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 E

Passing18,445 votes yes (65.9%)9,544 votes no (34.1%)

Shall an ordinance be adopted amending Camarillo Municipal Code Chapter 2.08 to limit Members of the City Council to serving no more than three consecutive four-year terms?

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Measure M

Passing16,233 votes yes (58.08%)11,716 votes no (41.92%)

Shall an ordinance be adopted amending Camarillo Municipal Code Chapter 2.08 to impose a lifetime limit on service as a Member of the City Council to no more than two, four-year terms?

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Measure F

Passing406 votes yes (90.83%)41 votes no (9.17%)

Measure of Community Facilities District No. 4 (Seabridge at Mandalay Bay) of the City of Oxnard Shall Table 1 of Attachment C "Rate and Method of Appointment", to Resolution No. 12716 be amended to reduce by 17 percent the maximum special tax that can be imposed on developed properties...

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Measure G

Passing33,713 votes yes (79.77%)8,551 votes no (20.23%)

To fund general City services, including public safety, recreation, repairing and improving city streets, library services and senior services, shall the City tax cannabis (marijuana) businesses at annual rates not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation (adjustable for inflation), 6%...

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Measure H

Passing391 votes yes (87.47%)56 votes no (12.53%)

Measure of Community Facilities District No. 3 (Seabridge at Mandalay Bay) of the City of Oxnard Shall Attachment B to Resolution No. 12715 be amended to limit the amount of the special tax levied and used to pay overhead costs of employees of the City of Oxnard to $5,000 annually?

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Measure I

Passing406 votes yes (91.44%)38 votes no (8.56%)

Measure of Community Facilities District No. 4 (Seabridge at Mandalay Bay) of the City of Oxnard Shall Attachment B to Resolution No. 12716 be amended to limit the charges for Harbor Patrol services plus the consideration for the added value to the Seabridge Project provided by the Channel Islands Harbor...

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Measure J

Failing1,176 votes yes (34.51%)2,232 votes no (65.49%)

Shall the voters repeal Measure A and return to five elected City Council members and a Mayor selected from among the five elected City Council members?

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Measure K

Failing1,156 votes yes (33%)2,347 votes no (67%)

Shall the elected Mayor's term of office, if retained, be changed from two years to four years?

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Measure N

Passing5,053 votes yes (71.84%)1,981 votes no (28.16%)

Shall the City of Santa Paula adopt an ordinance enacting a tax on cannabis businesses of up to $25.00 per square foot of space utilized for cannabis cultivation/processing, and up to 10% of gross receipts from the sale of cannabis and related products, potentially generating $500,000...

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Measure P

Passing39,967 votes yes (76.36%)12,374 votes no (23.64%)

To fund general municipal expenses such as police, roads, and libraries, shall the City tax cannabis (marijuana) businesses at annual rates not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation (adjustable for inflation), 6% of gross receipts for retail cannabis businesses, and 4% for all other...

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Measure Q

Passing31,171 votes yes (66.48%)15,718 votes no (33.52%)

Shall the measure to fund, for unrestricted general revenue purposes such as public safety, infrastructure, and streets, which taxes cannabis (marijuana) businesses at annual rates not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation (adjustable for inflation), 6% of gross receipts for retail...

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Measure R

Failing23,609 votes yes (47.99%)25,588 votes no (52.01%)

Shall the City Council allow marijuana related businesses, such as cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, testing facilities, and deliveries to operate in the City?

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Measure S

Failing21,663 votes yes (45.47%)25,979 votes no (54.53%)

If the City allows marijuana related businesses to operate in the future, should those businesses be limited to operate only in the City's Sexually Oriented Business Overlay Zone?

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Measure T

Failing1,923 votes yes (46.42%)2,220 votes no (53.58%)

Shall the measure known as the RESTRICTION AND REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL MEDICAL CANNABIS CULTIVATION , which will regulate and authorize medical cannabis cultivation through a permitting process; require security including cameras, inspections, odor control, record keeping, employee...

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Measure U

Passing3,789 votes yes (69.33%)1,676 votes no (30.67%)

To prevent elimination of the City's Police Department/maintain long-term financial viability/essential services including quick 911 response; gang, drug, crime prevention and investigations; street, storm drain, pothole and gutter repair; keep public areas clean and graffiti-free; and...

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Measure Y2018

Failing29,245 votes yes (48.2%)31,403 votes no (51.8%)

To upgrade educational facilities/provide 21st Century technology to affordably prepare local students for jobs/university transfer, update classrooms/labs for career training in public safety, design, computer graphics, theatrical arts; acquire, construct, repair classrooms, facilities, sites/equipment,...

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Measure L

Passing6,714 votes yes (71.98%)2,614 votes no (28.02%)

To improve the quality of education; modernize outdated classrooms, restrooms and facilities; make health, safety, and security improvements; provide HVAC; upgrade technology; and construct new classrooms and libraries, shall Rio Elementary School District issue $59,200,000 of bonds at...

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Measure O

Passing862 votes yes (55.79%)683 votes no (44.21%)

To improve the quality of education; upgrade outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; replace/renovate aging heating and air-conditioning, deteriorating plumbing, and inadequate electrical systems; make safety and security improvements; shall Mesa Union School District issue $9,875,000...

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