Santa Clara County is pushing for public support of a five-year sales tax increase set to go before voters in the November special election.

The county said Measure A is critical to help make up for hundreds of millions in federal funding that has now been cut.

"It will mean less access to emergency services, longer wait times," former Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody said. "Regional services that the county and only the county provide, like our burn center, our rehab unit, will be at risk."

Measure A will help soften, but not fully compensate a projected $1 billion loss in cuts from the federal budget passed on July 4. For example, the federal budget made big cuts to Medicaid and led to a more than $2 billion loss in federal funding to Santa Clara County.

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