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 B

Passing4,481 votes yes (69.31%)1,984 votes no (30.69%)

Shall the measure adopting an ordinance authorizing the City Council of the City of Riverbank to impose a business license tax at a rate of up to ten percent (10%) of gross receipts on cannabis businesses and dispensaries, to help fund general municipal services, be adopted?

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Measure C

Passing5,242 votes yes (69.69%)2,280 votes no (30.31%)

Shall the measure adopting an ordinance authorizing the City Council of the City of Oakdale to impose a business license tax at a rate of up to fifteen percent (15%) of gross receipts on cannabis businesses and dispensaries, to help fund general municipal services, be adopted?

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Measure F

Passing54,803 votes yes (73.7%)19,555 votes no (26.3%)

To increase voter participation and to conform with State law, shall the City of Modesto Charter be amended to (1) hold future Modesto City Schools Board of Education elections in November of even-numbered years to coincide with State/Federal elections, and; (2) allow for a one-time, one-year extension...

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Measure Z

Passing42,521 votes yes (71.77%)16,728 votes no (28.23%)

To increase voter participation in City of Modesto elections and to conform with state law, shall the City of Modesto Charter be amended to: (1) change the date for the City's future, regular elections to November of even-numbered years to coincide with State/Federal elections, and; (2) allow for a one...

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Measure W

Passing7,354 votes yes (66.32%)3,735 votes no (33.68%)

Shall the measure adopting an ordinance authorizing the City Council of the City of Ceres to impose a business license tax at a rate of up to fifteen percent (15%) of gross receipts on cannabis businesses and dispensaries, to help fund general municipal services, be adopted?

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Measure X

Failing3,821 votes yes (35.47%)6,952 votes no (64.53%)

Shall the measure making the office of the City Treasurer for the City of Ceres appointive, rather than elective, with the first appointment occurring upon the expiration of the term of the current City Treasurer, be adopted?

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Measure Y

Passing3,552 votes yes (64.95%)1,917 votes no (35.05%)

Shall the measure adopting an ordinance authorizing the City Council of the City of Patterson to impose a business license tax at a rate of up to fifteen percent (15%) of gross receipts on cannabis businesses and dispensaries, to help fund general municipal services, be adopted?

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Measure A

Passing3,992 votes yes (68%)1,879 votes no (32%)

Without increasing current tax rates, shall Salida Union School District improve campus security and student safety by constructing secure school entrances, exits and fencing; renovate classrooms and schools; repair leaky plumbing; and replace and upgrade electrical wiring to meet current fire safety...

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Measure D

Passing20,541 votes yes (72.38%)7,840 votes no (27.62%)

To repair leaking roofs; improve fire, emergency, security camera systems; provide accessibility for students with disabilities; update cafeterias, plumbing, HVAC and electrical systems, shall Modesto City Elementary School District issue $74 million in bonds at legal interest rates, collecting about...

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Measure E

Passing19,678 votes yes (69.56%)8,611 votes no (30.44%)

To update classrooms/science labs to support quality instruction in math/science/reading/writing; replace aging portables with permanent classrooms; equip classrooms with technology preparing students for 21st-Century jobs, shall Modesto City Elementary School District issue $57 million in bonds at legal...

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Measure G

Passing2,388 votes yes (63.83%)1,353 votes no (36.17%)

Without increasing current tax rates, shall Riverbank Unified School District improve campus security and student safety; renovate, construct, equip, repair and improve classrooms and school facilities; repair/ replace leaky roofs; and replace and upgrade electrical wiring to meet current fire safety...

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