Proposition 21 would have added an $18 surcharge to the annual vehicle license fee, while eliminating current day-use fees of $5 to $15 at all 278 state parks for registered California drivers.
Poll workers in the Peninsula reported higher than anticipated voter turnout on Tuesday, confounding expectations of lower voter participation.
Early returns indicate that California voters are rejecting a ballot initiative that would suspend a state climate-change law.
San Jose voters passed Measure U, a bill that will allow the city to tax marijuana businesses up to 10 percent.
100,000 ballots were rejected by optical scanning machines in Santa Clara County, forcing county employees to work overtime to scrub ballots by hand, using rubber erasers.
A survey of beach goers at Half Moon Bay State Beach illustrated differing opinions on California Proposition 21, which would replace state parks’ day use fees with an annual $18 vehicle license fee.
California, and U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina started her day by casting her ballot in Los Altos Hills. Join the Peninsula Press for full South Bay election coverage today.
On Oct. 4, the San Mateo City Council voted unanimously to support Proposition 22, the ballot measure that seeks to limit the state’s authority to borrow or withhold certain public funds from local governments. Opponents of the measure, on the Nov. 2 ballot, include the California Teachers Association and the California Professional Firefighters unions. Municipal governments across California want increased control over local funds.