Shall the measure be adopted to improve local police/fire services, emergency response times; maintain the number of police officers; fight crime/gangs/drugs, provide firefighting equipment; establish an annual special tax, as follows: $36 parcel tax for each single-family residential and agricultural parcel; $25 each multifamily unit; $180 each commercial parcel; $275 each industrial parcel, raising about $98,000 annually for four years, with independent Citizen Oversight?
2, Fresno County • 2021 • Measure
Failed
Result: 61.7% yes, 38.3% no (308 votes cast)
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This measure would have established an annual special tax on different types of property parcels in Fresno for four years, with rates ranging from $25 to $275 depending on property type, to raise approximately $98,000 annually for police and fire services. The measure failed despite receiving 61.7% yes votes, likely because it required a two-thirds supermajority to pass as a special tax.