Voters in northern Alameda County will get a chance to reauthorize an important funding source for the Peralta Community College District in the June 2 election. 

Measure A would extend by nine years the life of an existing $48 annual parcel tax which, if approved by two-thirds of voters, would raise $8 million a year for the four-college system. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.