Shall the measure amending Oakland’s Charter for the purposes of funding services to: expand access to early childhood and preschool education; improve high school and college graduation and career readiness; provide mentoring and college financial assistance; by establishing a $198, 30-year parcel tax for single family parcels and specified rates for other parcel types, raising approximately $25,000,000 – 30,000,000 annually, with citizen’s oversight, and exemptions for low-income households and others, be adopted?
2, Alameda County • 2018 • M
Failed
Result: 62.5% yes, 37.5% no (154,398 votes cast)
AI-generated plain-language summary
This measure would have established a 30-year parcel tax of $198 for single-family homes (with specified rates for other property types) to fund early childhood education, preschool, high school and college readiness programs, mentoring, and college financial assistance in Oakland. The tax was projected to raise $25-30 million annually and included exemptions for low-income households and citizen oversight.