SVTA Mission:
Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association is dedicated to protecting the rights and interests of the taxpayers of Silicon Valley against the over-reaching and over-spending of government.
We invite you to join us in that mission!
SVTA Endorses a NO vote on AB 699: a bill designed to hide critical tax and expense information from measures submitted to the voters for future tax increases. Essentially asking voters to vote on tax increases without knowing the cost.
VOTER GUIDE - November 4, 2025
Santa Clara County
Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association urges a NO vote for these measures in Santa Clara County
County Measures (A):
County of Santa Clara
General Retail Transactions (Sales) and Use Tax of Five-Eighths of One Cent for Five Years
Majority Vote
To help protect our community from severe federal cuts enacted by President Trump and Congress; support critical local services such as trauma, emergency room, mental health, burn, and cancer care; and reduce the risk of hospital closures at Santa Clara Valley Healthcare and other service cuts—shall the County of Santa Clara adopt a five-eighth cent general sales tax for 5 years, providing $330 million annually that cannot be taken by the federal government and is subject to independent audits/oversight?
May 2025 Special Election:
Measure A - $72 Parcel Tax: San Jose Unified School District <<DEFEATED>>
THE MERCURY NEWS ENDORSES A NO VOTE ON MEASUE A
Editorial: Voters should reject San Jose Unified's latest tax measure
Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility
Editorial: Vote no on SJUSD Measure A
2024 Victories: Measures L & M = Two $70,000,000 School Bonds defeated.
...thanks to our legal victory over the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, taxpayers saved $65,000,000.
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$900,000,000
...in savings to Santa Clara taxpayers!
...thanks to the defeat of Measure I, the $900,000,000 bond measure: Morgan Hill Unified School District (March 3, 2020)
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$45,000,000
... in savings to San Mateo taxpayers!
...thanks to the defeat of Measure V, the $45,000,000 bond measure in the city of San Carlos (Nov. 3, 2015)
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$ 2,000,000*
...in savings to San Mateo County taxpayers!
...thanks to our defeat of Measure G, the five-year-long parcel tax, in San Mateo County (Nov. 6, 2012).
* Figure approximated by the authors of Measure G.
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