In November, Walnut Creek residents will vote on a half-cent sales tax increase that would pay for a number of city services upgrades, including law enforcement and public safety.
After last November’s mass burglary at a Nordstrom store in Walnut Creek, the city hired five more police officers. But federal stimulus funds for those hires will run out soon. Measure O would fund those positions for the next 10 years.
The measure asks Walnut Creek residents to raise the sales tax from 8.75% to 9.25% over the next decade to raise about $11 million annually. The funds would not only pay for crime prevention and public safety, but also help people who are unhoused, improve services for the young and the old and upgrade aging infrastructure such as the public pool at Heather Farm Park.
"Well, it’s old, it’s always breaking down," resident Debbie Ward said about the pool."The locker rooms are bad. It’s very shallow, so you can’t use it for certain types of swim meets."
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