"I don't think anybody likes more taxes, but to be frank, there were very few if any other options for the county to address this big hole that we have,"
"Big Beautiful Bill."
HR1, signed July 4 and referred to as the "Big Beautiful Bill," will cause Santa Clara County to lose more than $1 billion in federal funding over five years. The county's budget primarily funds health services; 465,000 residents rely on Medicaid and 133,000 receive SNAP benefits. Almost $1 trillion was cut from Medicaid, which funds the county hospital system. County supervisors voted unanimously in August to place Measure A on the November ballot to raise the countywide sales tax by five-eighths of a cent. The temporary measure is expected to generate about $330 million annually for five years, raising some local rates as high as 10.5%.
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