 Como Force, Hannah Knowles. In November, Snohomish County voters will have the choice to raise sales taxes to fund criminal justice and public safety. The money would be focused on the opioid epidemic. Yesterday, the county council unanimously decided to put the .2% sales tax increase on the ballot. The two cents on every $10 purchase is expected to generate more than $39 million annually. County Executive Dave Summers tells the Herald they've already created solutions to bring people out of crisis and added that the additional revenue would build on those programs.