1-minute voter guide: San Marcos

• Measure Q would raise taxes by one percent, and go to the general fund, meaning it could pay for any service the city can legally provide.
• San Marcos, like many county cities, has been running a structural budget deficit, which it has plugged on a year-to-year basis by spending one-time funds for ongoing costs.
• Opponents argue the tax increase would cost San Marcos families $200 per year, and would not be restricted to popular causes like "roads" or "homelessness."

State of play: All four candidates running in the two council elections support Measure Q, they told the Union-Tribune.

• In District 3, Alan Geraci — a former San Diego deputy city attorney endorsed by the Democratic Party — is facing Danielle LeBlang, a former attorney and stay at home mom who volunteers for the local Boys & Girls Club endorsed by the local GOP.
• In District 4, incumbent council member Ed Musgrove, who voted to put Measure Q on the ballot and is endorsed by the Republican Party, is facing a re-election challenge from Natasha Zander Hilmes, a Democrat-backed candidate who works in continuing education at Cal State San Marcos.