California’s State Supreme Court has just spoken on the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) 2016 Measure B. Their final verdict: reject a petition filed by Cheriel Jensen of Saratoga thru lawyer Gary B. Wesley to review voter approved 2016 Measure B.
According to the Mercury News story on this issue, millions of your sales tax dollars have now been freed up for highway and public transit projects. According to VTA, this money was held in escrow while 2016 Measure B was deliberated in the courts. VTA also mentions the following in its followup on the story:
VTA is now working to get this matter back to the trial court for a final order so that the funds may be released. The funds, currently kept in an escrow account until the suit is resolved, stand at roughly $340M. This process, which seeks a “final and non-appealable” decision by the court could take approximately one month.
It’s now official that 2016 Measure B sales tax money will soon be in play. Given this, what are your thoughts? Please discuss this in the comments section below.
Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users