Election 2019: Planning and Development Related Results Roundup — Blogs

the big, sweep­ing hot takes in the wake of yes­ter­day’s elec­tion have focused on the impli­ca­tions to next year’s pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, there were a lot of votes fly­ing under the radar with sig­nif­i­cant impli­ca­tions for states and munic­i­pal­i­ties. Plan­e­ti­zen has round­ed up elec­tion results, and we’ll keep updat­ing these sto­ries through­out he week as more results come in.

Albu­querque Gen­er­al Oblig­a­tion Bond ( Shel­ter Fund­ing)

Vot­ers in Albu­querque approved a $128.5 mil­lion gen­er­al oblig­a­tion bond that includes $14 mil­lion in fund­ing for the city to con­struct a 24/7 home­less shel­ter.

Albu­querque Tran­sit Fund­ing Gross Receipts Tax

Vot­ers in Albu­querque approved the exten­sion of a .25 per­cent gross receipts tax that funds trans­porta­tion (roads, tran­sit, and trails) in the city. Accord­ing to an arti­cle by Mis­cha Wanek-Libam, at least 38 per­cent of that rev­enue must be ded­i­cat­ed to pub­lic tran­sit.

Cincin­nati Issue 22 (Bus Sys­tem Tax)

Vot­ers in Hamil­ton Coun­ty approved Issue 22 with more than two-thirds of the vote. Issue 22 both indi­cates sup­port for repeal­ing a .3 per­cent earn­ings tax and clears the way for anoth­er vote on a coun­ty­wide sales tax increase to fund tran­sit. That elec­tion would take place in 2020.

Col­orado Water Sup­ply

Propo­si­tion DD would legal­ize sports gam­bling in Col­orado and tax the new indus­try to gen­er­ate rev­enue for water  projects in the state. Propo­si­tion DD is run­ning slight­ly ahead in a vote that is too close to as of this writ­ing.

Durham Afford­able Hous­ing Bond

Vot­ers in Durham, Car­oli­na over­whelm­ing­ly approved a $95 mil­lion bond to fund afford­able hous­ing projects and in the city.

Hous­ton MetroNext

Hous­ton looks like it approved a $3.5 bil­lion bond to fund the MetroNext tran­sit , with more than two-thirds of vot­ers sup­port­ing he bond ref­er­en­dum with a few bal­lots left to count. For con­text, see Plan­e­ti­zen cov­er­age of the bond ref­er­en­dum from ear­li­er this week.(Update: Hous­ton Pub­lic Media is report­ing that the bond ref­er­en­dum did, in fact, pass.)

Jer­sey City Airbnb Reg­u­la­tions

Jer­sey City vot­ers approved stricter reg­u­la­tions for short-term com­pa­nies like Airbnb. The New York Times pro­vides in-depth report­ing on the dynam­ics behind that vote

Lake Coun­ty, Ohio Tran­sit Fund­ing Sales Tax

Vot­ers in lake Coun­ty, Ohio approved a .25 per­cent sales tax increase to raise rev­enue to fund Lake­tran pub­lic tran­sit ser­vices—most­ly dial-a-ride ser­vices but new cor­ri­dors designed to improve to jobs.

San Fran­cis­co Propo­si­tion A (Afford­able Hous­ing Bond)

San Fran­cis­co vot­ers nar­row­ly approved Propo­si­tion A with the two-thirds vote nec­es­sary to approve the bond ref­er­en­dum. The $600 mil­lion bond will fund afford­able hous­ing projects in the city

San Fran­cis­co Propo­si­tion D (Ride-Hail­ing Tax)

San Fran­cis­co vot­ers nar­row­ly approved Propo­si­tion D, which will imple­ment a new tax on ride-hail­ing trips on apps like Lyft and Uber. The tax rev­enue will fund pub­lic tran­sit in the city and coun­ty of San Fran­cis­co.

San Fran­cis­co Propo­si­tion E (Zon­ing Approval for Afford­able and Work­force Hous­ing)

San Fran­cis­co vot­ers over­whelm­ing­ly approved Propo­si­tion E, which eas­es the approvals process for afford­able hous­ing projects and projects designed to house edu­ca­tors. 

Seat­tle City Coun­cil

The Seat­tle City Coun­cil elec­tion was char­ac­ter­ized as a bat­tle for the “soul of the city,” with pub­lic tran­sit, Ama­zon, and rapid growth very much the sub­text for the choic­es made by vot­ers among the avail­able can­di­dates for a num­ber of vacant City Coun­cil seats.

Wash­ing­ton State Ini­tia­tive 976

Wash­ing­ton vot­ers appear to have approved Ini­tia­tive 976, which will cap car tab fees used to fund trans­porta­tion in the state at a flat rate of $30. 

Novem­ber 2018 Results

For a lit­tle his­tor­i­cal con­text on plan­ning-relat­ed elec­tions, see also the Plan­e­ti­zen roundup of elec­tion results from the Novem­ber 2018 elec­tion.

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