Contra Costa supervisors move forward with plans to put 0.625% sales tax on June ballot

by Dan McMenamin, Bay City News January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors meets on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, to discuss placing a five-eighths percent sales tax on the June ballot. The board gave a tenative nod to the measure, which would generate approximately $151 million annually to support county health and public safety services. (Screenshot via CCTV)

The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors is moving forward with plans to put a new sales tax on the ballot for voters in the upcoming June election.

The board at its meeting Tuesday directed county staff to create a measure that would propose a sales tax of five-eighths of a cent per dollar for five years in response to federal cuts passed by Congress last year.

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Dan McMenamin, Bay City News

Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.

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