Promises and Projects: Examining Accountability and Equity in County Sales Tax Measures for Transportation in California
| 项目名称： | Promises and Projects: Examining Accountability and Equity in County Sales Tax Measures for Transportation in California |
| 摘要： | Since the 1970s, the growing gap between transportation program needs and revenue has been narrowed in many places across the U.S. by Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) measures for transportation. LOSTs for transportation have proven to be popular among voters; since 1976, California residents have voted to fund transportation in 30 of the state�s 58 counties. As of 2017, active LOST measures in 24 counties, home to 88 percent of the state�s population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2015), produce over $4 billion per year for transportation construction and maintenance (Wachs, 2010). Voters in some counties have approved LOST measures as many as five separate times (Albrecht et al., 2017). These transportation measures are part of a small but growing collection of voter-approved multi-year tax measures that include expenditure plans dedicating the revenue to specific projects on a specific schedule. By contrast, legislatively-approved taxes typically do not specify how the revenue will be spent at the project level. Research shows that specific expenditure plans engender voter trust (Beale, Bishop, & Marley, 1996; Werbel & Haas, 2002; Crabbe, et al, 2005), but they also tie the hands of public officials grappling with rigid expenditure plans amidst changing conditions (Goldman & Wachs, 2003). Indeed the presence of the expenditure list is often cited by researchers as contributing to the increasing popularity of LOSTs as a local transportation finance measure (Crabbe et al., 2005; Hamideh et al., 2008; Beale, Bishop, & Marley, 1996), and these measures are sometimes referred to as �ballot-box planning� (Hannay & Wachs, 2010; Goldman & Wachs, 2003; Calavita 1992; Lowe et al., 2014). This research analyzes the use of flexible local return funding provided by Local Option Sales Taxes (LOSTs) in California by municipalities. |
| 状态： | Active |
| 资金： | 69290 |
| 资助组织： | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology |
| 管理组织： | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology |
| 项目负责人： | Stearns, Amy |
| 执行机构： | Mineta Consortium for Transportation Mobility |
| 主要研究人员： | Lederman, Jaimee |
| 开始时间： | 20181001 |
| 预计完成日期： | 20200601 |
| 实际结束时间： | 0 |
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