Agenda Item
R12 Discussion and Possible Action Including Adoption of Resolution Calling for an Election to Present to the Voters of the Unincorporated Areas of the County a Proposed Ordinance Adding Chapter 5.160 to Title 5 to the Mendocino County Code, Imposing a One Percent (1.0%) County Transportation Transactions (Sales) and Use Special Tax in the Unincorporated Areas of the County, and Ordering Consolidation of Said Election with the Consolidated General Election Called for November 3, 2026 (Continued from July 7, 2026)
(Sponsor: Transportation)
eCOMMENT — AGENDA ITEM R12 ONLY
Board of Supervisors, Regular Meeting, Tuesday, July 21, 2026
(Vote to place the 1% road sales tax on the November 3 ballot)
Paste the text below into the Legistar eComment box for Item R12.
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Honorable Board of Supervisors,
I am writing regarding Item R12, the decision to place the 1 percent road sales tax on the November 3 ballot. My comment is not for or against putting the measure before the voters. My concern is that voters receive full transparency about how the revenue will be controlled.
If the Board places this measure on the ballot, I request that the measure language and the accompanying voter materials clearly commit to the same safeguards I have asked for on Item R11: proceeds restricted to road maintenance and repair, mandatory annual public reporting of revenue and expenditures, and independent citizen oversight of those reports. Voters are being asked to approve a permanent special tax by a two-thirds threshold; they are entitled to know, in the ballot language itself, what accountability comes attached.
Please ensure these commitments are visible to the electorate rather than left to later interpretation.
Thank you for your consideration.
Anna Stockel