My friend, neighbor and fellow activist Miguel Castillo joined me at this town hall. While I voted “No” for the regressive nature of this measure, it did win. I will always support spending money in my city and otherwise spending locally, but when I voted for it, I had no assurance of its proportion, planning, prioritization or accountability. This meeting addressed some of that, and I know my councilperson Mina Loera-Diaz wants the same transparency I do about the estimated extra $18M in revenue that the City of Vallejo is likely to get as a result of this measure’s passage.