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Council highlights ballot Measure A as funding source for parks, fire stations and student programs
Summary
Council members and staff discussed a local ballot measure (Measure A) that would make a quarter-cent in sales tax available for local projects. City leaders said the funds could sustain programs such as student trip sponsorships and park improvements and emphasized they will educate voters about the measure but not advocate.
City officials told residents the city plans to educate voters this year about a local ballot measure, called Measure A, that would make a quarter-cent of sales tax available for projects in Santa Fe Springs, including parks, fire stations and youth programming.
City Manager Renee Bovedea explained the context: after the prior homeless ballot measure (called Measure H) reduced the city's sales-tax capacity, Measure A would free up a quarter-cent that local…
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