Overview
- Supporters submitted about 18,000 signatures for the Stronger Muni for All parcel-tax petition, which city officials will now verify in a process expected to take roughly a month.
- The parcel-tax proposal would create a tiered annual charge on properties to raise an estimated $160 million a year for Muni operations if approved by a simple majority of voters.
- Backers also turned in signatures to qualify a five-county Connect Bay Area sales-tax measure that is projected to generate roughly $1 billion annually for regional transit agencies.
- Campaign leaders and allies from labor, business, and transit groups publicly joined the drop-off to argue the measures are needed to prevent large service cuts and stabilize agency budgets.
- A pending California Air Resources Board decision on cap-and-invest allocations could reduce state transit funding that now supports projects and discount programs, creating a separate fiscal risk even if the local measures qualify.