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Santa Cruz County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Directory of Santa Cruz County, CA Measures
County Results as of Nov 23 10:56am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (279/279)
83.2% Countywide Voter Turnout (123,275/148,185)

Measures
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Measure H. Bond Measure -- West Valley-Mission Community College District (55% Approval Required)
79,524 / 60.1% Yes votes ...... 52,870 / 39.9% No votes
   78,138 (60.13%) Yes / 51,805 (39.87%) No in Santa Clara County
   1,386 (56.5%) Yes / 1,065 (43.5%) No in Santa Cruz County
To repair/upgrade West Valley and Mission Colleges, improve training/transfer programs, upgrade fire safety, repair leaky roofs, improve disabled access, repair/expand job training classrooms for nurses, police, firefighters, paramedics, upgrade classroom technology for a changing workforce, repair, construct, equip buildings, classrooms, libraries, sites, science/computer labs, shall West Valley-Mission Community College District issue $235 million in bonds, at legal rates, with annual audits, citizen oversight and no money for administrator's salaries?"

BONDS YES

BONDS NO

Measure J. Transportation Improvement Sales Tax -- County of Santa Cruz
50,024 / 43.3% Yes votes ...... 65,628 / 56.7% No votes
Shall a half-cent sales tax be adopted to improve transportation in Santa Cruz County? Improvements will include: widening Highway 1 with carpool/bus/emergency lanes; improving local streets, sidewalks and bike paths, safety on Highway 17, elderly/disabled transportation; building a Coastal bike/walking path next to the rail line; and a Pajaro train station. This 30-year measure will be monitored by an independent oversight committee.

Measure K. 911 Fee Repeal -- Unincorporated Area
17,180 / 28.8% Yes votes ...... 42,430 / 71.2% No votes
Shall the County's Emergency Response Fee Ordinance, Chapter 4.28 of the Santa Cruz County Code, be repealed?

Measure L. Mail Ballot Elections -- City of Santa Cruz
16,158 / 64.8% Yes votes ...... 8,780 / 35.2% No votes
Shall Section 707 be added to the City of Santa Cruz Charter to allow the City Council, by resolution, to authorize any municipal election, other than on a date of a regular statewide primary or statewide general election, to be conducted by mail, in accordance with the mail ballot election procedures set forth in the Elections Code of the State of California?

Measure M. Term Limit Clarification -- City of Santa Cruz
18,577 / 73.7% Yes votes ...... 6,645 / 26.3% No votes
Shall Section 601 of the City of Santa Cruz Charter be amended to further clarify that no member of the Council shall be eligible for re-election for two years (i.e. one general election cycle) after the expiration of the second consecutive full term for which such person was elected.

Measure N. Publish Ordinances on Internet -- City of Santa Cruz
18,944 / 76.8% Yes votes ...... 5,716 / 23.2% No votes
Shall Section 613 of the City of Santa Cruz Charter be amended to authorize the City Clerk to publish ordinances, other than emergency ordinances and other ordinances which go into effect immediately upon adoption, by methods which include publication in the Internet?

Measure O. City Clerk Preservation of Records -- City of Santa Cruz
21,258 / 86.2% Yes votes ...... 3,392 / 13.8% No votes
Shall Section 811 of the Charter of the City of Santa Cruz be amended to provide that the City Clerk shall have the power and be required to preserve the record of all proceedings of the City Council in files that shall bear appropriate titles and be devoted to such purpose.

Measure P. 1/4 Cent Sales Tax -- City of Capitola
2,855 / 59.8% Yes votes ...... 1,921 / 40.2% No votes
Shall a City of Capitola temporary sales tax increase of one quarter of one percent, which sunsets in five years, be adopted to maintain general services including public safety and street improvements?

Measure Q. 1/4 Cent Sales Tax -- City of Watsonville
3,661 / 37.1% Yes votes ...... 6,198 / 62.9% No votes
Shall the City of Watsonville adopt a sales tax increase of one-quarter percent?

Measure R. Sales Tax Advisory -- City of Watsonville
6,647 / 72.8% Yes votes ...... 2,489 / 27.2% No votes
Shall the City of Watsonville use the funds from Measure Q, if approved by the voters, for police, fire, parks and recreation services?

Measure S. Low Rent Housing -- City of Watsonville
4,813 / 53.1% Yes votes ...... 4,257 / 46.9% No votes
Do the qualified electors of the City of Watsonville approve the development, construction, or acquisition by any state public body of Article 34 low rent housing units dispersed throughout the City, if such units do not exceed 1% per year of the total dwelling units in the City except that units not built in any one or more years may be "banked" for future years?

Measure T. 911 Fee Repeal -- City of Watsonville
3,516 / 37.3% Yes votes ...... 5,904 / 62.7% No votes
Shall the City of Watsonville repeal Chapter 3-15, Emergency Response Fee, of the Watsonville Municipal Code which authorizes a fee to pay the cost of operating Watsonville's share of the Santa Cruz County 911 communication system?

Measure U. Fire Board Expansion -- Ben Lomond Fire Protection District
1,958 / 74.4% Yes votes ...... 673 / 25.6% No votes
Shall the number of members of the Board of Directors of the Ben Lomond Fire Protection District be increased from three to five?

 
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