San Diego County's proposed half-cent sales tax and county charter changes held leads in the vote count cited in a Friday, Nov. 6, City News Service report published by Patch. Both are countywide measures, making the results relevant to Santee voters as well as residents elsewhere in the county.
Measure B, the sales tax proposal, had 398,703 yes votes, or 51.74%, against 371,938 no votes. Its stated priorities include health care, wildfire prevention, emergency response and Tijuana River sewage cleanup. Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer declared victory after Thursday night's tally, according to the report; this update reports the vote count, not a final outcome.
Measure A had 389,062 yes votes, or 51.83%, and 361,611 no votes. The charter proposal includes an independent ethics commission, budget analyst and program auditor, along with increasing supervisors' term limit from two terms to three. The report said both measures' leads had grown since Election Day.