Politics & Government
San Mateo County Voters On Track To Approve School Bond Measures
Election officials said vote totals could change in the coming days.
SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — Voting results from Tuesday's election showed that San Mateo County voters were on track to approve a handful of bonds and measures benefiting local school districts.
With 55 percent approval required to pass, 61.06 percent of voters in the Jefferson Union High School District voted to approve Measure J, which would allow the district to issue more than $28 million in bonds to fund repairs at Jefferson, Oceana, Terra Nova, Thornton, Westmoor and Adult-Edhigh schools.
In the Brisbane School District, with 55 percent approval required, 58.97 percent of voters supported Measure K, which would authorize the district to issue $27 million in bonds to fund building and classroom repairs and upgrades.
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A total of 57.14 percent of voters in the Burlingame Elementary School District supported Measure O, which would allow the district to issue$97 million in bonds for classroom improvements.
A 55 percent majority is needed for the measure's passage. In the San Carlos School District, with a two-thirds majority necessary to pass, 68.35 percent of voters supported Measure N, which would allow the district to increase its annual parcel tax from $246.60 to $334.60per parcel for the next eight years.
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Early Wednesday morning, support for a parcel tax increase in the La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District had eclipsed the two-thirds necessary for its passage.
A total of 68.82 percent of voters supported increasing the district's parcel tax from $100 to $130 over seven years.
A $385 million bond measure in the San Mateo Unified High School District and a parcel tax increase measure in the Portola Valley School District were both short of their required vote thresholds to pass.
Vote totals could change in the coming days, according to the San Mateo County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder's Office.
Election officials plan to release the next update on the county's election results Thursday afternoon.
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