California General Election Ballot, Tuesday November 6, 2018 - Candidate & Ballot Measure Voter Guide

Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for existing affordable housing programs for low-income residents, veterans, farmworkers, manufactured and mobile homes, infill, and transit-oriented housing. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $170 million annually over...

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Proposition 2 — Mental Health Housing Program

Passing7,662,528 votes yes (63.4%)4,417,327 votes no (36.6%)

Amends Mental Health Services Act to fund No Place Like Home Program, which finances housing for individuals with mental illness. Ratifies existing law establishing the No Place Like Home Program. Fiscal Impact: Allows the state to use up to $140 million per year of county mental health funds to repay...

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Proposition 3 — Water Bonds

Failing5,879,836 votes yes (49.3%)6,034,991 votes no (50.7%)

Authorizes $8.877 billion in state general obligation bonds for various infrastructure projects. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging $430 million per year over 40 years. Local government savings for water-related projects, likely averaging a couple hundred million dollars annually...

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Proposition 4 — Children’s Hospital Bonds

Passing7,551,298 votes yes (62.7%)4,494,143 votes no (37.3%)

Authorizes $1.5 billion in bonds, to be repaid from state's General Fund, to fund grants for construction, expansion, renovation, and equipping of qualifying children's hospitals. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $80 million annually over the next 35 years.

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Proposition 5 — Property Tax Rules

Failing4,813,251 votes yes (40.2%)7,152,993 votes no (59.8%)

Removes certain transfer requirements for homeowners over 55, severely disabled homeowners, and contaminated or disaster-destroyed property. Fiscal Impact: Schools and local governments each would lose over $100 million in annual property taxes early on, growing to about $1 billion per year. Similar...

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Proposition 6 — Transportation Taxes and Fees

Failing5,283,222 votes yes (43.2%)6,952,081 votes no (56.8%)

Repeals a 2017 transportation law's taxes and fees designated for road repairs and public transportation. Fiscal Impact: Reduced ongoing revenues of $5.1 billion from state fuel and vehicle taxes that mainly would have paid for highway and road maintenance and repairs, as well as transit programs.

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Proposition 7 — Daylight Saving Time

Passing7,167,315 votes yes (59.7%)4,828,564 votes no (40.3%)

Gives Legislature ability to change daylight saving time period by two-thirds vote, if changes are consistent with federal law. Fiscal Impact: This measure has no direct fiscal effect because changes to daylight saving time would depend on future actions by the Legislature and potentially the federal...

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Proposition 8 — Kidney Dialysis Clinics

Failing4,845,264 votes yes (40.1%)7,247,917 votes no (59.9%)

Requires rebates and penalties if charges exceed limit. Requires annual reporting to the state. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on payment source. Fiscal Impact: Overall annual effect on state and local governments ranging from net positive impact in the low tens of millions of...

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Proposition 10 — Local Governments and Rent Control

Failing4,949,543 votes yes (40.6%)7,251,443 votes no (59.4%)

Repeals state law that currently restricts the scope of rent-control policies that cities and other local jurisdictions may impose on residential property. Fiscal Impact: Potential net reduction in state and local revenues of tens of millions of dollars per year in the long term. Depending on actions...

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Proposition 11 — Ambulance Employee Breaks

Passing7,181,116 votes yes (59.6%)4,861,831 votes no (40.4%)

Law entitling hourly employees to breaks without being on-call would not apply to private-sector ambulance employees. Fiscal Impact: Likely fiscal benefit to local governments (in the form of lower costs and higher revenues), potentially in the tens of millions of dollars each year.

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Proposition 12 — Farm Animal Cages

Passing7,551,434 votes yes (62.7%)4,499,702 votes no (37.3%)

Establishes minimum requirements for confining certain farm animals. Prohibits sales of meat and egg products from animals confined in noncomplying manner. Fiscal Impact: Potential decrease in state income tax revenues from farm businesses, likely not more than several million dollars annually. State...

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Measure J

Failing36,869 votes yes (43.89%)47,140 votes no (56.11%)

Shall the measure changing the El Dorado County Ordinance Code which imposes a tax on short term occupants of hotels, motels, vacation home rentals and similar facilities in the unincorporated areas of El Dorado County, effective until amended or repealed, to raise the amount collected from ten percent...

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Measure N

Passing53,937 votes yes (64.65%)29,491 votes no (35.35%)

To provide revenue for general government services, such as law enforcement and public health education, shall the measure regulating and imposing a general tax on any independently authorized commercial cannabis activity in the unincorporated areas of El Dorado County at rates up to: $30 per square...

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Measure P

Passing50,475 votes yes (60.54%)32,896 votes no (39.46%)

Shall the measure allowing for outdoor and mixed-light (greenhouse) commercial cannabis cultivation for medicinal use on parcels of at least 10 acres zoned Rural Lands, Planned Agricultural, Limited Agricultural, and Agricultural Grazing that are restricted in canopy size, required to pay a County commercial...

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Measure Q

Passing49,234 votes yes (59.24%)33,881 votes no (40.76%)

Shall the measure allowing for outdoor and mixed-light (greenhouse) commercial cannabis cultivation for recreational adult use on parcels of at least 10 acres zoned Rural Lands, Planned Agricultural, Limited Agricultural, and Agricultural Grazing that are restricted in canopy size, required to pay a...

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Measure R

Passing50,587 votes yes (61.2%)32,078 votes no (38.8%)

Shall the measure allowing for the retail sale, delivery, distribution, and indoor cultivation of commercial cannabis for medicinal use on parcels zoned Community Commercial, Regional Commercial, General Commercial, Industrial High, and Industrial Low that are restricted in number and concentration,...

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Measure S

Passing49,226 votes yes (60.02%)32,786 votes no (39.98%)

Shall the measure allowing for the retail sale, delivery, distribution, and indoor cultivation of commercial cannabis for recreational adult use on parcels zoned Community Commercial, Regional Commercial, General Commercial, Industrial High, and Industrial Low that are restricted in number and concentration,...

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Measure U

Failing19,079 votes yes (23.4%)62,438 votes no (76.6%)

Shall the measure be adopted to amend the El Dorado County Charter Section 202 regarding Term Limits for Board of Supervisors to provide that one additional four year term of office be added to extend allowed terms to three, such that Board members shall be limited to three consecutive terms, with no...

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Measure V

Failing31,946 votes yes (41.46%)45,115 votes no (58.54%)

Shall the measure be adopted to amend the El Dorado County Charter Section 502.1 regarding Classified and Unclassified Employees to provide that the Board of Supervisors may determine, by Resolution, additional positions to be of the "unclassified service," such that the Board may designate that certain...

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Measure M

Passing2,641 votes yes (67.46%)1,274 votes no (32.54%)

Shall the measure establishing a cannabis (marijuana) businesses tax at annual rates not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation (adjustable for inflation), 8% of gross receipts for retail cannabis businesses, and 4% for all other cannabis businesses; which is expected to generate an...

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Measure T

Passing3,517 votes yes (50.42%)3,459 votes no (49.58%)

Should an ordinance, to eliminate most vacation home rentals ("VHR") in residential zones within the City of South Lake Tahoe, be adopted, that: (1) eliminates VHRs in residential zones by 2021, except for certain "qualified" VHRs operated by permanent residents; (2) allows VHR operations in commercial...

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Measure AA — To provide educational programs and support services for students within Tahoe Truckee USD

Passing11,146 votes yes (78.1%)3,132 votes no (21.9%)

To ensure all students receive a well-rounded, high quality education to prepare them for college, university and careers; maintain and prevent cuts in science, technology, music, art, honors and career/job training programs, shall Tahoe Truckee Unified School District renew and increase its expiring...

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Measure H

Passing362 votes yes (75.57%)117 votes no (24.43%)

Shall the Measure be adopted to allow the Cameron Estates CSD to levy an increase of $345 to the special tax, over and above the current special tax rate of $250 per parcel per year, for a total tax rate not to exceed $595 per parcel per year to remain in effect until modified or repealed. If approved,...

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Measure K

Passing43 votes yes (61.43%)27 votes no (38.57%)

Shall an amendment to the bylaws of the Hickok Road Community Services District to increase the maximum annual Special Tax by $200 per parcel per year, such that the total Special Tax could increase from $200 to $400 per parcel per year, be adopted? The maximum resulting gain could increase from $12,400...

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Measure L

Passing108 votes yes (57.14%)81 votes no (42.86%)

Shall the Cameron Park Airport District levy a special tax for the purpose of providing needed Airpark street/taxiway improvements, upgrades, and maintenance at an annual rate not to exceed $600.00 per Airpark parcel per year with total annual revenue raised to be $75,000 and remaining in effect until...

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