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San Mateo County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
Measure A
Transaction and Use Tax
County of San Mateo
Majority Approval Required

Pass: 169,661 / 65.4% Yes votes ...... 89,788 / 34.6% No votes

See Also: Index of all Measures
Results as of Dec 17 1:47pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (468/468)
79.8% Voter Turnout (288,592/361,486)
Information shown below: Yes/No Meaning | Impartial Analysis | Arguments | Full Text

To ensure San Mateo quality of life by retaining critical facilities/services such as: child abuse prevention, 911 dispatch, fire prevention, after-school library reading/homework programs; keeping parks open; maintaining seismically safe hospital/emergency rooms which may include substantial funding to replace Seton Hospital/emergency room for low-income children/seniors/disabled; and other County services, shall San Mateo County levy a half-cent sales tax for ten years, which the State cannot take away, with oversight/independent audits?

Meaning of Voting Yes/No
A YES vote on this measure means:
A "yes" vote on this measure is a vote to approve and authorize the imposition of the general sales and use tax at the rate of 0.5%, as described above and as will be set forth in Chapter 5.150 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code. The tax would be used to support general County services and functions.

A NO vote on this measure means:
A "no" vote on this measure would not allow the County to impose the proposed general sales and use tax.

Impartial Analysis
https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2012/nov/documents/14_ENG_M_A.pdf

   Partisan Information

No on A video from Midpeninsula Community Media Center

Silicon Valley Taxpayers Assn. voter guide for San Mateo County, Nov. 2012
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Arguments For Measure A Arguments Against Measure A
https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2012/nov/documents/14_ENG_M_A.pdf

Rebuttal to Arguments For
https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2012/nov/documents/14_ENG_M_A.pdf

https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2012/nov/documents/14_ENG_M_A.pdf

Rebuttal to Arguments Against
https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2012/nov/documents/14_ENG_M_A.pdf

Full Text of Measure A
https://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2012/nov/documents/14_ENG_M_A.pdf

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