Editors Note: We originally reported Measure OO as having failed. That was wishful thinking. The measure, which was a greedy grab for taxpayer money by Kids First at the expense of programs for the elderly and parks and a bunch other programs that benefit the entire city, passed by about 6500 votes. As explained below, it locks Oakland into paying people to run afterschool programs and means there will be fewer ways of funding for other, equally and perhaps more pressing city needs. Oakland will now be spending more on teenage recreation on than on its libraries.
Measure N: FAILED (This is the Oakland Unified School District tax)
Measure NN : FAILED (This is the police tax)
Measure OO : PASSED (This was the set-aside measure sponsored Kids First)
Measure WW : PASSED (This is the East Bay Regional Park District tax)
Councilmember At Large: Rebecca Kaplan
Tally:
Rebecca Kaplan 61,431 or 62 percent of the votes
Kerry Hamill 36,845 or 37 p percent of the votes
AC Transit District Director, At Large: H.E. Christian Peeples
Tally:
H.E. Christian (Chris) Peeples 171,355 or 64 percent of the vote
Joyce Roy 94,697 or 35 percent of the vote
East Bay Regional Park District Director, Ward 1: Norman La Force
Tally:
Norman La Force 21,699 or 50 percent
Whitney Dotson 21,052 or 49 percent
photo credit: joebeone
2 comments:
Measure OO passed.
Thank you V Smoothe for catching that. All they needed was a simple majority, not a two-thirds majority.
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