Some Santa Clara residents got a huge surprise when they opened their property tax bills this fall. Though many of them expected to see the first round of payments for Measure I, the $400 million infrastructure bond that 69.41% of voters supported in November 2024, most of them didn’t expect the hit to be so big.
“I feel misled … We were definitely misled on what our annual fees were going to be to support this type of measure. I was definitely surprised,” said Santa Clara resident Sandy.
Surprised because the “estimated $19 per $100,000 of assessed value” mentioned in the official Measure I ballot question actually showed up as $28.70 per $100,000 of assessed value on this year’s property tax bill…