San Luis Obispo Essential Services Measure: To protect and maintain essential services - such as neighborhood street paving and pothole repair; traffic congestion relief; public safety, including restoring eliminated traffic patrol, Fire Marshal and fire/paramedic training positions; flood protection; senior citizen services/facilities; neighborhood code enforcement; open space preservation and other vital general purpose services - shall the sales tax be increased by one-half cent for eight years only, with citizen oversight and independent annual financial audits?