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, where measures were put to the choice of its residents that will impact their communities in various ways, until At the moment these are the preliminary results in Saint Matthew according to the County Clerk-Recorder's Office.
The city of Belmont voted on measure K, which proposes a two percentage point adjustment to the "hotel tax" rate, an assessment that must be paid by guests ?staying less than 30 days? hotels or accommodation facilities. So far, the proposal has 73 percent approval, that is, 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 for each day, has obtained 68.22 per cent approval.
While measure U in that same city, which asked about imposing a half-cent sales tax, has resulted in 61.05 percent approval with 522 votes.
In the city of Burlingame, Measure X swept with a 73.95 percent approval to a 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 revenue for cannabis businesses, which will be used to finance city services.
In Menlo Park, Measure V seeks to prohibit the City Council from rezoning certain properties for detached single-family homes, and its acceptance so far is 59.72 percent, which has translated into 3,856 votes against 40.28 percent disapproval or 2,601 votes.
On the other hand, in the city of Millbrae, measure N, which proposed a 2 percent increase in the transient occupancy tax for hotel guests and other accommodation in the city, has swept 77.53 percent approval, that is, with at least 2,853 votes.
Measure Y, in the city of Pacífica, which seeks to impose a sales tax of $0.005, so far has 56.80 percent approval; while measure Q, in that same city ?in which the vote is consultative? and where he asked voters whether the city should amend its municipal code to prohibit the use or sale of fireworks, the vote was No with 53.36 percent or 4,051 votes.
In San Bruno, measure BB that proposed limiting service on the City Council or as mayor to a maximum of 12 consecutive years was a great success, as so far, Yes has obtained a sweeping 82.19 percent approval with 5,000 223 votes.
In the case of 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, the AA measure that asked voters about the city's authorization to develop, build and acquire affordable housing for low-income people, has a 57.20 percent approval. While measure DD, in the same city, which proposes the authorization of an annual tax on parcels of $2.50 per square foot, has had 56.54 percent approval.
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