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November 3, 2026

A New Regional Sales Tax Could Cost You $980 Million a Year — Would It Actually Fix BART's Deficit?

A New Regional Sales Tax Could Cost You $980 Million a Year — Would It Actually Fix BART's Deficit?

Almaden Issues Alert - August 2026

Valley Water May Loosen Your Flood Protection Promise

1.

Battery Storage Project Near Almaden Clears Another Hurdle

2.

Three Property Tax Charges Land Directly on Your August Bill

3.

VTA Must Answer Grand Jury's BART Tunnel Criticism by September

4.

City Responds to Grand Jury Warning on San José's Shrinking Tree Canopy

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Local decisions shape your daily life—housing, budgets, and public safety. We make them understandable.

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Next Meeting

August 10, 2026

Monday, 7:00 PM

In-Person:

Westgate Church, South Hills Campus, 6601 Camden Ave.

Doors Open at 6:30, refreshments available

Featuring:

Voter ID -- Proposition 39

Should voters be required to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote and when casting ballots at polling places? This proposition would require citizenship verification.

Bay Area Transit Sales Tax

Should the five counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties impose a 0.5% sales tax increase to support transit operators? The estimated revenues of $980 million a year will cover the deficits of systems including BART, Caltrain, and VTA.

First of three meetings on ballot propositions

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Almaden Valley Community Association
P. O. Box 41034
San Jose, CA 95160

Previous Meetings

View recordings of previous meetings:


on our YouTube page here or


on our Facebook page here.


 

Where We Meet

The AVCA normal meeting venue is at WestGate Church, South Hills Campus, 6601 Camden Avenue. We will be using the main meeting room on the ground floor of the Theater building.

Almaden Valley Community Association (AVCA) is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation recognized as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. 

EIN: 77-0307114. avcasj.org is our official website.

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