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Two parcel tax measures that would have funded operations at the San Ramon Valley Unified School District appear to have failed to meet the required threshold to pass according to the initial results for the special election that were released Tuesday evening.
Measure E, which would have replaced an existing $144 annual parcel tax set to expire next year, garnered a 61.76% Yes vote and a 38.24% No vote in unofficial results released by the Contra Costa County Elections Division the night of the special election, with Measure F, a supplemental $96-per-parcel tax, garnering support from 56.86% of voters and being rejected by 43.14% of voters.
While a majority of voters favored both measures, neither measure was able to bring in the minimum two-thirds or 66.7% support necessary for approval as of the election night count.
Although Tuesday evening’s results are unofficial, the special election was mail-only, with the only remaining ballots left to count being those that are postmarked by May 7 but have not yet arrived. Ballots went out to voters on April 8.
The SRVUSD Board of Education decided in February to put the two measures on the ballot in a special election in a unanimous vote, indicating at that point that if the measures were to fail in the special election, they would still have another chance to return to the ballot in a regular election ahead of the expiration of the existing bond measure in July 2025.
As of the initial count, a total of 21,897 of 107,257, or 20.42%, of eligible voters had participated in the special mail election for both measures.