66,907 / 70.8% Yes votes ...... 27,626 / 29.2% No votes

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The California Constitution provides an exception to the one percent property tax limit by allowing special districts to increase the property tax rate above one percent to pay off bonded indebtedness for the purchase or improvement of real property. Pursuant to Section 32302 of the California Health and Safety Code and Section 1 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, the proposed measure shall become effective only upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of those electors voting on the measure.

If two-thirds of the qualified electors voting on this measure vote for approval, the District will be authorized to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed $190 million and to levy an ad valorem tax on the assessed value of real property within the District by an amount needed to pay the principal and interest on these bonds.

The Tax Rate Statement for Measure FF in this Voter Pamphlet reflects the District's best estimates, based upon currently available data and projections, of the property tax rates required to service the bonds in the first year in which taxes are expected to be levied to pay debt service on the bonds, in the year in which the tax is expected to be highest, and in the year following the last expected issuance of bonds, all as required by statute. The estimate of the tax rate required to be levied to fund the bonds in each year throughout the term of authorization would range between 0.493 cents per 100 dollars of assessed valuation ($4.93 per $100,000) and 1.856 cents per 100 dollars of assessed valuation ($18.56 per $100,000), as set forth more fully in the measure's Tax Rate Statement in this Voter Pamphlet.

If two-thirds of the qualified electors voting on this measure do not vote for approval, the measure will fail and the District not be authorized to issue the bonds to fund facilities improvements.

s/RICHARD E. WINNIE County Counsel of Alameda County

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure FF. If you desire a copy of the Resolution, please call the Elections Official's office at 272-6933 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.

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Yes on Measure FF

Today, Washington Hospital's emergency room facilities are severely overcrowded and new state guidelines require extensive seismic upgrades. Measure FF has been placed on the ballot to expand the hospital's capacity to provide life-saving services to critically ill patients and to provide facilities that are able to withstand a major earthquake.

Measure FF will:

• Provide state required upgrades for earthquake safety
• Upgrade and expand Emergency Room facilities
• Upgrade and expand the Intensive Care Unit
• Build rapid, state-of-the-art cardiac care facilities
• Add patient beds and operating rooms to serve our growing community
• Expand laboratory and x-ray facilities

Measure FF mandates strict fiscal control and accountability. No funds can be used to pay administrators. An independent Citizens Oversight Committee will monitor expenditures and ensure funds are spent properly.

Local nurses, doctors, firefighters, police, and emergency response providers urge support of Measure FF. No one knows when a life-threatening emergency will strike. Measure FF ensures that medical care will be here locally when you need it

Please vote YES on Measure FF.

s/BENN C. SAH, M.D. Doctor and 31 year Fremont Resident
s/DAVID W. SMITH Mayor, City of Newark
s/JAMIE JARAMILLO Executive Director, Centro De Servicios Resource Center, Union City
s/ANNA MUH President, Citizens for Better Community
s/ROSA ROMERO, R.N. Nurse and 25 year Fremont Resident

(No arguments against Measure FF were submitted)

An Election will be held in the Washington Township Health Care District (the "District") on November 2, 2004, to authorize the sale of up to $190,000,000 in general obligation bonds of the District to finance the acquisition and improvement of real property for healthcare related purposes. If such bonds are authorized and sold, the principal thereof and interest thereon will be payable from the proceeds of tax levies made upon the taxable property in the District. The following information is provided in compliance with Sections 9400-9404 of the California Elections Code.
1. The best estimate of the tax which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue during the first fiscal year after the sale of the first series of bonds, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is .493 cents per $100 ($4.93 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2005-2006.
2. The best estimate of the tax rate which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue during the first fiscal year after the sale of the last series of bonds, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing this statement, is 1.588 cents per $100 ($15.88 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2009-2010.
3. The best estimate of the highest tax rate which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is 1.856 cents per $100 ($18.56 per $100,000) of assessed valuation, in fiscal year 2010-2011.
4. The best estimate of the average tax rate which would be required to be levied to fund this bond issue over all the years the bonds are expected to be outstanding, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is .976 cents per $100 ($9.76 per $100,000) of assessed valuation.

Attention of all voters is directed to the fact that the foregoing information is based upon projections and estimates only, which are not binding upon the District. The actual tax rates and the years in which they will apply may vary from those presently estimated, due to variations from these estimates in the timing of bond sales, the amount of bonds sold at any given sale, actual assessed valuations over the term of repayment of the bonds and applicable interest rates. The actual times of sales of the bonds and the amount sold at any given time will be governed by the needs of the District and other factors (including market variations in interest rates on general obligation bonds). Actual future assessed valuations will depend upon the amount and value of taxable property within the District as determined in the assessment and the equalization process. Dated July 21, 2004

s/NANCY FARBER Chief Executive Officer Washington Township Health Care District