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.

Supporters say Measure A will amount to $330 million a year for the county and that it cannot be taken away by the federal government.

Proponents also said the revenue would bolster local trauma, emergency room, mental health, and public safety services and that the money generated by this tax measu

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