Santa Clara County leaders may rush a sales tax measure onto a November special election ballot to help fill major funding holes created by devastating federal cuts.

The Board of Supervisors Thursday will weigh whether to ask voters to approve a sales tax increase of five-eighths of a cent for five years, which officials expect would raise about $330 million annually to shore up the county’s general fund budget.

In November, Santa Clara County voters will already have a special election to select a new county assessor to fill out the remainder of Larry Stone’s term , who retired last month. Supervisors are considering placing the sales tax measure on that same special election ballot.

If approved by voters, the measure would add 0.625% to sales tax everywhere in the county beginning

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