Nov. 3 General Election: Candidates, Measures & Voting Resources

County – Measure RTM – Public Transit Revenue:
To prevent major service cuts to BART and other transit, avoid increased traffic, and reduce pollution by: Preserving BART, Caltrain, VTA, SamTrans, AC Transit, Muni, other transit for everyone, including workers, students, seniors, persons with disabilities; Supporting transit safety, cleanliness, affordability, reliability; Repairing targeted roads/potholes; Requiring financial transparency, oversight, accountability; shall the measure enacting a 0.5% (Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara counties), and 1% (San Francisco) sales tax for 14 years generating approximately $980,000,000 annually, be adopted?

Clayton – Measure M – Sales Tax Measure:
To provide local funding to maintain City of Clayton programs, services, and facilities, including: police services, traffic enforcement and road safety, road and sidewalk improvements, enhance library and recreation opportunities, park maintenance, recruitment and retention of city employees and other city services, shall the City of Clayton levy a 1% sales tax until ended by voters generating approximately $1,000,000 annually, subject to public review, the annual audit and all funds benefitting Clayton?

Clayton – Measure N – Citywide Landscape Maintenance Extension and Alteration of rate of existing (Special Tax):  
Shall the measure to fund on-going trail system operations and maintenance, roadway landscaping, open space weed abatement, and related services of the Clayton Community Facility District No. 2007-1 (Citywide Landscape Maintenance) by extending the special tax for ten years and amending its rate and methodology to $354.45/year per residential parcel and $354.45/year per non-residential acre, including annual inflationary adjustments, subject to citizen’s committee oversight, be approved?

Concord – Measure O – Business License Tax:
To protect City of Concord services/ensure smaller businesses pay less than larger businesses, shall the measure be adopted to: repair potholes on neighborhood and major streets; maintain 9-1-1 emergency response; keep parks/playgrounds safe/clean; relieve traffic congestion along major corridors; maintain senior/youth programs; for general government use; by updating Concord’s 37-year-old business license rates to 0.1% of gross receipts until ended by voters, providing an additional $2,900,000 annually, requiring independent citizen oversight?

Hercules – Measure P – Sales Tax Increase:  
Shall the measure providing Hercules with locally controlled funding to maintain financial stability/general city services, such as fast 911 response; neighborhood police patrols; water quality standards; keeping public areas/parks safe/ clean; repairing deteriorating streets/potholes; and retaining/attracting local businesses, by establishing a one-cent (1%) sales tax generating approximately $4,000,000 annually until ended by voters; requiring audits, public disclosure, and funds only for Hercules, be adopted?

Richmond – Measure Q – Parcel Tax:  
To support rapid, 911 emergency medical response, modernize and rehabilitate unsafe/deteriorating firefighter housing and facilities, including mold/asbestos abatement/removal, replace electrical systems, leaky pipes/roofs, and improve structure resiliency during disasters, shall the City of Richmond’s measure authorizing $120,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying an estimated average tax rate of $22.15/$100,000 of assessed valuation, averaging $7,568,158 annually while bonds are outstanding, requiring citizen oversight, audits, and spending only on approved projects, be adopted?

San Pablo – Measure R – Sales Tax:
To provide funding to maintain City services, including crime prevention, police protection, reducing illegal dumping, the City’s daily senior meal program, youth scholarship programs, assisting the homeless, street maintenance, and other general services, shall San Pablo enact a temporary ½-cent sales tax for 5 years, generating approximately $2,000,000 annually, then reduced to ¼-cent for 5 years, generating approximately $1,000,000 annually, then terminate; with all funds staying in San Pablo, citizen oversight, and mandated annual audits?