South Lake Tahoe's measure to ban vacation home rentals moves closer to passing

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Measure T, the South Lake Tahoe ballot measure that proposed a ban on all vacation rentals outside of the tourist core area starting in 2021 is a bit closer to passing.

In the second incremental release of votes counter after Tuesday, November 6, the Yes on T vote is at 3265, with No on T counts at 3207 - less than one percent difference. 267 ballots were tallied in this last release for Measure T.

67.3 percent of the City's 10959 registered voters cast a ballot on election day, a high number when compared to a normal gubernatorial election, and they all aren't counted yet. In 2014, 44 percent of the City's 8804 registered voters submitted a ballot.

Opponents to the ban had a glimmer of hope Friday when the first incremental count had them just 25 votes behind. After election day there were approximately 24,000 votes to count in El Dorado County and since then there have been 22,185 counted.

Here are the results of the 2018 election as of 4:35 p.m. Wednesday, November 14.

El Dorado County Board of Supervisors Area 5
Sue Novasel - incumbent - 6473 53.11%
Ken Curtzwiler - 5661 46.44%

South Lake Tahoe City Council - Top 3
Devin Middlebrook - 3081 19.01%
Cody Bass - 2844 17.54%
Tamara Wallace - 2368 14.61%
Wendy David - incumbent - 2024 12.49%
Hal Cole - 1566 9.66%
Bruce Grego - 1558 9.61%
Tom Davis - incumbent - 1269 7.83%
Austin Sass - incumbent - 823 5.08%
Patrick Jarret - 626 3.86%

South Lake Tahoe Measure T - Vacation Home Rentals
Yes - 3265 50.45%
No - 3207 49.55%

South Tahoe Public Utility District - Top 3
Nick Exline - 5093 24.04%
Chris Cefalu - incumbent - 3690 17.41%
James Jones - incumbent - 3375 15.93%
Duane Wallace - incumbent - 3147 14.85%
Eric Schafer - 3113 14.69%
Louis Pierini - 2699 12.74%

South Lake Tahoe City Clerk
Sue Blankenship - 3207 60.53%
Ellen Palazzo- 2069 39.05%

South Lake Tahoe Treasurer
David Olivo - incumbent - 4765 98.51%

LTCC Board of Directors Area 5
Michael Marini- 700 33.54%
Tony Sears - 1377 65.98%

El Dorado County Recorder-Clerk
Janelle Horne - 43105 58.58%
Todd White - 30311 41.19%

El Dorado County Measures

Measure J - Transient Occupancy Tax rise to 12 percent
Yes - 35589 44.07%
No - 45162 55.93%

Measure N - Taxation, permitting and enforcement of cannabis
Yes - 52015 64.87%
No - 28173 35.13%

Measure P - Authorization and regulation of outdoor grows of medical cannabis - Outdoor and canopy areas defined
Yes - 48587 60.64%
No - 31541 39.36%

Measure Q - Authorization and regulation of outdoor grows of recreational cannabis - Outdoor and canopy areas defined
Yes - 47360 59.29%
No - 32516 40.71%

Measure R - Authorization and regulation of retail sales, distribution, indoor cultivation of cannabis
Yes - 48660 61.25%
No - 30786 38.75%

Measure S - County Cannabis
Yes - 47319 60.03%
No - 31507 39.97%

Measure U - County Charter change to allow supervisors to be in office three terms
Yes - 18256 23.28%
No - 60179 76.72%