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SLOCOG outlines proposed half-cent transportation sales tax; Paso Robles to get an estimated $2.1M/year local share
Summary
SLOCOG staff previewed a proposed countywide half-cent sales tax that would raise roughly $35M per year; the plan (if placed on a ballot and approved by two-thirds of voters) would allocate about 55% to local agencies and 40% to regional corridor projects and includes a 30‑year sunset and oversight safeguards.
San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) staff presented a draft transportation expenditure plan Tuesday that would place a countywide half-cent sales tax measure on a future ballot if member agencies agree to proceed.
Kendall Flint of EKS Associates, presenting for SLOCOG, told the Paso Robles City Council that the draft measure is intended to generate an average of about $35 million per year countywide. Under the current draft, about 55% of proceeds would be distributed to local agencies by population, 40% would fund regional corridor projects (allocated by the county’s four subregions), 4% would support senior/disabled/veteran mobility services, and administration would be capped at 1%.
Flint emphasized that local agencies retain control of their local shares and that the…
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