Published on Morgan Hill Life’s website on May 24, 2016
By staff report
Measure A will be on the Santa Clara County ballot on the June 7 election. It sets aside a percentage of existing tax revenue toward the county’s Parks Charter Fund to be invested in maintaining and improving our county parks.
The Parks Charter Fund, first established in 1972, will annually set aside 1.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation of all property tax for the next 15 years to ensure our county parks are maintained and improved to accommodate the county’s growing population. This is an increase from the current 1.425 cents.
During the past 42 years, the Santa Clara County’s Park Charter Fund has secured money in the county budget to create and maintain a regional park system of 29 parks, comprising more than 50,000 acres.
