With just 3% more than the two-thirds approval threshold needed, school district officials are “cautiously optimistic but not ready to announce victory.”
Alameda’s Measure E, a parcel tax benefiting the city’s public schools, was winning Wednesday morning by slightly more than the two-thirds majority needed to pass, according to Tuesday’s election results from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.
In light of the fact that it could take several days or weeks to get a final count, Susan Davis, the AUSD’s senior manager for community affairs, says district leaders are “cautiously optimistic but not ready to announce victory.”“We are hopeful that we will maintain the margin that we need to pass this crucial revenue measure, and we hope that we will be able to announce soon that we can count on this $24 million in local funding over the next nine years,” said Scuderi.
A combination of two existing parcel taxes previously approved by Alameda voters, 2016’s Measure B1 and 2020’s Measure A, Measure E would not add any new taxes but continue those imposed by Measures B1 and A. The two taxes now total 58.5 cents per square foot on all Alameda buildings capped at $15,998 per parcel and $598 per unimproved parcel. Measure E would continue this from 2025 through 2034.
Under Measure E, the $11 million currently raised by Measure A would continue to be used to attract and keep employees by raising salaries closer to the county average. Less than 6% of Measure E funds would go to charter schools, and, like most school parcel taxes, seniors are exempt.
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