Los Angeles County, CA Ballot

Proposition 46 Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002
3,895,071 / 57.5% Yes votes ...... 2,880,506 / 42.5% No votes: Should the state create a trust fund by selling two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000) in general obligation funds to fund twenty-one types of housing programs--including multifamily, individual and farmworker housing?
Proposition 47 Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002
4,044,743 / 59.0% Yes votes ...... 2,809,844 / 41.0% No votes: Should the state sell thirteen billion fifty million dollars ($13,050,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?
Proposition 48 Court Consolidation
4,642,292 / 72.8% Yes votes ...... 1,735,074 / 27.2% No votes: Should the California Constitution be amended to delete references to the municipal courts?
Proposition 49 Before and After School Programs. State Grants
3,857,409 / 56.6% Yes votes ...... 2,958,458 / 43.4% No votes: Should funding for before and after school programs be substantially increased, and starting in 2004-05, should general funds be permanently earmarked for this program?
Proposition 50 Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection
3,727,561 / 55.4% Yes votes ...... 3,006,792 / 44.6% No votes: Should the state borrow three billion four hundred forty million dollars ($3,440,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for a variety of water projects including coastal protection, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, integrated regional water management, safe drinking water, and water quality?
Proposition 51 Distribution of Existing Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax
2,712,675 / 41.4% Yes votes ...... 3,839,788 / 58.6% No votes: Should the sales and use taxes raised from the sale or lease of motor vehicles be permanently allocated to specific transportation projects?
Proposition 52 Election Day Voter Registration
2,745,473 / 40.6% Yes votes ...... 4,019,211 / 59.4% No votes: Should legally eligible California residents presenting proof of current residence be allowed to register to vote on Election Day?

Local Measures

Measure A Earthquake and Fire Safety Bond -- County of Los Angeles (Two-thirds Majority Approval Required)
965,963 / 60.54% Yes votes ...... 629,545 / 39.46% No votes: To ensure that the Natural History Museum and other County Museums meet strict earthquake and fire safety standards, generate at least 250 million dollars in private donations for these facilities, provide 50% more free admissions for student groups and children, and assure fire and earthquake safe science and arts education facilities, shall the County issue up to 250 million dollars in bonds on the condition that the private donations be received first, with review by an Independent Oversight Committee?
Measure B Preservation of Trauma Centers and Emergency Medical Services; Bioterrorism Response -- County of Los Angeles (2/3 Majority Approval Required)
1,180,551 / 73.20% Yes votes ...... 432,306 / 26.80% No votes: To avoid the life-threatening shutdown of Los Angeles County's trauma network, maintain and expand the trauma network countywide, ensure more timely response to critical and urgent medical emergencies and respond effectively to biological or chemical terrorism, shall all property owners pay an annual tax of three cents per square foot of improvements (buildings) on developed property?
Measure C School Improvement Bond Measure -- Lynwood Unified School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
4,448 / 76.70% Yes votes ...... 1,351 / 23.30% No votes: To improve safety and relieve overcrowding in Lynwood schools, by acquiring land for a new elementary school, new high school, and new interim classrooms, and to expand two elementary schools, and for furniture, fixtures, and equipment, and not for salaries or other administrative costs, shall the Lynwood Unified School District issue $20,000,000 of bonds at interest rates within legal limits, with all the money benefiting Lynwood school children?
Measure D School Improvement Bond Measure -- Downey Unified School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
13,257 / 67.05% Yes votes ...... 6,514 / 32.95% No votes: In order to enable the Downey Unified School District to continue providing exceptional educational opportunities and modernize its deteriorating facilities, shall the District issue $65 million in bonds, at interest rates within legal limits, to modernize, repair, replace and equip its school facilities to meet safety and instructional needs and create additional space for student enrollment growth, additional educational programs and other needs, subject to oversight by an independent citizens' committee as legally required?
Measure E College Facility Improvement Bond Measure -- El Camino Community College District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
68,095 / 61.60% Yes votes ...... 42,446 / 38.40% No votes: To prepare El Camino College students for jobs and four-year colleges, repair buildings, classrooms, science labs; upgrade earthquake fire safety; repair sidewalks, leaky roofs, drainage water pipes; upgrade wiring equipment for computer technology; enhance nursing/firefighter training; construct, acquire, and equip modern classrooms buildings; improve campus security, shall El Camino Community College District issue $394,516,464 of bonds at legal rates, appoint a Citizens Oversight Committee and perform annual audits to ensure no money is used for administrators' salaries?
Measure F Special Reorganization of the San Fernando Valley Area of the City of Los Angeles -- City of Los Angeles (Special Reorganization - Majority Approval Required in both Los Angeles and San Fernando Area)
342,287 / 38.4% Yes votes ...... 549,576 / 61.6% No votes
205,550 ( 33.03%) Yes / 416,745 ( 66.97%) No in LA City
136,737 ( 50.72%) Yes / 132,831 ( 49.28%) No in San Fernando: Shall, the order adopted July 25, 2002; by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, ordering the detachment of the San Fernando Valley area from the City of Los Angeles and the incorporation of the entire detached territory as a general law city be confirmed, subject to such terms and conditions, including the establishment of a provisional appropriations limit for the new city of $1,354 billion; the requirement that the new city continue to levy all previously authorized and collected charges, fees, assessments and general or special taxes collected by the City of Los Angeles within the San Fernando Valley area, except as prohibited by law, and that the new city make annual fiscal mitigation payments to the City of Los Angeles of $127,122,000 adjusted for inflation and reduced by 5 percent per year for a total of 20 years, which payments the Local Agency Formation Commission has determined represent the difference between the revenue collected in the San Fernando Valley area by the City of Los Angeles in fiscal year 2000-01 over and above the amount expended by the City of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley area in 2000-01, all as more particularly described and set forth in the order?
Measure G Expression of Preference for Name of New City in the San Fernando Valley Area of the City of Los Angeles -- Proposed City of San Fernando Valley (Special Reorganization - Majority Approval Required)

San Fernando Valley 135,406 votes 62.47%

Rancho San Fernando 25,681 votes 11.85%

Valley City 25,639 votes 11.83%

Camelot 18,152 votes 8.37%

Mission Valley 11,863 votes 5.47%: Shall the name of the new city be:
1. Camelot
2. Mission Valley
3. Rancho San Fernando
4. San Fernando Valley
5. Valley City
Measure H Special Reorganization of the Hollywood Area of the City of Los Angeles -- City of Los Angeles (Special Reorganization - Majority Approval Required in both Los Angeles and Hollywood Area)
177,504 / 28.7% Yes votes ...... 440,684 / 71.3% No votes
168,522 ( 28.58%) Yes / 421,114 ( 71.42%) No in LA City
8,982 ( 31.46%) Yes / 19,570 ( 68.54%) No in Hollywood: Shall the order adopted July 25, 2002, by the Local Agency Formation Commission, ordering the detachment of Hollywood from the City of Los Angeles and the incorporation of the entire detached territory as a general law city be confirmed, subject to such terms and conditions, including the establishment of a provisional appropriations limit for the new city of $214.3 million, the requirement that the new city continue to levy all previously authorized and collected charges, fees, assessments and general or special taxes collected by the City of Los Angeles within the Hollywood area, except as prohibited by law, and that the new city make annual fiscal mitigation patyments to the City of Los Angelse of $21,320,000 adjusted for inflation and reduced by 5 percent per year for a total of 20 years, which payments the Local Agency Formation Commission has determined represent the difference between the revenue collected in the Hollywood area by the City of Los Angeles in fiscal year 2000-01 over and above the amount expended by the City of Los Angeles in the Hollywood area in 2000-01, all as more particularly described and set forth in the order?
Measure I School Improvement Bond Measure -- Compton Unified School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
14,150 / 83.06% Yes votes ...... 2,886 / 16.94% No votes: To furnish, equip and upgrade facilities in the Compton Unified School District, to make necessary health and safety improvements to benefit all students and to provide competitive educational programs, shall the Compton Unified School District issue up to $80,000,000 of bonds at an interest rate within applicable legal limits to construct, repair and improve facilities at elementary, middle, high and day schools District-wide?
Measure J School Improvement Bond Measure -- Hermosa Beach City Elementary School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
3,874 / 65.17% Yes votes ...... 2,070 / 34.83% No votes: To improve the quality of education, shall the Hermosa Beach City School District be authorized to finance classroom modernization; upgrade electrical systems to improve access to technology; make health, safety, and security improvements; upgrade plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; construct classrooms and science labs; acquire property, and qualify for State funds up to $1,700,000, by issuing 13,600,000 in bonds, within maximum legal interest rates, with annual audits, and citizens' oversight committee and no money for administrators' salaries?
Measure K Safe, healthy neighborhood schools -- Los Angeles Unified School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
488,849 / 68.08% Yes votes ...... 229,181 / 31.92% No votes: To improve local schools and relieve classroom overcrowding, shall Los Angeles Unified School District repair, renovate, acquire, lease school buildings, classrooms, libraries, restrooms, science laboratories, capital projects; upgrade fire/security systems, earthquake retrofitting, lighting, heating; acquire library books; eliminate hazards of asbestos, lead paint; upgrade wiring for computers; build neighborhood schools, by issuing $3.35 billion in bonds, at legal interest rates, with guaranteed annual financial audits, citizens' oversight committee, no money for administrators' salaries?
Measure L Increase in Transient Occupancy Tax Fee from 7% to 11% -- City of Gardena (Majority Approval Required)
4,627 / 52.83% Yes votes ...... 4,132 / 47.17% No votes: Shall Measure L, increasing the tax fees to the transient occupancy tax from 7% to 11% and clarifying the intent thereof and effective 01/01/03, be adopted?
Measure M School Improvement Bond Measure -- South Pasadena Unified School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
5,754 / 78.00% Yes votes ...... 1,623 / 22.00% No votes: Shall the South Pasadena Unified School District repair and equip South Pasadena Middle School; relieve overcrowding; improve student safety condition; upgrade electrical wiring for technology; install efficient heating/cooling/fire safety systems; replace aging plumbing; modernize science labs; repair/construct/acquire/equip classrooms/facilities at school sites; qualify for State matching funds, by issuing $29,000,000 of bonds at legal rates; and appoint a Citizens Oversight Committee to ensure no money is used for administrators' salaries?
Measure N Adoption of ordinance to amend General Plan -- City of Lawndale (Majority Approval Required)
1,419 / 39.78% Yes votes ...... 2,148 / 60.22% No votes: (1) Shall Ordinance No. 920-02 be adopted, to do the following: repeal in its entirety Chapter 2.74 of the Lawndale Municipal Code, which prohibits the redevelopment agency from using its power of eminent domain to acquire property which is zoned for residential purposes or developed with residential structures of 4 units or less? And (2) Shall the City Council be directed to amend the General Plan to permit the use of eminent domain to eliminate blight only in commercial and industrial, but not residential zones, within the redevelopment project area?
Measure O Adoption of ordinance to continue Special Public Safety Tax -- City of San Marino (2/3 Majority Approval Required)
3,308 / 79.92% Yes votes ...... 831 / 20.08% No votes: Shall Ordinance No. O-02-1162 continuing the Special Public Safety Tax for police, paramedic and fire services be adopted?
Measure P Affirmation/ratification of existing Utility User Tax -- City of Pico Rivera (Majority Approval Required)
6,799 / 64.48% Yes votes ...... 3,745 / 35.52% No votes: To prevent reductions in City's General Fund, shall the existing Utility Users Tax of 5% on all utilities except water, adopted in 1992 and amended in 1993, be affirmed and ratified with adoption of this ordinance, provided that those low-income persons eligible to participate in utility discount programs remain exempt and the tax be subject to an annual review to determine need for continuing it?
Measure Q School Improvement Bond Measure -- Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
1,621 / 45.36% Yes votes ...... 1,953 / 54.64% No votes: To build a permanent high school and qualify our community for State matching funds, shall Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District issue $21,500,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, with all funds staying in our community to provide permanent classrooms, a library, modern science and computer labs, technology, student restrooms and core high school facilities, with an independent Citizens Oversight Committee, annual financial and performance audits, and no money for administrative salaries?
Measure R College Facility Improvement Bond Measure -- Rio Hondo Community College District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
31,913 / 52.67% Yes votes ...... 28,674 / 47.33% No votes: To prepare students for jobs and four-year colleges and training nurses, police and firefighters by repairing aging buildings, classrooms, laboratories; expanding nursing, police, and firefighter training centers; removing asbestos; upgrading earthquake/fire safety and campus security; repairing leaky roofs, plumbing, air conditioning; upgrading wiring for computer technology, shall Rio Hondo Community College District issue $194.6 million in bonds at interest rates within legal limits, with guaranteed annual audits, citizens' oversight committee and no money for administrators' salaries?
Measure S School Safety and Repair Bond Measure -- Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
14,949 / 73.59% Yes votes ...... 5,364 / 26.41% No votes: Shall the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District relieve overcrowding; repair, upgrade, construct, acquire, equip neighborhood schools/classrooms; install fire safety equipment, emergency lighting, energy efficient heating/cooling systems, fire doors; replace out dated plumbing/sewer and decayed drainage systems, leaking, rundown roofs/bathrooms; upgrade electrical wiring for technology; improve student safety conditions; and qualify for State funds by issuing $165,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, requiring annual audits, citizen oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?
Measure T Recreation Commission changes -- City of Long Beach (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
39,705 / 59.01% Yes votes ...... 27,583 / 40.99% No votes: Shall Measure T, which amends the Long Beach City Charter by changing the name of the Recreation Commission to the Parks and Recreation Commission, and modifying the Commission's jurisdiction to include all activities on and use of park lands in the City, be ratified?
Measure U Council's authority pertaining to preference in bidders for specified services -- City of Long Beach (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
32,646 / 52.06% Yes votes ...... 30,060 / 47.94% No votes: Shall Measure U, which amends the Long Beach City Charter (currently providing a one percent preference in bidding by local businesses) to permit the City Council to set the amount of such preference by ordinance, be ratified?
Measure V Increase in utility user tax and implementation of federal mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act -- City of Whittier (Advisory Vote Only)
10,115 / 57.00% Yes votes ...... 7,631 / 43.00% No votes: Should the City give priority to funding these services and programs: increasing literacy by building a new library with the state paying two-thirds of the cost; strengthening public safety and emergency preparedness by constructing a new police facility and filling vacant public safety positions; improving streets, access to city facilities for seniors and people with disabilities, after-school programs and other vital city services; and maintaining adequate reserves to address catastrophic events?
Measure W Increase in existing utility user tax from 5% to 7.5% -- City of Whittier (Majority Approval Required)
5,672 / 32.84% Yes votes ...... 11,600 / 67.16% No votes: Shall Ordinance No. 2811 be approved to increase the existing utility user tax from 5% on all utilities, as established by the City in 1970, to 7.5% on all utilities for the funding of general city services and programs and to ratify Ordinance No. 2804 enacted May 28, 2002?
Measure Y School Improvement Bond Measure -- El Monte Union High School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
13,584 / 76.25% Yes votes ...... 4,231 / 23.75% No votes: To reduce overcrowding and to provide safety upgrades, shall El Monte Union High School District repair and renovate aging area high schools; install energy efficient heating/cooling systems; replace old, deteriorating portables with permanent classrooms; upgrade electrical capacity and technology infrastructure; repair leaky roofs and plumbing; improve, acquire and construct school classrooms, libraries, sites and facilities; and qualify for State matching funds, by issuing $90,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, with citizen oversight, and no money for staff salaries?
Measure Z Change office of City Treasurer from elective to appointive position -- City of Signal Hill (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
685 / 37.85% Yes votes ...... 1,125 / 62.15% No votes: Shall the City Charter of the City of Signal Hill be amended to provide that the City Treasurer is appointed by the City Council to be a City employee instead of elected by the people?
Issue AA School Improvement Bond Measure -- Baldwin Park Unified School District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
6,321 / 79.49% Yes votes ...... 1,631 / 20.51% No votes: In order to enable the Baldwin Park Unified School District to access State matching funds, to construct new facilities and modernize and enlarge its existing facilities, thereby accelerating all educational opportunities, shall the District issue $46.6 million in bonds, at interest rates within legal limits to construct new classrooms, multipurpose rooms, libraries, bathrooms, gymnasium and support facilities, and related site improvements, and modernize and enlarge existing buildings, subject to oversight by an independent citizens' committee as legally required?
Measure CC College Facility Improvement Bond Measure -- Compton Community College District (General Obligation Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
23,005 / 76.32% Yes votes ...... 7,136 / 23.68% No votes: To better prepare local students for jobs and four-year colleges, shall Compton Community College District repair and renovate academic classrooms and job training facilities, upgrade safety security systems, electrical capacity, computer technology, energy efficiency, and leaky roofs; relieve student overcrowding; and repair, renovate, construct, acquire and equip classrooms, facilities and sites; by issuing $100,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, appointing a Citizens Oversight Committee and performing annual audits to ensure no bond money is used for administrators' salaries?
Measure EE Academic Achievement and Safety Act of 2002 -- Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (2/3 vote required for passage)
19,613 / 61.21% Yes votes ...... 12,429 / 38.79% No votes: To provide academic achievement and safety for school children, shall the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School district be authorized to levy a special tax limited to $300 per parcel per annum for a 12 year period, adjusted annually using the CPI-U??
Measure FF Amend provisions governing eviction from controlled rental units -- City of Santa Monica (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
17,090 / 62.74% Yes votes ...... 10,150 / 37.26% No votes: Shall the City Charter's provisions governing eviction from controlled rental units be amended to extend protections to the spouses, children or domestic partners of tenants who die or become incapacitated, to clarify that the term "housing service" includes the number of tenants authorized to occupy a unit, to clarify how rent increases authorized by state law are computed, to clarify the remedies for unlawful attempts to recover possession, to create specified protections against evictions for occupying tenants who replace authorized co-tenants or subtenants, and to require that the Municipal Code contain protections against tenant harassment?
Measure GG Increase compensation and provide health care benefits to Rent Control Board Members -- City of Santa Monica (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
10,785 / 39.47% Yes votes ...... 16,538 / 60.53% No votes: Shall the City Charter be amended to increase Rent Control Board members' compensation from $75.00 to $150.00 per meeting, with a limit of $6,000.00 per year, and to provide that they shall receive health care benefits?
Measure HH Change system of electing Councilmembers by district; election of Mayor; term limits -- City of Santa Monica (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
9,732 / 35.86% Yes votes ...... 17,410 / 64.14% No votes: Shall the City Charter and Municipal Code be amended to change the system of electing City Council members by creating City Council districts, imposing term limits for Council members, and establishing a municipal primary election with runoffs in the fall, to add to the seven-member Council a mayor, who would be elected City-wide and would serve as the Council's non-voting chairperson, and to change the process for Council actions by giving the mayor the power to veto Council actions, including emergency actions, which veto could be nullified if a specified number of Council members vote to override it?
Measure II Establish procedures pertaining to conversion of rental housing to common ownership housing -- City of Santa Monica (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
9,845 / 35.84% Yes votes ...... 17,627 / 64.16% No votes: Shall the City Charter be amended to establish procedures for converting apartment buildings, trailer parks and other rental housing to condominiums or other common ownership housing, which would be exempt from certain planning and zoning laws, and procedures for allowing tenants to either become owners or continue as tenants with specified rights and protections?
Measure JJ Adoption of ordinance pertaining to establishment of local minimum wage requirements -- City of Santa Monica (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
13,860 / 48.31% Yes votes ...... 14,830 / 51.69% No votes: Shall Ordinance No. 2015 (CCS) establishing local minimum wage requirements, initially set at $10.50 per hour with health care benefits, or at $12.25 per hour without health care benefits, applicable to the City, its service contractors, and private businesses, which are located in the coastal and downtown areas and have gross annual receipts over $5 million, and establishing an exemption for businesses which show severe economic hardship, be adopted?
Measure KK Use of TORCA tax revenues for low income housing -- City of Santa Monica (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
12,989 / 50.55% Yes votes ...... 12,708 / 49.45% No votes: Shall the City Charter be amended to eliminate the restriction on the percentage of TORCA tax revenues that can be used to develop or subsidize low income housing so that any portion of the TORCA revenues, except those used for administrative costs, can be used for low income housing?

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