Local officials speak up for small sales tax to support parks

Local officials, including the Half Moon Bay City Council, as well as the Sierra Club and Sheriff Don Horsley, have written to the governor in support of a bill that would allow county supervisors to place a one-eight percent sales tax on a future ballot. The smallest increase now permitted is a quarter percent, reports the Examiner.

Advocates estimate the tax could raise $13 to $16 million a year for parks and recreation. The county Parks Department says that $90 million worth of upgrades are needed.