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 D

Passing233 votes yes (63.49%)134 votes no (36.51%)

Shall the office of the City Clerk be appointive?

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Measure E

Passing227 votes yes (62.36%)137 votes no (37.64%)

Shall the office of the City Treasurer be appointive?

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Measure L

Passing274 votes yes (75.9%)87 votes no (24.1%)

Shall Sally Traylor be recalled (removed) from the office of City Clerk?

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Measure M

Passing264 votes yes (73.95%)93 votes no (26.05%)

Shall Mary Ann Smith be recalled (removed) from the office of Councilmember?

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Measure H

Passing1,966 votes yes (51.86%)1,825 votes no (48.14%)

Shall the office of the City Treasurer be appointive?

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Measure I

Passing2,957 votes yes (76.19%)924 votes no (23.81%)

To fund general municipal expenses such as police, fire, roads and recreation, 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...

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Measure J

Passing4,028 votes yes (58.17%)2,897 votes no (41.83%)

To maintain and improve general City services, such as police service levels, street operations and maintenance, as well as parks, community buildings and infrastructure; shall the City of Calexico adopt an ordinance to increase the Transient Occupancy ("Hotel") Tax from 10.00% to 12.00%, and to modernize...

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Measure K

Passing5,049 votes yes (73.53%)1,818 votes no (26.47%)

Shall the City of Calexico adopt an ordinance enacting a tax on cannabis businesses of up to $25 per square foot of space utilized, and up to 15% of gross receipts from the sale of cannabis and related products, generating approximately $700,000 annually for general City services, such as police and...

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Measure A

Passing784 votes yes (73%)290 votes no (27%)

To improve the quality of education; modernize outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; upgrade classrooms technology; and make health, safety and security improvements; shall the Heber Elementary School District issue $4,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, generating on average $300,000...

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Measure B

Passing297 votes yes (64.57%)163 votes no (35.43%)

To construct a new gymnasium, enhance student safety and security, construct and modernize classrooms and support facilities, and provide the local match for State grants, shall the measure of Westmorland Union Elementary School District be adopted authorizing $10,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, raising...

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Measure G

Passing1,437 votes yes (72.1%)556 votes no (27.9%)

To improve the quality of education; modernize outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; and construct a new gymnasium/multipurpose room for school and community use; shall Holtville Unified School District issue $10 million of bonds at legal interest rates, generating on average $617,000...

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