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Voters in Marin County, Calif., will decide June 7 whether to extend a half-cent tax for parks, open space, and agriculture that's been in place since 2008, the Marin Independent Journal reports.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, 65% of the money raised by the tax goes to parks, while 15% goes to cities, towns, and special districts with parks, and 20% goes to the county's Resource Conservation District, which helps train ranchers for carbon sequestration and improves water quality and soil health.
But not everyone is in favor of the tax.
"The parks were large enough to keep our social distance, but still be together," says a college student who supports the tax.
"It has been an honor to discover and explore Marin County parks outside our usual habitats."
Others, however, say the money doesn't go far enough.
"The vast majority of the funds going to county parks and open space and 15% going to cities, towns, and special districts with parks, the vast majority of the money is going to those important needs," says a rep for the Marin County Farm and Ranch Association, which opposes the tax.
Some say the money could be better spent on schools and transit, the Independent Journal reports.
Others, however, say the tax
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