June 3, 2008 ballot measures in California

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On June 3, 2008, California voters determined the fate of two statewide initiatives, California Proposition 98 (2008) (it lost) and California Proposition 99 (2008) (it coasted to an easy victory). Voters in California's 12th state senate district overwhelmingly rejected the idea of recalling state senator Jeff Denham. School districts looking for new construction money via general obligation bonds generally succeeded. (See also California 2008 local ballot measures).

See election results here

School district bond issues

Main article: California school bond elections

Measure	County	Amount	Outcome
Alum Rock Union Elementary School District Measure G (June 2008)	Santa Clara	$179,000,000
Antioch Unified School District Measure C (June 2008)	Contra Costa	$61,600,000
Aromas-San Juan Unified School District Measure V (June 2008)	Monterey	$18,800,000
Central Unified School District Measure E (June 2008)	Fresno	$152,000,000
El Dorado Union High School Measure Q (June 2008)	El Dorado	$66,300,000
Fort Bragg Unified School District Measure C (June 2008)	Mendocino	$16,000,000
Fremont Union High School District Measure B (June 2008)	Santa Clara	$198,000,000
Hawthorne Elementary School District Measure H (June 2008)	Los Angeles	$20,000,000
Hayward Unified Measure I (June 2008)	Alameda	$205,000,000
Kerman Unified School District Measure K (June 2008)	Fresno	$24,900,000
Kernville Union School District Measure D (June 2008)	Kern	$6,000,000
Lake Tahoe Unified School District Measure A (June 2008)	El Dorado	$11,000,000
Leggett Valley Unified School District Measure D (June 2008)	Mendocino	$1,750,000
Los Nietos Elementary School District Measure M (June 2008)	Los Angeles	$31,140,000
McCabe Union Elementary School District bonds, Measure B, June 2008	Imperial	$7,000,000
McKinleyville Union School District, Measure C, June 2008	Humboldt	$14,000,000
Mesa Union Elementary School District Measure A (June 2008)	Ventura	$4,000,000
Needles Unified School District, Measure N, June 2008	San Bernardino	$10,900,000
Oak View Union School District Measure R (June 2008)	San Joaquin	$3,700,000
Oceanside Unified School District Measure H (June 2008)	San Diego	$195,000,000
Palo Alto Measure A (June 2008)	Santa Clara	$378,000,000
Ross School District Measure A (June 2008)	Marin	$6,750,000
Santa Ana Unified School District Measure G (June 2008)	Orange	$200,000,000
Scotts Valley Unified School District Bond Measure Q (June 2008)	Santa Cruz	$55,000,000
Stone Corral Elementary School District Measure F (June 2008)	Tulare	$715,000
Sutter Union High School Measure T (June 2008)	Sutter	$12,600,000
Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Measure I (June 2008)	Placer and Nevada	$93,530,000
Wasco Union High Measure C (June 2008)	Kern	$33,500,000
West Hills School Measure Q (June 2008)	Fresno	$11,800,000
Willows Unified School District bond election, Measure L, June 2008	Glenn	$20,700,000

Other bond issues

Ben Lomond Fire Protection District Bond Measure S (June 2008). $10,000,000 bond issue.
Buttonwillow Recreation and Park District Measure F (June 2008). $4,870,000 bond issue.
Santa Barbara Community College District Measure V (June 2008). $77,242,012 bond issue.

School district parcel tax levies

Main article: Parcel tax elections in California

Measure	County	Rate	Tax ends	Outcome
Alameda Unified School District Measure H (June 2008).	Alameda	$120/parcel	4 years	Approved
Los Gatos Unified School District Measure E (June 2008)	Santa Clara	$290/parcel	6 years	Approved
Mountain View-Whisman School District Measure C (June 2008)	Santa Clara	$127-$1,016	8 years	Approved
Nicasio School District Measure B (June 2008)	Marin	$375	8 years	Approved
Oak Park Unified School District Measure C (June 2008)	Ventura	Extend $197/parcel tax	8 years	Approved
Pacifica School District Measure N (June 2008)	San Mateo	$96/parcel	5 years	Approved
San Francisco Unified School District Measure A (June 2008)	San Francisco	$198/parcel	20 years	Approved
Centinela Valley Union High School Measure A (June 2008)	Los Angeles	$.04/square foot	9 years
Gravenstein Union School District Measure I (June 2008)	Sonoma	$45.00/parcel	8 years
Healdsburg Unified School District Measure H (June 2008)	Sonoma	$88/parcel	7 years
Hermosa Beach City Elementary School District Measure E (June 2008)	Los Angeles	$257/parcel	5 years
Millbrae Elementary School District Measure P (June 2008)	San Mateo	$78/parcel	5 years
San Ramon Valley Unified School District Measure D (June 2008)	Contra Costa	$166	7 years

Other tax increase proposals

Utility users tax

Main article: California Utility User Taxes

Measure	County	Outcome
Alameda County Measure F (2008)	Alameda
Covina Utility Tax (June 2008)	Los Angeles
Oakland Measure J (June 2008)	Alameda
Torrance Utility User Tax Ratification and Update Measure T (June 2008)	Los Angeles
Winters Utility Users Tax Measure T (June 2008)	Yolo
City of McFarland Measure E (June 2008)	Kern

Hotel/lodging taxes

Measure	County	Details	Outcome
Encinitas Transient Occupancy Tax (June 2008)	San Diego	No change in rate, but expand to additional types of lodging	Approved
Encinitas Beach Sand Replenishment Tax (June 2008)	San Diego	2% tax on additional types of lodging
Half Moon Bay Measure Q (June 2008)	San Mateo	Increase hotel tax from 10% to 12%	Approved

Library and other parcel taxes

Main article: Parcel tax elections in California

Measure	County	Rate	Outcome
Belvedere Measure C (June 2008)	Marin	Extend $548/edu for 4 years	Approved
Butler-Keys Community Services Measure A, June 2008	Lake	$45/parcel	Approved
Keyes Community Services District Measure P (June 2008)	Stanislaus	$20/parcel
Mesa Park District Measure E (June 2008)	Marin	$45 for four years	Approved
Northstar Community Services District Measure K (June 2008)	Placer	$209.03/parcel
Orinda Parcel Tax Measure E (June 2008)	Contra Costa	$39/parcel	Approved
Palo Verde Cemetery District parcel tax, Measure I, June 2008.	Riverside	$100/parcel
Ross Measure D (June 2008)	Marin	Extend up to $1000/edu for 4 years	Approved
Spreckels Memorial District Measure S (June 2008)	Monterey	$95/parcel	Approved
Tuolumne County Measure U (June 2008)	Tuolumne	Increase tax from $50 to $70	Approved
Union City Measure K (June 2008)	Alameda	$107-$261/parcel for 20 years

Sales taxes

Measure	County	Details	% needed to pass	Outcome
Lindsay Sales Tax Measure G (June 2008)	Tulare	City sales tax of 3/4 of a cent	50%
Mammoth Lakes Sales Tax Measure R (June 2008)	Mono	1/2 cent sales tax to develop trails and parks	66.67%	Approved
Needles Sales Tax	San Bernardino	One-half cent for hospital	66.67%
Pacific Grove Sales Tax Increase Measure U (June 2008)	Monterey	Increase city sales tax by one cent	50%	Approved
Pismo Beach Vital Public Services Measure C-08 (June 2008)	San Luis Obispo	1/2 cent sales tax for 6.5 years	50%	Approved
San Juan Bautista Sales Tax, June 2008	San Benito	1.25 cent, up from 3/4 cent	50%
San Mateo County Measure O (June 2008)	San Mateo	One-eighth cents sales tax	66.67%
Santa Cruz County Library Tax Measure R (June 2008)	Santa Cruz	1/4 cent sales tax for library	66.67%	Approved
South Gate Vital City Services Measure P (June 2008)	Los Angeles	Increase city sales tax by one cent	50%	Approved

Other taxes

• Union City Measure K (June 2008). Extend public safety services tax for 20 years.

Land use/zoning decisions

Approved

• San Clemente Shorecliffs Building Height and View Referendum (June 2008). Limit height of homes in Shorecliff.
• San Francisco Bayview Jobs and Housing Measure G (June 2008).

Defeated

• Napa County Measure N (June 2008). Growth controls.
• San Francisco Hunter's Point Redevelopment Measure F (June 2008).
• Thousand Oaks Measure B (June 2008). Voters must approve new developments with traffic impact.
• Chula Vista Voter Approval for Allowable Building Heights (June 2008). Voter approval for building heights over 84 ft.

City charters/city names/city business

• Carlsbad Charter For Municipal Affairs Measure D (June 2008). Adopt city charter.
• Irvine City Council Ethical Public Service Ordinance Measure H (June 2008). Lobbying restrictions.
• San Diego Measure A (June 2008). Exempts police officers, etc., from outsourcing.
• San Diego Measure B (June 2008). Changes strong-arm mayoral system.
• San Diego Measure C (June 2008). Re-arranges handling of financial administration in the city.
• San Francisco Health and Pension Benefits Measure B (June 2008). Increase years of service required before city and county employees qualify for health and pension benefits.
• San Francisco Criminals Forfeit Retirement Measure C (June 2008). Convicted criminals forfeit municipal government benefits.
• San Francisco Boards and Commission Diversity Measure D (June 2008). Boards and commissions should have diverse make-up of members.
• San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Measure E (June 2008). Board of Supervisors must confirm mayor's appontments to the public utilities commission.
• San Francisco No Campaign Contributions from City Vendors Measure H (June 2008)
• Menifee or Menifee Valley Naming Initiative (June 2008). Create and name new political subdivision.
• Ross Measure D (June 2008). Increase Town of Ross appropriations limit.
• Sutter County Charter Ordinance Measure R (June 2008).
• Yuba City Appointed City Clerks Measure S (June 2008).

Marijuana, In God We Trust

• Mendocino County Measure B (June 2008). Limit marijuana farming.
• Porterville In God We Trust Measure H (June 2008). Establishes "In God We Trust" as the city's motto.

See also

• California 2008 local ballot measures
• California 2008 ballot measures (statewide)
• June 3, 2008 California election results, getting ready to track June 3 election results.
• California city and county ballot initiatives
• November 4, 2008 ballot measures in California
• February 5, 2008 ballot measures in California

External links

• Bonds win big at California ballot box
• June 3 election wrap-up from Mike McMahon
• Local revenue measures June 2008
• Local school bond measures, June 2008

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