California law paves way for Caltrain’s sales tax ballot measure

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; October 11, 2017

California Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday signed into law a bill that enables Caltrain‘s board to ask voters to approve a sales tax measure that would increase the commuter-rail agency’s funding.

Authored by California State Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo), the law gives the board the authority to place a sales tax of no more than one-eighth of a cent before voters in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

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