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Election Day Voter Guide
We recommend a NO vote on the following November 8th, 2022 Mail Ballot measures:
Santa Clara County
SCHOOL MEASURES
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District
Parcel Tax 2/3 Vote
To provide Loma Prieta neighborhood elementary/middle school students with stable funding for current instruction in math, science, reading, technology, arts and other core curriculum; retain/recruit highly qualified teachers, and continue to support classroom technology needs, shall Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District's measure be approved establishing an annual parcel tax of $348 for 8 years, raising approximately $640,000 a year, with senior exemptions, independent citizen oversight, no funds for administrator's salaries, all funds staying in our local schools?
East Side Union School District
School Bonds 55% Vote
With funds that cannot be taken by the State and spent elsewhere, shall East Side Union High School District's measure to expand career/ technical education facilities, renovate science labs and upgrade technology at Andrew Hill, Calero, Evergreen Valley, Foothill, Independence, James Lick, Mt. Pleasant, Oak Grove, Piedmont Hills, Santa Teresa, Silver Creek, Verba Buena and W.C. Overfelt High Schools be adopted, authorizing $572 million in bonds with legal rates, projected levies below 3¢/$100 of assessed valuation ($35. 7 million/year through 2050), annual audits, independent oversight and no increase in tax rates?
Oak Grove School District
School Bonds 55% Vote
To modernize classrooms, increase student access to technology, upgrade science labs, make school safety and security improvements at all sites, improve support facilities, and provide a local match for State grants, shall Oak Grove School District's measure to issue $236,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, raising on average $13 million annually, with levies projected at 3 cents/ $100 of assessed valuation, with citizen oversight, annual audits, no funds for administrator salaries, and all for local schools, be adopted?
Union School District
School Bonds 55% Vote
To improve school health and safety systems; fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing, and electrical; remove asbestos/ lead pipes; and repair, acquire, construct classrooms, sites, science labs, facilities, equipment, and instructional technology that support student achievement in math, science, engineering, reading, arts and technology, shall Union School District's measure authorizing $128,000,000 in bonds at legal rates be adopted, levying 2¢/ $100 assessed value ($7,000,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, with independent citizen oversight and all money locally controlled?
Alum Rock Union School District
School Bonds
55% Vote
To improve science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) classrooms; increase student access to computers and modern classroom technology; build below-market teacher/ staff rental housing; and improve student safety/ campus security; shall Alum Rock Union Elementary School District's measure authorizing $71.5 million of bonds be adopted (reauthorizing bonds previously approved in November 2012), with legal rates, projected levies less than 2¢/ $100 of assessed valuation (raising $4.4 million/ year while bonds are outstanding), annual audits and independent citizen oversight?
Campbell Union School District
School Bonds
55% Vote
To repair and upgrade local elementary/ middle schools, including science, technology, math classrooms/ labs; instructional technology infrastructure; fixing leaky roofs, wiring, plumbing and fire/ security systems; improved accessibility for students with disabilities; shall Campbell Union Elementary School District authorize $96,000,000 in bonds, levying up to $30/ $100,000 assess d value (projecting no increase in current tax rates), generating $5 million annually through term of bonds, with citizen oversight, audits, no funds for administrators, all funds for local elementary/ middle schools?
San Mateo County
We recommend a NO vote on the following November 8th, 2022 Mail Ballot measures:
Measure__ - Bayshore Elementary School District: Parcel Tax Measure
Measure__ - City of Brisbane: Hotel Business License Tax Measure
Measure__ - City of Brisbane: Sales Tax Measure
Measure__ - City of Burlingame: Business Licensing Measure
Measure__ - City of East Palo Alto: Residential Rental Property Business Tax Measure
Measure__ - City of Pacifica: Transaction and Use (Sales) Tax Measure
Measure__ - City of San Mateo: Transfer Tax on Property Sales Measure
We are pleased to report...
...In 2020 the SVTA defeated 9 of 17 ballot measures that were tax increase measures.
...in savings to Santa Clara County taxpayers--and counting!
...thanks to our legal victory over the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, taxpayers saved $65,000,000.
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$900,000,000
...in savings to Santa Clara taxpayers!
...thanks to the defeat of Measure I, the $900,000,000 bond measure in the city of Morgan Hill (March 3, 2020)
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$45,000,000
... in savings to San Mateo taxpayers!
...thanks to the defeat of Measure V, the $45,000,000 bond measure in the city of San Carlos (Nov. 3, 2015)
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$ 2,000,000*
...in savings to San Mateo County taxpayers!
...thanks to our defeat of Measure G, the five-year-long parcel tax, in San Mateo County (Nov. 6, 2012).
* Figure approximated by the authors of Measure G.