Measure EE 11/03/26

Impartial analysis by County Counsel of Measure EE

Stinson Beach County Water District

Measure EE

This Measure was placed on the ballot by the Board of Directors of the Stinson Beach County Water District.

Article XIIIB of the California Constitution restricts governmental spending of tax proceeds by setting an annual spending limit, also known as an appropriations limit. The Constitution authorizes voters to change this spending limit for a maximum period of four years at a time. The District Board of Directors has placed Measure EE on the ballot to submit to the voters the question of whether the District’s current appropriations limit should continue for another four years.

In general, if a jurisdiction receives more funds than allowed under its appropriations limit, it cannot spend the excess amount. If approved, this measure would continue the District’s authority to spend tax revenue above its base appropriations limit through fiscal year 2029-30 and would allow the District to continue meeting its current operating costs, which are more than the limits otherwise allowed under the constitutional limit. If this measure fails, the District’s current spending limits will be reduced, which would reduce the funds available to continue the District’s current levels of service. Measure EE does not authorize the District to impose a new assessment or increase any property tax rate.

Dated: 8/24/26

s/BRANDON W. HALTER
County Counsel

Argument in favor of Measure EE

We urge a YES vote on this measure. The measure Will Not Increase Your Taxes. It will allow the Stinson Beach County Water District to make full use of the property tax revenue it already receives.

An amendment to the State Constitution in 1979 imposed a limit on expenditures of most local government agencies, including the District. The Constitution allows local agency voters to approve periodic increases in the limit. Stinson Beach voters have approved such increases in the past, most recently in 2022. Your Board of Directors is asking that the increased limit be continued for an additional four years.

If the measure is approved, the Water District will be able to retain its full pro rata share of property taxes collected by Marin County. Without this measure, tax revenues over the appropriations limit must be refunded to the State of California. The lost tax revenue would then have to be made up by an increase in local water rates.

• Passage of this measure will not increase your taxes or other costs. It will keep the Water District’s share of property tax revenue “at home,” in our community 
• Passage of this measure will allow the District to maintain existing service levels without additionally increasing water rates to make up for lost tax revenue.

We want to provide you high quality service at the lowest possible rates and consider this measure necessary to do so.

PLEASE VOTE YES ON MEASURE EE.

SANDRA CROSS
President, SBCWD Board of Directors

JIM ZELL
Director, SBCWD Board of Directors

LANCE MEADE
Vice President, SBCWD Board of Directors

LAWRENCE BASKIN
Director, SBCWD Board of Directors

LAURIE ELLIS
Director, SBCWD Board of Directors

Argument against Measure EE

No argument against Measure EE was filed.