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Medicaid reimbursements serve as the single largest revenue source for Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, and Trump's legislation slashes the federally funded health insurance program over the next decade, leaving the county with a roughly $1 billion funding gap. At the meeting, Williams called the cuts "unprecedented" and said they posed an "acute threat" to the county. Measure A, a five-eighths-of-a-cent sales tax increase, would help preserve access to health care services that one in four county residents rely on, he argued.

I agree with the editorial. Our country is $38 trillion in debt. There will be more reductions in federal aid and there should be. There will never be enough taxes to make up for what the Mercury News says will be a $223 million federal cut. The county politicians have done nothing to reduce expenditures, and they've been negligent in not telling us the truth.

There will never be enough taxes to make up for what the Mercury News says will be a $223 million federal cut. The county politicians have done nothing to reduce expenditures, and they've been negligent in not telling us the truth. It's obscene that County Executive James Williams would have asked for more in Measure A had there not been legal limits.

When people talk about ending homelessness, the conversation almost always starts with housing. And for good reason-without a safe, stable home, it's nearly impossible for anyone to rebuild their life. But there's another piece of this crisis we don't talk about enough: health. You can't recover from homelessness if you can't access health care. You can't stay housed if an unexpected medical bill wipes out your savings. And right now, that fragile balance - between health and housing - is under serious threat.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, joined by county law enforcement and prosecutors, is backing a last-minute sales tax to protect Santa Clara County's public hospitals from massive federal cuts. It comes after Mahan - along with the county's Deputy Sheriffs Association and Government Attorneys Association - initially cast doubt and uncertainty about his stance on Measure A, the county's proposed five-eighths cent sales tax increase on the Nov. 4 ballot. Now they're set to announce their support at a news conference later today. Meanwhile, the sheriff and prosecutor unions say they've fundraised a total of $600,000 to date to campaign in favor of the ballot measure.

The motion for a preliminary injunction is denied," Judge Chhabria wrote. "As discussed at the hearing, the court is skeptical that Corpus will ever be able to prevail on her claims that the removal process violates her federal constitutional rights.

The First Amendment Coalition states that the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors must open Sheriff Christina Corpus's removal hearings to the public, as mandated by Measure A.

The proposed renewal of the $72 parcel tax within the San Jose Unified School District was rejected due to insufficient voter turnout, garnering only 60% support.