Policy and Advocacy: Electoral
November 2025 Endorsements
Support
YES on Measure C – City of Santa Cruz: Workforce Housing Affordability Act of 2025
Measure C makes it easier for teachers, healthcare workers, essential workers, seniors and families to afford housing nearby, closer to their workplace, schools and medical services. With Santa Cruz County being named as the nation’s least affordable rental market for the third year in a row, paired with dwindling state and federal resources, the pressing issues of housing affordability and homelessness call for urgent, local solutions. Measure C is a voter-led initiative proposed by Housing Santa Cruz County that will generate an estimated $5 million annually and sunset after 20 years through a combined $96 parcel tax and real estate transfer tax on homes sold for more than $1.8 million (with exceptions). Funds from Measure C will be used towards affordable housing, shelters and homelessness prevention. MidPen emphatically urges voters in the City of Santa Cruz to support Measure C and create a stable, locally controlled funding source to keep our community livable.
Yes on Measure A – County of Santa Clara: Save Our Local Hospitals
Measure A is a local, five-year ⅝-cent sales tax that will annually generate $330 million to protect healthcare access in Santa Clara County. The purpose of this temporary sales tax is to stabilize the Santa Clara Valley Healthcare system in the face of approximately $1 billion in cuts due to the loss of federal funding. At MidPen, we are a firm believer in the intrinsic link between housing and healthcare. Federal cuts to our healthcare system will severely impact our portfolio as two-thirds of MidPen residents are enrolled or eligible for MediCal and SNAP. We urge Santa Clara County voters to support Measure A as it will protect essential access to healthcare for those in our community, including tens of thousands of affordable housing residents who depend on quality healthcare to thrive.