November 4, 2008 ballot measures in California

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On November 4, 2008, California voters determined the fate of twelve statewide ballot measures as well as 380 local ballot measures.^[1]

For information about school bond elections, see: California school district bond elections, November 2008.

Non-school bonds

Measure	County	Amount	Outcome
City of Martinez Bond Measure H, 2008	Contra Costa	$30.00 million
Berkeley bond measure FF, 2008	Alameda	$26.00 million
East Bay Regional Park District Measure WW, 2008	Alameda	$500.00 million
Gilroy library bond election, Measure F, 2008	Santa Clara	$37.00 million
Palo Alto library bond election, Measure N, 2008	Santa Clara	$76.00 million
Ridgecrest Measure N, 2008	Kern	$27.70 million
San Juan Capistrano bond election, Measure Y, 2008	Orange	$30.00 million
Santa Clara hospital bond election, Measure A, 2008	Santa Clara	$840.00 million
Sonoma Valley Health Care District bond election, Measure P, 2008	Sonoma	$35.00 million
Twin Cities 911 bond, 2008	Marin	$20.00 million

School district parcel tax levies

Main article: Parcel tax elections in California

Twenty-one parcel tax ballot propositions were on the November 4, 2008 ballot in 21 school districts. In order to pass, each parcel tax measure needed the approval of a supermajority of at least 2/3rds of those voters voting in the election.

Seventeen of the parcel tax levies were approved; four were defeated.

Measure	County	Rate	Tax ends	Outcome
Alta-Dutch Flat Union parcel tax, Measure T, 2008	Placer	$45/parcel	4 years
Bayshore Elementary parcel tax election, Measure Y, 2008	San Mateo	$96	6 years	Approved
Belmont-Redwood Shores school parcel tax, Measure U, 2008	San Mateo	$78/parcel	7 years	Approved
Berryessa Union school parcel tax, Measure W, 2008	Santa Clara	$79/parcel	5 years	Approved
Campbell Union parcel tax election, Measure R, 2008	Santa Clara	$85/parcel	5 years	Approved
Davis Unified School District parcel tax, Measure W, 2008	Solano and Yolo	$120/parcel	3 years	Approved
Dublin school parcel tax, Measure L, 2008	Alameda	$96/parcel	5 years	Approved
Evergreen school parcel tax election, Measure T, 2008	Santa Clara	$90/parcel	5 years	Approved
Franklin-McKinley school parcel tax, Measure U, 2008	Santa Clara	$72/parcel	9 years	Approved
Live Oak school parcel tax, Measure A, 2008	Santa Cruz	$84/parcel	9 years	Approved
Livermore School Parcel Tax Measure M, 2008	Alameda/Contra Costa	$138/parcel	5 years	Approved
Mill Valley School District parcel tax election (2008)	Marin	$193/parcel	4 years	Approved
Martinez School Parcel Tax Measure B, 2008	Contra Costa	$50/parcel	5 years	Approved
Oakland school parcel tax, Measure N, 2008	Alameda	$120/parcel	10 years
Ojai school parcel tax election, Measure P, 2008	Ventura	$89/parcel	7 years
Pacific Grove School Measure X parcel tax election, 2008	Monterey	$35/parcel	5 years	Approved
Pittsburg School Parcel Tax Measure C, 2008	Contra Costa	$65/parcel	7 years	Approved
San Carlos school parcel tax election, Measure S, 2008	San Mateo	$185/parcel
Santa Barbara High School parcel tax election, Measure H, 2008	Santa Barbara	$23/parcel	4 years	Approved
Santa Barbara elementary school parcel tax election, Measure I, 2008	Santa Barbara	$27/parcel	4 years	Approved
West Contra Costa Parcel Tax Measure D, 2008	Contra Costa	7.2 cents/square foot	5 years	Approved

Other school district elections

• Live Oak Unified schools, Measure U, 2008, elect trustees at-large, approved.

Other tax increases

Utility users tax

Main article: California Utility User Taxes

Measure	County	Outcome
Cathedral City Utility Users Tax (2008)	Riverside	Approved
Eureka Sales Tax/Utility Tax Measure D	Humboldt	Approved
Hawthorne Utility Users Tax, Measure V, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
Hemet Utility Users Tax, Measure O, 2008	Riverside
Holtville Measure C, 2008	Imperial
Indio Utility Users Tax, Measure K, 2008	Riverside	Approved
Inglewood Utility Users Tax, Measure UUT, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
Lakewood Utility Users Tax, Measure L, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
Long Beach Utility Users Tax, Measure G, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
Los Angeles Unincorporated Areas Utility User Tax, Measure U, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
Lynwood Utility Users Tax, Measure II, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
Moreno Valley Utility Users Tax, Measure P, 2008	Riverside	Approved
Morgan Hill Utility Users Tax (2008)	Santa Clara
Pomona Utility Users Tax, Measure PC, 2008	Los Angeles
Rossmoor Incorporation and Utility Tax, Measure U, 2008	Orange
Sacramento Utility Users Tax, Measure O, 2008	Sacramento	Approved
San Francisco Telephone Tax, Proposition O, 2008	San Francisco	Approved
San Gabriel Utility Users Tax, Measure SG, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
San Jose telephone taxes, Measure J and K, 2008	Santa Clara	Approved
San Leandro utility users tax, Measure RR, 2008	Alameda	Approved
Santa Barbara Utility Users Tax, Measure G, 2008	Santa Barbara	Approved
Santa Cruz telephone tax, Measure B, 2008	Santa Cruz
Santa Monica Telecommunications Tax, Measure SM, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
Seaside Utility Tax Law Repeal Measure E, 2008	Monterey
Sebastopol Utility User Tax, Measure M, 2008	Sonoma	Approved
Stockton Utility User Tax, Measure U, 2008	San Joaquin	Approved
Watsonville telephone tax, Measure C, 2008	Santa Cruz

Non-school parcel taxes

Main article: Parcel tax elections in California

Twenty-seven non-school parcel tax increases were requested in November. Of the twenty-seven, ten were approved.

• Nine were city requests.
• One was a county request.
• Seventeen were for special districts.
• All required a 2/3rds supermajority vote to pass.

Measure	County	Rate	Outcome
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Measure VV, 2008	Alameda/Contra Costa	$300/parcel	Approved
Albany Measure EE	Alameda	Increase by 4%/year
Arrowbear water district parcel tax, Measure U, 2008	San Bernardino	$45/parcel
Berkeley tax measure GG, 2008	Alameda	$.04083/square foot	Approved
Cameron Estates parcel tax, Measure H, 2008	El Dorado	Increase of $250/parcel
Contra Costa Tax Measure F, 2008	Contra Costa	$108/parcel
El Medio Fire Protection Measure B parcel tax, 2008	Butte	$58/parcel	Approved
Gold Ridge fire protection district parcel tax, Measure O, 2008	Sonoma	$45/parcel	Approved
Hayfork Park Measure V, 2008	Trinity	$20/parcel
Honey Lake Valley Swimming Pool, Measure R, 2008	Lassen	$25/parcel
Lake Shastina police parcel tax, Measure R, 2008	Siskiyou	$97/parcel
Long Beach Funding for Bond Repayment, Measure I, 2008	Los Angeles	$120/parcel
Los Angeles City Proposition A (2008)	Los Angeles	$36/parcel
McCloud Community Services parcel tax, Measure T, 2008	Siskiyou	$153/parcel	Approved
Mi-Wuk/Sugar Pine Fire Protection District Special Tax, Measure V, 2008	Tuolumne	Various
Oakland police parcel tax, Measure NN, 2008	Alameda	$107 increasing to $367 in 3 years
Parlier parcel tax, Measure S, 2008	Fresno	$300/parcel
Pine Mountain Paramedic Training Measure K, 2008	Kern	$70/parcel	Approved
Piru cemetery tax, Measure M, 2008	Ventura	$25/parcel	Approved
Post Mountain Public Utilities, Measure T, 2008	Trinity	$35/parcel
San Diego Proposition A	San Diego	$52/parcel
San Leandro police parcel tax, Measure TT, 2008	Alameda	$48/parcel
Santa Cruz beach parcel tax, Measure E, 2008	Santa Cruz	$28/SF parcel, $94/others, $10/undeveloped	Approved
Scott Valley fire district parcel tax, Measure N, 2008	Siskiyou	$40/parcel
Twin Cities 911 bond, 2008	Marin	$109/parcel	Approved
Union City Services Tax, Measure UU, 2008	Alameda	$95-$112/parcel	Approved
Weaverville/Douglas City Parks, Measure U, 2008	Trinity	ad valorem

Sales taxes

Sales tax in California

Measure	County	Outcome
Alturas Sales Tax	Modoc
Amador Fire Protection, Measure M, 2008	Amador	Approved
Arcata Transactions and Use Tax (2008)	Humboldt	Approved
Arvin Measure L, 2008	Kern	Approved
Barstow sales tax increase, Measure D, 2008	San Bernardino
Campbell Sales Tax, Measure O, 2008	Santa Clara	Approved
Capitola Sales Tax, Measure D, 2008	Santa Cruz	Approved
Colusa Sales Tax, Measure A, 2008	Colusa
El Cajon Sales Tax, Proposition J, 2008	San Diego	Approved
El Monte Sales Tax, Measure GG, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
Fresno Library Tax, Measure L, 2008	Fresno
Gustine Sales Tax, Measure N, 2008	Merced
Galt Anti-Gang Tax, Measure R, 2008	Sacramento	Approved
Eureka Sales Tax Measure D, 2008	Humboldt	Approved
Imperial County, Measure D, 2008	Imperial	Approved
La Habra Sales Tax, Measure T, 2008	Orange	Approved
La Mesa Sales Tax, Proposition L, 2008	San Diego	Approved
Los Angeles Measure R	Los Angeles	Approved
Marysville Sales Tax, Measure O, 2008	Yuba
Maywood Sales Tax, Measure MC, 2008	Los Angeles
National City Sales Tax Repeal, Proposition M, 2008	San Diego
Monterey County road tax Measure Z (2008)	Monterey
Oxnard sales tax, Measure O, 2008	Ventura	Approved
Pico Rivera Sales Tax, Measure P, 2008	Los Angeles	Approved
Port Hueneme sales tax, Measure W, 2008	Ventura	Approved
Ridgecrest Measure N, 2008	Kern
Sonoma-Marin Rail Sales Tax, Measure Q, 2008	Marin and Sonoma	Approved
Santa Barbara Sales Tax, Measure A, 2008	Santa Barbara	Approved
Santa Clara BART sales tax, Measure B, 2008	Santa Clara	Approved
Stanislaus Sales Tax, Measure S, 2008	Stanislaus
Trinidad Measure I, 2008	Humboldt	Approved
Truckee Sales Tax, Measure V, 2008	Nevada	Approved
West Sacramento Sales Tax, Measure V, 2008	Yolo	Approved

Hotel/lodging taxes

Twelve hotel tax increases were on the November ballot; seven were approved.

Measure	County	Details	Outcome
Bear Lake hotel tax, Measure Y, 2008	San Bernardino	Increase tax from 6% to 8%	Approved
Del Mar lodging tax, Proposition H, 2008	San Diego	Increase tax from 10.5% to 13%	Approved
Encinitas Sand Tax (2008)	San Diego	2% hotel tax for beach sand replenishment	Approved
Eureka Transient Rooming Tax Measure E, 2008	Humboldt	Increase tax from 9% to 10%	Approved
Fremont hotel tax, Measure MM, 2008	Alameda	Increase tax from 8% to 10%	Approved
Kerman Hotel Tax, Measure T, 2008	Fresno	Impose hotel tax of 8%
Kingsburg Hotel Tax, Measure A, 2008	Fresno	Increase tax from 8% to 12%	Approved
Selma Hotel Tax, Measure R, 2008	Fresno	Increase tax from 6% to 10%
Siskiyou County Hotel Tax, Measure M, 2008	Siskiyou	Increase tax from 8% to 12%
Solvang hotel tax, Measure B, 2008	Santa Barbara	Increase tax from 10% to 11%
Victorville hotel tax increase, Measure C, 2008	San Bernardino	Increase tax from 7% to 10%
Windsor hotel tax, Measure N, 2008	Sonoma	Increase tax from 8% to 12%	Approved

Other tax increases

• Brisbane business license tax, Measure T, 2008.
• Richmond Business License Measure T, 2008.
• San Mateo parking tax, Measure Q, 2008.
• San Mateo vehicle rental tax, Measure R, 2008.

Tax cuts

Measure	County	Outcome
National City Sales Tax Repeal, Proposition M, 2008	San Diego
North San Joaquin groundwater charge repeal, Measure V, 2008	San Joaquin	Approved
Petaluma Water and Sewer Act (2008)	Sonoma
Rohnert Park sewer rate rollback, Measure L, 2008	Sonoma	Approved
Seaside Utility Tax Law Repeal Measure E, 2008	Monterey

Land use/zoning decisions

City charters/city names/city business

• Albany charter and code revisions, Measures AA-EE, 2008. AA, BB, CC approved. DD and EE defeated.
• Berkeley charter amendment, Measure II, 2008.
• Berkeley voter approval of bus-only lanes, Measure KK, 2008, defeated.
• Boulder Creek fire district board members, Measure F, 2008
• Buena Park Charter City Initiative, Measure P, 2008.
• Chula Vista elected city attorney, Proposition Q, 2008.
• Coronado hospital land vote, Proposition F, 2008.
• Cosumnes Community Services District, Measure S, 2008.
• Del Mar city plan, Proposition G, 2008.
• Fairfax Town Clerk, 2008, Marin Measure D.
• Fillmore resolution repeal election, Measure H, 2008.
• Gilroy municipal elections, Measure E, 2008.
• Isla Vista property transfer election, Measure D, 2008.
• Irvine Great Park Ratification, Measure R, 2008.
• Irvine Personal Information Privacy Act, Measure S, 2008.
• Marin County Measure B (2008).
• Needles police feasibility study, Measure I, 2008.
• North Fillmore general plan, Measure I, 2008.
• Oakley Business Tax Measure L, 2008.
• Orange County pension benefits, Measure J, 2008.
• Pacific Grove City Employee Retirement Act Measure Y, 2008.
• Placer County supervisor salaries, Measure R, 2008.
• Placer County Counsel terms of employment, Measure S, 2008.
• Rosemead Measure CC, 2008.
• Santee City Charter, Proposition P, 2008.
• San Bernardino Ethics Amendment, Measure S, 2008.
• San Clemente North Beach Project, Measure W, 2008.
• San Diego City Charter Proposition C, 2008.
• San Francisco Clean Energy Act (2008).
• San Francisco decriminalize prostitution, Measure K (2008).
• San Francisco George Bush Sewage Plant Initiative (2008).
• San Jose fire station election, Measure L, 2008.
• San Jose park user agreements, Measure M, 2008.
• San Juan Bautista Measure W, 2008.
• San Juan Bautista Measure X, 2008.
• San Luis Obispo charter amendments, Measure E, 2008.
• San Ramon Charter Measures P & Q, 2008. Both were defeated.
• Santa Clara County transportation authority, Measure D, 2008.
• Santa Clarita Water Softeners, Measure S, 2008.
• Richmond Business License Measure T, 2008.
• Villa Park "In God We Trust", Measure AA, 2008.

Local term limits

Measure	County	Outcome
Garden Grove Term Limits, Measure Q, 2008	Orange
Lynwood Term Limits, Measure C, 2008	Los Angeles
Pinole Term Limits Measure N, 2008	Contra Costa
Tracy term limits, Measure T, 2008	San Joaquin
Ventura County term limits, Measure T, 2008	Ventura

Military recruitment/ROTC

• Arcata No Military Recruitment Initiative (2008).
• Eureka Military Recruiting Measure J, 2008.
• San Francisco End Junior ROTC Initiative (2008)
• San Francisco Save Junior ROTC Initiative (2008)

Miscellaneous

• Berkeley medical marijuana initiative, Measure JJ, 2008, approved.
• Fairfax Recyclable Paper, 2008.
• San Diego Beach Booze Ban (2008).
• San Francisco Clean Energy Act (2008).
• San Francisco decriminalize prostitution, Measure K (2008).
• San Francisco George Bush Sewage Plant Initiative (2008).

Budget and appropriations

• Berkeley appropriations, Measure HH, 2008
• Crockett Community Services Appropriation Limit Measure R, 2008.
• Discovery Bay Community Services Appropriation Limit Measure S, 2008.
• Hornbrook fire district spending limit, Measure S, 2008.
• Marinwood fire protection tax, 2008.
• Marinwood park maintenance tax, 2008.
• Placer Hills fire district appropriation limit, Measure P, 2008.
• South Yreka fire district spending limit, Measure P, 2008.

See also

• California 2008 local ballot measures
• California 2008 ballot measures (statewide)
• November 4, 2008 California ballot proposition election results.
• California city and county ballot initiatives

External links

• Cal Tax: November 4, 2008 election results
• Cal Tax final election results for November 4
• Ballot measures as diverse as the California cities they come from
• California City Finance report on November ballot measures

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