Vote No on Proposition 414 - Protect Our Community

Say NO to Burdening Working Families and Small Businesses

Working families and small businesses struggling to make ends meet in Tucson will bear the brunt of what would be the highest sales tax rate of any major Arizona city for the next 10 years– 9.2%.

City of Tucson voters are already bearing the burden of the highest sales tax increase of any peer city in Arizona over the last 10 years, by previously passing 3 other sales tax increases. When will it be enough?

Tucson’s sales tax would be over 3% more than the sales tax just on the other side of city limits in unincorporated Pima County.

Say No to Taking Budget Shortcuts 

We have asked City leadership to fully fund essential services, like public safety, first within Tucson’s nearly $2.4 billion budget .

The budget has increased spending by over 50% in just the last 10 years. Only after these mandated needs are met should additional taxes be considered to address other priorities.

The city argues that current budget concerns are due to the state’s income tax reduction to a 2.5% flat tax rate; but adjustments were made to the revenue formula to make sure cities were not impacted in the long term under the legislation. City sales tax numbers are up already in 2025, and the proposed annual revenue for Prop 414 will far exceed any revenue shortfalls from the state now and into the future.

An independent economic analysis commissioned shows no clear evidence the city made an attempt to avoid a tax increase by identifying additional budget efficiencies within the current budget. Other cities with revenue challenges have found other ways in their budgets to achieve better outcomes without raising taxes or reducing services.

Say No to "Grab-bag" Proposals

This proposition is too big and too broad, with not enough certainty, to guarantee the voters will get the results and solutions they’re paying for.

Prop 414 relies on paying for expenditures stretched over a decade, with benefits that may be delayed and funds that are vulnerable to redirection or repurposing.

A public hearing and a simple majority vote of the Mayor and Council can change what dollars can go where and for what, within the five priorities of spending.