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November 5, 2013 Election

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County Results as of Jan 15 5:15pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (486/486)
25.4% Countywide Voter Turnout (91,335/359,535)
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  • School

    Board Member; San Mateo County Community College DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Belmont-Redwood Shores School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Hillsborough City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Jefferson Elementary School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; San Bruno Park School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; San Carlos School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Sequoia Union High School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Woodside Elementary School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Marc Tarpenning
      464 votes 28.1%
    • Wendy Warren Roth
      454 votes 27.4%
    • Claire Wilbur Pollioni
      443 votes 26.8%
    • Robert J. Hooper
      293 votes 17.7%

    City

    Council Member; City of BelmontClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; City of BrisbaneClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; City of BurlingameClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; City of Foster CityClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Charlie Bronitsky
      2,916 votes 52.2%
    • Gary Pollard
      2,674 votes 47.8%

    Council Member; City of MillbraeClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Council Member; City of Redwood CityClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; City of San Bruno; 2 Year TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jim Ruane
      3,784 votes 100.0%

    Council Member; City of San Bruno; 4 Year TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    City Clerk; City of San BrunoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City Treasurer; City of San BrunoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John Marty
      3,690 votes 100.0%

    Council Member; City of San CarlosClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; City of San MateoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; City of South San Francisco; 4 Year TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; City of South San Francisco; 2 Year TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City Clerk; City of South San FranciscoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Krista Joy Martinelli
      5,238 votes 100.0%

    City Treasurer; City of South San FranciscoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Council Member; Town of AthertonClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Council Member; Town of Portola ValleyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Council Member; Town of Woodside; Council District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Deborah Cody Gordon
      650 votes 100.0%

    Council Member; Town of Woodside; Council District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Tanner
      640 votes 100.0%

    Council Member; Town of Woodside; Council District 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Anne M. Kasten
      632 votes 100.0%

    Special District

    Board Member; Coastside County Water DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; East Palo Alto Sanitary DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Dennis C. Scherzer
      499 votes 41.5%
    • Joan Sykes-Miessi
      466 votes 38.8%
    • Edrick L. Haggans
      236 votes 19.7%

    Board Member; Granada Sanitary DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Los Trancos County Water DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Charlie Krenz
      152 votes 35.3%
    • Stanley R. Gage
      123 votes 28.6%
    • William Sloan Coats
      107 votes 24.9%
    • George A. Lee
      48 votes 11.2%

    Board Member; Menlo Park Fire Protection DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Mid-Peninsula Water DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Montara Water and Sanitary DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Midcoast Community CouncilClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)

    Local Measures

    Measure P School Bond -- San Mateo-Foster City School District (55% Approval Required)
    Fail: 8,002 / 46.5% Yes votes ...... 9,195 / 53.5% No votes
    To improve local schools and protect high quality math, science, reading and writing instruction with funding that cannot be taken by the State, shall San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District upgrade classrooms, science labs, and libraries, relieve school overcrowding, update classroom technology for higher 21 st
    - century academic standards, and repair, construct, or acquire equipment, classrooms, sites and facilities by issuing $130,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizen oversight, no money for administrators, and all funds staying local?

    Measure Q Utility Services Tax -- Town of Portola Valley (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,035 / 86.3% Yes votes ...... 165 / 13.8% No votes
    Do the People of the Town of Portola Valley adopt an ordinance that continues the reduction of the general purpose Utility Users Tax levied on telephone, gas, water and electricity, set forth in Chapter 3.32 of the Portola Valley Municipal Code, from 5.5% to 4.5% on the charges made for such utility services for a period of four years from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2018?

    Measure R Educational Parcel Tax -- Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 5,551 / 72.0% Yes votes ...... 2,161 / 28.0% No votes
    Without increasing the current tax rate and to maintain excellent student achievement by protecting math, science, reading and writing programs, supporting school libraries, attracting and retaining qualified teachers, and maintaining a well-rounded curriculum, including music and art, shall Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District renew its existing parcel taxes for ten years, with no funds for administrators' salaries, exempting senior citizens and requiring independent citizen oversight, generating funds that cannot be taken by the State to benefit local schools?

    Measure S School Bond -- Las Lomitas Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 2,305 / 73.9% Yes votes ...... 812 / 26.1% No votes
    To repair and improve aging schools to protect quality academic instruction with funding that cannot be taken by Sacramento, shall Las Lomitas Elementary School District build classrooms for increased student enrollment, update/replace aging classrooms to meet current health/safety codes, renovate heating/electrical systems to save money, support 21st century instructional technology, acquire, repair, construct sites, facilities, equipment by issuing $60,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizens' oversight, no money for administrators, and all funds staying local?

    Measure T Business License Tax -- City of Brisbane (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 881 / 77.1% Yes votes ...... 262 / 22.9% No votes
    To pay for general municipal expenses, shall the City increase the annual business license tax for liquid storage facilities up to $115.28 per one thousand cubic feet of liquid storage capacity, and provide for an offset for sales tax revenue received?

    Measure U Business License Tax -- City of Foster City (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 3,077 / 73.2% Yes votes ...... 1,126 / 26.8% No votes
    To pay for general city services enjoyed by all residents and businesses in Foster City, including services such as police, fire, parks, recreation, and repairing and maintaining the levee, lagoon, streets and other infrastructure, shall an ordinance be adopted to increase the City's business license tax effective January 1, 2014?

    Measure V Utility Tax -- City of Pacifica (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 2,575 / 34.1% Yes votes ...... 4,970 / 65.9% No votes
    Without raising the current 6.5% rate, and to fund fire protection; emergency services; police protection; Meals on Wheels and other senior citizen services; street, sidewalk and pothole repair; and other essential services, shall an ordinance be adopted to amend the City of Pacifica's Utility Users Tax adding telecommunications services, requiring equal treatment regardless of technology used, maintaining senior exemptions and adding independent citizens oversight, with all funds staying in Pacifica and no funds for Sacramento?

    Measure W School Bond -- Menlo Park City School District (55% Approval Required)
    Pass: 4,222 / 75.3% Yes votes ...... 1,383 / 24.7% No votes
    To support high quality education, avoid student overcrowding at our existing schools as enrollment continues to increase, and renovate and expand educational facilities at the O'Connor Elementary School site planned to reopen in Menlo Park's Willows neighborhood, all as described in the Bond Project List, shall the Menlo Park City School District issue $23 million of bonds at legal interest rates, establish an independent citizens' oversight committee, perform annual audits, and use no bond money for teacher or administrator salaries?

    Measure X Parcel Tax -- Town of Atherton (2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,466 / 73.4% Yes votes ...... 532 / 26.6% No votes
    To continue providing funding to maintain neighborhood police patrols and the Town's ability to respond to emergencies, repairing and maintaining streets, and repairing and constructing storm drains, shall an ordinance be adopted to continue a Special Parcel Tax for four years and allowing for the expenditure of funds derived from such tax?

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