"When Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced his endorsement of Measure A just weeks before Election Day, he said he did so with the understanding that while the money raised through the sales tax increase wouldn't necessarily fund public safety, it would stave off further cuts. Now, he appears to be walking back those comments as he chastises county officials for a proposal to spend all of the revenues on health care services."
"In early August, when the Board of Supervisors held a special meeting to place Measure A on the November ballot, County Executive James Williams emphasized the devastation that President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill, signed one month prior on July 4, would have on the county's health care system. Medicaid reimbursements serve as the single largest revenue source for Santa Clara Valley Healthcare,"
"Rosen this week blamed a change in the ballot measure language as the reason he believed public safety would be getting some of the funds. A lawsuit from a group of Libertarians back in August prompted county officials to edit the text including the addition of public safety among the critical local services that revenues from the sales tax increase would support."
Jeff Rosen endorsed Measure A weeks before Election Day intending the sales tax increase to prevent further cuts to county services rather than directly fund public safety. County leaders placed Measure A on the ballot to close an estimated $1 billion health care funding gap caused by federal Medicaid cuts in the recent tax and spending bill. County Executive James Williams warned of unprecedented harm to the county health system and said the measure would preserve access for one in four residents. Rosen later criticized a county proposal to devote all revenues to health care and cited a ballot-language change and a lawsuit prompting edits.
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