The Prop Q description on the ballot is purposefully misleading
Prop Q is worded to make you think Prop Q will raise your taxes for a fixed period of time in order to pay for specific programs. That is a lie. Prop Q is a “forever tax”. Prop Q allows the city to raise your property taxes by 8% - forever. Prop Q does not commit the city to any specific projects, programs, or deliverables. Prop Q simply gives the city more of your tax money to misspend.
Judge Bill Aleshire’s letter [here] explains in detail how misleading Prop Q is. Bill taught me the ballot language is misleading because Prop Q reads as if:
The tax increase will be for a limited period of time, similar to approving a bond. That’s not true. Prop Q is a “forever tax”.
The tax revenue will be spent on specific goals, like “…reduce homelessness; improve parks and recreation facilities and services; enhance public health services and public safety …” In truth, the tax revenue is not required to be spent on any of those things. The new tax revenue will just go into the city’s general fund to be spent on whatever council decides.
The new tax revenue will also be spent on “housing affordability” and “ensure financial stability”. But both of those terms are so ill defined that the city can spend the money anyway it wants.