Improve public safety and emergency response times; maintain the number of police officers; fight crime/gangs/drugs; provide modern firefighting equipment, with all money used only for local Police and Fire, shall Orange Cove establish an annual special $36 parcel tax for single-family homes and specified amounts for multifamily, commercial, agricultural, industrial parcels, expected to raise about $98,000 annually for four years, with independent Citizen Oversight?
2, Fresno County • 2020 • Measure
Failed
Result: 59.6% yes, 40.4% no (721 votes cast)
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The measure would have established a four-year special parcel tax of $36 annually for single-family homes (with specified amounts for other property types) to fund local police and fire services in Orange Cove, expected to raise approximately $98,000 per year. The measure required a two-thirds majority to pass but received only 59.6% approval and therefore failed.