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The Central Coast Taxpayers Association is a non-partisan, 501(c) 4 non-profit organization with the mission to bring about more accountable, effective, efficient government and fair and equitable taxation which permits a strong, healthy economy, sensible balance and rational control of government expenditures.
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The Central Coast Taxpayers Association accepts no government funds. Our board members and sponsors are a diverse group of business, industrial and professional organizations, as well as independent local citizens concerned with the community and the most effective use of local, state and federal tax dollars.
NO ON MEASURE H
Once again, San Luis Obispo County voters will face a proposal to impose a massive $700 million sales tax for county transportation improvements on the November 2026 ballot.
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In 2016, county voters rejected Measure J, a similar but smaller $300 million tax proposal, by a narrow margin that fell short of Proposition 13’s two-thirds approval requirement. Local transportation planners have continued pushing for another tax increase.
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The CENTRAL COAST TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION opposes Measure H. VOTE NO ON MEASURE H!
**It pricetag is too large. Over double the cost of 2016’s failed measure.
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**It ignores the onslaught of other new taxes and regulatory costs.
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•California state and local governments are all piling on a slew of new taxes (gas taxes, school taxes, and even new local sales taxes!)
•At the same time – California state government heedlessly drives up the cost of living for everyone with onerous new regulations.
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**State Gas Taxes already are the highest in the Nation -- Why isn’t that enough? California’s current gas prices are more than double those of all other States. Californians pay on average over $5.50 per gallon of gas while almost all other States’ gas prices are under $4.00 per gallon. Currently, 70.9 cents per gallon of State Gas taxes alone! Under SB 1, our gas taxes will rise another 2.2 cents per gallon on July 1st!
**Puts taxpayers on the hook for Massive Government failures
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·The State’s and County’s failure to provide adequate and equitable road and transportation improvement dollars should not fall on local tax measures like Measure H when plenty of transportation dollars are available.
·California’s Legislature tries to blackmail counties like San Luis Obispo to enact tax increases like Measure H by favoring “self-help” counties in the allocation of the State’s transportation dollars. That’s bad policy and discriminatory, even if not the County’s fault.
·Even at that, San Luis Obispo County spends a measly $6 Million on roads and other transportation repairs and improvements in its annual budget, a budget of over $1.3 billion next year.
** Measure H benefits bike lanes and other vanity transport projects not just fixing potholes and major county roads
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** Measure H’s public accountability features are illusory – bureaucrats keep control of the accounting.
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