5 Bond, Parcel Tax Measures Approved in San Mateo County

By Bay City News Service:

Voters around San Mateo County appear to have approved five bond and parcel tax measures to fund repairs and upgrades of schools around the county, according to complete unofficial election results.

Voters in the San Mateo County Community College District, the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District and the Jefferson Union High School District all approved bond measures while the Bayshore Elementary School District and Burlingame School District passed parcel taxes, according to unofficial election results.

Measure H sought to obtain $388 million in bonds for upgrades at the College of San Mateo and Skyline and Canada colleges and was passed by 65 percent of voters.

Measure I was a $48 million bond measure for Belmont-Redwood Shores schools and had 63 percent approval, while Measure J was a $133 million bond measure for the Jefferson Union High School District and was passed by 70 percent, according to the complete unofficial results. All three bond measures required 55 percent approval to pass.

Measure K was an eight-year renewal of an existing parcel tax for the Bayshore Elementary School District and was passed by nearly 73 percent of voters, while Measure L also renewed an existing parcel tax for eight years in the Burlingame School District with nearly 77 percent approval. Both needed two-thirds approval to pass.

Elsewhere in the county, about 67 percent of San Bruno voters appear to have passed Measure N, allowing for greater height limits and parking garages along El Camino Real and other main streets.

The two measures that failed to pass in the county were Measure M, which sought to limit office development in Menlo Park but only received 38 percent of the vote, and Measure O, which only got 48 percent approval for the extension of a half-cent sales tax. Both measures needed a simple majority to pass.

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