“If there is one word to describe what we’re doing tonight, it’s ba sed on enrollment, ” said board President Michael Barber. Enrollment is continuously increasing in the di strict, which offi- cials pointed to when voting unani- mously to place the measure on the ballot. Providing space for a growing number of students will require modernization which Burlingame Elementary School District officials are hoping will be covered with a $56 million bond measure placed on the November ballot last night. “But a half-cent sales tax may cause harm to local businesses, disproportion- ately impact lower-inc ome residents and make it more difficult for local I believe a quarter-cent sales tax, combined with othe r re venues which are now growi ng, would meet those needs, ” Pine wrote the Daily Journal in an email. “There are many important needs in San Mateo County particularly within our health care delivery sys- tem. Pine v oted no, instead pr oposing the board consider a quarter-cent sales tax. The sales tax measure was pro- posed by Board President Adrienne Tissier and Supervisor Don Horsley and was supported by supervisors Carole Groom and Rose Jacobs Gibson. The private hospital’s clo- sure would impact the San Mateo Medical Center since Seton pro- vides a significant number of long- term care beds for Medi-Cal patients. Seton faces closure by 2020 if it does not make mandated seismic upgrades. The extra revenue could go toward child abuse prevention 911 dispatch fire prevention after- schoo l, libr ary read ing/h omew ork programs hospital upgrades and keeping parks open. If appr oved, the sa les ta x hike would generate an extra $60 million a year for the county’s general fund for the next 10 years. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 yesterday to place the measure on the ballot with Supervisor Dave Pine voting against it.
County voters will face a half- cent sales tax hike on the November ballot that may go toward helping the Seton Medical Center in Daly City stave off closure if the measure is approved.
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