Hayward voters gave big thumbs up to sales tax extension
A 20-year extension of the City of Hayward half-cent sales tax passed easily in the Nov. 5 municipal election with 83 percent of the vote.
The big margin of victory of Measure K1 was extraordinary for a municipal tax measure, reflecting voter confidence in City administration of the sales tax and support for use of the funds for City priorities.
Since adoption of the sales tax in June 2024, the revenue has been used to enhance police, 9-1-1 dispatch and maintenance services, build and retrofit public-serving City facilities and help fund the single largest one-year pavement maintenance and resurfacing project in Hayward history as well as other infrastructure improvements.
Sales-tax-funded projects included the new downtown Hayward Public Library and adjacent Heritage Plaza, the new Fire Station No. 6 and Fire Training Center in partnership with Chabot College and the retrofitting of five neighborhood stations.
Among projects under consideration for future use of sales tax revenue are a new public safety center to serve as a new police headquarters and house a new 9-1-1 call and dispatch center and new animal shelter as well as contributions to construction of the new Stack Youth and Family Center.
