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vol . 4, no. 50 : august 13-19, 2025 : losgatan.com
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY NOW CONSIDERING SALES TAX HIKE 70% of local public healthcare system is funded by Medicare and Medicaid dollars
$20 million in seed funding raised for Oxmiq Labs from prominent names
Vicente Ver a, Contributor
Santa Clara County supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to ask voters to approve new sales taxes that will place half the county in the double-digits. The sales tax increase will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. Thursday was the last day for items to be added to that ballot, which will also feature a special county election for County Assessor. The sales tax increase needs only a simple majority of county voters to be enacted, because it is an unrestricted tax that can be spent for any county government purpose. County officials said the higher taxes are needed to close a projected billion-dollar budget shortfall they say is the result of the federal government’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” The countywide sales tax will rise to 9.75%, if voters approve the plan supervisors endorsed on Thursday. Consumer purchases made in the cities of San Jose and Milpitas, which have city sales taxes as well, would have a 10% tax. Campbell businesses would collect 10.5%, the county’s highest rate, if the plan wins voter support. Consumers in Los Gatos would pay 9.875%. The sales tax would add $187.50 to the price of a $30,000 car, and $1.25 to a $200 non-exempt retail purchase. More than a quarter of its ➝ Tax hike, 10
NEW CAMPBELL TECH COMPANY EMERGES FROM THE SHADOWS AFTER 2 YEARS Staff Report
Campbell-based Oxmiq Labs Inc. last week announced its all-new GPU software and IP startup to the world, after two years of keeping mum about developments. The company is the brainchild of Los Gatos resident Raja Koduri, one of the top players in the highly-competitive global industry. It has already brought in $20 million in seed funding from prominent investors, such as AI-computing firm Tenstorrent. “We’re excited to partner with OXMIQ on their OXPython software stack,” said Jim Keller, CEO of Tenstorrent— who’s previously held important positions at AMD, Apple and Tesla. “OXPython’s ability to bring Python workloads for CUDA to AI platforms like ➝ Oxmiq, 8
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