Contra Costa school bond measures face mixed results, flirting with 55% threshold

Four school funding measures for districts around Contra Costa County were showing mixed results based on initial election returns Tuesday night.

Martinez Measure O

Measure O in Martinez, which requires 55% yes votes to pass, only had 51.94 percent. The measure asked Martinez Unified School District residents to authorize $90 million in bonds “at legal interest rates and levying approximately $38.40 per $100,000 of assessed valuation (raising $5.8 million annually) while bonds are outstanding,” the ballot says.