City of San Mateo · San Mateo County · November 3, 2026 California General Election
Measure H: Transactions and Use Tax Measure
The question on your ballot
To provide funding for San Mateo city services, such as keeping local streets, sidewalks, parks, infrastructure, and community facilities safe, clean, and well-maintained, fixing potholes, providing fire protection, paramedic, crime prevention, and 9-1-1 emergency response, and improvements to traffic safety/traffic management, shall the City of San Mateo’s ordinance establishing a one-quarter cent sales tax be adopted, providing 7 million dollars annually for general government use until ended by voters, with independent audits and all funds locally-controlled? [2]
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Vote YES or NO on the question exactly as printed. Majority Voter Approval Required.
Official documents
The county publishes the impartial analysis and the arguments for and against as PDFs. ThinkBallot links them as published; it doesn't summarize them.
- Measure H: Resolution and Full Text (PDF)
- Measure H: Impartial Analysis (PDF)
- Measure H: Primary Argument in Favor (PDF)
- Measure H: Rebuttal to Argument in Favor (PDF)
- Measure H: Primary Argument Against (PDF)
- Measure H: Rebuttal to Argument Against (PDF)
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