California’s election watchdog is investigating Santa Clara County leaders over the campaign for a voter-approved sales tax increase, marketed as a way to shield the region’s public hospitals from massive federal spending cuts.
In a Tuesday letter, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) informed two regional anti-tax groups it would probe the county over allegations of spending public funds on Measure A campaign mailers. A December complaint from the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association and Libertarian Party of Santa Clara County said the mailers amounted to “political propaganda,” and argues the mailers skirted election laws and aimed to scare voters into approving the sales tax increase.
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