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1. Measure A, the Alameda schools parcel tax, won with 68.4 percent of the vote yesterday, surpassing the two-thirds needed for passage, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. The parcel tax would replace an existing one that is set to expire. The tax is expected to raise up to $12 million a year for the cash-strapped school district.
