☆ Taxapalooza 2026
Bay Area's premier tax-and-spend concert series—Taxapalooza—announces 2026 headliners. An Opp Now exclusive.
For immediate release
January 28, 2026
San Jose, California--The counties of Santa Clara and Contra Costa, the city of San Jose, and the Metropolitan Transit Commission have announced plans to be the top performers at this year's celebration of profligate government spending in the San Francisco Bay Area--Taxapalooza.
Santa Clara County, in April, will start enforcing its troubled Measure A album, which will grab into locals' wallets by jacking Silicon Valley cities' sales tax rates over the 10% threshold.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, as part of his "I Think I'm Running for Governor" tour, looks to remind residents that he's no moderate, by supporting a One Big Bail-out Bond for San Jose, covering a variety of so-called "infrastructure" shortcomings.
Still stung by its failed RM4 for tax bid last year, The Metropolitan Transit Commission looks to be promoting a new pro-tax album focused on bailing out the region's hopeless transit agencies. SB 63 authorizes a 14-year regional sales tax across Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and SF counties.
And in Contra Costa County, Supervisors took the first step in studio last week to place a 0.625% tax increase on the June ballot. The tax is being positioned as a replacement for lost Medi-Cal revenue expected from last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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