Mayor Rebecca Jones: We are awaiting response letter on SANDAG’s unpopular mileage tax. Mayor Jones detailed how after nearly a year, Executive Director Hasan Ikhrata is putting the mileage tax back in the plan.
SAN DIEGO – A handful of San Diego County leaders sent a letter to the chief counsel at the California Air Resources Board regarding SANDAG’s controversial and unpopular pay-per-use mileage tax.
SANDAG’s Executive Director Hasan Ikhrata had promised that the tax would be removed from their infrastructure plan but now he says it is still a part of the plan. San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones is strongly against the mileage tax, and joined KUSI’s Lauren Phinney on Good Morning San Diego to explain the efforts to make sure it never becomes a reality.September 13, 2022This is a follow up expressing concerns of recent conflicting actions by SANDAG staff and theregion. They continue to mislead CARB and jeopardize a working transportation system for all ofthe 2021 Regional Plan and the 2021 Plan remains a foundation for all future plans..
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