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%)
Member, Area 5, Contra Costa County Board of Education
- 1
Board Member, Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District
- 3
Board Member, Ward 3, Contra Costa Community College District
- 1
Board Member, Antioch Unified School District
- 26,957 votes (14.53%)
6,481 votes (13.54%)
5,586 votes (11.67%)
3,865 votes (8.07%)
3,132 votes (6.54%)
Board Member, West Contra Costa Unified School District
- 324,848 votes (13.35%)
19,137 votes (10.28%)
13,947 votes (7.5%)
10,271 votes (5.52%)
10,229 votes (5.5%)
10,066 votes (5.41%)
8,698 votes (4.67%)
8,355 votes (4.49%)
Board Member, Acalanes Union High School District - 4 Year Term
- 316,027 votes (14.77%)
Board Member, Brentwood Union School District
- 3
City Council, City of Richmond
- 37,922 votes (10.08%)
7,878 votes (10.03%)
7,350 votes (9.36%)
6,849 votes (8.72%)
5,589 votes (7.11%)
4,232 votes (5.39%)
4,225 votes (5.38%)
3,739 votes (4.76%)
3,266 votes (4.16%)
1,195 votes (1.52%)
City Council, City of Antioch
- 28,589 votes (19.08%)
7,316 votes (16.25%)
3,520 votes (7.82%)
2,412 votes (5.36%)
City Council, City of Brentwood
- 2
Council Member, Council District 1, City of Concord
- 1
City Council, City of Hercules
- 2
City Council, City of Lafayette
- 2
City Council, City of Pinole
- 33,218 votes (17.42%)
2,842 votes (15.38%)
1,210 votes (6.55%)
789 votes (4.27%)
City Council, City of Pittsburg
- 3
City Council, City of Walnut Creek
- 2
Director, Bethel Island Municipal Improvement District
- 2
Director, West County Wastewater District
- 3
Director, Dublin-San Ramon Services District
- 2
Director, Town of Discovery Bay Community Services District
- 31,541 votes (13.27%)
Director, Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District
- 3
Director, Kensington Fire Protection District
- 3
Director, Division 3, Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District
- 1
Director, Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District
- 3Candidates are rotated and randomly ordered based on how much information they have supplied.
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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 R
Passing289,223 votes yes (71.44%)115,599 votes no (28.56%)
Shall the County tax cannabis (marijuana) businesses in the unincorporated area at annual rates up to $7.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation (adjustable for inflation) and up to 4% of gross receipts for all other cannabis businesses including retailers, to generate an estimated $1.7 to $4.4 million...
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Measure C
Passing5,404 votes yes (73.35%)1,963 votes no (26.65%)
Without raising current tax rates, and to maintain City services including Police and Fire protection, 9-1-1 emergency services, park maintenance and repair, youth and senior recreation services, other community services, and for unrestricted general revenue purposes, shall an ordinance be adopted to...
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Measure H — Property Transfer Tax
Passing19,630 votes yes (64.89%)10,623 votes no (35.11%)
Shall the Ordinance amending the City of Richmond's Municipal Code, changing the Real Estate Documentary Transfer Tax so the tax rate for properties below $1 million does not increase, the rate for properties between $1 million to $3 million increases from .7% to 1.25%; the rate for properties between...
Learn MoreMeasure T
Failing17,937 votes yes (60.23%)11,843 votes no (39.77%)
Shall an Ordinance of the City of Richmond's Municipal Code to establish a Special Parcel Tax on Vacant Properties at the rate of $3,000 annually per vacant developed parcel and $6,000 annually per vacant undeveloped parcel, raising about $5.4 million annually for 20 years to fund homelessness services...
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Measure V
Passing6,691 votes yes (54.47%)5,593 votes no (45.53%)
To better maintain emergency 911 fire, medical and police services and response times; city parks, paths, playfields, and open space; programs for children, adults, and families; library programs; earthquake and disaster preparedness programs and reserves; other general services, shall a measure be adopted...
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Measure W
Passing19,504 votes yes (66.11%)9,997 votes no (33.89%)
To maintain Antioch's fiscal stability, police patrols, 911 emergency response, youth violence prevention programs; ensuring water quality/safety; repairing streets; cleaning up parks/illegal dumping; restoring youth afterschool/summer programs; other essential services; shall the measure be adopted...
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Measure X
Passing12,320 votes yes (72.86%)4,590 votes no (27.14%)
To maintain 911 police emergency response times; violent crime prevention/property investigations; school safety; youth, recreation, senior programs; storm drains/pollution prevention; retain/recruit experienced police officers; protect and maintain open space/ parks; address homelessness; other essential...
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Measure E
Passing7,607 votes yes (69.87%)3,280 votes no (30.13%)
Orinda Union School District Academic Excellence/ STEAM Measure. To update science, technology, engineering, art and math classrooms/labs at all schools; maintain libraries; upgrade technology infrastructure; construct, acquire, repair classrooms/facilities, sites/equipment, shall this Orinda Union School...
Learn MoreMeasure I
Passing7,158 votes yes (66.4%)3,622 votes no (33.6%)
Orinda Union School District Student Safety and School Repair Measure. To upgrade classroom air conditioning, electrical, fire safety, security lighting, communications/camera systems, classroom locks; update science, technology, engineering, art, math classrooms; construct, acquire, repair classrooms,...
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Measure G
Passing2,395 votes yes (82.73%)500 votes no (17.27%)
Shall the appropriations limit of the Kensington Police Protection and Community Services District for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 be established at $4,375,000.00 and the limit for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 (i.e., $4,375,000.00) be used to determine the limits for Fiscal Years 2019-2020 through 2022-2023?
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Measure J
Passing68,442 votes yes (70.31%)28,908 votes no (29.69%)
School Safety and Classroom Improvement Measure To improve and upgrade science, engineering, technology and vocational education classrooms; replace outdated plumbing /electrical wiring, upgrade alarm /emergency communication systems; improve student safety /campus security; and qualify for State matching...
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Measure P
Passing9,295 votes yes (64.82%)5,045 votes no (35.18%)
To continue to provide safe, modern neighborhood schools with updated computer technology and improve student learning by upgrading, constructing and equipping classrooms, science labs, District office facilities and workforce housing, shall the Pittsburg Unified School District issue $100,000,000 of...
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Measure Q
Passing10,135 votes yes (76.97%)3,032 votes no (23.03%)
To maintain quality education and provide over $850,000 in annual local school funding that cannot be taken by the State, shall Martinez Unified School District attract and retain qualified teachers; maintain math, science, technology, engineering, reading/ writing programs; protect art/ music; keep...
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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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