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Contra Costa County voters are considering whether to tax themselves to pay for transportation, and the plan accompanying the measure has a few potentially game-changing aspects. That doesn't mean that sustainable transportation advocates all support it, however.

Sales taxes may not the best way to fund transportation, but there are fifteen new sales tax measures on November ballots in California.

Three California counties are considering transportation sales tax initiatives for the upcoming November ballot. Los Angeles Metro just announced its proposed expenditure plan today; Contra Costa is working on a draft proposal, and Santa Clara county has developed a scoresheet to help prioritize potential projects according to agreed-upon goals. Sacramento, Stanislaus, and San Francisco have made some noises about possible sales tax measures as well.

Local sales tax measures are increasingly tapped as a source for highway widenings, and they're getting tricky about it

Earlier this afternoon, Los Angeles Times transportation reporter Laura Nelson reported on many of the details of the sales tax ballot measure that will be presented to Metro Board committees next week. With the approval of the Metro Board of Directors, the measure would go on this fall's ballot where it would need the support of two-thirds of L.A. County voters to take effect.

The City of Fresno's measure isn't perfect, but the supervisor's negligence created an emergency.

Final count is 305,895—more than 100,000 over what's needed

Sacramento is a dangerous place to move around. A new ballot measure hopes to provide the city with the money to change that.

The draft ATP paints a hopeful picture of a Fresno, but advocates worry it reads more like a consultants wish list than a plan.

When a group of experts don't like a plan created through a community process, they just make their own.