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President of the United States; Democratic Party

• John F. Kerry, Democratic
  1,975,043 votes 64.4%
• John Edwards, Democratic
  606,224 votes 19.8%
• Dennis J. Kucinich, Democratic
  143,162 votes 4.7%
• Howard Dean, Democratic
  129,063 votes 4.3%
• Al Sharpton, Democratic
  58,454 votes 2%
• Joe Lieberman, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  52,078 votes 1.6%
• Wesley Clark, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  50,455 votes 1.6%
• Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  24,087 votes .7%
• Dick Gephardt, Democratic (Withdrawn)
  21,613 votes .7%
• Lyndon Larouche, Democratic
  7,846 votes .2%
• Katarina Dunmar, Democratic (Write-in)
• Fern Penna, Democratic (Write-in)
• James Alexander-Pace, Democratic (Write-in)
• David Giacomuzzi, Democratic (Write-in)
• John Nigro, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)

President of the United States; Republican Party

• George W. Bush, Republican
  2,184,828 votes 100%
• Richard P. Bosa, Republican (Write-in)
• Nancy Warrick, Republican (Write-in)
• Blake Ashby, Republican (Write-in)
• Doc Castellano, Republican (Write-in)
• Bradley J. Barton, Republican (Write-in)
• Bill Wyatt, Republican (Write-in)
• Richard Allen Holtz, Republican (Write-in)

President of the United States; American Independent Party

• Michael A. Peroutka, American Independent
  25,950 votes 100%

President of the United States; Green Party

• Peter Miguel Camejo, Green
  33,255 votes 75.9%
• David Cobb, Green
  5,002 votes 11.5%
• Lorna Salzman, Green
  4,680 votes 10.6%
• Kent Mesplay, Green
  883 votes 2%

President of the United States; Libertarian Party

• Gary Nolan, Libertarian
  11,677 votes 59.3%
• Aaron Russo, Libertarian
  4,761 votes 24.2%
• Michael Badnarik, Libertarian
  3,266 votes 16.5%

President of the United States; Peace and Freedom Party

• Leonard Peltier, Peace and Freedom
  2,767 votes 59.2%
• Walter F. "Walt" Brown, Peace and Freedom
  1,914 votes 40.8%
• Israel Feuer, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
• Mumia Abu-Jamal, Peace and Freedom

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States)

US Senate

United States Senator; Democratic Party

• Barbara Boxer, Democratic
  2,532,621 votes 100%

United States Senator; Republican Party

• Bill Jones, Republican
  1,002,875 votes 44.9%
• Rosario Marin, Republican
  448,756 votes 20.1%
• Howard Kaloogian, Republican
  248,443 votes 11.2%
• Toni Casey, Republican
  139,835 votes 6.3%
• Tim Stoen, Republican
  123,182 votes 5.5%
• James Stewart, Republican
  77,111 votes 3.4%
• Barry L. Hatch, Republican
  70,307 votes 3.1%
• John M. Van Zandt, Republican
  56,143 votes 2.5%
• Danney Ball, Republican
  37,059 votes 1.6%
• Bill Quraishi, Republican
  32,022 votes 1.4%
• Louis E. Longoria, Republican (Write-in)

United States Senator; American Independent Party

• Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
  31,277 votes 100%

United States Senator; Libertarian Party

• James P. "Jim" Gray, Libertarian
  13,437 votes 57.5%
• Gail K. Lightfoot, Libertarian
  9,959 votes 42.5%

United States Senator; Peace and Freedom Party

• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  4,778 votes 100%

(Only American Independent, Democratic, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Senator)

US House

United States Representative; District 9; Democratic Party

• Barbara Lee, Democratic
  105,211 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 9; Republican Party

• Claudia Bermudez, Republican
  11,813 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 9; Libertarian Party

• Jim Eyer, Libertarian
  410 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 9)

United States Representative; District 10; Democratic Party

• Ellen O. Tauscher, Democratic
  74,811 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 10; Republican Party

• Jeff Ketelson, Republican
  45,032 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 10)

United States Representative; District 11; Democratic Party

• Gerald M. "Jerry" McNerney, Democratic (Write-in)

United States Representative; District 11; Republican Party

• Richard Pombo, Republican
  64,469 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 11)

United States Representative; District 13; Democratic Party

• Fortney Pete Stark, Democratic
  59,726 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 13; Republican Party

• George I. Bruno, Republican
  19,606 votes 100%

United States Representative; District 13; Libertarian Party

• Mark W. Stroberg, Libertarian
  389 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 13)

State Senate

State Senator; District 9; Democratic Party

• Don Perata, Democratic
  114,220 votes 100%

State Senator; District 9; Republican Party

• Patricia Deutsche, Republican
  21,940 votes 100%

State Senator; District 9; Libertarian Party

• Peter Von Pinnon, Libertarian
  545 votes 100%

State Senator; District 9; Peace and Freedom Party

• Tom Condit, Peace and Freedom
  280 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 9)

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 14; Democratic Party

• Loni Hancock, Democratic
  70,394 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 14; Republican Party

• Lance Montauk, Republican
  15,225 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 14; Libertarian Party

• Kevin O'Neal, Libertarian
  347 votes 100%

(Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 14)

Member of the State Assembly; District 15; Democratic Party

• Elaine D. Shaw, Democratic
  39,400 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 15; Republican Party

• Guy S. Houston, Republican
  48,088 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 15)

Member of the State Assembly; District 16; Democratic Party

• Wilma Chan, Democratic
  55,048 votes 100%

Member of the State Assembly; District 16; Republican Party

• Jerald Udinsky, Republican
  7,523 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 16)

Member of the State Assembly; District 18; Democratic Party

• Johan Klehs, Democratic
  39,025 votes 100%
• Lou Filipovich, Democratic (Write-in)

Member of the State Assembly; District 18; Libertarian Party

• Ronald J. Colfer, Libertarian
  233 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Libertarian party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 18)

Member of the State Assembly; District 20; Democratic Party

• Alberto Torrico, Democratic
  12,201 votes 31.5%
• Tom Pico, Democratic
  10,841 votes 28%
• Dennis Hayashi, Democratic
  8,922 votes 23%
• Henry C. Manayan, Democratic
  5,556 votes 14.3%
• Ash Bhatt, Democratic
  1,267 votes 3.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 20; Republican Party

• Cliff Williams, Republican
  14,587 votes 100%

(Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 20)

Party Committee

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 18 (11 Elected)

• Don J. Grundmann, American Independent

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 14 (6 Elected)

• Maggie Gee, Democratic
  16,715 votes 16.0%
• Judy Belcher, Democratic
  15,768 votes 15.1%
• Lucy W. Sells, Democratic
  15,656 votes 15.0%
• Carl Jaramillo, Democratic
  14,668 votes 14.0%
• Royce Kelley, Democratic
  13,474 votes 12.9%
• Martin Garcia, Democratic
  9,391 votes 9.0%
• Larry Kushi, Democratic
  9,366 votes 9.0%
• Eric Anthony, Democratic
  9,031 votes 8.6%
• (29 Writein Votes 0.0%)

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 16 (6 Elected)

• Melanie Sweeney-Griffith, Democratic
  23,684 votes 13.7%
• Douglas L. "Doug" Siden, Democratic
  17,163 votes 9.9%
• Bobbie J. Williams, Democratic
  15,298 votes 8.8%
• Sylvia Spaniolo, Democratic
  14,647 votes 8.5%
• Summer Shields, Democratic
  14,566 votes 8.4%
• Tony Daysog, Democratic
  13,974 votes 8.1%
• Howard Egerman, Democratic
  12,943 votes 7.5%
• Judith Wierenga-Nuerge, Democratic
  10,927 votes 6.3%
• Jonathan David Stuart, Democratic
  10,862 votes 6.3%
• Vicky Kolakowski, Democratic
  10,577 votes 6.1%
• Oyang Teng, Democratic
  9,849 votes 5.7%
• Jason Ross, Democratic
  9,139 votes 5.3%
• Charles Christopher Spies, Democratic
  9,060 votes 5.2%
• (44 Writein Votes 0.0%)

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 18 (6 Elected)

• Linda Perry, Democratic
  25,370 votes 17.1%
• Robin Torello, Democratic
  22,988 votes 15.5%
• Greg Sanborn, Democratic
  22,671 votes 15.3%
• Andrew F. Laverdiere, Democratic
  20,917 votes 14.1%
• Rick Trullinger, Democratic
  20,537 votes 13.9%
• Ryan "Rocky" Fernandez, Democratic
  19,644 votes 13.3%
• Ricardo Lopez, Democratic
  15,194 votes 10.3%
• (35 Writein Votes 0.0%)

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 20 (6 Elected)

• Yvette Brittain, Democratic
  17,244 votes 16.5%
• Richard Valle, Democratic
  16,877 votes 16.1%
• Sybil Smith, Democratic
  16,096 votes 15.4%
• John R. Smith, Democratic
  15,693 votes 15.0%
• Bill McMillin, Democratic
  14,968 votes 14.3%
• Robert Wieckowski, Democratic
  14,798 votes 14.2%
• Lynna Lan Tien Nguyen Do, Democratic
  8,482 votes 8.1%
• (19 Writein Votes 0.0%)

Member, Green Party County Council; County of Alameda (11 Elected)

• Suzanne Baker, Green
  2,951 votes 10.3%
• Bobbi Marsh, Green
  2,678 votes 9.4%
• Patti Marsh, Green
  2,411 votes 8.4%
• Kate Tanaka, Green
  2,405 votes 8.4%
• John Morton, Green
  2,380 votes 8.3%
• Budd Dickinson, Green
  2,359 votes 8.3%
• Victoria Ashley, Green
  2,224 votes 7.8%
• Robin Oetinger, Green
  2,178 votes 7.6%
• Greg Jan, Green
  1,847 votes 6.5%
• Tahan K. Jones, Green
  1,846 votes 6.5%
• Robert Fox, Green
  1,730 votes 6.1%
• Laura Wells, Green
  1,694 votes 5.9%
• Janet Arnold, Green
  1,481 votes 5.2%
• (2 Writein Votes 0.0%)

Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 3 (3 Elected)

• Mark W. Stroberg, Libertarian
  160 votes 97.6%

Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 4 (2 Elected)

• Ronald J. Colfer, Libertarian
  153 votes 94.4%
• (1 Writein Votes 0.6%)

Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 5 (5 Elected)

• Jim Eyer, Libertarian
  205 votes 49.0%
• Peter Von Pinnon, Libertarian
  172 votes 41.1%
• (3 Writein Votes 0.7%)

Member, Peace and Freedom Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 3 (4 Elected)

• Dave Kadlecek, Peace and Freedom
  39 votes 61.9%
• (2 Writein Votes 3.2%)

Member, Peace and Freedom Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 5 (10 Elected)

• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  178 votes 11.6%
• Tom Condit, Peace and Freedom
  159 votes 10.4%
• Gerald Sanders, Peace and Freedom
  156 votes 10.2%
• Eleanor Walden, Peace and Freedom
  150 votes 9.8%
• Stan Woods, Peace and Freedom
  145 votes 9.5%
• Robert J. Evans, Peace and Freedom
  145 votes 9.5%
• Jon Crowder, Peace and Freedom
  143 votes 9.4%
• Ron Hoffman, Peace and Freedom
  135 votes 8.8%
• John Comly, Peace and Freedom
  129 votes 8.4%
• Norma J.F. Harrison, Peace and Freedom
  116 votes 7.6%
• John Albert Dragstedt, Peace and Freedom (Write-In)
• Antonio M. Salas, Peace and Freedom (Write-In)
• (1 Writein Votes 0.1%)

School

Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2

• Gay Plair Cobb
  18,113 votes 59.8%
• Wandra J. Boyd
  12,046 votes 39.7%
• (148 Writein Votes 0.5%)

Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 3

• Dennis K. Chaconas
  22,697 votes 64.6%
• Enrique E. Palacios
  12,286 votes 34.9%
• (175 Writein Votes 0.5%)

Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5

• Fred Sims
  12,369 votes 53.0%
• Ernest A. Avellar
  10,899 votes 46.7%
• (68 Writein Votes 0.3%)

Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 6

• Eileen G. McDonald
  13,042 votes 47.1%
• Gail Jones
  10,171 votes 36.7%
• Vibert Greene
  4,420 votes 15.9%
• (80 Writein Votes 0.3%)

School Director; Oakland Unified School District; District 1

• Kerry Hamill
  13,797 votes 99.1%
• (129 Writein Votes 0.9%)

School Director; Oakland Unified School District; District 3

• Gregory Hodge
  7,883 votes 98.9%
• (85 Writein Votes 1.1%)

School Director; Oakland Unified School District; District 5

• Noel Gallo
  4,805 votes 99.3%
• (33 Writein Votes 0.7%)

School Director; Oakland Unified School District; District 7

• Alice Adrienne Spearman
  4,210 votes 56.3%
• Bob Jackson (Withdrawn)
  3,239 votes 43.3%
• (23 Writein Votes 0.3%)

County

Supervisor; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 1

• Scott Patrick Haggerty
  48,462 votes 99.3%
• (350 Writein Votes 0.7%)

Supervisor; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 4

• Nate Miley
  44,416 votes 98.7%
• Donald P. Wang (Write-In)
• (598 Writein Votes 1.3%)

Supervisor; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 5

• Keith Carson
  62,173 votes 99.2%
• (479 Writein Votes 0.8%)

City

Council Member; City of Hayward (4 Elected)

• Bill Ward
  7,760 votes 13.4%
• Barbara Halliday
  7,749 votes 13.3%
• Bill Quirk
  5,936 votes 10.2%
• Olden Henson
  5,765 votes 9.9%
• Robert Lopez
  5,490 votes 9.5%
• Joseph Hilson
  4,310 votes 7.4%
• Gary R. Craig
  4,163 votes 7.2%
• Francisco Zermeno
  4,119 votes 7.1%
• Barbara Heringer-Swarr
  3,886 votes 6.7%
• L. Jason Moreno
  2,450 votes 4.2%
• Cora Marie Baker
  2,225 votes 3.8%
• Edward W. Bogue
  2,037 votes 3.5%
• Francisco Abrantes
  2,034 votes 3.5%
• (14 Writein Votes 0.0%)

Council Member At Large; City of Oakland

• Henry Chang, Jr.
  39,965 votes 53.7%
• Melanie M. Shelby
  27,606 votes 37.1%
• Hector Reno Reyna
  6,709 votes 9.0%
• (209 Writein Votes 0.3%)

Council Member; City of Oakland; Council District 1

• Jane Brunner
  15,123 votes 98.8%
• (181 Writein Votes 1.2%)

Council Member; City of Oakland; Council District 3

• Nancy J. Nadel
  8,719 votes 98.8%
• (102 Writein Votes 1.2%)

Council Member; City of Oakland; Council District 5

• Ignacio De La Fuente
  4,703 votes 95.2%
• Beverly Blythe (Write-In)
• (235 Writein Votes 4.8%)

Council Member; City of Oakland; Council District 7

• Larry E. Reid
  5,487 votes 68.2%
• Jason Hodge (Withdrawn)
  1,624 votes 20.2%
• Michael B. Hudson
  916 votes 11.4%
• (19 Writein Votes 0.2%)

City Attorney; City of Oakland

• John Russo
  62,899 votes 99.1%
• (582 Writein Votes 0.9%)

Council Member; City of Piedmont (2 Elected)

• Nancy F. McEnroe
  3,265 votes 51.0%
• Dean Barbieri
  3,088 votes 48.3%
• (44 Writein Votes 0.7%)

Special District

Member, Board of Directors; Union Sanitary District; Ward 1

• Pat D. Gacoscos
  4,763 votes 59.5%
• Ken Smith
  3,227 votes 40.3%
• (19 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Member, Board of Directors; Union Sanitary District; Ward 3

• Anjali Lathi
  14,891 votes 64.7%
• Jeevan Zutshi
  7,985 votes 34.7%
• (157 Writein Votes 0.7%)

Proposition 55 Kindergarten -University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004
3,181,725 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 3,076,099 / 49.2% No votes

Should the state sell twelve billion three hundred million dollars ($12,300,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?

Proposition 56 State Budget, Related Taxes, Reserve, Voting Requirements, Penalties
2,151,359 / 34.3% Yes votes ...... 4,113,036 / 65.7% No votes

Should the State Constitution and certain statutes be amended to allow the state legislature to pass the state budget and budget-related tax and appropriation bills with a 55 percent vote, and to make other changes to the budget process?

Proposition 57 The Economic Recovery Bond Act
3,991,044 / 63.3% Yes votes ...... 2,312,254 / 36.7% No votes

Should the state of California borrow 15 billion dollars ($15,000,000,000) through the sale of bonds to provide financing for California's budget deficit?

Proposition 58 The California Balanced Budget Act
4,461,157 / 71.1% Yes votes ...... 1,813,507 / 28.9% No votes

Should the state Constitution be amended to require that the state adopt a balanced budget and provide for mid-year adjustments if the budget falls out of balance? Should the Constitution also include state budget reserve requirements and limits on future borrowing to finance budget deficits?

Measure 2 Regional Traffic Relief Plan -- County of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano (Regional Measure - Majority Vote)
631,304 / 58.5% Yes votes ...... 448,771 / 41.5% No votes
   178,464 (59.55%) Yes / 121,206 (40.45%) No in Santa Clara County
   164,497 (55.6%) Yes / 131,098 (44.4%) No in Alameda County
   121,167 (51.4%) Yes / 114,766 (48.6%) No in Contra Costa County
   51285 (64.29%) Yes / 28487 (35.71%) No in Marin County
   115,891 (68.53%) Yes / 53,214 (31.47%) No in San Francisco County
   Yes / No in Solano County

Shall voters authorize a Regional Traffic Relief Plan that does the following:

(1) Directs revenues generated through the collection of bridge tolls to provide the following projects:
(A) Expand and extend BART.
(B) New transbay commuter rail crossing south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
(C) Comprehensive Regional Express bus network.
(D) New expanded ferry service.
(E) Better connections between BART, buses, ferries, and rail.

(2) Approves a one dollar ($1) toll increase effective July 1, 2004, on all toll bridges in the bay area, except the Golden Gate Bridge?

Measure A Medical Sales Tax -- Alameda County (2/3rds Approval Required)
214,449 / 71.1% Yes votes ...... 87,315 / 28.9% No votes

To provide and maintain trauma and emergency medical services throughout Alameda County and to provide primary, preventative and mental health services to indigent, low income and uninsured children, families and seniors, to retain qualified nurses and health care professionals and to prevent closure of county clinics and the Alameda County Medical Center, shall Alameda County implement a half-cent transaction and use tax, with an annual fiscal oversight and review?

Measure B Bonds -- Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (55% Approval Required)
65,195 / 59.0% Yes votes ...... 45,398 / 41.0% No votes
   65,155 (59.0%) Yes / 45,364 (41.0%) No in Alameda County
   40 (54.1%) Yes / 34 (45.9%) No in Contra Costa County

To prepare students for jobs/four-year colleges, improve safety, accommodate increasing enrollment at Chabot and Las Positas Colleges by: repairing leaky roofs; upgrading fire safety, campus security, plumbing/ventilation systems and electrical wiring for computer technology; removing asbestos; upgrading nursing/paramedics/job training classrooms; repairing, constructing, acquiring, equipping classrooms, labs, sites and facilities; shall Chabot-Las Positas Community College District issue $498,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with guaranteed annual audits, citizen oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure C Bonds -- Alameda Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
13,809 / 71.9% Yes votes ...... 5,396 / 28.1% No votes

To renovate aging neighborhood schools, improve student safety conditions, relieve classroom overcrowding, construct, equip, upgrade classrooms, facilities and sites, and qualify for over $17 million in State matching funds, shall the Alameda City Unified School District issue $63 million of bonds at legal rates, with annual audits and citizen oversight, with no proceeds going to the State and all funds remaining in Alameda to benefit neighborhood schools without increasing existing tax rates?

Measure D Parcel Tax -- Dublin Joint Unified School District (2/3rds Approval Required)
3,673 / 56.5% Yes votes ...... 2,823 / 43.5% No votes

To maintain existing school programs and improve the quality of education for a growing population; to reduce class sizes and expand the availability of after-school classes and libraries; and to upgrade technology infrastructure and expand student access to computers, shall the Dublin Unified School District levy an annual tax of $180 per parcel for seven years, increasing annually at 2%, with an exemption for parcels owned and occupied by persons 65 years of age and over?

Measure E Parcel Tax Increase -- Oakland Unified School District (2/3rds Approval Required)
60,079 / 74.5% Yes votes ...... 20,578 / 25.5% No votes

To attract and retain qualified credentialed teachers, to maintain elective courses for students needing to qualify for college admission, to purchase textbooks and materials, to maintain libraries, music and arts programs, to maintain reduced class sizes, to continue after school academic programs, shall Oakland Unified School District be authorized to increase the existing $123 per year parcel tax by $6 per month to $195 annually for a period of 5 years with no money used for administrative costs?

Measure H Runoff Elections Charter Amendment -- City of Berkeley (Charter amendment - Majority approval required)
17,792 / 55.0% Yes votes ...... 14,581 / 45.0% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Berkeley be amended to require a runoff election for the offices of mayor, auditor, and councilmember only if the leading candidate for such office receives less than 40% of the votes; and delay the runoff to the following February, with the successful candidate assuming office in March?

Measure I Election Consolidation Charter Amendment -- City of Berkeley (Charter amendment - Majority approval required)
23,660 / 72.2% Yes votes ...... 9,088 / 27.8% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Berkeley be amended to authorize the city council to adopt an instant runoff election system upon finding that acceptable voting systems and equipment make it technically feasible, consolidation of City election with County elections will remain feasible and the City will not incur additional election costs?

Measure J Election Nominations/Filing Charter Amendment -- City of Berkeley (Charter amendment - Majority approval required)
19,341 / 62.5% Yes votes ...... 11,608 / 37.5% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Berkeley be amended to require that candidates for council office be nominated by voters registered in the applicable council district and that candidates for the office of mayor, councilmember, auditor, rent stabilization board commissioner and school board director pay a filing fee of $150 which may be offset, in whole or in part, for each dollar of fee, by submission of the signatures of city registered voters?

Measure K Public Safety Services Tax Continuation -- City of Union City (2/3 Approval Required)
6,559 / 68.9% Yes votes ...... 2,959 / 31.1% No votes

Shall a Public Safety Services Tax, to "expire" in five years, be approved to fund continued police and fire protection services in Union City?

Measure L Bonds -- San Joaquin Delta Community College District
58,484 / 56.8% Yes votes ...... 44,408 / 43.2% No votes
   55445 (57.7%) Yes / 40713 (42.3%) No in San Joaquin County
   30 (53.6%) Yes / 26 (46.4%) No in Alameda County
   3,009 (45.1%) Yes / 3,669 (54.9%) No in Sacramento County

To prepare students for jobs/transfer to four year colleges, repair buildings, improve safety, accommodate growing enrollment by repairing leaky roofs, decaying walls, electrical wiring; improving fire safety; removing asbestos; expanding/establishing Stockton, Manteca, Tracy, Lodi/Galt, Foothill Area campuses/education centers; upgrading, acquiring, constructing, equipping buildings, sites, classrooms; shall San Joaquin Delta Community College District issue $250,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with citizen oversight, guaranteed annual audits and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure O Utility User's Tax Municipal Code Amendment -- City of Oakland (Majority Approval Required)
43,450 / 61.2% Yes votes ...... 27,492 / 38.8% No votes

Shall the Oakland Municipal Code be amended to require wireless telephonic service providers to change the methodology of computing the current City of Oakland Utility User's Tax ("UUT") to be consistent with the Federal Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act of 2000?

Measure P City Elections Charter Amendment -- City of Oakland (Majority Approval Required)
54,604 / 69.7% Yes votes ...... 23,705 / 30.3% No votes

Shall the City Charter be amended to retain the Mayor-Council form of government ("Strong Mayor") and elected City Attorney and provide (1) that no person may be elected Mayor for more than two consecutive terms; (2) Mayor must annually hold four public meetings; (3) that Council make appointments to boards and commissions when vacancies are unfilled; (4) limitations and voter-approval requirements for Councilmember salary increases; and (5) formula setting City Attorney and Auditor salary increases?

Measure Q Library Parcel Tax Extension -- City of Oakland (2/3 Approval Required)
62,253 / 77.2% Yes votes ...... 18,437 / 22.8% No votes

For the purpose of: (1) maintaining and expanding neighborhood branch library services, days, and hours; (2) maintaining after school homework and tutoring programs; (3) maintaining literacy and children's programs; (4) increasing librarian services to schools; (5) increasing computer and technology access and (6) acquiring new books and materials; shall the City of Oakland extend and increase the existing library parcel tax, subject to independent audits and citizen's oversight commission?

Measure R Special Parcel Tax -- City of Oakland (2/3rds Approval Required)
51,581 / 65.9% Yes votes ...... 26,743 / 34.1% No votes

For the purpose of providing: (1) job training and employment opportunities for young adults; (2) counseling and mentoring for at-risk youth; (3) after-school, parent involvement, and violence prevention programs in schools; (4) early childhood intervention for children exposed to violence in the home; and (5) community-based policing programs; shall the City of Oakland authorize a special parcel tax, subject to audit by a citizen's oversight committee?

Measure S Municipal Services Tax City Code Amendment -- City of Piedmont (2/3rds Approval Required)
2,935 / 61.7% Yes votes ...... 1,822 / 38.3% No votes

Shall Chapter 20B of the Piedmont City Code be amended in its entirety to provide for a Basic Municipal Services Tax as more specifically set forth in Ord. 644 N.S. which is on file with the Piedmont City Clerk?

Measure T Service Level Tax City Code Amendment -- City of Piedmont (2/3rds Approval Required)
2,842 / 59.8% Yes votes ...... 1,908 / 40.2% No votes

Shall Chapter 20F be added to the Piedmont City Code to provide for a Preserve Piedmont Service Level Tax as more specifically set forth in Ord. 645 N.S., which is on file with the Piedmont City Clerk?