In response to federal cuts, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will consider whether to place a 5-year general Countywide transactions and use tax (sales tax) of 0.5% or 0.625% on the June 2026 ballot.
According to Tuesdays agenda, the tax aims to protect local services impacted by the federal cuts and provide direction to the County Administrator to seek statutory authority to raise the sales tax cap for Contra Costa County.
If the county supervisors approve the item, and is passed in June, the estimated annual revenue generated from a 0.5% sales tax is $122 million and $151 million from a 0.625% sales tax. According to the County Elections Office, the estimated election costs for the June 2026 measure is approximately $1.2 million funded from the County General Fund and reimbursable out of the new revenue generated by the measure, if passed…