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Committee clears measure allowing San Diego voters to propose local tax for MTS

Assembly Elections Committee (California State Assembly) · April 15, 2026
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Summary

AB 2,484 lets San Diego voters place a local transactions-and-use tax (up to 0.5%) on the ballot for the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and exempts such voter‑approved revenue from the statutory local‑tax cap; supporters said it's a local control tool to address an approaching fiscal cliff. The committee advanced the bill 6–1.

Assemblymember Alvarez presented AB 2,484 as a local‑control measure that would allow voters in the San Diego region to put a transactions‑and‑use tax (up to 0.5 percent) on the ballot specifically for the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and exclude any voter‑approved MTS tax from the state's cap on local taxes. "This bill does not create or impose a tax," Alvarez said. "It empowers voters and them alone to choose…

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