Caltrain
New Caltrain sales tax approved
Caltrain will get a $108 million annual boost to its budget now that voters have approved Measure RR, a sales tax for the commuter railroad. Promoters spent more than $2 […]
Caltrain sales tax
Caltrain
Google, Adobe, the Giants funding Caltrain tax campaign
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In the past week, the proponents of Measure RR, the one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain, have raised nearly a half-million dollars, getting donations […]
Caltrain
Proponents of new Caltrain tax collect $1.3 million for ad blitz
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The campaign to get voters to approve a one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain has collected $1.27 million in donations from contractors, unions and […]
Caltrain
Palo Alto Mayor Fine sends letter supporting Caltrain tax, then Vice Mayor DuBois says Fine doesn’t represent council
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer On the eve of a vote by the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors which could sink an eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain […]
Caltrain
Caltrain, eying a tax in two years, is hosting meetings on its long-term plans
From staff and wire reports Caltrain, which is eying a new tax in two years, is hosting a series of community meetings on a business plan to define the long-term […]
Opinion
County is cooking up yet another sales tax increase
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Could the tax-raisers give the rest of us a break? The San Mateo County Supervisors are moving ahead with plans to put a […]