sales tax

The first was 2017’s Measure H, a quarter-cent sales tax now repealed and replaced by Measure A, which will generate twice the funds.

Prosecutors at the time said he under-reported wages and revenue so as to avoid payroll, income and sales taxes.

Measure A would double the quarter-cent sales tax that voters approved in 2017 for homeless services and extend the tax indefinitely, ensuring that a major funding stream won’t dry up in a few years.

Now, a coalition of nonprofits, service providers and labor unions is backing Measure A, which would replace Measure H two years before it expires and raise the sales tax to half a cent.

The last big vote was in 2017, when Measure H — a quarter-cent sales tax to fund services for homeless people — passed.