Follow-Up: Riverside County Measure A Passes With 70.7%, Making Half-Cent Transportation Tax Indefinite
The Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) in California said on November 13 that, with most ballots from the November 3 general election tabulated, Measure A, the county's transportation tax renewal, had secured 70.7% of votes cast, clearing the two-thirds supermajority required for renewal. The figure comes from the county Registrar of Voters; results remain unofficial until certification in the coming weeks.
Measure A is Riverside County's half-cent retail transactions and use tax. It took effect in 1988, was renewed by voters in 2002, and had been due to expire in 2039. With passage, the tax no longer carries a fixed sunset date and will continue indefinitely unless voters decide otherwise. The tax rate itself does not change.
"By renewing Measure A, voters have once again chosen to invest in their own future by maintaining funding for our transportation system," said RCTC Chair Ray Gregory. According to the American Public Transportation Association, the tax generates an estimated $280 million a year for highway and road construction and maintenance, including Interstate 10, State Route 91 and the State Route 111, 74 and 62 corridors, as well as local roads and public transit.
"Measure A is the foundation for transportation improvements in Riverside County," said RCTC Executive Director Aaron Hake, adding that the renewal secures long-term funding for a slate of highway and transit projects across the county.
(Source: Riverside County Transportation Commission)
Source: Riverside County Transportation Commission
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