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November 3, 2009 Election

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County Results as of Dec 29 12:09pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (393/393)
27.8% Countywide Voter Turnout (77,340/277,759)
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  • School

    Board Member; Hillsborough City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Redwood City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; San Bruno Park Elementary School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; San Mateo Union High School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; San Mateo-Foster City School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Sequoia Union High School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Woodside Elementary School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Bettina U. Pike
      350 votes 26.8%
    • Wendy Warren Crandall
      321 votes 24.5%
    • Marc Tarpenning
      310 votes 23.7%
    • Elianne K. Frenkel-Popell
      184 votes 14.1%
    • Millo Fenzi
      143 votes 10.9%

    Special District

    Board Member; Broadmoor Police Protection DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Coastside County Water DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Chris R. Mickelsen
      2,445 votes 38.3%
    • Jerry Donovan
      2,125 votes 33.3%
    • James D. Johnson
      1,812 votes 28.4%

    Board Member; Coastside Fire Protection DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Gary Riddell
      2,333 votes 18.3%
    • Gary Burke
      2,264 votes 17.8%
    • Ginny McShane
      2,216 votes 17.4%
    • David Eufusia
      2,030 votes 15.9%
    • Jeffrey B. Cockrell
      1,969 votes 15.5%
    • Max De Vos
      1,583 votes 12.4%
    • Charles Netherby
      334 votes 2.6%

    Board Member; East Palo Alto Sanitary DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Granada Sanitary DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Los Trancos County Water DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • David T. Smernoff
      193 votes 28.7%
    • Thomas Uridel
      188 votes 28.0%
    • Tracy Sherman
      178 votes 26.5%
    • Richard Swan
      113 votes 16.8%

    Board Member; Menlo Park Fire Protection DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    City

    City Council; City of BelmontClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    City Council; City of BrisbaneClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • W. Clarke Conway
      570 votes 25.9%
    • Cliff Lentz
      546 votes 24.8%
    • A. Sepi Richardson
      488 votes 22.2%
    • Michael G. Barnes
      460 votes 20.9%
    • Emile Manara
      137 votes 6.2%

    City Clerk; City of BurlingameClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Mary Ellen Kearney
      3,656 votes 100.0%

    City Council; City of BurlingameClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    City Council; City of Foster CityClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    City Council; City of Half Moon BayClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    City Council; City of MillbraeClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Treasurer; City of MillbraeClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Doris Morse
      2,457 votes 100.0%

    City Council; City of Redwood CityClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    City Clerk; City of San BrunoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City Council; City of San BrunoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Mayor; City of San BrunoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jim Ruane
      3,230 votes 73.1%
    • Miguel Araujo
      1,186 votes 26.9%

    Treasurer; City of San BrunoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John Marty
      3,751 votes 100.0%

    City Council; City of San CarlosClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Bob Grassilli
      4,392 votes 34.3%
    • Andy Klein
      4,303 votes 33.6%
    • Matt Grocott
      4,118 votes 32.1%

    City Council; City of San MateoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    City Clerk; City of South San FranciscoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Krista Martinelli-Larson
      5,111 votes 100.0%

    City Council; City of South San FranciscoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Treasurer; City of South San FranciscoClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City Council; Town of Portola ValleyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • F. John Richards
      1,055 votes 34.6%
    • Ted Driscoll
      1,005 votes 33.0%
    • Maryann Moise Derwin
      988 votes 32.4%

    Council Member; Town of Woodside; District 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Deborah Cody Gordon
      612 votes 100.0%

    Council Member; Town of Woodside; District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • David Tanner
      594 votes 100.0%

    Council Member; Town of Woodside; District 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Anne Kasten
      647 votes 100.0%

    Local Measures

    Measure F Transit Occupancy Tax -- City of San Bruno (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 3,093 / 69.8% Yes votes ...... 1,336 / 30.2% No votes
    To preserve funding for general city services, shall the City of San Bruno approve an ordinance amending the San Bruno Municipal Code to increase the transient occupancy tax rate from ten (10%) to twelve (12%) per cent on the rate charged to hotel guests within the City?

    Measure G Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Brisbane (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 536 / 64.7% Yes votes ...... 292 / 35.3% No votes
    Shall the existing transient occupancy tax on the rent charged for use of hotel rooms in the city be increased from 10% to 12%?

    Measure H Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Burlingame (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 3,977 / 79.9% Yes votes ...... 1,002 / 20.1% No votes
    To preserve funding for general city services, including maintaining public safety, recreation, planning and library services, and repairing and improving city streets and infrastructure, such as the Broadway/Highway 101 interchange, shall the City of Burlingame approve an ordinance amending the Burlingame Municipal Code to increase the transient occupancy tax rate from ten (10%) per cent to twelve (12%) per cent on the rent charged to hotel guests within the City?

    Measure I City Clerk -- City of Burlingame (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2,570 / 53.7% Yes votes ...... 2,214 / 46.3% No votes
    Shall the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Burlingame be appointive?

    Measure J Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Millbrae (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2,295 / 68.5% Yes votes ...... 1,056 / 31.5% No votes
    Shall the ordinance adopted by the City Council increasing the uniform transient occupancy tax from ten percent (10%) to twelve percent (12%) be approved?

    Measure K Election of City Treasurer -- City of Millbrae (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,693 / 51.0% Yes votes ...... 1,626 / 49.0% No votes
    Shall the office of city treasurer be appointive?

    Measure L Sales Tax Proposal -- City of San Mateo (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 8,258 / 61.2% Yes votes ...... 5,227 / 38.8% No votes
    To maintain and protect City services and facilities, such as street and sidewalk maintenance and repair, fire protection and emergency medical services, police protection, neighborhood watch and crime prevention programs, libraries, community centers, recreation programs, and parks, shall the City of San Mateo be authorized to enact a one-quarter cent tax on sales for eight years with all proceeds placed in the City's General Fund with independent annual financial audits?

    Measure M Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of San Mateo (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 10,068 / 74.6% Yes votes ...... 3,424 / 25.4% No votes
    To maintain and protect City services and facilities, such as street and sidewalk maintenance and repair, fire protection and emergency medical services, police protection, neighborhood watch and crime prevention programs, libraries, community centers, recreation programs, and parks, shall the City of San Mateo be authorized to increase the Hotel Transient Occupancy Tax (the "hotel tax") by 2% with all proceeds placed in the City's General Fund?

    Measure N Rent Stabilization -- City of East Palo Alto (Majority Approval Required)
    Shall the Rent Stabilization and Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance - which would repeal the City's existing rent stabilization ordinance with respect to residential tenancies other than mobile home park space tenancies and adopt and new procedures to establish permissible rent levels, protect residential tenants from unreasonable rent increases and from arbitrary discriminatory evictions, and assure landlord's right to a fair return on their property - be adopted?

    Measure O Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of South San Francisco (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 4,326 / 77.6% Yes votes ...... 1,246 / 22.4% No votes
    To provide funding for essential public services in South San Francisco, including parks, recreation, police, fire, streets, and libraries, shall the existing transient occupancy tax ("hotel") tax, paid by hotel guests and collected by hotel operators, be increased by 1% and modernized by amending the administrative provisions of the tax to ensure full collection for online reservations and to apply the tax to separate charges for vehicle parking for hotels?

    Measure P Utility Users' Tax -- Town of Portola Valley (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,229 / 82.6% Yes votes ...... 259 / 17.4% No votes
    Do the people of the Town of Portola Valley adopt an ordinance that continues the reduced four and one-half percent (4.5%) Utility Users Tax levied on telephone, gas, water, and electricity, set forth in Chapter 3.32 of the Portola Valley Municipal Code, for a period of four (4) years from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2014?

    Measure Q Appropriations Limit -- Town of Portola Valley (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 891 / 59.8% Yes votes ...... 598 / 40.2% No votes
    Shall the Town of Portola Valley adjust the appropriations limit of the Town each fiscal year commencing July 1, 2010 by the amount of money collected from the Utility Users Tax during the time of its levy and collection, provided that authorization to adjust the appropriations limit shall not exceed four (4) years from the end of Fiscal Year 2009-2010?

    Measure R Appropriations Limit -- Town of Portola Valley (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 967 / 65.9% Yes votes ...... 500 / 34.1% No votes
    Only if the Town of Portola Valley Proposition Q adjusting the Town's Appropriation Limit passes shall the Town additionally adjust the appropriations limit each fiscal year commencing July 1, 2010 by the amount of money collected from imposition of the 2% Utility Users Tax (for open space purposes only) during the time of its levy and collection, provided authorization to djust the appropriations limit shall not exceed four years from the end of Fiscal Year 2009-2010?

    Measure S Parcel Tax -- Town of Atherton (Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,426 / 78.0% Yes votes ...... 403 / 22.0% No votes
    To continue providing funding to maintain neighborhood police patrols and the Town's ability to respond to emergencies, repair and maintain streets, and repair and construct storm drains, shall an ordinance be adopted to continue the existing Town of Atherton Special Parcel Tax for four years?

    Measure T Appropriations Limit -- Town of Atherton (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 1,252 / 69.6% Yes votes ...... 547 / 30.4% No votes
    In accordance with past practice, shall the Town's appropriations limit be increased by one and a half times the amount of the any voter approved parcel tax for four years?

    Measure U Sales Tax Proposal -- City of San Carlos (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 3,022 / 43.2% Yes votes ...... 3,967 / 56.8% No votes
    City of San Carlos Vital Services Measure: To prevent further cuts and preserve funding for general city services, including fire protection, paramedic and 9-1-1- emergency response, police protection, and crime prevention; street repair and maintenance; and avoiding closure of parks and sports fields, shall the City of San Carlos adopt an ordinance enacting a one-half cent transactions and use tax (sales tax) for six years with independent annual audits and all funds staying local?

    Measure V Election of the City Clerk -- City of San Carlos (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 3,972 / 61.5% Yes votes ...... 2,490 / 38.5% No votes
    Shall the office of City Clerk be appointive?

    Measure W Term Limits -- City of Foster City (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 1,406 / 34.3% Yes votes ...... 2,692 / 65.7% No votes
    Shall an ordinance of the People increasing the number of terms a Member of the City Council may serve from two full terms (8 years) in succession to three full terms (12 years) in succession be approved?

    Measure X Library Board -- City of Redwood City (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 4,353 / 59.5% Yes votes ...... 2,966 / 40.5% No votes
    Shall Section 18(a) of the City Charter be amended to create a seven member Library Board, all to be appointed by the City Council; Section 18(f) be added to provide that the Library Board would establish rules for its proceedings and the City Council would set forth the authority and duties of the Library Board; and deleting Section 19, 19 1/2, and 20 in their entirety?

    Measure Y Business License Tax -- City of Redwood City (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 3,415 / 45.8% Yes votes ...... 4,049 / 54.2% No votes
    Shall Ordinance No. 2346 be adopted to increase the rates of Redwood City's Business License Tax by 16.67% per year (rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount) for each of the three successive fiscal years commencing on July 1, 2010 and then, commencing on July 1, 2013 and annually thereafter, be increased based upon the annual change in the Consumer Price Index?

    The order of the contests and candidates on this ballot representation is NOT necessarily the same as your county's official ballot.
    If you print and mark your choices on this page and take it to the polls instead of an official sample ballot, be very careful.


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