Sacramento Mayor Calls For Increase In Sales Tax To Pay For Jobs Training, Affordable Housing, Neighborhood Equality
“Mayor Darrell Steinberg kicked off an effort on Thursday to renew and increase the city’s sales tax to pay for jobs, housing, and social-equity programs. The city’s Measure U sales tax was first passed by voters in 2012 and currently raises around $50 million a year to pay for police, fire, and parks, services that were impacted and lost during the recession. The tax will expire next year, however, and Steinberg is asking his city council colleagues and voters to re-up it this November election.”i