A Self-Serving Power Grab for Higher Paychecks — Now With Corporate Cash
Measure B is a 0.625% sales tax increase that would pour roughly $150 million per year into Contra Costa County's general fund — unrestricted money that county leaders can (and will) use for salaries, benefits, and union contracts.
Seven labor unions and labor PACs account for the overwhelming majority of all reported funding:
| Contributor | Date | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| IFPTE Local 21 Issues PAC Committee ID #1362080 — San Francisco, CA |
March 16, 2026 | $30,000 |
| AFSCME Council 57 Issues PAC Committee ID #1338455 — Norwalk, CA |
March 30, 2026 | $25,000 |
| IFPTE Local 21 Issues PAC Committee ID #1362080 — San Francisco, CA |
April 1, 2026 | $70,000 |
| Contra Costa United Working Families (CCUWP) Sponsored By Central Labor Council Of Contra Costa County, AFL-CIO — Committee ID #1379624 — Oakland, CA |
April 13, 2026 | $50,000 |
| Service Employees International Union Local 1021 Issues PAC Committee ID #1296947 — Sacramento, CA |
April 24, 2026 | $20,000 |
| East Bay Working Families, a coalition of unions and community groups Committee ID #1390351 — Oakland, CA — In-Kind Contribution |
April 25, 2026 | $3,033 |
| AMR Holdco, Inc. ⚠ Greenwood Village, CO 80111 — For-profit ambulance contractor (American Medical Response) |
May 1, 2026 | $10,000 |
| NPH Action Fund Political Issues Committee Committee ID #1387772 — San Francisco, CA — In-Kind Contribution (aggregated) |
May 5–14, 2026 | $1,202 |
| California Nurses Association PAC (CNA-PAC) Committee ID #780657 — Sacramento, CA |
May 6, 2026 | $150,000 |
| East Bay Working Families, a coalition of unions and community groups Committee ID #1390351 — Oakland, CA — In-Kind Contribution |
May 9, 2026 | $1,111 |
| Dignity CA SEIU Local 2015 Committee ID #1357256 — Los Angeles, CA |
May 15, 2026 | $50,000 |
| Contra Costa Regional Health Foundation Martinez, CA 94553 |
May 20, 2026 | $9,999 |
| DRIVE Committee (Teamsters PAC) Committee ID #880969 — Washington, DC |
May 22, 2026 | $25,000 |
| John Muir Physician Network Walnut Creek, CA 94598 |
May 22, 2026 | $7,500 |
| Total raised | $452,845 |
Because it's self-serving.
These same unions sit across the bargaining table from the county every few years to negotiate pay and benefits for thousands of county employees. More money in the general fund = more money available for higher wages, richer pensions, and better health benefits for their own members.
Measure B doesn't lock the new revenue into any specific program with safeguards. It goes into the general fund, where county supervisors and union negotiators can redirect it straight into payroll. That's not "funding healthcare" — that's a union-funded ballot measure to fatten their own members' paychecks at the expense of every Contra Costa family that buys groceries, gas, or clothes.
As for AMR Holdco: American Medical Response is paid by the county for ambulance services. More general fund revenue means more budget room for county contracts — including AMR's own. A Colorado-based ambulance corporation funding a Contra Costa sales tax measure is not civic-minded generosity. It is an investment.
If Measure B passes, the only guaranteed winners are the unions, the county employees they represent, and contractors like AMR.
Everyone else pays the bill every time they open their wallet.
Stop the self-serving tax.