Voters in the Peralta Community College District in Alameda County appear to have overwhelmingly approved extending an existing parcel tax for nine more years, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election.
Measure A had 83.5% support, well above the two-thirds threshold needed for approval. The $48 parcel tax will raise an estimated $8 million annually for nine years for the four-college system that includes Berkeley City College, the College of Alameda and Oakland’s Laney and Merritt colleges.
The funding from Measure A can only be spent on job training programs, student services and academic classes throughout the system. No argument against the measure was submitted to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters Office.
