Alameda County Sales Tax Increase to 9%???

I know what you're thinking - "WTH?!?!?!", right?!

Yeah, that's what I was thinking when my Boss told me today that Alameda County's sales tax might increase to a whopping 9%..

Alameda County is a county in the U.S. state of California. It occupies most of the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2000 census it had a population of 1,443,741, making it the 7th largest county in the state. The county seat is Oakland.
Alameda County currently has the highest sales tax rate in California, 8.75%.

Yeah that's right, Alameda County has the highest sales tax, currently at 8.75%, and they're going to increase it even more.

Sheesh, first the market for houses is at a straight DE-cline (which is bad for sellers), gas prices are off the chain and now they're increasing our sales tax?! What they need to do is increase the sales tax ONLY on cigarettes and liquor! Okay, maybe not the latter.