Parcel Tax Measure for School District Approved
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A tally of the last remaining ballots in Tuesday’s special election shows that a parcel tax measure for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has won approval, the county registrar of voters said Thursday.
The final tally was 12,146 yes votes, or about 68%, to 5,819 no votes, or 32%. The measure required two-thirds approval. On election night, it had only a 55-vote margin. The $225-a-year tax on each piece of property in the district is expected to bring in about $6.5 million annually for six years and help offset about $13 million in state budget cuts.
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