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 A

Passing83,954 votes yes (70.96%)34,366 votes no (29.04%)

To fund unrestricted general revenue purposes, including combating gangs, drug abuse, human trafficking and homelessness, fund police, fire, roads, and parks (90%) and fund a Community Benefit Fund allocated as recommended by a citizens' commission (10%), shall the measure to tax cannabis cultivation...

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Measure O

Failing55,117 votes yes (49.45%)56,337 votes no (50.55%)

Shall the City of Fresno Charter be amended to remove or modify these legally unenforceable sections? (1) §309, prohibiting "off-year" campaign contributions--removed as unconstitutional. (2) §701's City Manager residency requirement--removed as unconstitutional. (3) §1225, prohibiting residential water...

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Measure P

Failing61,870 votes yes (52.17%)56,723 votes no (47.83%)

Shall the measure imposing a 3/8 percent sales and use tax, estimated to generate $37.5 million annually for 30 years, funding City parks and cultural arts, with independent oversight, be adopted?

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Measure Q

Passing90,351 votes yes (80.43%)21,979 votes no (19.57%)

Shall the City of Fresno Charter §1205 be amended to require the City adopt a balanced budget each fiscal year?

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Measure C

Failing444 votes yes (41.19%)634 votes no (58.81%)

To provide additional funding for city services, including, but not limited to, parks, roads, recreational opportunities, and public safety, shall the ordinance increasing the City's Sales and Use Tax from .980% to 1.980%, which will raise approximately $500,000 annually, be adopted?

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Measure J

Passing1,728 votes yes (58.22%)1,240 votes no (41.78%)

To help prevent the loss of vital public safety services, and to protect other general services, shall the City of Coalinga enact a general-purpose, one-percent sales tax, expected to generate $850,000 annually, with annual independent audits with an expiration (sunset) in ten (10) years?

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Measure K

Failing954 votes yes (48.3%)1,021 votes no (51.7%)

To ensure the availability of and to maintain and enhance essential City services, such as fire protection services among others, shall an ordinance be adopted to enact a four percent (4%) utility users tax indefinitely on electric, natural gas and telecommunications services to raise approximately $398,000.00...

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Measure L

Passing1,290 votes yes (68.25%)600 votes no (31.75%)

If Measure K passes, should the revenues raised be primarily used to provide, maintain and enhance fire services in the City of Parlier?

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Measure M

Passing2,111 votes yes (73.17%)774 votes no (26.83%)

To provide funding for essential city services and projects in the City of Kerman such as: police patrols, crime prevention, and quick 9-1-1 emergency response; repairing pothole and infrastructure, maintaining streets, revitalizing downtown area, and improving community facilities, parks, senior services,...

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Measure N

Passing1,028 votes yes (55.48%)825 votes no (44.52%)

To generate approximately $953,000 annually to build a new police station and restore or replace out-of-date police equipment. Revenues will also be used to fix city streets needing repair and to pay escalating pension obligations and other general fund obligations, with the remainder going to a reserve...

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Measure B

Passing9,959 votes yes (67.49%)4,798 votes no (32.51%)

To continue improving college/career preparation and reduce overcrowding by constructing the Sanger Unified School District Educational Complex including vocational/career education classrooms/labs; wiring/technology infrastructure, computer, engineering, science labs; emergency communication systems,...

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Measure D

Passing164 votes yes (75.58%)53 votes no (24.42%)

To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; repair or replace leaky roofs; and modernize/renovate outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; shall Monroe Elementary School District issue $1,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, generating on average...

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Measure E

Passing304 votes yes (57.36%)226 votes no (42.64%)

To improve the quality of education; modernize media center to support 21st century learning; renovate/replace outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; and make health, safety and security improvements; shall Pine Ridge Elementary School District issue $5,300,000 of bonds at legal rates,...

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Measure G

Passing56 votes yes (90.32%)6 votes no (9.68%)

To improve the quality of education; repair or replace leaky roofs; modernize/renovate outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; and make health, safety and handicapped accessibility improvements; shall Westside Elementary School District issue $3,500,000 of bonds at legal interest rates,...

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Measure H

Passing1,417 votes yes (65.27%)754 votes no (34.73%)

To improve the quality of education; repair or replace leaky roofs; make health and safety improvements; and modernize outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; shall Parlier Unified School District issue $9,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, generating on average $535,000 annually...

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