Some tax-and-spend victories this cycle:
✅ Measure W in Alameda county- sales tax to fund homelessness services
✅ Prop A in Austin - a property tax increase to fund public rail transit
✅ Prop E in Oxnard - sales tax to fund homelessness and emergency response services
✅Amendment B in CO - repealing property tax restraints
✅ Prop 208 in AZ - raising taxes above $250k+ for education
✅ Prop 118 in CO - Paid family leave - payroll tax
✅ Prop 26-214 in Portland - Universal Pre-K with a tax on $165k+
✅ Props F, I, J, and L in SF - business tax overhaul, real estate transfer tax, parcel tax to fund edu, tax on companies with unequal pay, respectively
✅Measure IE in Culver City - property transfer tax to fund homelessness
✅Measure 1 in Seattle - sales tax for public transit
✅Measure RR in SF, San Mateo, and Santa Clara - sales tax to save and expand Caltrain
✅Measures 2A & 2B in Denver - sales tax increases to fund climate change and homelessness services, respectively
✅Escambia Children’s Trust - property tax increase to fund children's services
✅Measure 68 in Cleveland - property tax increase for public schools
✅Measure I in Inglewood - property tax increase for public schools
✅Montgomery County - property tax increase for public schools
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