San Mateo County election measures - A, B, C + E

San Mateo County Measures that affect Pacificans.  Information from San Mateo County Smart Voter
(League of Women Voters).

A, B, C and E as in Apple

Measure A. Transaction and Use Tax -- County of San Mateo (Majority Approval Required)  To ensure San Mateo quality of life by retaining critical facilities/services such as: child abuse prevention, 911 dispatch, fire prevention, after-school library reading/homework programs; keeping parks open; maintaining seismically safe hospital/emergency rooms which may include substantial funding to replace Seton Hospital/emergency room for low-income children/seniors/disabled; and other County services, shall San Mateo County levy a half-cent sales tax for ten years, which the State cannot take away, with oversight/independent audits?  Ballot Measure A, full text, arguments.

 Measure B. Amending the Charter concerning Election of its Members -- County of San Mateo (Majority Approval Required)   Shall the San Mateo County Charter be amended so that each member of the Board of Supervisors will cease to be elected by an at-large vote of all the voters in the County but is instead elected only by the voters of his or her district?   Ballot Measure B, full text, arguments.

Measure C. Charter Amendment for Appointed Controller -- County of San Mateo (Majority Approval Required.  Shall the San Mateo County Charter be amended to change the elected position of Controller to an appointed position?   Ballot Measure C, full text, arguments.

Measure E. School Tax -- Jefferson Union High School District (School Bond - 55% Approval Required.  To continue renovating, equipping and constructing classrooms/school facilities including Jefferson, Oceana, Terra Nova, Thornton, and Westmoor High Schools and reduce overall borrowing costs, shall $41,900,000 of Jefferson Union High School District bonds, previously approved by voters in November 2006, be reauthorized through issuance of new bonds, with no increase in total authorized District debt, interest rates below legal limits, independent citizen oversight, no money for administrator salaries, and funds spent locally and not taken by the State?  Ballot Measure E, full text, arguments. 

 

Posted by Kathy Meeh