.SANDAG's Regional Transportation Plan costs $163 billion and fails to acknowledge that San Diego is a COMMUTER COUNTY. Vista Mayor John Franklin knows his constituents oppose the Mileage Tax, but he just lost his ability to fight against it on SANDAG.
SAN DIEGO – On Tuesday, Feb. 23. the Vista City Council voted Mayor John Franklin off of SANDAG because of his opposition to the Mileage Tax.
The tiebreaking vote was cast by Corinna Contreras who also works as a lobbyist for the Climate Action Campaign. Mayor Franklin claims that this impacted her decision to vote him off of SANDAG, and that she should have withheld her vote due to the conflict of interest. Now, he believes he has grounds for a lawsuit based on the Political Reform Act.
The Mileage Tax, technically considered a road user charge, is the major funding mechanism for SANDAG’s $163 Billion Regional Transportation Plan. SANDAG CEO Hasan Ikhrata is continuing to push for the Mileage Tax while other Democrats refuse to speak out against the unpopular proposed charge. Legislative bodies in San Diego continue to do what they can to silence opposition to the Mileage Tax. Voting Mayor John Franklin off of the board was another step towards passing the legislation. The Mileage Tax is wildly unpopular amongst average San Diego voters. It would disproportionately affect lower income and middle class workers with longer commutes.
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