Measure Y: Measure Y – City of Belmont: Special Tax Measure
City of Belmont · San Mateo County · November 3, 2026
The question on your ballot
City of Belmont Community Center Tax Measure. Shall the ordinance providing funding for and maintaining supervised children's play, youth, teen and adult programs, childcare, afterschool and senior programs in a disabled accessible, fire and earthquake resistant community center, usable as an emergency health and disaster relief facility, levying 33¢ per square foot of residential improvements and 54¢ per square foot of nonresidential improvements, providing $7,100,000 annually until ended by voters, with senior exemptions and independent audits, increasing the appropriation limit, be adopted?
In plain language
Measure Y is a community center tax measure in the City of Belmont. The money would fund and maintain supervised children's play, youth, teen and adult programs, child care, and after-school and senior programs in a community center. The ballot question says the center would be disabled-accessible and fire- and earthquake-resistant. It could also be used as an emergency health and disaster relief site. The tax would be 33 cents per square foot of residential buildings and 54 cents per square foot of nonresidential buildings. Seniors could get an exemption, and there would be independent audits. The tax would last until voters end it. The measure would also raise the city's appropriation limit, which is a legal cap on spending. A YES vote approves the tax. A NO vote means the tax is not adopted.
Fiscal impact
The tax would be 33 cents per square foot of residential buildings and 54 cents per square foot of other buildings. It would provide $7,100,000 a year until voters end it.
Official ballot arguments
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What supporters and opponents say — outside sources (not official ballot arguments)
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Supporters say
No public statements in favor were found.
Opponents say
No public statements against were found.