Peralta Community College District

MEASURE A

Peralta Community College District Parcel Tax

To continue funding for community colleges in Alameda, Berkeley, and Oakland at existing tax rates, support affordable education to prepare students for jobs/ careers and university transfer; attract/ retain high quality faculty; shall Peralta Community College District’s measure be adopted, reauthorizing the existing $48 per parcel annually for 9 years, providing $8,000,000 annually, with oversight, funds that cannot be taken by the state or used for administrator salaries, all benefitting local colleges?”

Vote Required: 2/3

Criteria:

 1-Intent and structure of tax (i.e. a % or rate for a sales or transfer tax, or a $ per parcel for a    parcel tax)  

2- Amount of the tax generated per year 

3 -Duration of the tax 

4- Is this a Special or General tax?

5- Where is the money specifically going? (If a special tax)

6-Is there another similar tax already in place? If so that tax info should be included. 

7-Will this take 2/3, vote or simple majority to pass? 

8.-Extraneous language unrelated to the matter which could be considered as deceptive to the 

        voter.

SCORE: 3.9

Comments: The score was lowered from the maximum of five because of the failure to provide information on where the money was specifically going, and whether there were any existing taxes in place, and because of extraneous verbiage designed to influence a Yes vote such as “can’t be taken by the state” The state is a principal funder of schools and is unlikely to take away locally raised funds.