{"id":379561,"date":"2026-06-29T18:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379561\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:15:07","slug":"l-a-voters-approve-sales-tax-hike-for-healthcare-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/379561\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Voters Approve Sales Tax Hike For Healthcare Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County voters have approved Measure ER, a sales tax increase designed to fund healthcare services. <\/p>\n<p>The measure passed by more than 25,000 votes and will raise the county&#8217;s sales tax by half a cent, generating an estimated $1 billion annually. The funds will support hospitals, local health departments, and low-income residents needing insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Measure ER, introduced by Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Hilda Solis, aims to offset federal and state funding cuts. The sales tax, which will rise from 9.75% to 10.25%, will take effect on October 1 and last until 2031. The tax does not apply to groceries, prescription drugs, or medical equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters, including <a href=\"https:\/\/thelalocal.org\/health\/measure-er-backers-celebrate-passage-of-half-cent-sales-tax-for-healthcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jim Mangia<\/a>, CEO of St. John\u2019s Community Health, argue the tax is necessary to maintain the healthcare safety net. &#8220;We saved the healthcare safety net in Los Angeles County,&#8221; Mangia said.<\/p>\n<p>However, some critics, like County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, opposed the measure, citing concerns about the cost of living. The <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/health\/2026\/06\/health-care-sales-tax-split\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association<\/a> also argued the tax increase is unfair to those already struggling financially.<\/p>\n<p>The revenue from Measure ER will be allocated to nonprofit clinics, county hospitals, and public health services. An oversight committee will monitor the spending to ensure transparency. Despite the measure&#8217;s passage, critics warn of rising tax fatigue among voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles County voters have approved Measure ER, a sales tax increase designed to fund healthcare services. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[6641,81815,42228,82520,153502,48,52,51,47,50,49,132813,15919],"class_list":["post-379561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ai-assisted","tag-healthcare-funding","tag-hilda-solis","tag-holly-mitchell","tag-jim-mangia","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-measure-er","tag-sales-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}