Santa Cruz 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 J School Bond -- Pajaro Valley Unified School District (Aptos and Watsonville Area School Improvements)
14,352 / 66.7% Yes votes ...... 7,178 / 33.3% No votes
13,537 (66.9%) Yes / 6,690 (33.1%) No in Santa Cruz County
815 (62.5%) Yes / 488 (37.4%) No in Monterey County: To improve Aptos High School by constructing, upgrading, equipping a performing arts center, classrooms, cafeteria, athletic facilities, parking/traffic safety improvements; to construct, improve, equip Watsonville Area Schools, including libraries, athletic facilities, cafeterias, classroom spaces, parking, high school facilities, shall Pajaro Valley Unified School District issue $58,250,000 of bonds ($24,036,000 for Aptos High School/$34,214,000 for Watsonville area schools) at legal rates, with citizen oversight, annual audits and no money for administrators' salaries?
Measure O Transient Occupancy Tax -- Unincorporated Area (Tourism Promotion)
24,899 / 61.0% Yes votes ...... 15,940 / 39.0% No votes: Shall the Board of Supervisors be authorized to impose a special tax through enactment of an ordinance establishing a 1% surtax on rent charged to guests of hotels and other transient accommodations located within the unincorporated area of Santa Cruz County, in addition to the amount now payable under the County's existing Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax, for the purpose of protecting the local economy by the promotion of tourism in Santa Cruz County?
Measure P Repeal of Utility Users Tax -- City of Santa Cruz
4,819 / 25.0% Yes votes ...... 14,424 / 75.0% No votes: Shall Chapter 3.29 of the Santa Cruz Municipal Code which levies a Utility Users Tax upon persons in the City of Santa Cruz be repealed?
Measure Q Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Santa Cruz
10,465 / 56.0% Yes votes ...... 8,214 / 44.0% No votes: Shall the City of Santa Cruz adopt an ordinance amending Section 3.28.030 of the Municipal Code by imposing a special one percent (1%) transient occupancy tax and dedicating the revenues from that special tax to the Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council?
Measure R Ratification of Utility Users Tax -- City of Scotts Valley
2,950 / 74.4% Yes votes ...... 1,013 / 25.6% No votes: To prevent reductions in general City services and programs, shall the existing utility users' tax of 4% on electricity and gas utilities, established by the City in 1992, be affirmed and ratified fixing the rate of tax at 4% on all gas and electrical charges only?
Measure S Additives In Public Water -- City of Watsonville
3,109 / 51.0% Yes votes ...... 2,988 / 49.0% No votes: Shall the City of Watsonville adopt an ordinance adding Section 6-3.443 to the Watsonville Municipal Code requiring that substances added to the public water supply for purposes other than to make water safe satisfy two new standards: (a) approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for specified purposes, and (b) cannot contain contaminants at concentrations exceeding either the U.S. Maximum Contaminant Level Goals or California Public Health Goals, whichever is more restrictive?
Measure T Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Watsonville
3,960 / 66.0% Yes votes ...... 2,036 / 34.0% No votes: Shall the City of Watsonville adopt an ordinance amending Section 3‑6.303 of the Municipal Code by imposing a special one percent (1%) tax charged to guests of hotels and motels under the City's Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance for the purpose of protecting the local economy by continuing tourism promotion?
Measure U Amendment of General Plan Restricting Growth -- City of Watsonville
3,550 / 60.3% Yes votes ...... 2,342 / 39.7% No votes: Shall the City of Watsonville amend the Watsonville 2005 General Plan thereby imposing certain restrictions on growth, as specified, and restricting later amendments all as provided in the Watsonville Urban Limit Line and Development Timing Initiative?
Measure V Mobile Home Park Administrative Fee -- City of Watsonville
3,401 / 59.4% Yes votes ...... 2,322 / 40.6% No votes: Shall the City of Watsonville adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 3 (Mobile Home Park Rent Stabilization) of Title 11 (Mobile Homes and Parks) of the Watsonville Municipal Code establishing a procedure for Recovery of Expenses in Fair Rate Return Hearing and adding a Supplemental Administrative Fee of $0.50 per unit with an automatic cost of living adjustment?
Measure W Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Capitola
1,590 / 51.8% Yes votes ...... 1,478 / 48.2% No votes: Shall the City of Capitola adopt an ordinance amending Section 3.32.030 of the Municipal Code raising the transient occupancy tax rate from 9.5% to 11%, dedicating the revenues from .5% of the 1.5% differential increase to the General Fund and 1% of the 1.5% differential increase to the Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council for the promotion of tourism in Santa Cruz County?
Measure X Term Limits -- City of Capitola
1,640 / 54.6% Yes votes ...... 1,362 / 45.4% No votes: Should Measure X, a measure enacting an ordinance setting a limit of two consecutive terms for elected officials in Capitola, be adopted?
Measure Y Bond -- Pajaro Valley Fire Protection District
1,943 / 63.0% Yes votes ...... 1,143 / 37.0% No votes: Shall the Pajaro Valley Fire Protection District be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in a principal amount not exceeding $1,000,000 and bearing interest at rates within the legal limit, to assist in constructing a new fire station facility, pay costs related to bond issuance, and levy a special tax based on assessed valuation on taxable real property and improvements in the district to pay for the bonds and the cost of administering them?

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