Orange County, CA Ballot

Proposition 1A Class Size Reduction Kindergarten- University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 1998.
4,886,570 / 62.5% Yes votes ...... 2,934,131 / 37.5% No votes: This nine billion two hundred million dollar ($9,200,000,000) bond issue will provide funding for necessary education facilities for at least four years for class size reduction, to relieve overcrowding and accommodate student enrollment growth and to repair older schools and for wiring and cabling for education technology. Funds will also be used to upgrade and build new classrooms in community colleges, the California State University, and the University of California. These bonds may be used only for eligible construction projects. Fiscal Impact: State cost of about $15.2 billion to pay off both the principal ($9.2 billion) and interest ($6 billion) on the bonds. The average payment for principal and interest over 25 years would be about $600 million per year. State cost of $160 million to offset all or part of school-related development fees borne by certain homebuyers and renters.
Proposition 1 Property Taxes: Contaminated Property.
5,366,159 / 71.1% Yes votes ...... 2,185,831 / 28.9% No votes: Amends article XIII A of the Constitution, added by Proposition 13, to allow repair or replacement of environmentally-contaminated property or structures without increasing the tax valuation of original or replacement property. Fiscal Impact: Property tax revenue losses probably less than $1 million annually in the near term to schools, counties, cities, and special districts. School revenue losses (about half of total) would be made up by the state.
Proposition 2 Transportation: Funding.
5,519,390 / 75.4% Yes votes ...... 1,801,685 / 24.6% No votes: Imposes repayment conditions on loans of transportation revenues to the General Fund and local entities. Designates local transportation funds as trust funds and requires a transportation purpose for their use. Fiscal Impact: Not likely to have any fiscal impact on state and local governments.
Proposition 3 Partisan Presidential Primary Elections.
3,424,127 / 46.1% Yes votes ...... 3,994,091 / 53.9% No votes: Changes existing open primary law to require closed, partisan primary for purposes of selecting delegates to national political party presidential nominating conventions. Limits voting for such delegates to voters registered by political party. Provides partisan ballots to be voted only by members of the particular party. Fiscal Impact: Minor costs to state and county governments statewide.
Proposition 4 Trapping Practices. Bans Use of Specified Traps and Animal Poisons.
4,485,030 / 57.5% Yes votes ...... 3,324,133 / 42.5% No votes: Prohibits trapping fur-bearing or nongame mammals with specified traps. Prohibits commerce in fur of animals so trapped. Generally prohibits steel-jawed leghold traps on mammals. Prohibits use of specified poisons on animals. Fiscal Impact: Unknown state and local costs of several hundred thousand to in the range of a couple of million dollars annually, depending on workload and effectiveness of alternative trapping methods.
Proposition 5 Tribal-State Gaming Compacts. Tribal Casinos.
5,090,452 / 62.4% Yes votes ...... 3,070,358 / 37.6% No votes: Specifies terms and conditions of mandatory compact between state and Indian tribes for gambling on tribal land. Allows slot machines and banked card games at tribal casinos. Fiscal Impact: Uncertain impact on state and local revenues, depending on the growth in gambling on Indian lands in California. Effect could range from little impact to significant annual revenue increases.
Proposition 6 Criminal Law. Prohibition on Slaughter of Horses and Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption.
4,670,524 / 59.4% Yes votes ...... 3,194,570 / 40.6% No votes: Makes possession, transfer, or receipt of horses for slaughter for human consumption a felony. Makes sale of horsemeat for human consumption a misdemeanor. Fiscal Impact: Probably minor, if any, law enforcement and incarceration costs.
Proposition 7 Air Quality Improvement. Tax Credits.
3,313,816 / 43.6% Yes votes ...... 4,282,557 / 56.4% No votes: Authorizes $218 million in state tax credits annually, until January 2011, to encourage air-emissions reductions through the acquisition, conversion, and retrofitting of vehicles and equipment. Fiscal Impact: Annual state revenue loss averaging tens of millions to over a hundred million dollars, to beyond 2010. Annually, through 2010-11: state cost of about $4.7 million; additional local revenues, potentially in the millions of dollars. Potential unknown long-term savings.
Proposition 8 Public Schools. Permanent Class Size Reduction. Parent-Teacher Councils. Teacher Credentialing. Pupil Suspension for Drug Possession. Chief Inspector's Office.
2,913,430 / 36.8% Yes votes ...... 4,989,466 / 63.2% No votes: Permanent class size reduction funding for districts establishing parent-teacher councils. Requires testing for teacher credentialing; pupil suspension for drug possession. Fiscal Impact: Creates up to $60 million in new state programs, offset in part by existing funds and fees. Local school districts' costs potentially in the high tens of millions of dollars annually.
Proposition 9 Electric Utilities. Assessments. Bonds.
2,064,623 / 26.5% Yes votes ...... 5,710,140 / 73.5% No votes: Prohibits assessment of taxes, bonds, surcharges to pay costs of nuclear power plants. Limits recovery by electric companies for costs of non-nuclear power plants. Prohibits issuance of rate reduction bonds. Fiscal Impact: State government net revenue reductions potentially in the high tens of millions of dollars annually through 2001-02. Local government net revenue reductions potentially in the tens of millions of dollars annually through 2001-02.
Proposition 10 State and County Early Childhood Development Programs. Additional Tobacco Surtax.
4,042,466 / 50.5% Yes votes ...... 3,962,738 / 49.5% No votes: Creates state and county commissions to establish early childhood development and smoking prevention programs. Imposes additional taxes on cigarettes and tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: New revenues and expenditures of $400 million in 1998-99 and $750 million annually. Reduced revenues for Proposition 99 programs of $18 million in 1998-99 and $7 million annually. Other minor revenue increases and potential unknown savings.
Proposition 11 Local Sales and Use Taxes-- Revenue Sharing
3,896,675 / 53.4% Yes votes ...... 3,408,640 / 46.6% No votes: This measure would authorize local governments to voluntarily enter into sales tax revenue sharing agreements by a two-thirds vote of the local city council or board of supervisors of each participating jurisdiction. Fiscal Impact: No net change in total sales tax revenues going to cities and counties. Potential shift of sales tax revenues among cities and counties.

Local Measures

Measure A Charter Amendment Terms/Conditions of Employment -- City of Anaheim
33,951 / 66.0% Yes votes ...... 17,477 / 34.0% No votes: Shall sections 10.200 - 10.203 be added to the Anaheim City Charter to require unresolved disputes concerning wages, hours, or terms and conditions of employment between the City and the labor organization representing city firefighters to be submitted to a panel of three independent arbitrators to select that offer of either the City or the firefighters' organization which decision would be imposed and become binding upon the City and the firefighters.
Measure B Delegation of Planning Powers -- City of Cypress
4,094 / 33.7% Yes votes ...... 8,052 / 66.3% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Cypress be amended to add a new Article IX, incorporating in the City Charter certain provisions of the California Government Code, which provisions authorize the City Council to delegate planning powers and functions to a planning commission, administrative body, or hearing officer?
Measure C Voter Approval of Planning Power Delegation -- City of Cypress
8,025 / 66.4% Yes votes ...... 4,052 / 33.6% No votes: Shall sections 419, 800, and 801 of the City Charter be amended to require that, after January 1, 1998, any delegation of planning powers or functions shall not take effect until approved by the voters at an election, and accompanied by a full fiscal analysis of costs, and providing, further, that annual appropriations for delegated planning powers or functions be limited to the amount specified in the cost analysis, increased annually by the rate of inflation?
Measure D Irvine-Millennium Plan -- City of Irvine
26,737 / 81.1% Yes votes ...... 6,213 / 18.9% No votes: Shall City of Irvine Advisory Resolution No. 98-1 supporting the reuse of MCAS El Toro for non-aviation purposes in accordance with the Millennium Plan be adopted? Advisory Resolution No. 98-01 An Advisory Resolution of the people of the City of Irvine endorsing the reuse of MCAS El Toro for non-aviation purposes in accordance with the Millenium Plan
Measure E Term Limits -- City of Los Alamitos
2,169 / 75.4% Yes votes ...... 707 / 24.6% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Los Alamitos be amended to add the Section of 501A imposing a limit of three consecutive four year terms on Members of the City Council?
Measure F Villa Park-Term Limits -- City of Villa Park
1,268 / 51.5% Yes votes ...... 1,193 / 48.5% No votes: Shall the Ordinance be adopted which ordains that a person is ineligible to hold office as a member of the City Council if such person has, subsequent to January 1, 1998, served on the City Council for two (2) full terms?
Measure G Westminster Business License Tax -- City of Westminster
13,941 / 77.2% Yes votes ...... 4,112 / 22.8% No votes: Shall the City of Westminster continue to collect a Business License Tax from businesses doing business in the City of Westminster?
Measure H Westminster-Repeal Ban on Sale of Fireworks -- City of Westminster
8,667 / 47.6% Yes votes ...... 9,528 / 52.4% No votes: Shall the Ordinance repealing the prohibition of the sale or use of fireworks in the City of Westminster be adopted?
Measure J Yorba Linda General Plan-Imperial Highway -- City of Yorba Linda
7,337 / 36.8% Yes votes ...... 12,596 / 63.2% No votes: Shall the Ordinance amending the General Plan prohibiting City action to expand or widen Imperial Highway within Yorba Linda be adopted?
Measure K Bonds -- Buena Park School District
5,023 / 74.7% Yes votes ...... 1,699 / 25.3% No votes: In order to renovate facilities to provide students with access to classroom computers and modern technology, repair and upgrade 30 year old classrooms for student safety, and repair and replace deteriorating plumbing and electrical systems, playground equipment, and classroom lighting, shall the Buena Park School District issue $13.8 million of bonds with the interest rate below the legal limit for repair, improvement, construction, and acquisition of classrooms and facilities?

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