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, Area 2, Ohlone Community College District
- 2
Trustee, Area 2, Ohlone Community College District - Short Term
- 1
Trustee, Trustee Area 3, Chabot-Las Positas Community College District
- 15,778 votes (29.63%)
Board Member, Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District
- 3
Board Member, New Haven Unified School District
- 2
Board Member, Newark Unified School District
- 2Member, Board of Education, Piedmont Unified School District
- 2
Board Member, Alameda Unified School District
- 2
Board Member, Albany Unified School District
- 3
School Director, Berkeley Unified School District
- 3
Board Member, Emery Unified School District
- 3
Board Member, Fremont Unified School District
- 216,305 votes (17.29%)
11,510 votes (12.21%)
9,083 votes (9.63%)
6,742 votes (7.15%)
4,602 votes (4.88%)
Board Member, Hayward Unified School District
- 210,631 votes (16.07%)
9,109 votes (13.77%)
8,693 votes (13.14%)
5,172 votes (7.82%)
City Council, City of Dublin
- 2
City Council, City of Hayward
- 210,197 votes (17.4%)
5,638 votes (9.62%)
4,908 votes (8.38%)
3,991 votes (6.81%)
2,372 votes (4.05%)
Mayor, City of Oakland
- 340,760 votes (25.7%)
20,794 votes (13.1%)
3,005 votes (1.8%)
2,640 votes (1.6%)
2,114 votes (1.3%)
1,766 votes (1.1%)
1,166 votes (0.7%)
1,128 votes (0.7%)
743 votes (0.4%)
City Council, District 2, City of Oakland
- 3
Mayor, City of San Leandro
- 3
City Council, District 1, City of San Leandro
- 3
City Council, Alameda City Council
- 2
City Council, City of Livermore
- 2
City Council, City of Union City
- 35,601 votes (13.08%)
5,373 votes (12.54%)
3,598 votes (8.4%)
3,300 votes (7.7%)
3,116 votes (7.27%)
City Council, District 4, Berkeley City Council
- 3
City Council, District 7, Berkeley City Council
- 3
City Council, District 8, Berkeley City Council
- 3
City Council, District 1, City of Fremont
- 1
City Council, District 2, City of Fremont
- 1
City Council, District 3, City of Fremont
- 1
City Council, District 4, City of Fremont
- 12,587 votes (23.08%)
1,928 votes (17.2%)
1,881 votes (16.78%)
1,841 votes (16.43%)
Commissioner, City of Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board
- 5
Board Member, Washington Township Health Care District
- 326,593 votes (16.02%)
Member, Oro Loma Sanitary District Board of Directors
- 312,067 votes (18.73%)
Director, Dublin-San Ramon Services District
- 2
Director, Eden Township Health Care District
- 326,496 votes (12.95%)
20,783 votes (10.15%)
19,179 votes (9.37%)
12,913 votes (6.31%)
11,445 votes (5.59%)
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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 F
Passing20,334 votes yes (61.5%)12,729 votes no (38.5%)
Shall the measure maintaining the City of Alameda's financial stability and protecting services and infrastructure such as police response to violent crimes and burglaries; 9- 1- 1 emergency medical and fire response; mai ntaining neighborhood parks; repairing potholes, maintaining...
Learn MoreMeasure K
Failing12,993 votes yes (39.69%)19,743 votes no (60.31%)
Shall the Charter be amended by incorporating Ordinance 3148, the City's Rent Review, Rent Stabilization and Limitations on Evictions law, with the following modifications: (a) preclude City Council from amending the law in response to changing conditions and concerns, and require...
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Measure L
Passing6,819 votes yes (81.03%)1,596 votes no (18.97%)
To continue providing and maintaining essenti al City services, such as: fire and police protection, public safety and emergency response, facilities maintenance, and environmental preservation, shall the City of Albany measure making its existing one -half cent transactions and use (sales) tax permanent,...
Learn MoreMeasure M
Passing6,489 votes yes (77.82%)1,849 votes no (22.18%)
To maintain and improve park and open space facilities, with funding that cannot be taken by Sacramento, including maintaining: City parks, ballfields, play structures, picnic areas and restrooms; vegetation management to prevent wildfires; creek habitat; and Albany Hill open space; shall the City of...
Learn MoreMeasure N
Passing5,274 votes yes (72.78%)1,972 votes no (27.22%)
Shall Section 3.01 of the Albany City Charter be amended, as set forth in the voter pamphlet, to provide that the City Treasurer shall be appointed by the City Council effective December 10, 2020, or sooner if there is a vacancy in the office?
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Measure O
Passing42,384 votes yes (77.48%)12,322 votes no (22.52%)
Shall the measure to issue $135 million in general obligation bonds to create and preserve affordable housing for low-income households, working families, and individuals including teachers, seniors, veterans, the homeless, and persons with disabilities; subject to citizen oversight and independent audits,...
Learn MoreMeasure P
Passing39,337 votes yes (72.37%)15,015 votes no (27.63%)
Shall the ordinance raising funds for general municipal purposes such as navigation centers, mental health support, rehousing and other services for the homeless, including homeless seniors and youth; increasing the real property transfer tax for ten years from 1.5% to 2.5% for property sales and transfers...
Learn MoreMeasure Q
Passing35,473 votes yes (71.4%)14,210 votes no (28.6%)
Shall the ordinance amending the Rent Stabilization Ordinance to: account for potential repeal of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act by preserving existing vacancy rent adjustments; update the new construction exemption from rent stabilization to a 20-year rolling period; and exempt all lawfully permitted...
Learn MoreMeasure R
Passing44,177 votes yes (84.64%)8,014 votes no (15.36%)
Shall the measure, advising the Mayor to engage citizens and experts in the development of Vision 2050, a 30-year plan to identify and guide implementation of climate-smart, technologically-advanced, integrated and efficient infrastructure to support a safe, vibrant and resilient future for Berkeley,...
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Measure S
Passing3,841 votes yes (84.34%)713 votes no (15.66%)
To protect essential municipal services, including repairing public facilities, reducing traffic congestion, and improving pedestrian and bicycle safety; and to support reg ulation of the cannabis industry, and preserve the City of Emeryville's long-term financial stability, shall the ordinance to impose...
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Measure T
Passing22,358 votes yes (59.21%)15,402 votes no (40.79%)
To support City of Hayward services, with revenue that cannot be taken by the State, including: repairing streets and sidewalks; 911 emergency and firefighter response times; neighborhood police patrols; disaster preparedness; extended library hours and after-school programs; and unrestricted general...
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Measure U
Failing6,516 votes yes (18.49%)28,721 votes no (81.51%)
Shall the measure requiring the City of Livermore to bear the cost of developing and enforcing regulations limiting the amounts for medical services that specified hospitals, medical clinics, dentists, and other health care providers in Livermore may bill patients, or insurers, excluding Medicare and...
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Measure V
Passing122,628 votes yes (79.82%)31,008 votes no (20.18%)
Shall the Measure: (1) allowing cannabis businesses to pay business taxes quarterly; (2) allowing cannabis manufacturing and/or cultivation businesses to deduct the value of raw materials from gross receipts in calculating business taxes in the manner applicable to manufacturing businesses; and (3) authorizing...
Learn MoreMeasure W
Passing109,504 votes yes (70.04%)46,849 votes no (29.96%)
Shall the Measure, to fund homeless services and resources to address illegal dumping, and discourage vacant properties, by enacting a Vacant Property Tax on parcels used less than 50 days per year, at annual rates of $6,000 per parcel, $3,000 for condominium units, and other specified rates; raising...
Learn MoreMeasure X
Passing105,301 votes yes (69.48%)46,256 votes no (30.52%)
Shall the Measure graduating the real estate transfer tax as follows: 1% up to $300,000; 1.5% over $300,000+2,000,000; 1.75% over $2,000,000+5,000,000; and 2.5% over $5,000,000; a lower rate for low-moderate income first-time homebuyers; and reducing the tax up to 1/3 for seismic retrofit or solar energy...
Learn MoreMeasure Y
Passing88,065 votes yes (58.37%)62,820 votes no (41.63%)
Shall the Measure amending Oakland's Just Yes Cause for Eviction Ordinance ("Ordinance") to: (1) remove the exemption for owner occupied duplexes and triplexes; and (2) allow the City Council, without returning to the voters, to add limitations on a landlord's right to evict under the Ordinance, be adopted?
Learn MoreMeasure Z
Passing116,980 votes yes (76.29%)36,350 votes no (23.71%)
Shall the measure amending Oakland's Municipal Code to: (1) establish workplace protections and minimum hourly wage of $15 with benefits or $20 without benefits, increasing annually with inflation, for employees of Oakland hotels with 50 or more guest rooms; (2) authorize administrative enforcement of...
Learn MoreMeasure AA
Failing96,452 votes yes (62.47%)57,946 votes no (37.53%)
Shall the measure amending Oakland's Charter for the purposes of funding services to: expand access to early childhood and preschool education; improve high school and college graduation and career readiness; provide mentoring and college financial assistance; by establishing a $198, 30-year parcel tax...
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Measure BB
Passing3,927 votes yes (65.09%)2,106 votes no (34.91%)
Shall the measure amending the Charter of the City of Piedmont to modify procedures for filling of vacancies in elected offices for City Council and Board of Education for the Piedmont Unified School District, modify term limits for the City Council, and making other clarifying amendments regarding City...
Learn MoreMeasure CC
Passing3,889 votes yes (66.54%)1,956 votes no (33.46%)
Shall the measure amending the Charter of the City of Piedmont to clarify the duties and reporting structure for officers and employees of the City be adopted?
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Measure DD — Cannabis Businesses Tax
Passing15,125 votes yes (74.72%)5,116 votes no (25.28%)
To maintain/enhance essential city services including 911 dispatch/neighborhood police patrols/emergency response times; after-school programs for children/teens; keeping fire stations open full time; and other essential services shall a measure be adopted establishing a Union City cannabis business...
Learn MoreMeasure EE — Real Property Transfer Tax
Failing9,260 votes yes (46.2%)10,785 votes no (53.8%)
To enhance local control with funding that cannot be taken by the State for essential services including fire/police protection; youth violence/gang prevention programs; maintaining city parks/senior services; and other essential services; shall a measure be adopted establishing Union City as a Charter...
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Measure E
Passing215,323 votes yes (82.46%)45,796 votes no (17.54%)
To continue providing the colleges of Alameda, Berkeley, Laney, and Merritt, funds that cannot be taken by the state to support affordable college education, including core academic programs to prepare students for university transfer and successful careers, by providing tutoring and teacher support;...
Learn MoreMeasure G
Passing193,341 votes yes (75.78%)61,797 votes no (24.22%)
To upgrade aging classrooms, technology, science labs; expand job training classrooms; and acquire, construct, repair sites/facilities/equipment, shall the Peralta Community College District issue $800 million in bonds at legal interest rates, with approximately $44.2 mill ion in taxes raised annually...
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Measure H
Passing32,498 votes yes (72.92%)12,070 votes no (27.08%)
To provide safe/modern schools; upgrade aging classrooms/school facilities; update classroom technology; provide art/music classrooms; improve accessibility for students with disabilities; upgrade fire safety/emergency communications/school securi ty systems; install solar panels; repair leaky roofs;...
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Measure I
Passing16,716 votes yes (75.1%)5,542 votes no (24.9%)
To restore funding previously approved by voters to protect the quality of education in local schools, provide high quality programs in math, science, technology, arts, and skilled trades that prepare students for success in college/careers, and attract/retain highly qualified teachers, on an ongoing...
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Measure J
Passing14,210 votes yes (69.02%)6,377 votes no (30.98%)
To support academic excellence, provide stable, local funding the State cannot take away, to improve classroom technology, maint ain after school programs and provide competitive salaries to help attract and retain highly qualified teachers and staff, shall the San Lorenzo Unified School District be...
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Measure FF
Passing278,113 votes yes (85.6%)46,879 votes no (14.4%)
Without increasing tax rates, to protect against wildfires; enhance public safety; preserve water quality, shorelines, urban creeks; protect redwoods and parklands in a changing climate; and restore natural areas, shall East Bay Regional Park District be authorized to extend an existing parcel tax of...
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