Housing is fundamentally a problem of permitting, zoning and land use, not one of taxation.

If we allow adequate supply to be built, at a sensible density for the demand, prices will moderate and virtually everybody will be better off.

That doesn't require a sales tax, it requires sensible land use and a realization that we don't live in a county of rural villages anymore.

All these tax measures are mostly about the constant push to make taxes more and more regressive, tax cuts for those with the most money, shifting costs down on the average working people who are barely making it - and then blaming the government when for the last 30 years business has been writing the laws and pulling government's strings to NOT do anything.

We consistently hear we need more housing for more people. But what should be coupled with that thought is more traffic, more kids in schools, buildup of infrastructure, etc. etc.

I'd like to hear a balanced conversation that addresses all aspects -- one cannot say we need more housing and then complain about traffic or commute problems, and so on.

@MP Resident is correct. How long does it take for any new housing to be approved by government agencies? Years. That's not building time, that's just planning time.

Then, those same governments limit density. They limit height. They don't allow housing in about half the county land area because it's designated as open space.

If you force a developer to build housing that is not dense, not tall, only on existing developed land, and for them to wade through years of bureaucracy and community review, you end up with only luxury housing. If you relax all these rules, developers would build more affordable housing.

The county should solve the cause of the problem, not treat the symptoms. Treating the symptoms is expensive and largely ineffectual. Solving the cause is actually cheaper and helps more people.

No! This tax will serve nothing! The voters have already made their position clear and these constant 'back to the ballot-box' attempts to further increase -for twenty years!- sales taxes are not the solution!

The Supervisors were dishonest when they placed Measure A on the ballot claiming the County had a deficit when in fact had a surplus for many years.

The Supervisors are being dishonest again, They placed this on this ballot because they knew it could NOT lose at 50% plus 1 to pass. They thought there would be no opposition.

VOTE NO on MEASURE K