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San Bernardino County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
Directory of San Bernardino County, CA Measures
County Results as of November 24 3:34pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (1737/1737)
34.4% Countywide Voter Turnout (293,283/851,684)

Measures
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Measure L. Classroom Improvement -- Snowline Joint Unified School District (School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Fail: 3,399 / 45.7% Yes votes ...... 4,040 / 54.3% No votes
   3,381 (45.76%) Yes / 4,008 (54.24%) No in San Bernardino County
   18 (36.00%) Yes / 32 (64.00%) No in Los Angeles County
To upgrade outdated classrooms, science labs, career/vocational education facilities; improve school security/drinking water/fire safety systems; repair electrical wiring, leaky roofs, plumbing and bathrooms; replace old portables; repair, construct, acquire educational facilities, sites/equipment, shall Snowline Joint Unified School District issue $60,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, requiring independent audits, Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, no money for administrators' salaries, and requiring all funds be used locally for Snowline schools?

Measure M. Local School Facilities Funding/Career Readiness -- Hesperia Unified School District (Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Fail: 4,970 / 38.56% Yes votes ...... 7,920 / 61.44% No votes
To repair, renovate, acquire, construct and upgrade neighborhood schools/educational facilities, including upgrading career preparation/iob training facilities; upgrading classrooms/science labs/technology; upgrading fire safety including safety doors/sprinklers/smoke alarms; repairing deteriorating bathrooms/plumbing; and, removing asbestos/lead paint, shall the Hesperia Unified School District issue $207,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, requiring independent audits, citizens' oversight, no money for administrators' salaries/pensions, and all money spent locally?

Measure N. Classroom Repair and Education Improvement -- Central School District (Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 4,141 / 67.10% Yes votes ...... 2,030 / 32.90% No votes
To upgrade schools, attract/retain quality teachers, repair deteriorating classrooms, bathrooms/plumbing, remove asbestos, ensure safe drinking water, improve school safety, fire alarms/sprinklers, update electrical wiring/classroom technology, improve science/computer labs, and repair, construct/acquire, educational facilities, sites/equipment, shall Central School District issue $35 million in bonds, at legal rates, require independent financial audits, citizens' oversight, ensure all funds used locally, and not increase current tax rates?

Measure O. Temporary Fiscal Emergency -- City of Adelanto (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 787 / 36.84% Yes votes ...... 1,349 / 63.16% No votes
To address Adelanto's Fiscal Emergency/prevent bankruptcy; prevent elimination of fire protection services; protect 9-1-1 emergency response, police protection, gang/crime prevention, senior services, and other essential general services; and to protect local businesses/jobs and restore fiscal stability; shall the City of Adelanto adopt a temporary 7.95% Utility Users Tax for 7 years only, with low income senior discounts, annual audits, citizens' oversight, and requiring funds be used locally?

Measure P. Affordable Education/Job Training -- Palo Verde Community College District (Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 2,047 / 59.6% Yes votes ...... 1,387 / 40.4% No votes
   1,516 (62.90%) Yes / 894 (37.10%) No in Riverside County
   531 (51.86%) Yes / 493 (48.14%) No in San Bernardino County
To upgrade classrooms, prepare students for four-year universities/high-skilled good paying jobs, improve facilities for career technical educations, support veterans, nursing, agriculture programs, shall Palo Verde Community College District provide affordable local education, reduce campus construction debt to save money, repair, upgrade facilities/acquire equipment by issuing $12,500,000 in bonds at legal rates, requiring citizens' oversight, annual audits, no funds taken by the State and all funds used locally?

Measure Q. Public Safety Employee Compensation -- City of San Bernardino (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 8,885 / 44.89% Yes votes ...... 10,908 / 55.11% No votes
Shall the amendment to the Charter of the City of San Bernardino that would eliminate a mandated automatic process for determining the salaries of the employees of the Police and Fire Departments of the City (hereinafter "Public Safety Employees") and replace that process with collective bargaining as provided by law be adopted?

Measure R. Employee Compensation -- City of San Bernardino (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 10,669 / 54.99% Yes votes ...... 8,733 / 45.01% No votes
Shall the amendment to the Charter of the City of San Bernardino altering the process by which city employees in the classified service may be discharged or reduced in rank or compensation be adopted?

Measure S. Occupancy Tax -- City of Needles (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 280 / 36.51% Yes votes ...... 487 / 63.49% No votes
Shall the ordinance amending Chapter 20, Article III "transient occupancy tax" of the City of Needles municipal code to increase the rate of the city's existing transient occupancy tax from ten percent (10%) to twelve percent (12%), and adding the definition of "commercial establishment" be adopted?

Measure T. Election of the City Council -- City of Highland (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 2,862 / 43.01% Yes votes ...... 3,793 / 56.99% No votes
Shall the ordinance providing for the election of members of the City Council by five districts, establishing the boundaries and identification number of each district, establishing the election order of each district and amending Chapter 2.12 of the Hhighland municipal code be adopted?

Measure U. Annual Business License Tax -- City of Rialto (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4,918 / 51.24% Yes votes ...... 4,680 / 48.76% No votes
Shall the ordinance adopting the Rialto 2014 Wholesale Liquid Fuel Storage Measure, amending Chapter 5.04 of the Rialto municipal code to establish a business license tax on wholesale liquid fuel storage facilities be adopted?

 
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