Riverside 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 S School Bonds -- Hemet Unified School District
19,161 / 61.4% Yes votes ...... 12,059 / 38.6% No votes

To provide students with safe and secure schools, and to qualify for State matching funds, should Hemet Unified School District issue $37.5 million in bonds at interest rates below the legal limit?

Bond proceeds will upgrade outdated heating, wiring, and plumbing; and, rehabilitate, improve and/or add school facilities. An independent citizens committee will ensure that bond proceeds are spent only on school facilities and not on administrative salaries.

Measure T School Bonds -- Beaumont Unified School District
6,506 / 71.8% Yes votes ...... 2,561 / 28.2% No votes

Shall the Beaumont Unified School District issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $16,000,000, at an interest rate within the legal limit, to construct, acquire, expand, modernize or improve school sites and facilities, and to provide resources to timely repair roofs and renovate plumbing, sewer, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems as needed and upgrade wiring for safety and technology?

Measure U Community Services District Increase in Zone A Fee -- City of Moreno Valley
10,241 / 41.4% Yes votes ...... 14,524 / 58.6% No votes

Shall the Moreno Valley Community Services District be authorized to increase the annual Zone A parcel fee by $8 to pay for existing youth and adult recreation programs, parks maintenance and athletic field preparation, with such funds to be programmed specifically to eliminate the funding shortfall in the Zone A fund where parcel fees have not been raised since 1992?

Measure V Community Services District Create Zone L -- City of Moreno Valley
17,027 / 71.6% Yes votes ...... 6,758 / 28.4% No votes

Shall the Moreno Valley Community Services District be authorized to provide public library programs and services through the creation of Zone L, with the clear understanding that approval of this measure will not impose fees since such fees cannot be imposed without explicit voter approval subject to the requirements of Proposition 218?

Measure W Safe and Sane Fireworks -- City of Moreno Valley
9,710 / 40.2% Yes votes ...... 14,416 / 59.8% No votes

Shall the Initiative Measure entitled: "An initiative measure to permit the sale of "Safe and Sane" Fireworks (as defined by state law) by non-profit and school affiliated organizations organized and established within the city limits for at least one year and licensed by the city for such sales, and the possession, use and discharge within the City of Moreno Valley of such fireworks, from June 28 through July 4 of each year, and otherwise regulating the sale and use of such fireworks" be approved?

Measure Y Safety Tax - Fire & Police -- City of Murrieta
6,474 / 52.9% Yes votes ...... 5,768 / 47.1% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted establishing a public safety tax to fund hiring of seven (7) additional fire fighters and to implement a Paramedic Engine company program in an amount of $32.37 per year per Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU) and to fund hiring of seven (7) additional police officers and four (4) civilian police personnel in an amount of $61.82 per year per Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU) for a total of $94.19?

Measure Z Permit & Plan Check Fee Elimination -- City of Murrieta
6,009 / 53.5% Yes votes ...... 5,215 / 46.5% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted that eliminates building permit and plan check fees for miscellaneous permits such as patio covers, decks and block walls, and reducing residential swimming pool fees and that levies a construction impact tax on new construction for building permit and plan check services set forth in the proposed ordinance?

Measure AA Utility Users Tax -- City of Desert Hot Springs
1,127 / 48.1% Yes votes ...... 1,218 / 51.9% No votes

Should the expiration date in the current utility users tax be repealed?

Measure BB Street Improvement Bonds -- City of Indio
2,551 / 43.7% Yes votes ...... 3,288 / 56.3% No votes

DO YOU WANT THE CITY TO (i) fix your existing streets and improve curbs, gutters and pavement for a cost not to exceed $50,000,000, by issuing general obligation bonds with a legal rate of interest and term not to exceed 25 years, and; (ii) charge ad valorem taxes on all taxable property within the city at rates which will repay the principal and interest when due?

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