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The November 5 vote not only elected a president, but also gave the green light to some measures at the state and local level. In this sense, residents of Redwood City, San Mateo and Half Moon Bay gave their yes to some measures seeking to improve living conditions in their community.
With 82.59 percent of the votes voted in favor of Redwood City's business license tax measure (Measure BB), this means that large businesses will pay a higher proportional amount of business taxes, while small retail and commercial businesses will have a lower tax rate per employee.
In this way, the aim is to adjust tax rates based on the category of the company, where the highest rate corresponds to the largest industries and companies.
The measure will modernize the City's current business license tax structure, with taxes that could range from $10 to $250 per employee, providing approximately $7 million annually.
This BB measure would provide locally controlled funding to the city's largest businesses to deliver local services.
As for other measures voted on at the county level, residents of the city of San Mateo approved the T measure with 58.69 percent of the vote on affordable housing. This measure would put into effect residential limits in single-family zones that are designated as “very low residential” in the 2040 General Plan, limiting density in these zones to nine units per acre.
With this measure, most of the city (75