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Revise San Bruno’s business license ordinance and tax-rate schedule to fund general city services. The question estimates $4 million annually until ended by voters, with annual independent audits. The detailed rate schedule is in the official ordinance; the question names streets, emergency response, libraries and parks among the services supported.
Official source: https://smcacre.gov/elections/november-3-2026-statewide-general-election
Approval requirement: Majority (county listing).
San Bruno Essential Services Protection Measure. To protect essential services such as: fixing potholes/city streets; providing rapid response to 9-1-1 emergency calls; maintaining library programs for children, teens, adults/seniors; maintaining parks/open space; and general city services, shall the measure be adopted simplifying/modernizing San Bruno’s business license ordinance, making rates more equitable/equal, updating the tax rate schedule as described in the ordinance, until ended by voters, raising $4,000,000 annually, with annual independent audits?
Official ballot wording and filing (PDF page 2). Wording transcribed from the official filing; line breaks and spacing normalized.
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Official ballot wording and filing (PDF page 2)
Content reviewed 2026-10-08. Source files checked 2026-10-08. Links open the county’s current files, which may change after review.
33 of 38 recorded Business Tax measures in San Mateo passed between 1999 and 2024.
Same county and broad measure type. These measures may have different purposes and voting rules. Historical outcomes are not a forecast.
Recent records from this comparison:
SAN MATEO Measure DD
SAN MATEO Measure V
SAN MATEO Measure BB
SAN MATEO Measure W
SAN MATEO Measure O
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