County Beats the Drum for Measure B While Targeting Rogue E-Bike Sellers
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The campaign around Measure B — a proposed half-cent countywide sales-tax increase intended to fund Medi-Cal-related programs and firefighting — grew louder this week as the Board of Supervisors formally advanced its promotion. Under the measure's design, the Board of Supervisors would appoint committee members and direct allocations through the annual budget process. Supporters point to fire services and healthcare access; critics argue that the absence of dedicated spending requirements makes this a general-purpose tax with board discretion rather than a binding commitment to specific services.
The critique carries particular weight given the measure's stated beneficiaries. Sales taxes are regressive, hitting lower-income households harder as a percentage of income — a tension that complicates the argument that the levy primarily serves vulnerable communities dependent on Medi-Cal and fire protection.
Also from Tuesday's board session: supervisors voted to direct county attorneys to pursue litigation against companies allegedly marketing high-powered electric motorcycles as e-bikes, targeting what the county describes as deceptive advertising tied to a documented rise in crashes. Supervisor Jim Desmond cast the lone vote against. The legal theory targets the classification gap — products that function like electric motorcycles, with correspondingly higher speeds and weights, are allegedly being sold under an e-bike label that carries lighter regulatory treatment and different expectations from other road users.
Wednesday's county and city calendar is active. The Board of Supervisors land-use and sanitation session opens at 9 a.m. at the County Administration Center on 1600 Pacific Highway. The City Council Rules Committee convenes simultaneously on a cryptocurrency-ATM consumer-warning ordinance requiring scam-warning signage at crypto ATM machines, along with proposed remote-meeting authorizations for twenty eligible city boards and commissions. At 2 p.m., the City Council's Public Safety Committee takes up a tow-dispatch software agreement, Fire Code conforming amendments, and possible contractor-standard changes. Thursday brings a City Council Environment Committee presentation on regional landfill capacity, driven by the city's own estimate that Miramar Landfill could reach capacity and close by 2031 — a five-year runway that frames waste disposal as an imminent regional planning crisis rather than a distant abstraction.