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Maricopa County chair lays out 2026 agenda, urges renewal of public‑safety tax
Summary
At a board meeting, the chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors outlined 2026 priorities — including placing a 'fifth of a cent' public‑safety tax renewal on the ballot — and announced initiatives on evictions, elections, mental‑health court processes and infrastructure readiness.
Unidentified Speaker, chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, opened a board meeting by thanking residents and guests and said she was "honored to be the first female chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in nearly a quarter century." She used the remarks to lay out priorities for 2026, including asking voters to renew a "fifth of a cent" public‑safety tax that funds the sheriff, the courts and other public‑safety partners.
The chair framed the tax renewal as a multidecade funding mechanism, saying it has provided "sustainable public safety funding for nearly 3 decades" and noting the board was empowered by the 2024 Arizona legislature to ask voters to renew the measure. She thanked the Citizens Public Safety Committee and East Valley Partnership CEO John Lewis for work recommending continuation of the funding.
On housing, the chair said the county faces an eviction crisis…
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