Only in California: County spent taxpayer cash trying to convince residents to pay more taxes

Spending taxpayer money to convince taxpayers to pay more taxes — it’s a California specialty.

But it seems Nevada County went too far, as the state’s political watchdogs found the Lake Tahoe-area jurisdiction spent more than $34,000 in taxpayer money trying to convince residents to raise their own taxes — and now that failed campaign is poised to cost county taxpayers another $31,500.

California’s Fair Political Practices Commission is scheduled to vote Aug. 20 on a proposed settlement stemming from Nevada County’s promotion of Measure V, a 2022 ballot measure that would have raised the county sales tax by half a percentage point for 10 years.

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