Measure C Wildfire Prevention Tax Narrowly Passing In Marin

Novato CA

07 March, 2020

3:38 PM

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MARIN COUNTY, CA — Updated Marin County election results late Friday afternoon show Measure C, a 10-cents-per-square-foot building tax to provide $19.3 million annually to support coordinated wildfire prevention measures is passing by a 1.6-percent margin. The Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority's measure needs 66.7 percent approval and has received 68.3 percent. The Marin County Registrar of Voters said Friday morning 33,000 mail-in ballots and 6,000 provisional ballots remained to be counted. Registrar of Voters Lynda Roberts said it might be another two weeks before all the ballots are processed and tallied. Election workers will work 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, and the public is welcome to observe their efforts at the Elections Office, Suite 121 in the Civic Center at 3500 Civic Center Drive in San Rafael. Copyright 2019 by Bay City News, Inc. — Republication, Rebroadcast or any other Reuse without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited.