Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Reappointment to the Measure K Oversight Committee
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation for the reappointment of Tish Busselle to the Measure K Oversight Committee, representing District 2, for a first full term ending June 30, 2029.
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BACKGROUND:
The Measure K Oversight Committee was established following the voters' approval of the Measure A sales tax in 2012 to conduct an annual audit of the Measure A sales tax funds to ensure transparency of the Board of Supervisors approved expenditures. The name of the oversight committee has thus been changed to reflect the passage of Measure K in 2016, which extended the sales tax until 2043.
On February 26, 2019, the Board of Supervisors, upon the recommendation of the Measure K Oversight Committee, adopted a resolution authorizing an increase in term length of up to four years (or a maximum of twelve years) and staggering the terms of service such that the terms of members do not all expire in the same year.
DISCUSSION:
On October 8, 2024, Tish Busselle was initially appointed to represent District Two for an existing partial term ending June 30, 2025. Upon approval of this reappointment, Tish will be serving her first full 4-year term effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029.
Tish Busselle is a resident of San Mateo and has devoted her professional life to public education, starting with focusing on urban education and equitable school finance issues in Texas, then on federal support for education especially for under-resourced students while a staff member assigned to the Senate and House of Representatives' Education Committees. Born in Berkeley, she attended public schools in Vallejo, graduated from Wellesley College (Mass.), and earned a Master's degree from Tufts University's Fletcher School. She spent the early years of her career w...
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