November 5, 2013 Election

On May 6, 2013, the San Rafael City Council voted to hold a General Municipal Election on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. This election was combined with the San Rafael City School District elections.

What was on the ballot?

City of San Rafael: Election of two City Councilmembers (4-year terms)
San Rafael Board of Education: Election of three School Board members (4-year terms)

For full details, you can check out the Notice of Election, Staff Report & Resolution, and our Independent Expenditure Ordinance.

Election Results

At the December 2, 2013 Council meeting, results were officially certified.

City Councilmembers elected: Kate Colin and Maribeth Bushey Lang
Board of Education appointments: Rachel Kertz and Natu Tuatagaloa

Campaign Finance Filings

Measure E

In July 2013, the City Council placed Measure E on the ballot. Measure E asked voters to:

“Shall the City of San Rafael extend the existing one-half percent local sales tax and increase the rate by one-quarter percent to provide YES funding that cannot be taken by the State, and can be used to preserve essential city services for a period of 20 years, including: maintaining NO rapid emergency police/fire response times, maintaining adequate numbers of on-duty firefighters/paramedics/police, ensuring earthquake safe police/fire stations, maintaining community centers and repairing city streets?”

What happened?

On December 2, 2013, the City Council certified the results: San Rafael voters approved Measure E with the required two-thirds majority. This updated the City’s Municipal Code to extend and increase the local transactions and use tax.

More information: Measure E Notice, Resolution Calling Election, Ordinance No. 1913, City Attorney’s Impartial Analysis, Resolution Certifying Results.

In summary:

Two new Councilmembers were elected.
Three School Board members were selected.
Voters passed Measure E, securing funding to maintain San Rafael’s core services for the next 20 years.