SVTA Mission:
Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association is dedicated to protecting the rights and interests of the taxpayers of Silicon Valley against the over-reaching and over-spending of government.
We invite you to join us in that mission!
VOTER GUIDE - June 2, 2026 Election
Santa Clara County
Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association recommends a NO VOTE for these 4 tax increases:
Measure A: City of San Jose (TOT = Transient Occupancy Tax increase)
Measure B: Palo Alto USD Parcel Tax increase
Measure C: Franklin-McKinley SD Bond debt increase
Measure D: Santa Clara Open Space Authority Citizen Initiative (parcel tax increase)
Opinion: looming Bay Area sales tax hike ignores massive overspending on transit
School district responds to critics as board considers bonds, parcel tax
OpED article from SVTA President, Mark Hinkle, featured in Opportunity Now:
https://www.opportunitynowsv.org/blog/-hinkle-sv-school-bonds-promise-technology-do-they-really-prepare-students-for-tech-jobs
Measure A passed on the November 4th ballot with 57% of the vote.
The SVTA Endorsed a NO vote and we, along with the Libertarian Party of Santa Clara, have filed suit in Superior Court to overturn the election
May 2025 Special Election:
Measure A - $72 Parcel Tax: San Jose Unified School District <<DEFEATED>>
2024 Victories: Measures L & M = Two $70,000,000 School Bonds defeated.
...thanks to our legal victory over the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, taxpayers saved $65,000,000.
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$900,000,000
...in savings to Santa Clara taxpayers!
...thanks to the defeat of Measure I, the $900,000,000 bond measure: Morgan Hill Unified School District (March 3, 2020)
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$45,000,000
... in savings to San Mateo taxpayers!
...thanks to the defeat of Measure V, the $45,000,000 bond measure in the city of San Carlos (Nov. 3, 2015)
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$ 2,000,000*
...in savings to San Mateo County taxpayers!
...thanks to our defeat of Measure G, the five-year-long parcel tax, in San Mateo County (Nov. 6, 2012).
* Figure approximated by the authors of Measure G.
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