A highly touted Bay Area sales tax measure to fund public transit joins 14 other referendums that have qualified for the November election — and South Bay leaders said strong community support made it happen. The transit sales tax measure — which proposes a 0.5% increase in Santa Clara County — collected an estimated 241,964 valid signatures, exceeding the 110% threshold of 205,831 signatures required to qualify for the ballot, according to the Public Transit Revenue Measure District. The measure, also known as Senate Bill 63, would raise $1 billion annually for public transit service across five Bay Area counties. Approximately…
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