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The 2022 election season has begun, with voting day — aka Tues., Nov. 8 — on the horizon. Sacramentans have seven city and county measures on their ballots this year to potentially approve. Here’s a breakdown of each one.
- Voting yes approves a countywide 40-year 0.5% sales tax increase to finance transportation projects such as repairing damaged roads.
- Voting no opposes the 40-year 0.5% sales tax increase.
- Voting yes supports establishing a special tax on cannabis-related businesses in unincorporated parts of Sac County to fund expanded services for residents experiencing homelessness.
- Voting no opposes the establishment of a special tax on cannabis-related businesses in unincorporated parts of Sac County.
- Voting yes supports the authorization for Sac County and its unincorporated cities to develop and construct housing for low-income, elderly, and disabled residents equal to 1% of the existing housing options within the county.
- Voting no opposes the authorization for Sac County and its unincorporated cities.
- Voting yes supports an amendment to the Sacramento City Charter that allocates up to 40% of revenue generated from cannabis-related businesses to youth development and violence prevention programs, such as after-school activities.
- Voting no opposes this amendment to the Sacramento City Charter.
- Voting yes supports an amendment to the Sacramento city charter that new City Council district maps from redistricting shall take effect at the next regular councilmember election.
- Voting no opposes this amendment to the Sacramento City Charter.
- Voting yes supports expanding the projects funded by the city’s hotel tax — aka the “transient occupancy tax” — to include tourism-related development projects.
- Voting no opposes the city using funds from its hotel tax for tourism-related development projects.
- Voting yes supports an ordinance that would require the City of Sacramento to provide shelter beds based on 60% of its homeless population and make it a criminal offense to camp in public and some private areas if the person refuses such emergency shelter.
- Voting no opposes the ordinance that would require the City of Sacramento to provide shelter beds based on 60% of its homeless population and make it a criminal offense to camp in public and some private areas if the person refuses such emergency shelter.