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Atascadero backs limited state waiver to preserve county transportation tax option
Summary
Council voted unanimously to support legislation asking Sen. Laird to carry a transportation-specific waiver allowing a half‑cent countywide sales tax outside the state local-add‑on cap, preserving a future SLOCOG funding option and not authorizing any tax itself.
The Atascadero City Council voted unanimously to support a narrowly scoped request from the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG): ask state lawmakers to create a transportation‑only pathway that would allow a future countywide sales tax measure (likely a half‑cent) to be treated outside the state’s current local-add‑on cap.
James Worthley, deputy director at SLOCOG, told the council the ask is procedural and would preserve SLOCOG’s ability to place a regionwide transportation sales tax measure before voters without being blocked if individual cities or other entities use up…
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