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Around 10 p.m., Chairperson of the Cambridge Election CommissionWayne A. Drugan announced the ballot question results from thirty-three of forty-two total precincts. Crowds of observers cheered when he announced the CPA had won 71 percent of the counted votes...
...delighted to see Cambridge become one of the first cities to come in in favor of [the CPA],” Barrios said...
Some voters still remain wary of the CPA though...
According to the language of the CPA, matching state funds only are given to communities that meets requirements for spending on affordable housing, open space and historical preservation. Cambridge currently meets this standard and will not need to increase taxes to receive state funding. However, in cities where the cutoff is not met, it allows the city government to increase taxes up to 3 percent in order to get the funding...
Walsh charges that the CPA is a way to get around the state “Proposition 2 1/2,” which requires a referendum override in order for a municipality to increase local property taxes more than 2 1/2 percent...