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Politics & Government

Decision 2013: A San Rafael Election Guide

San Rafael voters will elect three councilmembers from a field of four. They'll also vote on sales and parcel taxes.

San Rafael

City Council

Voters will elect two candidates from a field of four vying for four-year terms.

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Appointed incumbent Kate Colin is the only sitting council member in this race. The other three candidates all have legal backgrounds. Maribeth Lang in an administrative law judge. Greg Brockbank and Randy Warren are both attorneys and business owners.

Notes: Lang completed her undergraduate degree in biochemistry before pursuing a career in law. … Warren founded Square Mama Productions, a non-profit theater company, and is president of World Business Travel Inc. and Warren Law Group. … Brockbank owns the Marin Law Center. … Colin is a former San Rafael Planning Commissioner. … Lang and Colin both attended Northwestern University (Lang for law school and Colin to complete her MBA). 

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Measure E

San Rafael Street Repair/Essential City Services Measure

A simple majority is required to approve this measure.

“Shall the City of San Rafael extend the existing one-half percent local sales tax and increase the rate by one-quarter percent to provide funding that cannot be taken by the State, and can be used to preserve essential city services for a period of 20 years, including: maintaining rapid emergency police/fire response times, maintaining adequate numbers of on-duty firefighters/paramedics/police, ensuring earthquake safe police/fire stations, maintaining community centers and repairing city streets?”

- Source: League of Women Voters

 

Measure I

Mesa Parcel Tax

A two-thirds “super-majority” is required to approve this measure.

“Shall Resolution No. 11 of the Board of Commissioners of Mesa Park be confirmed, establishing a special tax of $49 per year per improved parcel, commencing with fiscal year 2014-2015 and continuing for a period of 4 years, for the maintenance and operation of Mesa Park located at 110 Mesa Road,and shall the appropriations limits be confirmed in the amount equal to the tax revenues received by this parcel tax?”

- Source: League of Women Voters

Measure F

Marin Healthcare District Bond

A two-thirds “super-majority” is required to approve this measure.

“To make seismic upgrades to Marin General Hospital to meet stricter California earthquake standards and keep open Marin County's only Designated Trauma Center; to expand and enhance emergency and other medical facilities; to provide the latest lifesaving medical facilities for treatment of heart, stroke, cancer and other diseases, and to reduce ER wait times, shall the Marin Healthcare District issue $394,000,000 in bonds to improve Marin General Hospital and related facilities with new construction, acquisitions, and renovations?”

 

- Source: League of Women Voters

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