By Karina Alvarado and Pamela Cruz
This Tuesday, November 8, the midterm elections were held in the country, as well as the general elections in California and in the different counties of this country, where measures were put to the choice of its residents that will impact their communities in various ways, so far these are the preliminary results in Saint Matthew according to the County Clerk-Recorder's Office.
The City of Belmont put Measure K to a vote, which proposes a two percentage point adjustment to the “hotel tax” rate, a fee that must be paid by guests – who stay less than 30 days – of hotels or lodging facilities. So far, the proposal has 73 percent approval, or 3,507 votes.
In Brisbane, Measure O, which proposes to adopt an ordinance to impose on hotels and other places of accommodation a business license tax of $2.50 per room per day, has received 68.22 percent approval.
While Measure U in that same city, which asked about the imposition of a half-cent sales tax, has resulted in 61.05 percent approval with 522 votes.
In the city of Burlingame, Measure X swept with 73.95 percent approval to 26.05 percent disapproval. The proposition seeks to update business licenses in the city with fees from $200 to $750 and 5 percent of gross revenues for cannabis businesses, which will be used to fund city services.
In Menlo Park, Measure V seeks to prohibit the City Council from rezoning certain properties for single-family detached homes, and so far has approval of 59.72 percent, which has translated into 3,856 votes, against 40.28 percent disapproval or 2,601 votes.
Meanwhile, in the city of Millbrae, Measure N, which proposed raising the transient occupancy tax on guests of hotels and other accommodations in the city by 2 percent, has swept with 77.53 percent approval, or at least 2,853 votes.
Measure Y, in the city of Pacifica, which seeks to impose a sales tax of $0.005, so far has 56.80 percent approval, while Measure Q, in that same city – where the vote is advisory – which asked voters whether the city should amend its municipal code to prohibit the use or sale of fireworks, voted No with 53.36 percent or 4,051 votes.
In San Bruno, Measure BB, which proposed limiting service on the City Council or as mayor to a maximum of 12 consecutive years, was a huge success, with the Yes vote so far receiving a landslide 82.19 percent approval rating with 5,223 votes.
In the city of San Mateo, Measure CC, to increase the existing real estate transfer tax rate for properties sold for $10 million or more, received a resounding Yes with 70.06 percent of the vote.
Finally, in South San Francisco, Measure AA, which asked voters about authorizing the city to develop, build and acquire affordable housing for low-income people, has a 57.20 percent approval rate. Meanwhile, Measure DD, in the same city, which proposes authorizing an annual parcel tax of $2.50 per square foot, has a 56.54 percent approval rate.
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