Things You Might Not Get Right About Sales Tax

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Similarly, residents in Newark voted to pass Measure GG in 2016 which was proposed “to upgrade City of Newark facilities and services, including replacing the seismically unsafe police operations/emergency operations center to survive an earthquake; providing updated crimefighting technology; replacing aging library/city facilities with buildings meeting safety codes; providing disabled access and senior/teen/children’s facilities; and other facilities and services.” Sixty-one percent of voters elected to pass the sales increase tax measure, which raised taxes to 10 percent for 25 years.