Hello Dr. Citrino,

An imminent threat faces our local physician practices, Measure C in the City of Sacramento, which is on the March 5th ballot that most voters have already received.

In addition to state licensing fees, physicians practicing within the City of Sacramento must pay a city tax to run their practice. The taxes are currently based on how long the practice has operated, starting at $75 per physician per year and limited to $300 per physician per year. Measure C would raise that tax to $684 - an increase of up to 812% for many physicians. Taxes on each licensed employee would also increase from $30 per year to $68 per year.

A small practice, that's been operating for seven years, has five physicians and ten licensed employees, would see their tax bill increase from $1,800 to $4,100 if Measure C passes.

To increase this tax by up to 812% overnight while our practices are still struggling to recover from the unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 Pandemic is only going to further harm our medical community and, inevitably, harm the delivery of patient care.

If you're registered to vote in the City of Sacramento, we urge you to vote NO on Measure C.

We encourage everyone to urge a NO vote from their friends, families, colleagues, and neighbors.

Let's stand together to safeguard the viability of our physician practices.

-Vanessa Walker, DO

President, SSVMS