Mountain House is set to be the newest city in San Joaquin County and California later this year, according to preliminary results from Tuesday’s election.
Measure D was added to the ballot asking voters in the area if they were in support of creating the city of Mountain House effective July 1 and an overwhelming majority of voters said yes.
Preliminary election results showed that 91.13 percent (1,417) people voted in favor of Measure D with only 8.87 percent voting against the measure.
If officially approved, the new city would be governed by a five-member City Council that would consist of a mayor and four council members. Taxes would not be raised with the measure, ballot documents stated.
With the acceptance of Measure D came a question posed by Measure E also on Tuesday’s ballot asking voters if members of the City Council in future elections should be elected by district, from district or at large.
Choosing “by district” meant that only residents who live in a certain district can run for a seat on the council to represent the area and voters would have to be living in that area to vote. “From district” would mean voters from the entire city could vote for all council members running, and “at-large” was agreeing that anyone who lives in the city may run for a seat on the council without boundaries and the entire city could vote for council members.
As of Wednesday morning, early voting results showed 44.78 percent of voters wanting “at large”, 30.98 percent voted to be “by district” and 24.24 percent wanted “from district.”
