SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. - California voters will have a chance to have their voices heard in a special election on Nov. 4, 2025. Statewide, Californians will decide on Proposition 50, which would re-draw the state's congressional lines.

In the South Bay, voters will decide on whether to approve Measure A, a new sales tax measure that would expire after five years.

The five-eighths cent sales tax

Santa Clara County’s Measure A is a five-eighths cent (0.625%) general sales tax for five years.

The measure was placed on the ballot to counter federal cuts imposed by the Trump administration and Congress. The revenue generated from the sales tax would amount to $330 million per year that the federal government could not take away. The money from the sales tax would be subject to indepen

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