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As state lawmakers weigh a proposed regional tax measure designed to bail out deficit-ridden Bay Area transit agencies, a coalition of progressive labor and public transportation advocates has launched a campaign aimed at rewriting a key provision and shifting the tax burden.
Bay Area Forward, which includes union locals representing workers at BART, Muni and AC Transit and the advocacy group Voices for Public Transportation, wants legislators to drop the proposed measure’s sales tax in favor of a gross receipts tax on the region’s businesses.
The group argues that a sales tax would impose an unfair burden on Bay Area residents and transit riders who pay high fares and already support public transportation with a variety of sales and parcel taxes…