SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. – Voters approved a sales-tax measure in Santa Clara County on Tuesday; 57% said yes to the increase, and it only needed a simple majority.
What we know: — Measure A is a five-eighths cent (0.625%) general sales tax, which will go into effect on April 1, 2026, and will expire after five years in April 2031.
The sales-tax measure was placed on the ballot to counter federal cuts imposed by the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed last July.…