To provide approximately $31,000,000 annually for the specific public safety purposes of (1) providing funding for County jail facilities, operations, programs, and services, including medication assisted treatment and rehabilitation programs while in custody and also after release, and alternatives to County jail incarceration, (2) providing funding for law enforcement and emergency services (including fire protection) in the unincorporated area of Shasta County and in the Cities of Redding, Anderson, and Shasta Lake, (3) providing funding for criminal prosecutions by the District Attorney, for criminal defense by the Public Defender, and for the duties of Probation as they relate to adult offenders, the measure allows the County of Shasta to enact a one percent (1%) transactions and use tax throughout the entire county. The measure creates an Oversight Committee and an annual audit requirement detailing how the funds have been spent. The tax will be in effect until reduced or repealed by the Board of Supervisors by a 4/5 vote.
1, Shasta County • 2020 • Measure
Failed
Result: 48.5% yes, 51.5% no (57,044 votes cast)
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This measure would have authorized Shasta County to enact a 1% sales tax to generate approximately $31 million annually for public safety purposes including jail facilities and programs, law enforcement, emergency services, criminal prosecution and defense, and probation services. The tax would have remained in effect until reduced or repealed by a 4/5 vote of the Board of Supervisors, with spending overseen by a committee and annual audits.