Pitching In A Fair Share

Pitching In A Fair Share Quality Public Education

Measure I – Add New Parcel Tax to Improve Community College Quality & Affordability

Won with 61.8% Yes 38.2% No

Community colleges are one of the most cost-effective drivers of economic prosperity for all of us, from working-class to wealthy and whether white, B…

San Jose

Measure H – Increase Card Room Tax for City Services

Won with 72.6% Yes 27.4% No

This measure would raise card room taxes from 15% to 16.5% and allow each of the city’s two casinos to add 15 tables. The San Jose Mercury News oppose…

Milpitas

Measure F – Create 1/4¢ Sales Tax for City Services

Won with 60.3% Yes 39.7% No

The recession will impact city services deeply. While more progressive measures like taxing corporations should be the way we fill the gap, this small…

Santa Clara (City)

Measure E – Require Hotel Guests to Contribute More for Public Services

Won with 73.5% Yes 26.5% No

Our vital city services will face deep cuts in the wake of the recession. This measure will help to fill the gap for parks, libraries, senior services…

Half Moon Bay

Measure U – Require Hotel Guests to Contribute More for Public Services

Won with 72.9% Yes 27.1% No

The recession is threatening public services, and asking those who are wealthy enough to travel to pitch in a little more for all of us is a responsib…

San Bruno

Measure X – Require Hotel Guests to Contribute More for Public Services

Won with 71.6% Yes 28.4% No

The recession is threatening public services, and asking those who are wealthy enough to travel to pitch in a little more for all of us is a responsib…

San Bruno

Measure S – Tax Cannabis Businesses

Won with 62.6% Yes 37.4% No

Although no cannabis businesses currently exist in the city of San Bruno, this measure would add a tax on them in the case that they are eventually pe…

East Palo Alto

Pitching In A Fair Share Right to Our Homes

Measure V – Ask Hotel Guests to Pitch In for Affordable Housing

Lost with 35.34% Yes 64.66% No

The recession is threatening public services, and asking those who are wealthy enough to travel to pitch in a little more for all of us is a responsib…

Daly City

Health for All Pitching In A Fair Share Right to Our Homes Transit & Environmental Justice

Measure Q – Pass Local Recovery and Relief

Won with 72% Yes 28% No

This is a 1/2 percent cent sales tax, with no state takebacks. Though it is a regressive tax, we support it because Daly City urgently needs the money…

San Mateo (City)

Measure W – Require Hotel Guests to Contribute More for Public Services

Won with 74.8% Yes 25.2% No

The recession is threatening public services, and asking those who are wealthy enough to travel to pitch in a little more for all of us is a responsib…

Alameda County

Berkeley

Measure FF – Raise $8.5 Million for Emergency Response Through Parcel Tax

Won with 74.1% Yes 25.9% No

This measure raises needed funds for firefighting, emergency medical response and wildfire preparedness. It raises $8.5 million through a $0.1047 per…