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Shall an ordinance increasing the county-wide sales tax by one quarter percent as a transactions and use tax be approved as a special tax in which all revenue therefrom will be spent for capital improvements, operation of the inpatient unit, and emergency room services at General Hospital, thereby avoiding closure of General Hospital?

1, San Luis Obispo County • 1998 • M

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Result: 48.8% yes, 51.2% no (81,351 votes cast)

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