Measure U
$300 million infrastructure bond
What are you actually being promised?
Berkeley needs infrastructure. The question is whether this authorization tells voters clearly enough what they will receive and what happens when the plan changes.
You do not have to take every quiz. Start with the whole tax picture, then choose Measure U, V, or Z — or go deeper into the evidence behind the decisions.
The measures are presented separately. Your pocketbook isn't. Start with Berkeley's own comparison with Albany and Oakland, then ask when an added burden is justified.
Start with the whole pictureThree different measures. Three different questions to answer before voting.
Berkeley needs infrastructure. The question is whether this authorization tells voters clearly enough what they will receive and what happens when the plan changes.
The structural deficit is real. The harder question is whether Berkeley quantified the alternatives and justified this regressive way of closing part of the gap.
Berkeley taxpayers would capitalize a bank intended to serve the broader East Bay. Test the regional cost allocation, fallback lending authority, staffing, underwriting, risk, borrower pipeline, and oversight.
Questions that apply to almost any public commitment, not only this ballot.
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