Title
Consider Adopting a Resolution to:
a. Call for the election on the Childcare Initiative and approve the Ballot Question; and
b. Order Consolidation with the Statewide General Election on November 8, 2022.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution to:
a. Call for the election on the Childcare Initiative and approve the Ballot Question; and
b. Order Consolidation with the Statewide General Election on November 8, 2022.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
A petition was submitted to the Elections Department in support of an initiative to provide dedicated, locally controlled funding to increase and improve licensed childcare and early learning opportunities. This initiative would be funded by an annual special parcel tax in the amount of forty-nine dollars ($49) on each parcel of real property located within Monterey County, with limited exceptions, for ten (10) years. Revenue collected would be held in a special fund to be used solely to address the shortage of affordable childcare and early learning opportunities in Monterey County. The Monterey County Children and Families Commission, otherwise commonly known as First 5 Monterey County, would develop, administer, and oversee a Program Plan and Budget, and the Board of Supervisors would allocate the revenue from the special tax to the Commission for that purpose. A Citizens Oversight Committee would advise and make recommendations to First 5 regarding the Program and Budget, and an annual report on the implementation of the Program would be required. The Program would be subject to annual audits by the Monterey County Auditor - Controller, which would be presented to the Board of Supervisors. The initiative measure would require a majority vote of the electorate.
The petition was filed with the Monterey County Elections Office on June 7, 2022, and was found to contain the required number of signatures pursuant to Elections Code section 9118, which requires the initiat...
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