Measure AA Expected to Pass with Two-Thirds Vote

The Mercury News: Landmark San Francisco Bay parcel tax for wetlands, flood control appears to win

By Paul Rogers, progers@bayareanewsgroup.com

Measure AA, a landmark $12 annual parcel tax in all nine Bay Area counties to fund wetlands restoration and flood control projects around San Francisco Bay’s shoreline, appears to have won approval from voters.

The measure, which would raise $25 million a year for 20 years, and needed two-thirds to pass, and had 69.3 percent in favor Wednesday morning with all 4,643 precincts counted.

Although there are still some provisional and mail-in ballots that were postmarked on Election Day left to be counted, Measure AA had 837,162 yes votes by 6 a.m. Wednesday — more than 31,000 above the two-thirds threshold from a total of 1,208,704 cast.

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A hiker enjoys the views of wetlands at Alviso Marina County Park in Alviso, Calif., (Patrick Tehan, Bay Area News Group)

A milestone for the preservation of San Francisco Bay, Measure AA, which will raise roughly $500 million over the next 20 years, ranks as the largest environmental measure ever approved in the Bay Area. It equals Measure WW, a $500 million parks bond approved by voters in 2008 to fund the East Bay Regional Park District.

Read the full article by The Mercury News by clicking here.

 

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Note – Information on the SF Bay Restoration Authority (and final vote updates) at:  http://sfbayrestore.org/

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