budget shortfall blamed on inflation, pension costs

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Explainer: Measure K, the Santa Cruz County sales tax hike

By Santa Cruz Local|2024-02-02T17:56:38-08:00February 5, 2024|Tags: County of Santa Cruz, March 5 2024 election, Pajaro Valley Health Care District, sales tax|

Plus: Campaign money tallied in March 5 local races

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County sales tax hike considered for March ballot

By Jesse Kathan and Nik Altenberg|2023-12-01T16:43:19-08:00December 4, 2023|Tags: Highway 1, sales tax, Santa Cruz County|

Plus: Input wanted on Highway 1 features

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Election Guide, Nov. 8, 2022: Measure R, Watsonville sales tax increase

By Alyssa Shook|2022-11-04T21:23:56-07:00September 16, 2022|Tags: City of Watsonville, Elections 2022, Measure R, sales tax, Watsonville City Council|

Voters to weigh Measure R in Nov. 8 election

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Santa Cruz sales tax, living wage proposals fail

By Isabella Cueto|2021-08-06T17:49:35-07:00August 6, 2021|Tags: budget, Donna Meyers, pensions, Renee Golder, sales tax, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Sonja Brunner|

City voters could decide on sales tax increase in 2022

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Santa Cruz council could tackle sales tax proposal, living wage

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-03T14:18:33-07:00July 16, 2021|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Kara Meyberg Guzman, pensions, sales tax, Santa Cruz City Council|

Special meeting could happen July 27