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POTENTIAL SALES TAX
MEASURE AD HOC COMMITTEE
and Working Group

RECORD OF ACTION FOR
December 2, 2019
651 Pine Street, Room 101, Martinez

Working Group Meeting Co-Chairs:
Mariana Moore, Ensuring Opportunity Campaign
Joshua Anijar, Contra Costa Central Labor Council

Agenda Items:

Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee

Present:	Co-Chair Mariana Moore; Co-Chair Josh Anijar
Staff Present:	Chris Wikler; Mark Goodwin
Attendees:	Corey Hallman, Laura Sheckler, Gabriel Haaland, Fran Biderman, Ali Uscilka, Jim Becker, Susan Jeong, Emily Justice, Stephen Hoeft, Mark Friedman, Lindy Lavender, Stephanie Medley, Ruth Fernandez, Danny Espinoza, Gloria Bruce, Ali Saidi, Jess Jollett, Sean Casey, Dan Geiger, Rich Weisgal, Vincent Wells, Chris Hummel, Erika Jenssen, Dan Peddycord, Sergio Urcuyo, Kym Anderson, Rebecca Rozen, Rhea Elina Laughlin, Emily Justice


1.				Introductions

2.				Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
				Gabriel Haaland from SEIU Local 1021 shared information about the Schools and Communities campaign.

3.				CONVENE working group to develop a needs assessment to support a potential sales tax.
				The Potential Sales Tax Measure Ad Hoc Committee Working Group separated out into three break-out groups to discuss the following topics: the potential for an advisory measure to appear alongside the tax measure, clarifying the process and organization of the work group, and a group to discuss polling and strategy. The three groups reconvened and shared takeaways from their respective discussions. The group decided to form four sub-groups to meet separately and report back to the working group at its next meeting. The four subcommittees will be as follows: a political planning group, a data and budget group, a vision and goals refinement group, and a work plan formulation group. Discussed also were broad vision and goals statements, as well as some specific needs in the community that members of the group as a whole identified. Comments were shared as well regarding a sales tax to support social services being potentially regressive, and that the group should identify a vision that directs the greatest benefit of funds generated from this potential sales tax to those communities most disproportionately impacted by a sales tax. The working group tasked the vision and goals refinement group with clarifying and distilling these vision statements.

4.				ESTABLISH meeting schedule.
				The next meeting of the Potential Sales Tax Measure Ad Hoc Committee Working Group is scheduled for Wednesday, December 18, 2019. The meeting will be held at 651 Pine Street in room 101 at 9:30 A.M. Three sub-group meetings that have been scheduled: Vision and Goals group meeting: 12/10 at 1pm at the office of First 5, 1485 Civic Court, Suite 1200, Concord Work Plan group meeting: 12/12 at 1:00pm in room 105, 651 Pine Street, Martinez Data/Budget group meeting: 12/13 at 1:30pm in room 208, 40 Douglas Drive, Martinez

5.				Adjourn

The Potential Sales Tax Measure Ad Hoc Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Potential Sales Tax Measure Ad Hoc Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting.

Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Potential Sales Tax Measure Ad Hoc Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 651 Pine Street, 10th floor, during normal business hours.

Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting time.

For Additional Information Contact:

Lisa Driscoll, County Finance Director
Phone (925) 335-1023, Fax (925) 646-1353
lisa.driscoll@cao.cccounty.us