Hayward Measure K1 sales tax extension passing
Updated: Tuesday, Nov. 12
November 12, 2024
An extension of the City of Hayward’s half-cent sales tax for an additional 20 years beyond its 2034 sunset date was headed for approval, according to updated partial election results released Monday by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.
Hayward Measure K1 was passing with 83 percent support, according to partial election results from 100 percent of voter precincts.
First authorized by voters in June 2014, the Hayward half-cent sales tax generates more than $20 million a year to fund City services and pay for facility, road and infrastructure improvements.
During the first 10 years, City sales tax revenue has been used to enhance police, 9-1-1 dispatch and maintenance services staffing, and to contribute to the single largest pavement preventative maintenance and resurfacing project in Hayward history.
Sales tax dollars also funded construction of the new downtown branch of Hayward Public Library, seismic retrofits and other improvements at five neighborhood fire stations and construction of the new Fire Station No. 6 and Regional Fire Training Center on the grounds of Hayward Executive Airport on the City’s west side.
