Board of Supervisors - Special Meeting

Agenda — 1 item

1. 3 Consider adopting a resolution declaring a state of fiscal distress, adopting an “Urgency Ordinance Amending Chapter 4.22 of the Santa Cruz County Code to Establish a Temporary Supplemental One-Half Cent Transactions and Use Tax to Address Conditions of Persistent Fiscal Distress”, adopting resolutions calling for a special election on November 3, 2026, for a countywide measure to increase the retail transactions and use tax (sales tax) by one-half cent for five years, and establishing budget priorities if the sales tax measure passes, and take related actions (4/5 vote required)