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The City Council voted 6-0 to place a measure on the November 3, 2026 ballot that would replace Santa Rosa’s existing half-cent sales tax with a one-cent tax continuing until voters end it. The council also approved a $30 million Homekey Plus grant application, a $750,000 Southeast Greenway donation, and $4.44 million in drinking water grant funding.
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Santa Rosa voters will decide whether to double the city’s local sales tax from one-half cent to one cent. If approved, the tax would provide longer-term funding for public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and other city programs; if rejected, the current tax would remain until it expires in 2031. The council also advanced funding and construction actions involving housing, transportation, parks planning, and water-system improvements.
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