Mountain View’s mayor, Lenny Siegel, says it has “too many good jobs” and not enough transit. The solution: Slapping a multimillion-dollar tax on Google, by far the city’s largest employer. The tax, which may end up on the November ballot, could charge Google as much as $5.4 million annually, according to one option under discussion.

The $5 million Google tax that could fix every Silicon Valley problem

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