Leads Widen for County Sales Tax, Reform Measures

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Measures A and B, which together would enact a major overhaul of county government and raise a countywide sales tax, strengthened their leads Wednesday amid ongoing vote counting.

Both Measures are still too close to call — but when vote margins widen that’s usually a good sign of where the final tally is headed.

Measure A would give county supervisors an additional term in office and strengthen their authority over the county’s bureaucracy. Measure B would generate TKTK to pay for healthcare and child care services and efforts to solve the Tijuana sewage crisis.

Both measures had about 52 percent of the vote and led the no camps by roughly 23,500 votes, as of Wednesday.

A win for both measures would mark a significant victory for the County Board of Supervisors’ three-member Democratic majority.

The three Dems, along with allied organized labor groups, crafted and backed the two measures in an effort to shift county government into a more activist gear.

Measure A, which gives supervisors the ability to hire and fire key county leaders and help craft the county budget, will enable supervisors to keep county bureaucrats focused on supervisors’ political priorities.

Measure B will ensure there’s enough money to enact those priorities. Here's the fine print in Measure B.