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San Rafael, California, Measure R, Sales Tax (November 2020)
| San Rafael Measure R | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Local sales tax and City tax | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Referral | Origin Lawmakers |
San Rafael Measure R was on the ballot as a referral in San Rafael on November 3, 2020. It was approved.
A “yes” vote supported authorizing an additional sales tax of 0.25% for nine years generating an estimated $3.4 million per year for essential services including disaster preparedness, street repair, emergency response, parks, crime prevention, and services for youth, seniors, families, and homeless individuals, thereby increasing the total sales tax rate in San Rafael from 9% to 9.25%. |
A “no” vote opposed authorizing an additional sales tax of 0.25% for nine years generating an estimated $3.4 million per year for essential services including disaster preparedness, street repair, emergency response, parks, crime prevention, and services for youth, seniors, families, and homeless individuals, thereby leaving the existing total sales tax rate in San Rafael at 9%. |
A simple majority was required for the approval of Measure R.
Election results
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San Rafael Measure R |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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16,216 | 61.66% | ||
| No | 10,085 | 38.34% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure R was as follows:
| “ | To preserve essential city services with funding that cannot be taken by Sacramento, including disaster/health emergency preparedness, repairing potholes/city streets, maintaining 911 emergency response times, city parks/playgrounds, crime prevention, preserving local services/programs for youth, families, seniors, homeless, and other city services, shall the City of San Rafael measure increasing the local sales tax rate by ¼%, for 9 years, providing $3,400,000 per year, be adopted? | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of San Rafael.
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