Marin County Measure P: County of Marin Childcare Initiative
What does this measure do?
Supports: Public Education Quality, Social Programs and Welfare
Measure P, put on the ballot by voter petition, would charge a Marin County property tax of 5 cents per square foot of building space for 15 years to make child care and preschool cheaper and raise child care worker pay. Property owners would pay about $12.5 million a year in total.
Proposed by: Citizen initiative (Marin County Child Care Initiative), placed by the Board of Supervisors (Resolution 2026-072)
Child care advocates trying again after a 2016 tax narrowly failed. Backers include the Marin Community Foundation, all five county supervisors, Rep. Jared Huffman and Sen. Mike McGuire.
Source: kqed.org
A YES vote means
Marin property owners pay 5 cents per square foot of building space each year for 15 years, raising about $12.5 million a year. The money helps low- and middle-income families pay for child care and preschool and raises provider pay.
A NO vote means
No new county property tax is charged, and there is no new local fund for child care and preschool.
Sources: marincounty.gov2
Source: marincounty.gov