Reported by Voice of San Diego
Measures A and B, which together would enact a major overhaul of county government and raise a countywide sales tax, strengthened their leads Wednesday amid ongoing vote counting.
Both Measures are still too close to call — but when vote margins widen that’s usually a good sign of where the final tally is headed.
Measure A would give county supervisors an additional term in office and strengthen their authority over the county’s bureaucracy. Measure B would generate an estimated $400 million to $450 million annually to pay for healthcare and child care services and efforts to solve the Tijuana sewage crisis.
Both measures had about 52 percent of the vote and led the no camps by roughly 23,500 votes, as of Wednesday.
A win for both measures would mark a significant victory for the County Board of Supervisors’ three-member Democratic majority.
