Measure A proposes a 0.5% local transactions and use tax that would bring approximately $30 million revenue yearly to Oakland’s general fund. We acknowledge Oakland's undeniable and urgent need for additional revenues. Critical services and staff are being reduced in order to balance the current year’s budget. Additional substantive cuts to personnel or services will be necessary to resolve the serious structural deficit projected for the upcoming 2025-27 budget cycle. Yet the context in which Measure A appears on the ballot is complex. Measure A appears on an April special election ballot after the first successful mayoral recall in Oakland’s history. Voters will decide on Measure A without knowing who will lead the city as mayor for the next two years or what priorities will be embedded in the 2025-27 budget to be proposed on May 1. Furthermore, budget decisions using one-time solutions, rather than consistently following the City’s own Consolidated Budget Policy, have undermined confidence and created confusion. Voters must balance the need for revenues against their confidence that the City will return to, and adhere to, sustainable budget practices and transparent priorities in using the revenues and addressing the deficit. Because of the circumstances and uncertainties of this election, as well as the very individual decisions about trust that must be made, the League has chosen to remain neutral on Measure A. We urge voters to carefully consider the proposed transactions and use tax and, most importantly, to vote.