Dublin Unified School District voters will decide on Nov. 3 whether to renew and raise the district's long-standing school parcel tax. Measure I would lift the annual tax from $96 to $144 per parcel — a $48 increase — beginning July 1, 2027, and keep it in place through June 30, 2036, with yearly inflation adjustments. The district projects about $2.9 million a year. It needs a two-thirds majority to pass.

For every other East Bay and statewide contest on the same ballot, see our Nov. 3, 2026 Bay Area election guide.

What a yes vote does

According to the Pleasanton Weekly's Oct. 14 explainer and the district resolution that put the measure on the ballot, Measure I would:

  • Raise the existing $96 parcel tax by 50%, to $144 a year, starting July 1, 2027.
  • Run for nine years, through June 30, 2036.
  • Adjust the rate each year using the annualized increase in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Consumer Price Index.
  • Keep exemptions for seniors and for low-income people with disabilities.
  • Bar the money from paying district administrators' salaries and benefits.
  • Require an independent citizens' oversight committee, annual audits and public disclosure of spending.

The district says the revenue would go toward attracting and keeping teachers, smaller class sizes, student wellness and academic intervention, instructional materials, classroom technology, library collections and enhanced programs for students. Patch's Dublin voter guide summarizes the same core ask: renew the $96 tax, raise it to $144 for nine years, with inflation adjustments and senior exemptions, to raise about $2.9 million a year for local schools.

What a no vote does

If Measure I fails, the current $96 parcel tax — last renewed in 2019 as Measure E — would stay in effect until June 30, 2028, then expire, the Pleasanton Weekly reported. The district says parcel-tax funding has not increased in 18 years despite rising costs. Supporters' ballot argument warns that without the measure Dublin schools would lose about $2 million a year on top of cuts already made; the board approved $6.6 million in budget reductions for the 2026-27 school year.

Who is for it — and who is not

The school board sent Measure I to voters on a 4-1 vote, with Trustee Gabi Blackman dissenting. No argument against the measure was filed with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. The filed argument in favor was signed by, among others, Dublin Vice Mayor Kashef Qaadri and Tim Sbranti, a former Dublin mayor now on the Foundation for Chabot-Las Positas Community College District board. Departing school board President Kristin Speck told the Pleasanton Weekly she is voting yes, saying every Dublin student should have the same quality of resources her children received.

How to vote

Mail ballots are already out. Drop boxes and vote centers are open through Election Day; ballots returned by mail must be postmarked by Nov. 3 and received by Nov. 10. Compare other local school funding measures in our guides to Sunol Glen Measure K, the Liberty Union Measure X bond and Acalanes Measure W.