Election Results
City of Palo Alto
This election's results
How City of Palo Alto voted in other elections
Candidate Races
1
Ballot Measures
2
Measure K
PASSED
67.0% Yes
+34.0%
Shall the measure to raise funds for public safety, affordable housing, rail crossing safety, homeless services, and general city services, by levying a tax on businesses in the City of Palo Alto at a monthly rate of 7.5 cents per square foot occupied by a business, up to $500,000 per business, with annual 2.5% adjustments for inflation and exemptions for grocery stores and businesses under 10,000 square feet, raising approximately $9.6 million annually for 35 years, be adopted?
Yes
67.0%
+34.0%
17,311
No
33.0%
-34.0%
8,525
Measure L
PASSED
77.7% Yes
+55.4%
Shall the measure affirming the City of Palo Alto’s existing and decades-old practice of annually transferring no more than 18% of the gross revenues from the City’s natural gas utility (generated by the City’s retail natural gas rates) to its general fund to support general city services such as roads; parks; libraries; climate change reduction; police, fire, emergency medical, and 9-1-1 response; providing approximately $7 million annually in existing revenues until ended by voters, be adopted?
Yes
77.7%
+55.4%
19,711
No
22.3%
-55.4%
5,649