Tuesday is Election Day across California and here in Mendocino County we have some really important decisions to make.
Among the most critical is who to pick for our next 2nd District, 1st District, and 4th District supervisors. These are the people who make decisions about our county’s housing availability, our mental health system, the condition of our roads, the water supply, and much, much more. There are some really good candidates on the ballot (inland we recommend Maureen Mulheren in the 2nd and James Green in the 1st).
Voters will also face ballot measures from just about every major school district in the county including Ukiah and Willits, asking permission to issue millions of dollars in bonds for school building improvements. In Ukiah Measure A would allow the Ukiah Unified School District to issue $75 million in school bonds which will mean an extra 5 cents per $100 of assessed value in additional taxes for local property owners.
In Willits the Measure G bond issue would be $17 million, adding 4 cents per $100 of assessed value.
Countywide, voters – on Measure D – will also be asked to raise the transient occupancy tax now at 8 percent, to 10 percent and to add TOT to the rates at campgrounds and RV parks (except state parks). The TOT is charged now at all hotels, motels and other lodging. The new higher rate would also apply at all these generally tourist venues as well. The approximately $1 million this extra tax would raise is intended to be spent for local fire services.
On the coast, besides the 4th District race, voters will also be asked to approve an affiliation between the coast district hospital and Adventist Health.
And of course, voters throughout California will be choosing their favorite candidates for a Democratic challenger to President Trump in the November election.
Lots to decide. Ballots went out in February and while many people have already voted in this county we know that lots of people wait until the last minute and turn in their mail ballots at polls. If you haven’t mailed in your ballot yet, make sure that it is postmarked by March 3.
Or drop it at your local polling place or in the handy ballot box in front of the county administration building on Low Gap Road.
However you deliver it, just make your vote count.
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