https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/04/19/san-jose-measure-e-bringing-in-more-money-for-affordable-housing-homelessness-than-expected/ > A 2020 ballot measure approved by San Jose voters to fund affording housing and the city’s burgeoning homeless crisis has brought in a surprised bonanza — a $65 million surplus. > Measure E — a real estate transfer tax for properties over $2 million — was estimated to put $40 million a year into the city’s coffers in both the 2020-21 and 2021-22 fiscal years.