About Measure E
On November 8, 2022, Elk Grove voters approved Measure E with 30,434 (54.3%) yes votes and 25,611 (45.7%) no votes, enacting a one-cent local sales tax to help address services the community identified as important including reducing crime, addressing homelessness, improving 911, police, fire, and emergency disaster and medical response, enhancing programs to combat youth crime and gang prevention, maintaining streets, improving traffic, maintaining parks, clean and safe public areas, and economic development.
Funds will be shared between the City of Elk Grove and Cosumnes Community Services District as defined by an approved Tax Sharing Agreement between the agencies.
View the tax sharing agreement
Sales Tax Change
The local sales tax rate increased from 7.75% to 8.75% on April 1, 2023.
Citizens' Oversight Committee
The City Council created the Measure E Citizens' Oversight Committee to review the revenue and expenditures of funds from the general Transactions and Use (“Sales”) Tax known as Elk Grove’s Safety and Quality of Life Measure E.
Learn more about the Measure E Citizens’ Oversight Committee
Community Identified Needs And Priorities
City of Elk Grove
Addressing Homelessness
Provide resources to address mental health, substance abuse, and job training needs while ensuring our local businesses, residential neighborhoods, and public areas are safe and secure for everyone.
Affordable Housing New
Funds affordable housing programs for low-income residents.
Arts, Culture and Entertainment New
Support arts, cultural and entertainment venues and programs in Elk Grove.
Clean and Safe Public Areas
Keep public areas safe and clean for community members as well as visitors. Implement programs that directly impact visual blight as well as ensuring a safe community for all.
Economic Development
Attract and retain local businesses and jobs to ensure a robust local economy
Enhancing Programs to Combat Youth Crime and Gang Prevention
Fund property and violent crime investigation and prevention, and address crimes related to youth and gangs including supporting after school recreational and enrichment programs to keep youth actively engaged and supported for a bright future.
Local Bike and Pedestrian Trails New
Maintain and expand local bike and pedestrian trails to encourage walking and cycling.
Maintaining Streets and Improving Traffic
Maintain pothole repair and enhance major roads to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion for the safety of all drivers, bikers, and pedestrians, including safe routes for school kids walking or biking.
Preservation of Natural Areas and Open Space New
Support preservation of nature and open space areas for the community to enjoy.
Reducing Crime and Improving Emergency Response
Provide additional public safety resources to keep our neighborhoods safe and reduce crime. Increase neighborhood police patrols, ensure the Police Department is attracting, retaining, and adequately equipping public safety professionals and pursue new, innovative approaches to reducing crime.
Cosumnes Community Services District
Visit the CSD website to learn more
Fire Protection Services
Improve 911 emergency response times to ensure that calls for service meet national response time standards.
Maintaining Parks
Maintain and repair public bathrooms, landscaping, sports fields, deteriorating playgrounds and equipment, including security lighting to keep play spaces clean and safe for children and families.
The Budget Explained
Twenty percent (20%) of the funds generated annually will be saved in a reserve to fund future priority projects. The Cosumnes CSD will receive 30% and the City will retain 50% to fund community priorities. The agreement specifies Cosumnes CSD’s share, with two-thirds for fire protection services and one-third for parks and recreation services.
Funding by Organization
Cosumnes CSD Funding
Expenditures By Category
- Compensation: $4,373,847
- Operating Expenses: $10,332,680
- Internal Services: $498,640
- Capital Equipment: $2,009,732
- Capital Improvements: $12,301,728
- Transfers: $457,456
- Total: $29,974,083
*New Category in fiscal year 2025-26
Expenditures By Priority
- Reducing Crime: $6,498,444
- Addressing Homelessness: $3,526,185
- Youth Crime and Gang Prevention: $278,704
- Maintaining Streets: $6,634,968
- Clean and Safe Public Areas: $270,000
- Economic Development: $5,600,000
- Traffic: $1,562,982
- *Preservation of Nature/Open Space: $300,000
- *Local Bike and Pedestrian Trail Infrastructure: $3,065,000
- *Arts, Culture and Entertainment: $237,801
- *Affordable Housing: $2,000,000
- Total: $29,974,084
Annual Reporting
The Measure E Citizens’ Oversight Committee’s Annual Report documents the spending and accomplishments made by the City of Elk Grove and the Cosumnes Community Services District under Measure E, a one-cent local sales tax approved by voters in November 2022. This report documents accomplishments made during July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
In fiscal year 2024-25, Council funded staff, programs and services aimed at:
- Reducing crime
- Addressing homelessness
- Improving 911, police, fire, and emergency disaster and medical response
- Enhancing programs for youth
- Maintaining streets and improving traffic conditions
- Maintaining parks
- Supporting clean and safe public areas
- Economic development
Established in 2025 at the Council Retreat and funded in fiscal year 26 New
- Arts, Culture and Entertainment
- Affordable Housing
- Preservation of Natural Areas and Open Space
- Maintaining and Expanding Local Bike and Pedestrian Trails
New priority areas based on community polling to be funded in future fiscal years.
Allocations
Measure E funds are shared between the City and the Cosumnes Community Services District to support local priorities. Measure E generated $34.6 million in FY 25.
The Reserve for Future Priority Projects now stands at $15.3 million. Additionally, the City has set aside $4.0 million to develop a permanent homeless shelter.
The City and the Cosumnes Community Services District spent $17.6 million on a combination of personnel, equipment and software to fill new positions and advance Measure E initiatives.
Expenditures
Generating Results
Reducing Crime and Improving Emergency Response
Investments in staff, technology and tools are creating safer neighborhoods and supporting frontline services.
- 16 ongoing police positions that increase response times and service levels.
- 15 firefighters and a second Battalion Chief expanded Fire Department command coverage and improved response availability as call volumes continued to grow.
- A new contract for a Community Prosecutor assisted with 130+ investigations, expanded chronic offender intervention efforts, and reduced repeat nuisance calls.
- Two new Dispatch Supervisors and upgraded 9-1-1 and station alerting systems improved coordination and sped up notifications of response times.
- New Parking and Commercial Enforcement Officers responded to 2,800 abandoned vehicle and parking related complaints and made approximately 300 commercial vehicle-related contacts.
- The Drone as a First Responder program assisted with 1,909 calls for service. This program also secured the nation’s first FAA Beyond Visual Line of Sight waiver, enabling drone coverage across the City’s 42-square-mile jurisdiction, and reduced response times by 75% when operational.
- License plate readers, K9 enforcement and real-time crime analysis supported thousands of calls for service, disrupted repeat offenders, improved investigations, and reduced response times across the city.
- A new Police Department Training Officer and continuing education classes for police officers and firefighters provided life-saving training and readiness.
New emergency vehicles, improved fleet maintenance, station and facility upgrades, and enhanced training equipment ensured first responders had reliable tools and safe, secure facilities to serve the community.
Addressing Homelessness
A commitment to compassionate service and support for Elk Grove's most vulnerable residents is also reducing the impact on neighborhoods.
- Encampments reduced by 65%. Delivered immediate shelter and housing outcomes through the opening of Elk Grove’s first year-round shelter; 93 individuals were served, with 14 transitioning into permanent housing.
- Expanded outreach and family stabilization efforts through the addition of a Homeless Outreach Navigator and provided motel placements for unhoused families.
- Advanced the development of a permanent shelter.
Enhancing Programs to Combat Youth Crime and Gang Prevention
Expanded youth engagement and prevention programs are reducing risk factors, strengthening positive relationships, and providing safe, structured opportunities for young people across Elk Grove.
- School visits, mentoring sessions, youth programs, and community events including Youth Services outreach, Police Explorer activities, and Youth 411 focused on early intervention, trust-building, and gang and crime prevention.
- Participation in structured youth programs increased. The Fire Explorer Program graduated 20 students representing 12 local high schools. Recreation staff delivered 17 educational and recreational field trips serving 236 youth and doubled youth participation year-over-year.
- Seven teen-focused events with more than 200 attendees, including Teen Late Night and Teen Takeover programs offered supervised, positive alternatives during evenings and weekends.
- Youth wellness and stability was encouraged through five wellness group classes and direct financial and access support through more than 35 recreation scholarships, swim passes for youth experiencing housing insecurity, college application stipends, and free recreational swim opportunities.
- Seven park pop-up events generated more than 230 community impressions and expanded access to youth programs in neighborhood settings.
Maintaining Streets and Parks, Improving Traffic Conditions
Improvements to traffic flow, street conditions, and park facilities are enhancing safety, accessibility, and quality of life across Elk Grove.
- Citywide signal coordination reduced average travel times by 21% across eight major corridors, cut signal delay by 46%, increased average speeds by 30%, and reduced stop-and-go driving by 41%.
- New LED flashing stop signs at 21 school-area crosswalks and flashing yellow arrow signals at five intersections improved safety and traffic operations.
- Delivered a 21% reduction in average travel time and reduced average signal delays by 46% along eight major street corridors in the city.
- Upgrades and repairs to playground surfaces at three parks, a basketball court, Elk Grove Park restrooms, and the replacement of the Wackford waterslide improved safety and enhanced the overall visitor experience.
- Completed ADA and trail surface improvements, upgraded irrigation controllers, preserved historic oak trees, and completed roof repairs that protected park facilities and extended asset life.
Clean and Safe Public Areas
Measurable steps were taken to keep Elk Grove clean and welcoming.
- Responded to 78 requests for graffiti removal on publicly visible private property, with graffiti removed within an average of 48 hours from the time a complaint was filed.
- Continued the citywide “Worth the Work” anti-litter campaign and installed new branded trash and recycling receptacles at three trailhead locations identified in partnership with the Elk Grove Anti-Trash Group.
- Cleared 101 encampments and removed 46,810 pounds of trash and debris, improving public health, environmental conditions, and community safety citywide.
Enhancing Economic Development
Investments are advancing economic growth and accelerating projects and improvements that promote enhanced business visibility.
- Awarded over $25,000 in grants to support new local restaurants, breweries and wineries and approved nine Event Attraction Grants totaling $50,000 to increase visitation and local spending.
- Completed the Grant Line Business Park signage project, improving wayfinding and exposure for employers and customers in the area.
- They also changed the numbers on the allocation pie chart - no longer rounding. please update the last three numbers on all sections to match the attached.
A Report That Reflects a Year of Results
This first Annual Report released by the Measure E Citizens’ Oversight Committee documents the spending and accomplishments made by the City and the Cosumnes Community Services District (CSD) under Measure E. The report documents progress made during the first full year of Measure E funding, July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
Collection began in April 2023 and funding was used for people, programs and services aimed at:
- Reducing crime
- Addressing homelessness
- Improving 911, police, fire, and emergency disaster and medical response
- Enhancing programs for youth
- Maintaining streets and improving traffic conditions
- Maintaining parks
- Supporting clean and safe public areas
- Economic development
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Measure Revenue:
$34 million
Funding Allocations
Saving for Our Future
While much of the funding from Measure E is being put into action right away, the City is saving 20% of the funds collected for future priority projects or services.
How Measure E is Allocated
Spending Supporting Community Needs
The City and the Cosumnes CSD spent $11.9 million on a combination of personnel, equipment and software to fill new positions and start new Measure E programs and projects.
Expenditures
Generating Results
In its first year in action, Measure E has generated some impressive results. The highlights include:
Reducing Crime and Improving Emergency Response
- Added 32 public safety positions in Elk Grove’s Fire and Police Departments to increase emergency response resources, enhance community-oriented policing, reduce wait times for 9-1-1 calls, address parking complaints and violations, increase training resources for personnel, and expand Crisis Intervention Teams.
- Launched the Drone as a First Responder Program to respond to calls for service and provide real-time video intelligence.
- Added 10 license plate reader cameras to monitor and investigate crimes in progress.
- Installed new alerting technology in fire station facilities and Elk Grove roadways to protect the public and emergency responders in route to emergencies.
Addressing Homelessness
- Operated a 24-hour winter shelter that served more than 30 individuals for six months.
- Laid the initial groundwork for opening the city’s first year-round shelter.
- Provided motel vouchers for families and other vulnerable populations.
- Added a new Homeless Outreach Navigator to further establish relationships and build trust with people experiencing homelessness and help them access resources.
- Provided resources for encampment cleanups anti-camping ordinance enforcement
Enhancing Programs to Combat Youth Crime and Gang Prevention
- Introduced a new Fire Explorer Program
- Launched a new Police Department Youth Services Team
- Added a CSD Youth Outreach Coordinator
- Introduced Rec Force One, a new mobile recreation unit activated at local events
- Hosted a series of new youth and family events, a soccer camp, a college tour, and field trips.
Maintaining Streets and Parks, Improving Traffic Conditions
- Started a citywide Traffic Signal Enhancement Project (Fall 2025 Completion)
- Added a full-time Urban Forest Manager to develop and execute a plan to preserve and expand the City’s tree canopy throughout parks, trails, and streetscapes.
- Removed and replaced more than 4,600 linear feet of sidewalk at two park sites.
- Replaced aging infrastructure at four park sites include new shade sails, a water fountain, slide, and basketball hoop.
- Upgraded District-wide irrigation infrastructure, replacing 9 of 11 irrigation controllers.
Clean and Safe Public Areas
- Contracted with a professional graffiti removal company to quickly remove graffiti on private property visible to the public.
- Added a full-time Park Ranger.
- Launched a citywide anti-litter advertising and marketing campaign called “Worth the Work”
Enhancing Economic Development
- Implemented a brewery, restaurant, and winery incentive program to assist businesses with tenant improvements and City-related startup costs, including impact fees.
- Created a façade improvement program to fund construction improvements to buildings in older business districts and shopping centers throughout the city.
Funding by Priorities
Measure E Tax Sharing Method
- Total Estimated Year One Revenue: $22,500,000
- Future Priority Projects/Reserve: 20%, $4,500,000
- Remaining Funds (Community Services Funds): 80%, $18,000,000
Community Services Funds Allocation
City of Elk Grove: 62.5%, $11,250,000
- Crime Reduction/Rapid Response: $4,500,000
- Homelessness: $2,025,000
- Maintaining Streets and Improving Traffic: $2,700,000
- Youth Gang/Crime Prevention: $225,000
- Clean and safe public areas (also included in homelessness/parks): $225,000
CCSD: 37.5%, $6,750,000
- Fire Protection Services: $4,500,000
- Parks and Recreation Services: $2,250,000
City of Elk Grove Funding
Fiscal Year 2024 Budget: Expenditures By Priority
- Reducing Crime: $4,802,999
- Addressing Homelessness: $2,035,553
- Youth Crime and Gang Prevention: $293,555
- Maintaining Streets and Improving Traffic: $2,738,044
- Clean and Safe Public Areas: $225,000
- Economic Development: $1,275,000
- Total: $11,370,151
Fiscal Year 2024 Budget: Expenditures By Category
- Compensation: $2,149,032
- Operating Expenses: $4,732,357
- Internal Services: $570,531
- Capital Equipment: $2,082,559
- Capital Improvements: $1,590,000
- Transfers: $245,672
- Total: $11,370,151
Note: The Internal Services portion of the budget pays for ongoing goods and services provided by the Information Technology Department, Facilities and Fleet Division, and Risk Management Division. Examples of such goods and services include software subscriptions and updates; vehicle fuel and maintenance; and insurance premiums. Internal Services costs are shown in each Priority if applicable.
Note: The Transfers portion of the budget pays for ongoing services provided by central support departments such as Finance, Human Resources, and City Attorney’s Office. Examples of such services include payroll administration; budgeting and purchasing administration and assistance; personnel salary and benefits administration and assistance; reviewing contracts and staff reports. Transfers costs are shown in each Priority if applicable.
Cosumnes CSD Funding
| Expenditures by Priority | Fiscal Year 2024 Budget | Fiscal Year 2025 Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Protection Services | $4,500,000 | $4,637,300 |
| Parks and Recreation Services | $2,250,000 | $2,315,200 |
| Total | $6,750,000 | $6,952,500 |
| Expenditures by Category | Fiscal Year 2024 Budget | Fiscal Year 2025 Budget |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel Services | $1,206,545 | $2,735,544 |
| Services and Supplies | $1,126,324 | $1,131,210 |
| Capital Outlay and Contingency | $2,508,111 | $639,500 |
| Transfers Out | $730,765 | $766,572 |
| Total | $5,571,745 | $5,272,826 |
View more details about Cosumnes CSD's Measure E Funding