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And the last one is the impoundment of the $82 million due to the Measure A funds in litigation. So that basically means that we're not able to draw down the sales tax revenue that will most likely start in April until the litigation is finalized.
This is a really significant issue. Just to be very clear and transparent at this time, we are planning to budget the Measure A revenue in the recommended budget and in the forthcoming budget process. We do have a problem right now because of that litigation. This has become a tactic that has been utilized in case after case. I will just point out that these cases have all been unsuccessful, but they have resulted in mandatory impoundments of tax revenues for a number of years. And I think the worst case was Alameda County where it was about four years. So, uh, we obviously cannot afford that. That's the whole reason we went forward with the measure on the urgent basis that we did. I know County Council is doing everything that it can to make sure that the court understands that and we will remain optimistic that the court will expeditiously resolve what, in my opinion, I'm not the county's lawyer, but my opinion is, is basically a frivolous case, uh, that should not be standing in the way of the will of the people in our community to get us emergency resources needed to deal with this federal challenge, and, uh, we will continue to do everything we can.
My concern is the time. I, I know I dealt with the RM3 bridge toll revenue measure that took, I think, at least three years to resolve. If we don't get this by the end of this year, that's $82 million we're going to have to find elsewhere. So, thank you.