Pleasanton explores new tax option less than a year after sales tax measure failed
Pleasanton considers a hotel tax on the November 2026 ballot to help close a $100 million structural deficit after prior sales-tax rejection and budget cuts.
The mayor asked every department to make cuts. The DA wants more money.
If she imposed the mayor's cuts, she added, that would require her to lay off 25 prosecutors, a move that, Jenkins said, "would essentially gut our misdemeanor unit and our preliminary hearing unit, as well as three narcotics lawyers."