Napa County Measures

“Measure B focuses on the basics, providing dedicated, locally controlled funding for school repairs. Most Napa schools were built over 60 years ago and have never been modernized. Students learn in over 100 decaying portable classrooms, each over 25 years old and expensive to maintain. Science labs haven’t been upgraded in decades. We cannot expect our schools to prepare students to succeed in the 21st century if they haven’t been updated since the 20th century.”

“We are currently paying for the 2002, 2006, 2016 bonds. As funds are exhausted, the local district continues to ask us to kick in for yet another round of taxes. This in no way will fund ongoing repairs and maintenance. The School Board should use its authority to budget and perform maintenance rather than rely on expensive bonds to fix neglected maintenance.”

“Join us by voting Yes on Measure G to secure needed funding for city of Napa streets, first responders, public services and parks — ensuring the city of Napa remains a great place to live and work. The city of Napa faces a significant future funding shortfall — jeopardizing vital services and what we love most about living here. Passage of Measure G will support many important city services.”

“This permanent tax hike would disproportionately impact our most vulnerable residents, particularly seniors on fixed incomes and low-income families already struggling to make ends meet in our high-cost region. Measure G doesn’t offer any binding guarantees that the additional tax revenue will actually be allocated to any of our critical needs.”

Measure U preserves funding for repairing streets and roads throughout the county’s cities, towns and rural areas while creating new funding to fix major traffic bottlenecks along Highway 29. The measure would require spending on bicycling and walking facilities, with the goal of helping get cars off the road. Recent disasters have shown the importance of sound transportation infrastructure, and Measure U would help both first responders and residents to better move in and out during emergencies.

Measure U would divert tax revenue from county road maintenance to pay for large regional transportation projects, transit fares, bicycle lanes and other alternative transportation projects. The measure will also extend the life of the tax, increase the county transportation authority’s administrative fees and enable the agency to saddle county residents with long-term debt.

“Becoming a charter city would give voters and the city of St. Helena the authority to enact new local taxes that we can’t adopt as a non-charter city. Our voters’ ability to enact new taxes such as a Real Property Transfer Tax could create much-needed sources of stable and sustainable revenue to help repair our city infrastructure and maintain essential city services that make St. Helena the place we love to call home.”

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“A new, stable and sustainable revenue source is urgently required to keep St. Helena a wonderful place to live, work and visit. We can’t ‘kick the can down the road’ any longer. After thorough public discussion and consideration of all options, our City Council unanimously approved a proposal to enhance our public revenues through a real property transfer tax.”

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“Voting Yes on Measure B will create a much-needed revenue source for the city that could be used to improve the conditions of our streets, sidewalks, and other public infrastructure — an estimated $3.6 million in new annual tax revenue — almost entirely paid for by visitors, not locals. This revenue is more important than ever after S&P Global downgraded St. Helena’s long-term financial outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative.’”

“Noble House Hotels & Resorts of Kirkland, WA, the hopeful developers of the St. Helena Resort at Charles Krug Winery, have put this initiative on the ballot with the intent of bypassing the normal processes by which projects are vetted by our city officials (staff, planning commission and City Council). Using the initiative process means we, the citizens of St. Helena, have no input.”