To enhance funding for public safety services in Merced County, including the Sheriff’s Department, District Attorney’s Office, and Fire Department; and to provide direct allocations to city public safety departments in the County, shall Merced County enact a 0.5% retail transactions (sales) and use tax raising an estimated twenty-five million dollars annually for 30 years, with citizen oversight, annual audits, and funds that cannot be taken by the State?

To provide funding for local transportation improvements including fixing potholes and maintaining local roads; reducing traffic congestion on highways and local roads; providing seniors, disabled and veterans with mobility options; improving pedestrian and bike travel; shall the Merced County Transportation Authority enact a 1⁄2 cent sales tax, providing $15 million dollars annually for transportation projects for 30 years, that cannot be taken by the State, with citizens' oversight, and requiring all money to be spent entirely in Merced County?