Last Frontier Healthcare District parcel tax, Measure R (August 2010)
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A Last Frontier Healthcare District parcel tax, Measure R ballot proposition was on the August 31, 2010 ballot in Modoc County, where it was approved.[1]
Measure R imposed a $195 per parcel per year tax on parcels within the newly-created Last Frontier Healthcare District.[2]
Measure R was expected to generate $3 million each year to support the operations of the Modoc Medical Center. The hospital, which prior to the passage of Measure Q was owned and operated by Modoc County, had been operating at a millions-a-year deficit.[3]
The newly-created hospital district was 400 miles northeast of San Francisco.
Election results
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,589 | 68.05% | ||
| No | 746 | 31.95% | ||
Support
Residents of the county feared that if Measures Q and R had lost, the hospital would have to close.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Associated Press, "Cash-strapped Calif. county approves hospital tax," September 1, 2010
- ↑ Forbes, "Voters decide future of cash-strapped Calif county," August 31, 2010
- ↑ KRC-TV, "Parcel Tax Measure Looming For Modoc Hospital," August 25, 2010
- ↑ NPR, "In Rural Calif., A Debate On How To Save A Hospital," August 19, 2010
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