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SPUR Leads Coalition Calling on Cupertino to allow for Public Process on Increase in Transportation Impact Fees

Advocacy Letter /
SPUR joined with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, SV@Home and the Bay Area Council to urge the Cupertino City Council to conduct a thorough stakeholder process that includes input from the development community and undertake a feasibility analysis to study the effect on development of increased transportation impact fees. The new fee would raise transportation impacts fees by more than 40%.
Undue Burden Report Cover

Undue Burden

SPUR Report /
Sales taxes are a common revenue-raising tool, but they also play a role in reinforcing structural inequality. Every consumer pays the same tax rate at the register, but low-income households pay a higher percentage of their income. In a new report, SPUR explores three options for instituting a low-income sales tax credit or supplement to help create a more equitable tax code.

Time to Reform Bay Area Sales Taxes

News /
Taxes are more than revenue-raising tools: They reflect our collective sense of fairness and shared values. But most sales taxes are regressive, which means they hit low-income households hardest. A new SPUR report argues that a sales tax credit or similar cash benefit could address these impacts and advance a more just tax code and a more equitable region.

November 2020 Voter Guide

Voter Guide /
SPUR analyzed all local and state measures on the San Francisco, San José and Oakland ballots for the November 2020 election. Our analysis includes the background behind the measures, pros and cons, and a recommendation on how to vote.

San Francisco Prop A - Health, Parks and Streets Bond

Ballot Measure /
Issues $487.5 million in general obligation bonds for capital projects for: mental health, substance abuse and homelessness programs; parks and recreation facilities; and street improvement, maintenance and repair.

San Francisco Prop D - Sheriff Oversight

Ballot Measure /
Establishes a Sheriff’s Department Oversight Board and an Office of Inspector General to investigate misconduct and make recommendations regarding complaints against the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department.

San Francisco Prop E - Police Staffing

Ballot Measure /
Removes San Francisco’s minimum police staffing requirements from the City Charter and establishes a framework for the Police Department and Police Commission to use in determining the city’s police staffing needs.

San Francisco Prop J - Schools Parcel Tax

Ballot Measure /
Repeals the 2018 voter-approved $320 parcel tax for San Francisco Unified School District educator salaries and replaces it with a $288 parcel tax for the same purpose.

San José Measure H - Cardroom Tax

Ballot Measure /
Raises the monthly gross receipts tax rate on legal gambling establishments, increases the number of allowed card tables and adds a new tax on gross revenues for businesses that provide banking services to cardrooms.

San José Measure G - Multi-Issue Charter Amendments

Ballot Measure /
Amends the City Charter to expand the independent police auditor’s oversight, increase the Planning Commission to 11 members, and allow the City Council to establish timelines for redistricting when census results are late.

San José Measure T - Open Space Parcel Tax

Ballot Measure /
Renews a $24-per-parcel tax, originally passed by voters as Measure Q in 2014, which provides funding for the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority to protect and preserve natural open spaces and agricultural land.