San Luis Obispo County, CA Ballot

Proposition 32 Veterans� Bond Act of 2000
6,709,560 / 67.2% Yes votes ...... 3,278,248 / 32.8% No votes: This act provides for a bond issue of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) to provide farm and home aid for California veterans. Fiscal Impact: Costs of about $858 million over 25 years (average cost of about $34 million per year); costs paid by participating veterans.
Proposition 33 Legislature. Participation In Public Employees� Retirement System
3,791,715 / 39.0% Yes votes ...... 5,941,814 / 61.0% No votes: Allows legislative members to participate in the Public Employees� Retirement System plans in which a majority of state employees may participate. Fiscal Impact: Annual state costs under $1 million to provide retirement benefits to legislators, with these costs replacing other spending from the fixed annual amount provided in support of the Legislature.
Proposition 34 Campaign Contributions and Spending. Limits. Disclosure
5,903,907 / 60.0% Yes votes ...... 3,933,949 / 40.0% No votes: Limits campaign contributions and loans to state candidates and political parties. Provides voluntary spending limits; expands public disclosure requirements and increases penalties. Fiscal Impact: Additional net costs to the state, potentially up to several million dollars annually, and unknown but probably not significant costs to local government.
Proposition 35 Public Works Projects. Use of Private Contractors for Engineering and Architectural Services.
5,442,138 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 4,428,702 / 44.9% No votes: Amends Constitution eliminating existing restrictions on state, local contracting with private entities for engineering, architectural services; contracts awarded by competitive selection; bidding permitted, not required. Fiscal Impact: Unknown impact on state spending for architectural and engineering services and construction project delivery. Actual impact will depend on how the state uses the contracting flexibility under the proposition.
Proposition 36 Drugs. Probation and Treatment Program
6,199,992 / 60.8% Yes votes ...... 3,991,153 / 39.2% No votes: Requires probation and drug treatment, not incarceration, for possession, use, transportation of controlled substances and similar parole violations, except sale or manufacture. Authorizes dismissal of charges after completion of treatment. Fiscal Impact: Net annual savings of $100 million to $150 million to the state and about $40 million to local governments. Potential avoidance of one-time capital outlay costs to the state of $450 million to $550 million.
Proposition 37 Fees. Vote Requirements. Taxes
4,579,981 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 4,963,684 / 52.0% No votes: Requires two-thirds vote of State Legislature, majority or two-thirds of local electorate to impose future state, local fees on activity to study or mitigate its environmental, societal or economic effects. Defines such fees as taxes except property, development, certain other fees. Fiscal Impact: Unknown, potentially significant, reduction in future state and local government revenues from making it more difficult to approve certain regulatory charges.
Proposition 38 School Vouchers. State-Funded Private and Religious Education Public School Funding.
3,085,457 / 29.5% Yes votes ...... 7,387,753 / 70.5% No votes: Authorizes annual state payments of at least $4000 per pupil for private/religious schools. Permits replacement of current constitutional public school funding formula. Fiscal Impact: Near-term state costs from zero to $1.1 billion annually. Long-term state impact from $2 billion in annual costs to $3 billion in annual savings, depending on how many public school students shift to private schools.
Proposition 39 School Facilities. 55% Local Vote. Bonds, Taxes Accountability Requirements.
5,402,822 / 53.3% Yes votes ...... 4,733,205 / 46.7% No votes: Authorizes bonds for repair, construction or replacement of school facilities, classrooms, if approved by 55% local vote. Fiscal Impact: Increased bond debt for many school districts. Long-term costs statewide could total in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Potential longer-term state savings to the extent school districts assume greater responsibility for funding school facilities.

Local Measures

Measure M Land Use Voter Approval Requirement -- San Luis Obispo County
43264 / 40.95% Yes votes ...... 62383 / 59.05% No votes: Shall an ordinance be adopted requiring a vote of the people for changes to the San Luis Obispo County General Plan policies and land use designations regarding "Open Space," "Agriculture," "Residential Rural," and "Rural Lands" in the unincorporated areas of the county?
Measure N Dissolution -- San Miguel Sanitary District
142 / 50.18% Yes votes ...... 141 / 49.82% No votes: Shall the order adopted on January 25, 2000 by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo ordering the dissolution of the San Miguel Sanitary District be confirmed?
Measure O Urban Services Voter Approval Requirement -- City Of Paso Robles
3298 / 38.97% Yes votes ...... 5166 / 61.03% No votes: Shall the ordinance that would prohibit the City from providing urban services (defined as water and sewer services) or allowing urban uses outside a boundary that is generally the same as the City sphere of influence boundary (as that sphere of influence boundary existed on January 10, 2000), unless the extension of such urban services or uses is first approved by the voters, be adopted?
Measure P Morro Bay Power Plant Replacement -- City Of Morro Bay (Advisory Vote Only)
3321 / 63.38% Yes votes ...... 1919 / 36.62% No votes: Shall the City Council of Morro Bay support a single phase project for the replacement and demolition of the existing Morro Bay Power Plant (estimated to be completed by 2007) if the project complies with all regulatory laws, ordinances, regulations and standards?
Measure Q Electrical-Generating Facility Voter Approval Requirement -- City Of Morro Bay
2389 / 46.37% Yes votes ...... 2763 / 53.63% No votes: Shall an ordinance be enacted so that no amendment to the Morro Bay General Plan Land Use Element or to the Morro Bay Coastal Land Use Plan that would authorize or otherwise sanction the development or replacement of any electrical-generating facility that exports electricity outside the city limits of the City of Morro Bay shall be effective until approved by a majority vote of those voting in an election in the City of Morro Bay?
Measure R Transient Occupancy Tax Increase -- City Of Arroyo Grande
4993 / 63.21% Yes votes ...... 2906 / 36.79% No votes: Shall an Ordinance amending Section 3-3.303 of the Arroyo Grande Municipal Code to increase the Transient Occupancy Tax ("hotel/motel bed tax") rate from six percent (6%) to ten percent (10%) be adopted?
Measure S Police and Firefighters Binding Arbitration -- City of San Luis Obispo (Charter Amendment)
10225 / 57.30% Yes votes ...... 7619 / 42.70% No votes: Shall the San Luis Obispo City Charter be amended to provide that disputes about wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment that cannot be resolved by negotiations between the City and the Police Officers' Association and the Firefighters' Union be subject to binding arbitration that is final without City Council or voter approval?
Measure T Binding Arbitration Award Limits -- City of San Luis Obispo (Charter Amendment)
6761 / 38.54% Yes votes ...... 10781 / 61.46% No votes: Shall the "Taxpayer's Right to Decide" be enacted, amending the City's Charter to ensure fiscal accountability to the San Luis Obispo citizens by requiring voter approval of any binding arbitration award that imposes a financial burden greater than the increase in the local cost of living or the City's final offer, whichever is greater, limiting binding arbitration to salary only, and enacting other provisions to implement binding arbitration if it is approved by Measure S?
Measure U $30M Bonds -- Santa Maria Joint Union High School District
0 / 0.0% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.0% No votes: To construct one new comprehensive high school to relieve classroom overcrowding throughout the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, upgrade electrical wiring to accommodate computers and modern technology, replace temporary portables, construct permanent classrooms, repair and modernize school classroom facilities, upgrade 35-year-old plumbing and heating and ventilation systems, acquire land and school facilities, and make the District eligible to receive State matching funds, shall the District issue $30 million of bonds at interest rates below the legal limit?

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