Ballot: Overview —Tuesday November 6, 2018 —California General Election
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Superintendent Of Public Instruction, State of California
- 15,198,738 votes (49.1%)
Trustee, Trustee Area 2, Sacramento City Unified School District
- 1
Board Member, San Juan Unified School District
- 2
Board Member, Natomas Unified School District
- 2
Board Member, Galt Joint Union High School District
- 3
City Council, City of Folsom
- 37,465 votes (9.86%)
7,386 votes (9.75%)
6,790 votes (8.96%)
6,386 votes (8.43%)
6,204 votes (8.19%)
5,199 votes (6.86%)
4,259 votes (5.62%)
2,326 votes (3.07%)
265 votes (0.35%)
City Council, City of Galt
- 32,335 votes (13.36%)
2,090 votes (11.96%)
1,421 votes (8.13%)
1,301 votes (7.44%)
650 votes (3.72%)
City Council, City of Isleton
- 3City Council, City of Citrus Heights
- 3
City Council, City of Rancho Cordova
- 2
Director, Ward 4, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- 1
Director, Cosumnes Community Services District
- 2
Director, Rancho Murieta Community Services District
- 3
Director, Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District - 4 Year Term
- 2Director, Division 3, Southgate Recreation and Park District
- 11,556 votes (38.29%)
Director, Del Paso Manor Water District
- 3Candidates are rotated and randomly ordered based on how much information they have supplied.
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Proposition 1 — Affordable Housing Bonds
Passing6,751,018 votes yes (56.2%)5,258,157 votes no (43.8%)
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...
Learn MoreProposition 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...
Learn MoreProposition 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...
Learn MoreProposition 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.
Learn MoreProposition 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...
Learn MoreProposition 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.
Learn MoreProposition 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...
Learn MoreProposition 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...
Learn MoreProposition 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...
Learn MoreProposition 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.
Learn MoreProposition 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 G
Failing3,435 votes yes (49.36%)3,524 votes no (50.64%)
Shall the office of the city clerk for the City of Galt be appointive?
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Measure K
Passing78,371 votes yes (55.96%)61,678 votes no (44.04%)
Shall the measure amending the city charter adding the city auditor as a charter officer; combining duties of the city auditor and the independent budget analyst, as may be further prescribed by ordinance; repealing the city code related to the budget analyst; and amend the charter to allow city council...
Learn MoreMeasure U
Passing86,916 votes yes (56.57%)66,725 votes no (43.43%)
Shall the measure to protect and enhance essential public safety services, including 9-1-1 response, fire protection, community neighborhood policing, and other essential services, including homeless supportive services, affordable housing, libraries, park maintenance, high-wage job promotion, and youth...
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Measure C
Passing23,364 votes yes (79.05%)6,192 votes no (20.95%)
Shall the measure to impose term limits for City Councilmembers by amending the Folsom City Charter to require that after serving 4 consecutive 4-year terms, a City Councilmember is not eligible to run for the City Council or to be appointed to a vacancy unless a period of 4 consecutive years have elapsed...
Learn MoreMeasure D
Failing14,475 votes yes (49.31%)14,881 votes no (50.69%)
Shall the measure to increase the limit on campaign contribution a person may contribute in support or opposition to a candidate for the Folsom City Council in an election, including contributions to candidate-controlled committees supporting or opposing such candidate, from the current amount of $150...
Learn MoreMeasure E
Failing8,825 votes yes (29.49%)21,101 votes no (70.51%)
Shall the measure to enact a 1/2 percent transaction and use tax (sales tax) for 10 years, providing approximately $8.4 million annually for general governmental purposes such as capital improvement projects for transportation and traffic improvements, parks, trails, and bike paths; promote economic...
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Measure H
Passing2,678 votes yes (68.35%)1,240 votes no (31.65%)
To modernize, construct and acquire classrooms and school facilities, replace portables and older schools with new permanent facilities, improve student safety, modern technology and classroom environments, and qualify for matching State grants, shall Robla Elementary School District issue $46,200,000...
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Measure J
Passing11,130 votes yes (68.94%)5,014 votes no (31.06%)
To improve parks and recreation for children, families and senior citizens; protect open space; improve safety and security; repair park bathrooms; and upgrade, construct, renovate, and expand parks/facilities; shall Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District issue $26.9 million of bonds at legal rates,...
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Measure L
Passing16,545 votes yes (68.15%)7,733 votes no (31.85%)
To enhance quality education in Natomas, increasing student safety/security, upgrading classrooms for 21st century learning and college/career readiness with technology/equipment, upgrading aging infrastructure/utilities and repairing/constructing facilities, shall Natomas Unified School District issue...
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