Petaluma school district parcel tax short of two-thirds majority needed to pass

A parcel tax to provide funding for the Petaluma Joint Union High School District appears to be falling short of the two-thirds approval needed to pass, according to early returns in Tuesday’s election.

Measure I proposed a $129 parcel tax to raise an estimated $3.02 million annually for eight years to fund the district’s middle and high schools, but had less than 61% approval with 243 of 390 precincts reporting in early results Tuesday night from Sonoma County elections officials.