Combined ballot

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Board Member; Hillsborough City School District (3 Elected)

• Mary Ellen Benninger
  1,394 votes 30.3%
• Steven M. Koury
  1,326 votes 28.8%
• Lynne Esselstein
  1,133 votes 24.6%
• Steven Gans
  641 votes 13.9%
• Pearl G. Wu
  110 votes 2.4%

Board Member; Redwood City School District (2 Elected)

• Hilary S. Paulson
  5,037 votes 32.9%
• Maria Diaz-Slocum
  4,661 votes 30.4%
• John J. "Jack" Hickey
  2,920 votes 19.1%
• Lea Cuniberti-Duran
  2,697 votes 17.6%

Board Member; San Bruno Park Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• William "Skip" Henderson
  2,554 votes 27.0%
• Henry C. Sanchez
  2,221 votes 23.5%
• James R. Prescott
  2,044 votes 21.6%
• Charles "Chuck" Zelnik, Jr.
  1,364 votes 14.4%
• Maria N. Araujo
  1,287 votes 13.6%

Board Member; San Mateo Union High School District (3 Elected)

• Peter H. Hanley
  17,321 votes 24.6%
• Linda Lees Dwyer
  16,033 votes 22.8%
• Robert H. Griffin
  14,580 votes 20.7%
• Mike Loy
  13,197 votes 18.8%
• Guadalupe Ortiz
  9,197 votes 13.1%

Board Member; San Mateo-Foster City School District (3 Elected)

• Ellen Mallory Ulrich
  10,094 votes 28.5%
• Lory Lorimer Lawson
  9,863 votes 27.9%
• Julie S. Chan
  8,875 votes 25.1%
• John Miller
  6,534 votes 18.5%

Board Member; Sequoia Union High School District (2 Elected)

• Chris Thomsen
  10,873 votes 22.2%
• Alan Sarver
  9,720 votes 19.9%
• Virginia Chang Kiraly
  8,085 votes 16.5%
• Bob Ferrando
  5,529 votes 11.3%
• Nohema Fernandez
  4,190 votes 8.6%
• Jacqueline Wallace Greene
  3,752 votes 7.7%
• Beth "Ms Inja" Injasoulian
  3,528 votes 7.2%
• Noria Zasslow
  3,202 votes 6.6%

Board Member; Woodside Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Bettina U. Pike
  350 votes 26.8%
• Wendy Warren Crandall
  321 votes 24.5%
• Marc Tarpenning
  310 votes 23.7%
• Elianne K. Frenkel-Popell
  184 votes 14.1%
• Millo Fenzi
  143 votes 10.9%

Special District

Board Member; Broadmoor Police Protection District (2 Elected)

• Joe Sheridan
  505 votes 35.7%
• Ralph E. Hutchens
  496 votes 35.1%
• Hanley Chan
  413 votes 29.2%

Board Member; Coastside County Water District (2 Elected)

• Chris R. Mickelsen
  2,445 votes 38.3%
• Jerry Donovan
  2,125 votes 33.3%
• James D. Johnson
  1,812 votes 28.4%

Board Member; Coastside Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Gary Riddell
  2,333 votes 18.3%
• Gary Burke
  2,264 votes 17.8%
• Ginny McShane
  2,216 votes 17.4%
• David Eufusia
  2,030 votes 15.9%
• Jeffrey B. Cockrell
  1,969 votes 15.5%
• Max De Vos
  1,583 votes 12.4%
• Charles Netherby
  334 votes 2.6%

Board Member; East Palo Alto Sanitary District (2 Elected)

• Joan Sykes-Miessi
  390 votes 33.9%
• Dennis C. Scherzer
  390 votes 33.9%
• Edrick L. Haggans
  369 votes 32.1%

Board Member; Granada Sanitary District (3 Elected)

• Ric Lohman
  778 votes 23.4%
• Gael Erickson
  673 votes 20.2%
• Leonard Woren
  577 votes 17.4%
• Lisa McCaffrey
  567 votes 17.1%
• Bill Griffis
  450 votes 13.5%

Board Member; Los Trancos County Water District (3 Elected)

• David T. Smernoff
  193 votes 28.7%
• Thomas Uridel
  188 votes 28.0%
• Tracy Sherman
  178 votes 26.5%
• Richard Swan
  113 votes 16.8%

Board Member; Menlo Park Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• Rexford Ianson
  3,650 votes 19.9%
• Jack Nelson
  3,429 votes 18.7%
• Stephen Nachtsheim
  3,096 votes 16.9%
• James M. Harris
  2,971 votes 16.2%
• Robert J. Silano
  2,607 votes 14.2%
• Jon N. Mosby
  2,567 votes 14.0%

City Council; City of Belmont (3 Elected)

• Dave Warden
  2,358 votes 23.1%
• Warren Lieberman
  2,268 votes 22.2%
• Coralin Feierbach
  2,148 votes 21.0%
• Gin Nikoloff
  1,734 votes 17.0%
• Michael McGuinness
  1,715 votes 16.8%

City Council; City of Brisbane (3 Elected)

• W. Clarke Conway
  570 votes 25.9%
• Cliff Lentz
  546 votes 24.8%
• A. Sepi Richardson
  488 votes 22.2%
• Michael G. Barnes
  460 votes 20.9%
• Emile Manara
  137 votes 6.2%

City Clerk; City of Burlingame

• Mary Ellen Kearney
  3,656 votes 100.0%

City Council; City of Burlingame (3 Elected)

• Michael Brownrigg
  3,412 votes 27.8%
• Ann Keighran
  3,297 votes 26.9%
• Cathy Baylock
  2,825 votes 23.0%
• Rosalie M. O'Mahony
  2,733 votes 22.3%

City Council; City of Foster City (2 Elected)

• Pam Frisella
  2,328 votes 30.5%
• Charlie Bronitsky
  1,759 votes 23.1%
• Herb Perez
  1,474 votes 19.3%
• Wing Yu
  1,384 votes 18.1%
• Linda Haskin Gologorsky
  681 votes 8.9%

City Council; City of Half Moon Bay (3 Elected)

• Naomi Patridge
  1,449 votes 17.7%
• Allan Alifano
  1,263 votes 15.4%
• Rick Kowalczyk
  1,116 votes 13.6%
• Deborah Ruddock
  1,053 votes 12.8%
• Dan Handler
  1,030 votes 12.6%
• Sofia M. Freer
  976 votes 11.9%
• George Muteff
  882 votes 10.8%
• Charles T. Hoelzel
  427 votes 5.2%

City Council; City of Millbrae (2 Elected)

• Gina Papan
  2,329 votes 40.6%
• Nadia V. Holober
  2,307 votes 40.2%
• Lorrie Kalos-Gunn
  1,104 votes 19.2%

Treasurer; City of Millbrae

• Doris Morse
  2,457 votes 100.0%

City Council; City of Redwood City (3 Elected)

• Jeff Ira
  5,077 votes 26.9%
• Jeff Gee
  4,644 votes 24.6%
• John Seybert
  3,724 votes 19.8%
• Janet Borgens
  2,867 votes 15.2%
• Cherlene L. Wright
  2,542 votes 13.5%

City Clerk; City of San Bruno

• Carol Bonner
  3,841 votes 100.0%

City Council; City of San Bruno (2 Elected)

• Rico E. Medina
  3,353 votes 51.3%
• Ken Ibarra
  3,182 votes 48.7%

Mayor; City of San Bruno

• Jim Ruane
  3,230 votes 73.1%
• Miguel Araujo
  1,186 votes 26.9%

Treasurer; City of San Bruno

• John Marty
  3,751 votes 100.0%

City Council; City of San Carlos (3 Elected)

• Bob Grassilli
  4,392 votes 34.3%
• Andy Klein
  4,303 votes 33.6%
• Matt Grocott
  4,118 votes 32.1%

City Council; City of San Mateo (3 Elected)

• David G. Lim
  7,019 votes 23.6%
• Robert Ross
  6,103 votes 20.6%
• Brandt Grotte
  5,768 votes 19.4%
• Frederick Arn Hansson
  5,580 votes 18.8%
• Bertha Hall Sanchez
  5,218 votes 17.6%

City Clerk; City of South San Francisco

• Krista Martinelli-Larson
  5,111 votes 100.0%

City Council; City of South San Francisco (3 Elected)

• Pedro Gonzalez
  3,736 votes 27.3%
• Mark N. Addiego
  3,687 votes 26.9%
• Karyl Matsumoto
  3,652 votes 26.7%
• Kamala Silva Wolfe
  2,620 votes 19.1%

Treasurer; City of South San Francisco

• Richard A. Battaglia
  5,113 votes 100.0%

City Council; Town of Portola Valley (3 Elected)

• F. John Richards
  1,055 votes 34.6%
• Ted Driscoll
  1,005 votes 33.0%
• Maryann Moise Derwin
  988 votes 32.4%

Council Member; Town of Woodside; District 2

• Deborah Cody Gordon
  612 votes 100.0%

Council Member; Town of Woodside; District 4

• David Tanner
  594 votes 100.0%

Council Member; Town of Woodside; District 6

• Anne Kasten
  647 votes 100.0%

Measure F Transit Occupancy Tax -- City of San Bruno (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,093 / 69.8% Yes votes ...... 1,336 / 30.2% No votes

To preserve funding for general city services, shall the City of San Bruno approve an ordinance amending the San Bruno Municipal Code to increase the transient occupancy tax rate from ten (10%) to twelve (12%) per cent on the rate charged to hotel guests within the City?

Measure G Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Brisbane (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 536 / 64.7% Yes votes ...... 292 / 35.3% No votes

Shall the existing transient occupancy tax on the rent charged for use of hotel rooms in the city be increased from 10% to 12%?

Measure H Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Burlingame (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,977 / 79.9% Yes votes ...... 1,002 / 20.1% No votes

To preserve funding for general city services, including maintaining public safety, recreation, planning and library services, and repairing and improving city streets and infrastructure, such as the Broadway/Highway 101 interchange, shall the City of Burlingame approve an ordinance amending the Burlingame Municipal Code to increase the transient occupancy tax rate from ten (10%) per cent to twelve (12%) per cent on the rent charged to hotel guests within the City?

Measure I City Clerk -- City of Burlingame (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,570 / 53.7% Yes votes ...... 2,214 / 46.3% No votes

Shall the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Burlingame be appointive?

Measure J Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Millbrae (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,295 / 68.5% Yes votes ...... 1,056 / 31.5% No votes

Shall the ordinance adopted by the City Council increasing the uniform transient occupancy tax from ten percent (10%) to twelve percent (12%) be approved?

Measure K Election of City Treasurer -- City of Millbrae (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,693 / 51.0% Yes votes ...... 1,626 / 49.0% No votes

Shall the office of city treasurer be appointive?

Measure L Sales Tax Proposal -- City of San Mateo (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,258 / 61.2% Yes votes ...... 5,227 / 38.8% No votes

To maintain and protect City services and facilities, such as street and sidewalk maintenance and repair, fire protection and emergency medical services, police protection, neighborhood watch and crime prevention programs, libraries, community centers, recreation programs, and parks, shall the City of San Mateo be authorized to enact a one-quarter cent tax on sales for eight years with all proceeds placed in the City's General Fund with independent annual financial audits?

Measure M Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of San Mateo (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 10,068 / 74.6% Yes votes ...... 3,424 / 25.4% No votes

To maintain and protect City services and facilities, such as street and sidewalk maintenance and repair, fire protection and emergency medical services, police protection, neighborhood watch and crime prevention programs, libraries, community centers, recreation programs, and parks, shall the City of San Mateo be authorized to increase the Hotel Transient Occupancy Tax (the "hotel tax") by 2% with all proceeds placed in the City's General Fund?

Measure N Rent Stabilization -- City of East Palo Alto (Majority Approval Required)

Shall the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance - which would repeal the City's existing rent stabilization ordinance with respect to residential tenancies other than mobile home park space tenancies and adopt and new procedures to establish permissible rent levels, protect residential tenants from unreasonable rent increases and from arbitrary discriminatory evictions, and assure landlord's right to a fair return on their property - be adopted?

Measure O Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of South San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4,326 / 77.6% Yes votes ...... 1,246 / 22.4% No votes

To provide funding for essential public services in South San Francisco, including parks, recreation, police, fire, streets, and libraries, shall the existing transient occupancy tax ("hotel") tax, paid by hotel guests and collected by hotel operators, be increased by 1% and modernized by amending the administrative provisions of the tax to ensure full collection for online reservations and to apply the tax to separate charges for vehicle parking for hotels?

Measure P Utility Users' Tax -- Town of Portola Valley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,229 / 82.6% Yes votes ...... 259 / 17.4% No votes

Do the people of the Town of Portola Valley adopt an ordinance that continues the reduced four and one-half percent (4.5%) Utility Users Tax levied on telephone, gas, water, and electricity, set forth in Chapter 3.32 of the Portola Valley Municipal Code, for a period of four (4) years from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2014?

Measure Q Appropriations Limit -- Town of Portola Valley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 891 / 59.8% Yes votes ...... 598 / 40.2% No votes

Shall the Town of Portola Valley adjust the appropriations limit of the Town each fiscal year commencing July 1, 2010 by the amount of money collected from the Utility Users Tax during the time of its levy and collection, provided that authorization to adjust the appropriations limit shall not exceed four (4) years from the end of Fiscal Year 2009-2010?

Measure R Appropriations Limit -- Town of Portola Valley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 967 / 65.9% Yes votes ...... 500 / 34.1% No votes

Only if the Town of Portola Valley Proposition Q adjusting the Town's Appropriation Limit passes shall the Town additionally adjust the appropriations limit each fiscal year commencing July 1, 2010 by the amount of money collected from imposition of the 2% Utility Users Tax (for open space purposes only) during the time of its levy and collection, provided authorization to djust the appropriations limit shall not exceed four years from the end of Fiscal Year 2009-2010?

Measure S Parcel Tax -- Town of Atherton (Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 1,426 / 78.0% Yes votes ...... 403 / 22.0% No votes

To continue providing funding to maintain neighborhood police patrols and the Town's ability to respond to emergencies, repair and maintain streets, and repair and construct storm drains, shall an ordinance be adopted to continue the existing Town of Atherton Special Parcel Tax for four years?

Measure T Appropriations Limit -- Town of Atherton (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,252 / 69.6% Yes votes ...... 547 / 30.4% No votes

In accordance with past practice, shall the Town's appropriations limit be increased by one and a half times the amount of the any voter approved parcel tax for four years?

Measure U Sales Tax Proposal -- City of San Carlos (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 3,022 / 43.2% Yes votes ...... 3,967 / 56.8% No votes

City of San Carlos Vital Services Measure: To prevent further cuts and preserve funding for general city services, including fire protection, paramedic and 9-1-1- emergency response, police protection, and crime prevention; street repair and maintenance; and avoiding closure of parks and sports fields, shall the City of San Carlos adopt an ordinance enacting a one-half cent transactions and use tax (sales tax) for six years with independent annual audits and all funds staying local?

Measure V Election of the City Clerk -- City of San Carlos (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,972 / 61.5% Yes votes ...... 2,490 / 38.5% No votes

Shall the office of City Clerk be appointive?

Measure W Term Limits -- City of Foster City (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,406 / 34.3% Yes votes ...... 2,692 / 65.7% No votes

Shall an ordinance of the People increasing the number of terms a Member of the City Council may serve from two full terms (8 years) in succession to three full terms (12 years) in succession be approved?

Measure X Library Board -- City of Redwood City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4,353 / 59.5% Yes votes ...... 2,966 / 40.5% No votes

Shall Section 18(a) of the City Charter be amended to create a seven member Library Board, all to be appointed by the City Council; Section 18(f) be added to provide that the Library Board would establish rules for its proceedings and the City Council would set forth the authority and duties of the Library Board; and deleting Section 19, 19 1/2, and 20 in their entirety?

Measure Y Business License Tax -- City of Redwood City (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 3,415 / 45.8% Yes votes ...... 4,049 / 54.2% No votes

Shall Ordinance No. 2346 be adopted to increase the rates of Redwood City's Business License Tax by 16.67% per year (rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount) for each of the three successive fiscal years commencing on July 1, 2010 and then, commencing on July 1, 2013 and annually thereafter, be increased based upon the annual change in the Consumer Price Index?