A voter-approved half-cent increase for county health care takes effect October 1 across Los Angeles County — and it lands hardest in Lancaster and Palmdale, where shoppers already pay the highest sales tax rate in the nation. Groceries and prescription medicine remain exempt.
On October 1, the sales tax goes up across Los Angeles County. Nowhere will the increase land harder than the Antelope Valley, where shoppers in Lancaster and Palmdale already pay the highest sales tax rate in the United States.
One thing to know before anything else: the tax does not apply to groceries or prescription medication. Food and medicine will cost the same after the change as before it…