Possible New San Diego Tax on Cars – One America News Network

January 25, 2023 Geri Berry US 0

Heavy traffic moves along the 101 freeway on Wednesday morning November 23, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The American Automobile Association (AAA) predicts nearly 55 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, 98 percent of pre-pandemic volumes. AAA also projects that nearly 49 million are expected to travel by vehicle this week, while around 4.5 million will fly to their Thanksgiving destinations. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

OAN Geraldyn Berry
UPDATED 1:58 PM PT – Wednesday, January 25, 2023

San Diego County’s Regional Transportation Agency’s (SANDAG) is proposing new plans to force people to use public transportation.

In order to finance its $165 billion public transit plan, SANDAG’s plan called for three further half-cent sales tax increases, the conversion of roughly 800 miles of San Diego County freeway lanes into toll lanes, and a mileage fee for each mile travelled, six cents per mile or an additional $900 per year. This is in addition to the current gas tax and registration fees.

“Charging fees for the transportation infrastructure that people use—for example, charging users for each mile they drive on the highway—can change travel behavior,” the SANDAG’s finance plan said.

Low-income earners will be the most affected if the plan does go into action.

ALERT: San Diego politicians are advancing a new Mileage Tax that will require drivers to install trackers on their cars that charge you 4-cents-per-mile! That equates to an 80-cent hike in gas taxes! Sign the petition to fight the Mileage Tax: https://t.co/rmJUPW1j56 pic.twitter.com/Cr0TgOpBQx

— Reform California (@ReformCalif) July 13, 2021

The state-wide opposition movement to thwart the initiative is being led by California Reform. The two strategies being used in the battle to stop these mandates are by blocking the first county pilot of the Mileage Tax slated for 2023 and passing the California Taxpayer Protection ballot initiative in 2024 to require a public vote on any statewide mileage tax.

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