Statewide, CA
Election Date: November 5, 2002
Type: Sales Tax
Revenue Type:
Transit Revenue Explanation:
Outcome: Loss for Transit
Results: Failed, 58% - 41%
Would take 30% of the state's sales tax on auto sales and leases – some $870 million a year – and dedicate the revenue to a long list of specified local projects. Among the 45 listed: new freeway interchanges; a new traffic tunnel in Los Angeles; and light- and commuter-rail extensions in Sacramento and the Bay Area. Only 10% of the funds would go for school buses.