The measure, which would have used a parcel tax increase to raise an estimated $130 million a year for stormwater projects, would have had difficulty clearing the two-thirds threshold needed for pa…
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres and other officials tour the flood damaged neighborhood of Mountain View on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024, in San Diego. Months after San Diego’s aging stormwater system led to catastrophic floods, city leaders said a proposed parcel tax to fund infrastructure upgrades won’t appear on the November ballot after all.
Proposition 5 aims to make it easier to pass local infrastructure bond measures. But an amendment late last month cut local tax increases out of the measure, meaning the stormwater tax would have a harder time passing. Although community advocates had praised the measure, they still supported the decision to withhold it from the ballot.
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