{"id":427244,"date":"2026-08-08T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/427244\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:08:11","slug":"fresno-files-backup-transportation-tax-measure-amid-county-ballot-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/427244\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno files backup transportation tax measure amid county ballot uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Fresno&#8217;s transportation sales tax measure may return to the ballot in November as questions continue over a replacement for Measure C, which is set to expire in June next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The latest development comes after weeks of debate surrounding competing transportation tax proposals at the city and county levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The dispute began last month when Fresno County supervisors ruled that the &#8220;Better Roads, Safe Streets&#8221; initiative needed additional review and likely would not meet the deadline required to qualify for the November ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In response, the city moved forward with its own transportation tax measure. However, city leaders later withdrew that proposal after state lawmakers approved legislation Thursday allowing the county measure to proceed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">City officials told Action News on Friday that they learned the county&#8217;s measure had not been officially filed by the deadline and still requires action by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">As a precaution, the city submitted its own transportation tax measure as a backup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria, who co-authored the state bill, responded to the situation Friday night, saying, &#8220;Let me be clear&#8230; the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act is now LAW.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Fresno&#8217;s transportation sales tax measure may return to the ballot in November as questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[170196,112,170195,114,113,294],"class_list":["post-427244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-170196","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-files-backup-transportation-tax-measure-amid-county-ballot-uncertainty","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427244","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=427244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}