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San Mateo County, CA November 6, 2018 Election
Directory of San Mateo County, CA Measures
County Results as of Feb 13 1:52pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (525/525)
72.6% Countywide Voter Turnout (290,058/399,351)

Measures
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Measure U. School Bond -- Jefferson Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 14,257 / 67.93% Yes votes ...... 6,730 / 32.07% No votes
To improve student safety/campus security systems/fencing, attract/retain qualified staff, repair/upgrade aging classrooms/facilities, shall Jefferson Elementary School District's measure authorizing $30,000,000in bonds at legal rates, levying 1.5 cents/$100 assessed value, $2,000,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, acquiring, constructing/repairing classrooms, facilities/equipment, affordable rental housing for teachers/staff, roofs, plumbing, electrical systems, be adopted with oversight, all funds benefitting local schools, not taken by the State?

Measure V. Parcel Tax -- San Mateo-Foster City School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 33,875 / 67.88% Yes votes ...... 16,030 / 32.12% No votes
To provide necessary funding that cannot be taken by the State, attract/retain excellent teachers, enhance math, science, technology, reading/writing programs, support art/drama/music, shall San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District's measure levying a nine year $298, as adjusted, per parcel education tax, raising $10 million annually, exemptions for seniors, no funds for administrators' salaries/independent citizen oversight ensuring accountability and that funds are spent as promised in Foster City/San Mateo classrooms be adopted?

Measure W. Sales Tax -- San Mateo County (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 180,969 / 66.87% Yes votes ...... 89,643 / 33.13% No votes
To reduce highway traffic congestion (including 101, 280, interchanges); repair potholes, maintain streets, reduce local traffic, improve pedestrian safety in every San Mateo County city; maintain affordable transit services for seniors/people with disabilities; increase Caltrain/SamTrans capacity; reduce travel times/car trips; implement the San Mateo County Congestion Relief Plan, shall San Mateo County Transit District's Ordinance levying a 30-year half-cent sales tax with independent citizen oversight, providing approximately $80 million annual that the State cannot take away, be adopted?

Measure X. School Bond -- San Bruno Park School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 9,453 / 69.71% Yes votes ...... 4,108 / 30.29% No votes
To upgrade classrooms, science labs, technology, and school facilities to support student achievement and college readiness, improve student and school safety/security and repair deteriorating roofs, plumbing and electrical systems, shall San Bruno Park School District issue $79 million at legal interest rates, levying 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation while bonds are outstanding, raising an average $4 million annually to improve/repair our aging schools, with citizen oversight with all money benefitting our local community?

Measure Y. Parcel Tax -- Jefferson Union High School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 28,750 / 67.25% Yes votes ...... 14,001 / 32.75% No votes
To improve school safety, protect vital educational programs and attract and retain highly qualified teachers and staff, shall Jefferson Union High School District (including Jefferson, Oceana, Shasta, Terra Nova, Thornton, Westmoor, and Adult-Ed High Schools) levy $58 per parcel for 10 years (raising $2.0 million annually) with an exemption for senior citizens, independent taxpayer oversight, annual audits, and no funds used for administrative salaries or taken by the State and spent elsewhere?

Measure Z. School Bond -- Portola Valley School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 2,578 / 62.39% Yes votes ...... 1,554 / 37.61% No votes
To replace leaking roofs, plumbing/electrical systems, repair/replace classrooms for math, science, reading, writing/technology instruction, upgrade outdated safety systems to meet current safety codes, qualify for State matching funds, and acquire equipment/construct facilities, shall this Portola Valley School District measure authorizing $49,500,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying $3.4 million annually at $30/$100,000 assessed value while bonds are outstanding, be adopted with oversight, all funds benefiting Portola Valley schools, and not taken by the State?

Measure AA. Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Half Moon Bay (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,324 / 60.67% Yes votes ...... 2,155 / 39.33% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted to tax any cannabis business operating within the City at annual rates not to exceed $2.00 to $10.00 per square foot for cultivation (inflation adjustable), and 6% of gross receipts for retail, 2.5% for testing, 3% for distribution, and 4% for manufacturing, levied until repealed, estimated to raise at least approximately $64,000 annually from deliveries and potentially more if other businesses are allowed, to fund general City services and expenses?

Measure BB. Business License Tax -- City of Daly City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 20,178 / 80.64% Yes votes ...... 4,845 / 19.36% No votes
To maintain police/fire protection, paramedics, 911 emergency response, address homelessness; clean/repair streets/and public areas; retain and attract jobs/businesses; maintain Daly City financial stability and other general services, shall an ordinance be adopted increasing the City's business license tax by up to 0.05%, with a minimum of $110 per business, providing $420,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring independent audits and oversight, with all funds only for Daly City?

Measure CC. Appointed City Clerk -- City of Belmont (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5,985 / 55.00% Yes votes ...... 4,897 / 45.00% No votes
Shall the office of City Clerk be appointive?

Measure DD. Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Redwood City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 22,381 / 78.69% Yes votes ...... 6,060 / 21.31% No votes
Shall the measure funding police patrols, after-school recreation programs and other general city services by imposing a cannabis business tax on all cannabis (marijuana) businesses at an annual rate which shall not exceed 10% of gross receipts of each business, which is expected to generate an estimated $210,000 annually and will be levied until repealed by the voters, requiring annual audits and with all funds staying in Redwood City, be adopted?

Measure EE. Advisory Measures A -- City of Half Moon Bay (Advisory Vote Only)
Fail: 2,418 / 43.58% Yes votes ...... 3,130 / 56.42% No votes
Should the City draft and adopt an ordinance to allow and regulate commercial, greenhouse cultivation of mature cannabis plants on existing greenhouse sites in the City's A-1 (Agricultural/Exclusive Floriculture) Zoning District?

Measure FF. Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of South San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 14,763 / 74.63% Yes votes ...... 5,018 / 25.37% No votes
To maintain the quality of life in South San Francisco by providing services and improvements to accommodate visitors and residents, enhance public safety, community development, parks and recreation programs, street repair and traffic circulation, and for unrestricted general revenue purposes, shall an ordinance be adopted increasing the ongoing tax on hotel guests from 10% to 12% with a 1% increase each subsequent year up to a maximum rate of 14%, providing approximately an additional $5,920,000 annually?

Measure GG. Commercial Cannabis Activities -- City of Half Moon Bay (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,983 / 52.96% Yes votes ...... 2,650 / 47.04% No votes
Shall the measure, an ordinance to allow and regulate commercial, greenhouse nursery cultivation of immature cannabis plants on existing greenhouse sites in the City's A-1 (Agricultural/Exclusive Floriculture) Zoning District for cannabis nurseries that receive a license from the City Council and comply with specified standards, be adopted?

Measure HH. Commercial Parcel Tax -- City of East Palo Alto (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 4,366 / 79.58% Yes votes ...... 1,120 / 20.42% No votes
Shall the measure to impose a parcel tax on commercial office space over 25,000 square feet at an annual rate of $2.50 per square foot, estimated to annually raise $1,675,000, for affordable and supportive housing programs; programs that facilitate access to job opportunities in the S.T.E.M. sectors, building trades and strengthen First Source Hiring; and for City to administer the ordinance and provide annual reports, which shall continue until repealed by the voters, be adopted?

Measure II. General Obligation Bonds -- City of Millbrae (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 5,393 / 62.22% Yes votes ...... 3,274 / 37.78% No votes
Shall a measure to provide a modern recreation center: Meeting current earthquake, electrical, fire safety codes; Providing emergency shelter, disabled access; Restoring space for youth, senior, family fitness/arts/education programs/ classes; by issuing $12 million in bonds, levying $8.70 per $100,000 assessed valuation, raising approximately $750,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, requiring citizens oversight, independent audits, all funds spent for the purpose of restoring the recreating center, be adopted?

Measure JJ. General Plan Amendment -- City of Brisbane (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,158 / 55.20% Yes votes ...... 940 / 44.80% No votes
Shall the Brisbane's General Plan be amended to permit within the Baylands a range of 1800 to 2200 residences north of an extension of Main Street, and up to 7 million square feet of new commercial development, subject to these restrictions to protect Brisbane: land for housing must be certified safe for ground-level residential use; landfill must be permanently, safely capped; and development must abide by Brisbane's Sustainability Framework principles and produce net positive City revenues?

Measure KK. Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Belmont (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,695 / 75.45% Yes votes ...... 2,829 / 24.55% No votes
Shall a City of Belmont ordinance providing funding, that cannot be taken by the State, for city services including: Fixing potholes, repairing streets and sidewalks; Maintaining neighborhood police patrols and crime prevention; Maintaining 9-1-1 emergency response times; Maintaining parks, open spaces, sports fields; Unrestricted general revenue purposes; by permanently raising the transient occupancy tax to 12% of the rent paid by guests, providing an additional $560,000 annually, with independent audits, be adopted?

Measure LL. Cannabis Business Tax -- City of South San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 14,767 / 75.45% Yes votes ...... 4,806 / 24.55% No votes
To maintain the quality of life in South San Francisco by providing public safety services to address the impact of commercial cannabis operations permitted within the City and for unrestricted general revenue purposes, shall an ordinance be adopted establishing an ongoing business license tax on all cannabis businesses of no more than 5% of gross receipts to vary by each type of permitted business, providing approximately $100,000 to $700,000 or more in revenues annually?

Measure MM. Advisory Measures C -- City of Half Moon Bay (Advisory Vote Only)
Fail: 2,240 / 40.51% Yes votes ...... 3,290 / 59.49% No votes
Should the City draft and adopt an ordinance to allow and regulate commercial manufacturing of cannabis products on sites in the City's IND (Industrial) Zoning District and/or on existing greenhouse sites in the City's A-1 (Agricultural/Exclusive Floriculture) Zoning District?

Measure NN. Cannabis Business Tax -- City of San Carlos (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11,775 / 78.15% Yes votes ...... 3,292 / 21.85% No votes
To protect the quality of life in San Carlos by providing services and improvements needed to accommodate residents, enhance public safety, community development, parks and recreation programs, street repair and traffic circulation, and for unrestricted general revenue purposes, shall an ordinance be adopted establishing an ongoing excise tax on any cannabis business that opens, up to 10% of gross receipts of each business, estimated to provide approximately $200,000 annually per cannabis business?

Measure OO. Charter Amendment -- City of Redwood City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 20,606 / 77.54% Yes votes ...... 5,968 / 22.46% No votes
Shall the measure amending the Charter to update certain provisions, including modernizing public notice provisions, establishing terms limits for City boards, requiring the budget to be submitted to Council 30 days before the new fiscal year, having the City Clerk appointed by the City Manager, eliminating a residency requirement for City Manager to comply with State law, updating procedures for City payments, and consolidating the roles of Director of Finance and Treasurer, be adopted?

Measure PP. Transient Occupancy Tax ("Hotel Tax") -- Town of Colma (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 337 / 77.12% Yes votes ...... 100 / 22.88% No votes
To maintain and improve general Town services, such as police service levels, street operations and maintenance, as well as parks, community buildings and infrastructure; shall the Town of Colma adopt an ordinance establishing a 12% Transient Occupancy ("Hotel") Tax generating approximately $319,000 annually until ended by voters, if a hotel is developed, requiring annual audits and no tax rate increase without voter approval?

Measure QQ. Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of San Carlos (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11,824 / 78.32% Yes votes ...... 3,273 / 21.68% No votes
To maintain the quality of life in San Carlos by providing services and improvements to accommodate visitors and residents, enhance public safety, community development, parks and recreation programs, street repair and traffic circulation, and for unrestricted general revenue purposes, shall an ordinance be adopted increasing the ongoing tax on hotel guests from 10% to 12% with a 0.5% increase per year for subsequent years up to a maximum rate of 14% adding approximately $1,650,000 annually?

Measure RR. Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Redwood City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 19,207 / 67.59% Yes votes ...... 9,210 / 32.41% No votes
Shall the ordinance to fund essential city services such as protecting rapid 911 emergency response times; preventing the number of on-duty firefighters/paramedics/police officers; continuing after-school/recreation programs for children; and maintaining local library hours/programs by establishing a 0.5% sales tax, providing approximately $8,000,000 annually until repealed by voters, with exemptions for essential purchases like food/medicine, annual audits and all funds staying in Redwood City, be adopted?

Measure SS. Advisory Measures B -- City of Half Moon Bay (Advisory Vote Only)
Fail: 2,423 / 43.67% Yes votes ...... 3,126 / 56.33% No votes
Should the City draft and adopt an ordinance to allow and regulate retail sales of cannabis and cannabis products at up to two locations within the city?

Measure TT. Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Foster City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,601 / 74.52% Yes votes ...... 2,941 / 25.48% No votes
To provide funding for vital city services such as police, fire, parks, and infrastructure maintenance, and for unrestricted general revenue purposes, shall the City of Foster City adopt an ordinance increasing the transient occupancy tax by hotel guests from the current 9.5% to 11% effective January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019, increasing to 12% July 1, 2019, providing between approximately $924,000 and $981,000 annually, until repealed or amended by voters?

Measure UU. Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Daly City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 19,723 / 78.12% Yes votes ...... 5,525 / 21.88% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted by the City to establish up to a 10% tax on the gross receipts of all cannabis/marijuana businesses in Daly City if any cannabis/marijuana businesses are allowed in the city in the future, providing approximately $450,000 annually for general public services until ended by voters, requiring audits and oversight, with all funds only for Daly City?

Measure VV. Transient Occupancy Tax ("Hotel Tax") -- City of Daly City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 20,024 / 79.78% Yes votes ...... 5,076 / 20.22% No votes
To maintain senior, youth/afterschool, parks/recreation, library, disaster preparedness programs, school safety officers, rapid response to burglaries; address homelessness; improve traffic safety; maintain Daly City financial stability and other general services, shall an ordinance by adopted increasing the City's transient occupancy (hotel) tax by up to 3% paid by hotel/motel guests, providing approximately $300,000 annually until ended by votes, requiring audits, with all funds only for Daly City?

Measure WW. Appointed Treasurer -- City of Belmont (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5,588 / 51.63% Yes votes ...... 5,235 / 48.37% No votes
Shall the office of City Treasurer be appointive?

 
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