Pollster: Ross Valley schools tax won’t sit well with voters

A polling consultant is advising the Ross Valley School District to abandon plans to place a new parcel tax measure on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Bryan Godbe, president of Godbe Research in Burlingame, told the district’s board of trustees it would be better off waiting until 2025 or 2026 to seek a new tax to supplement the district’s $679 per parcel tax, which expires in June 2028.

“You need a longer runway,” Godbe said at a board meeting Wednesday. “You need more time to explain your needs...