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# Readers weigh in on a half-cent sales tax for county transit projects
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/paying-to-ride-20080812/
- Published: 2008-08-12T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:42:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is considering a half cent sales tax to pay for county-wide transit projects including a light rail line to the Westside.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Would you be willing to pay the half cent sales tax increase to improve the county’s mass transportation infrastructure?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 12, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/081208.pdf?ref=smdp.com)