LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Two sales tax measures placed on the ballot to address local needs fell short of the necessary percentages on Tuesday while a local fire district successfully passed a measure to increase its appropriations.
Measure E, a half-cent countywide sales tax that was to have been devoted to improving the condition of Clear Lake, and Measure G, a one-cent tax put before Clearlake’s voters as a way of improving road and code enforcement conditions, needed to each pass by 66 percent super majorities.
According to the last report posted by the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office late Tuesday, with 69 of 70 precincts reporting, Measure E had a 62.2 percent “yes” vote, or 9,720 ballots, to 5,900 “no” votes, or 37.8 percent.
With eight of nine precincts reporting, Measure G had “yes” votes totaling 1,497 ballots or 61.1 percent, to 952 “no” votes, accounting for a 38.9 percent return.
In the Middletown area, the South Lake County Fire Protection District’s Measure F, meant to increase the district’s appropriations limit, easily won the simple majority vote it needed, with 2,027 “yes” votes, or 64.3 percent, to 1,126 “no” votes, or 35.7 percent.
All 15 precincts had reported for Measure F late Tuesday.
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