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- Measure A.
Bonds
-- Santa Cruz City High School District
(55% Approval Required)
 Pass:
45,033 /
75.80% Yes votes ......
14,377 /
24.20% No votes
- To upgrade local middle and high school classrooms, science labs, career training facilities, and technology infrastructure to support student achievement in math, science, engineering, English, social studies, visual/performing arts, technology, and skilled trades; acquire, renovate, construct/equip classrooms, sites/facilities; and improve school safety, security and disabled access; shall Santa Cruz City High School District issue $140 million in bonds at legal interest rates, with independent citizen oversight, annual audits, and all funds benefitting local middle and high schools?
- Measure B.
Bonds
-- Santa Cruz City Elementary School District
(55% Approval Required)
Pass:
24,522 /
79.50% Yes votes ......
6,324 /
20.50% No votes
- To repair/upgrade neighborhood elementary school classrooms and facilities, including deteriorated roofs, plumbing, and electrical systems;
remove hazardous materials; renovate, construct/equip, acquire classrooms, facilities and technology infrastructure to support programs in reading, math,
science, arts and technology; improve school safety/security; and replace outdated portables with modern classrooms; shall Santa Cruz City Elementary School
District issue $68 million in bonds at legal interest rates, with independent citizen oversight, annual audits and all funds dedicated locally to Santa
Cruz elementary schools?
- Measure C.
Bonds
-- Soquel Union Elementary School District
(55% Approval Required)
Pass:
10,064 /
71.56% Yes votes ......
4,000 /
28.44% No votes
- To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; repair/replace leaky roofs; make health, safety and security
improvements; replace deteriorating plumbing and sewer systems; improve student access to computers and modern technology; modernize/construct classrooms,
restrooms and school facilities; and upgrade inadequate electrical systems; shall Soquel Union Elementary School District issue $42,000,000 of bonds at
legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee, and have NO money used for administrative salaries?
- Measure D.
Safety, Pothole Repair, Traffic Relief, Transit Improvement Measure
-- County of Santa Cruz
(2/3 Approval Required)
Pass:
83,816 /
67.78% Yes votes ......
39,839 /
32.22% No votes
- Safety, Pothole Repair, Traffic Relief, Transit Improvement Measure. In order to: improve children's safety around schools; repair potholes;
repave streets; improve traffic flow on Highway 1; maintain senior/disabled transit; reduce global warming pollution by providing transportation options
like sidewalks, buses, bike lanes, trails; preserve rail options; shall Santa Cruz County voters adopt an ordinance establishing a half-cent sales tax
for 30 years, raising approximately $17 million annually, requiring citizen oversight, independent audits, and funds spent locally
- Measure E.
Cannabis Business Tax Amendment
-- County of Santa Cruz
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
95,016 /
80.41% Yes votes ......
23,143 /
19.59% No votes
- To protect the quality of life in Santa Cruz County and to fund essential County services
such as police, fire, emergency response, health services, youth and senior programs, job creation, housing, environmental protection, and animal shelter/adoption,
shall Measure K be amended to revise the definition of cannabis to conform to State law and revise the definition of cannabis business or medical marijuana
business to include all cannabis businesses with all funds staying local?
- Measure F.
Sales Tax Extension
-- City of Capitola
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
4,081 /
81.08% Yes votes ......
952 /
18.92% No votes
- Without increasing taxes, shall the City of Capitola extend the 2017 sunset date of its current one-quarter percent sales tax for an additional ten years to protect essential city services and facilities, such as police and emergency safety programs, protect the wharf and beach from storms and
rising sea levels and maintain and improve parks, sidewalks and bike lanes with all funds staying local?
- Measure G.
Timing of Selecting Mayor/Vice Mayor
-- City of Santa Cruz
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
18,423 /
81.77% Yes votes ......
4,106 /
18.23% No votes
- Shall an amendment to the Charter of the City of Santa Cruz Section 604 be adopted?
- Measure H.
Water System Charter Amendment
-- City of Santa Cruz
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
18,077 /
80.65% Yes votes ......
4,336 /
19.35% No votes
- Shall an amendment to the Charter of the City of Santa Cruz Section 1429 be adopted?
- Measure I.
Cannabis Business Tax Amendment
-- City of Santa Cruz
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
22,637 /
84.08% Yes votes ......
4,287 /
15.92% No votes
- To protect the quality of life in the City of Santa Cruz and to fund essential city services
such as police, fire, emergency response, youth and senior programs, job creation, housing, and environmental protection, shall Measure L be amended to
clarify minor administrative procedures, revise the cannabis definition to conform to State law and revise the definition of cannabis business or medical
marijuana business to include all cannabis businesses with all funds staying local?
- Measure J.
Transient Occupancy Tax
-- City of Watsonville
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
9,628 /
75.24% Yes votes ......
3,169 /
24.76% No votes
- To protect the quality of life in Watsonville by limiting further cuts to police, fire, emergency services, parks and recreation, economic development,
job creation, and essential city services; shall the City of Watsonville be authorized to levy an additional one percent of Transient Occupancy Tax on
people staying at lodging facilities in the City?
- Measure K.
Utility Users' Tax
-- City of Watsonville
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
9,057 /
72.54% Yes votes ......
3,429 /
27.46% No votes
- Shall the Utility Users Tax Ordinance be amended reducing the tax on telecommunications and video from 6% to 5.5%, exempt low income persons/seniors/disabled
from energy taxes, adding wireless and modernizing ordinance to treat taxpayers the same regardless of technology; to generate approximately four million
annually, until ended by voters or reduced by City Council to help fund essential services including: police, fire protection, youth programs, parks and
recreation, and all money staying local?
- Measure L.
Cannabis Business Tax
-- City of Watsonville
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
9,136 /
74.20% Yes votes ......
3,176 /
25.80% No votes
- To protect and preserve the quality of life in the City of Watsonville and to fund essential City services, shall an ordinance be adopted to
impose a tax on cannabis cultivation of not more than $20 per square foot per year of canopy area, not more than 2.5% on gross receipts from manufactured
cannabis product, and not more than 10% on gross receipts from the retail sale of cannabis?
- Measure M.
Cannabis Business Tax
-- City of Watsonville
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
8,949 /
74.19% Yes votes ......
3,113 /
25.81% No votes
- If Measure L is approved by the voters, shall (i) 20% of its proceeds be used only to pay for law enforcement and crime prevention services,
(ii) 15% used only to pay for fire services, (iii) 20% used only to pay for community development, (iv) 25% used only to pay for parks and community services,
(v) 8% used only for the City libraries, and (vi) 12% only for non-profit social and community services?
- Measure N.
Parcel Tax
-- Boulder Creek Fire Protection District
(2/3 Approval Required)
Pass:
4,457 /
83.84% Yes votes ......
859 /
16.16% No votes
- To provide local fire protection and emergency medical services and to ensure prompt response times for 9-1-1 emergency calls, shall an ordinance
establishing an annual parcel tax of $35 per parcel for thirty years be established with all money going to protect local fire and emergency medical services,
including the acquisition of new fire and emergency response vehicles, protective gear and equipment, and self-contained breathing apparatus be adopted
by the Boulder Creek Fire Protection District?
- Measure O.
Parcel Tax
-- Zayante Fire Protection District
(2/3 Approval Required)
Pass:
1,565 /
80.13% Yes votes ......
388 /
19.87% No votes
- To provide for immediate response to emergency calls, and continue to fund emergency vehicles, equipment and training for the volunteer fire
district. Shall the Zayante Fire Protection District impose a $68 parcel tax to replace the $35 parcel tax from 1992? The general obligation bond would
also retire in 2017 which cost the average home owner $24.00. The average increase per parcel would be $9.00 per year. The tax would begin July 1, 2017
and be adjusted annually?
- Measure S.
Parcel Tax
-- Aromas Tri-County Fire Protection District
(Special Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
 Fail:
670 /
45.8% Yes votes ......
793 /
54.2% No votes
652
(45.82%) Yes / 771 (54.18%) No in Monterey County
18
(45.00%) Yes / 22 (55.00%) No in Santa Cruz County
- Shall the Ordinance that imposes a special tax in an amount not-to-exceed $230 dollars per developed parcel per year, and generating estimated
revenues of between $410,000 and $487,500 dollars annually, with no termination date, be adopted to fund engine-company based paramedic services within
the District?
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