Riverside County, CA Ballot

Proposition 1 Authorizes Bonds to Fund Specified Housing Assistance Programs
Pass: 6,751,018 / 56.2% Yes votes ...... 5,258,157 / 43.8% No votes: Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for existing affordable housing programs for low-income residents, veterans, farmworkers, manufactured and mobile homes, infill, and transit-oriented housing. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $170 million annually over the next 35 years.
Proposition 2 Authorizes Bonds to Fund Existing Housing Program for Individuals with Mental Illness
Pass: 7,662,528 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 4,417,327 / 36.6% No votes: Amends Mental Health Services Act to fund No Place Like Home Program, which finances housing for individuals with mental illness. Ratifies existing law establishing the No Place Like Home Program. Fiscal Impact: Allows the state to use up to $140 million per year of county mental health funds to repay up to $2 billion in bonds. These bonds would fund housing for those with mental illness who are homeless.
Proposition 3 Authorizes Bonds To Fund Projects for Water Supply and Quality, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Water Conveyance, and Groundwater Sustainability and Storage
Fail: 5,879,836 / 49.3% Yes votes ...... 6,034,991 / 50.7% No votes: Authorizes $8.877 billion in state general obligation bonds for various infrastructure projects. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging $430 million per year over 40 years. Local government savings for water-related projects, likely averaging a couple hundred million dollars annually over the next few decades.
Proposition 4 Authorizes Bonds Funding Construction at Hospitals Providing Children's Health Care
Pass: 7,551,298 / 62.7% Yes votes ...... 4,494,143 / 37.3% No votes: Authorizes $1.5 billion in bonds, to be repaid from state's General Fund, to fund grants for construction, expansion, renovation, and equipping of qualifying children's hospitals. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $80 million annually over the next 35 years.
Proposition 5 Changes Requirements For Certain Property Owners to Transfer Their Property Tax Base to Replacement Property
Fail: 4,813,251 / 40.2% Yes votes ...... 7,152,993 / 59.8% No votes: Removes certain transfer requirements for homeowners over 55, severely disabled homeowners, and contaminated or disaster-destroyed property. Fiscal Impact: Schools and local governments each would lose over $100 million in annual property taxes early on, growing to about $1 billion per year. Similar increase in state costs to backfill school property tax losses.
Proposition 6 Eliminates Certain Road Repair and Transportation Funding. Requires Certain Fuel Taxes and Vehicle Fees Be Approved By the Electorate
Fail: 5,283,222 / 43.2% Yes votes ...... 6,952,081 / 56.8% No votes: Repeals a 2017 transportation law's taxes and fees designated for road repairs and public transportation. Fiscal Impact: Reduced ongoing revenues of $5.1 billion from state fuel and vehicle taxes that mainly would have paid for highway and road maintenance and repairs, as well as transit programs.
Proposition 7 Confirms California Daylight Saving Time to Federal Law. Allows Legislature to Change Daylight Saving Time Period
Pass: 7,167,315 / 59.7% Yes votes ...... 4,828,564 / 40.3% No votes: Gives Legislature ability to change daylight saving time period by two-thirds vote, if changes are consistent with federal law. Fiscal Impact: This measure has no direct fiscal effect because changes to daylight saving time would depend on future actions by the Legislature and potentially the federal government.
Proposition 8 Regulates Amounts Outpatient Kindney Dialysis Clinics Charge For Dialysis Treatment
Fail: 4,845,264 / 40.1% Yes votes ...... 7,247,917 / 59.9% No votes: Requires rebates and penalties if charges exceed limit. Requires annual reporting to the state. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on payment source. Fiscal Impact: Overall annual effect on state and local governments ranging from net positive impact in the low tens of millions of dollars to net negative impact in the tens of millions of dollars.
Proposition 10 Expands Local Governments' Authority to Enact Rent Control
Fail: 4,949,543 / 40.6% Yes votes ...... 7,251,443 / 59.4% No votes: Repeals state law that currently restricts the scope of rent-control policies that cities and other local jurisdictions may impose on residential property. Fiscal Impact: Potential net reduction in state and local revenues of tens of millions of dollars per year in the long term. Depending on actions by local communities, revenue losses could be less or considerably more.
Proposition 11 Requires Private-Sector Emergency Ambulance Employees to Remain On-Call During Work Breaks. Eliminates Certain Employer Liability
Pass: 7,181,116 / 59.6% Yes votes ...... 4,861,831 / 40.4% No votes: Law entitling hourly employees to breaks without being on-call would not apply to private-sector ambulance employees. Fiscal Impact: Likely fiscal benefit to local governments (in the form of lower costs and higher revenues), potentially in the tens of millions of dollars each year.
Proposition 12 Establishes New Standards For Confinement of Specified Farm Animals; Bans Sale of Noncomplying Products
Pass: 7,551,434 / 62.7% Yes votes ...... 4,499,702 / 37.3% No votes: Establishes minimum requirements for confining certain farm animals. Prohibits sales of meat and egg products from animals confined in noncomplying manner. Fiscal Impact: Potential decrease in state income tax revenues from farm businesses, likely not more than several million dollars annually. State costs up to $10 million annually to enforce the measure.

Local Measures

Measure E School Bond Measure ($24.8 million) -- Palo Verde Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1,825 / 62.29% Yes votes ...... 1,105 / 37.71% No votes: To improve the quality of education; modernize outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; make health, safety, and security improvements; and construct a new barn/agricultural rehabilitation center; shall the Palo Verde Unified School District issue $24,800,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, generating on average $1,300,000 annually as long as bonds are outstanding at a rate of approximately 4.9 cents per $100 assessed value, with citizens' oversight committee, NO money for salaries and all money staying local?
Measure G Commercial Marijuana Operations Tax -- City of Perris (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,146 / 71.64% Yes votes ...... 3,224 / 28.36% No votes: Shall the measure known as the COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS TAX MEASURE, estimated to annually collect approximately $2.3 million from commercial marijuana distribution and manufacturing operations (through a maximum tax rate of ten cents for each $1 of proceeds), to be administered and implemented pursuant to Chapter 3.40 of Title 3 of the Perris Municipal Code, with no sunset clause, be adopted?
Measure H Term Limits for Elected Officials -- City of Perris (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,702 / 76.64% Yes votes ...... 2,652 / 23.36% No votes: Shall the measure, establishing a lifetime term limit of three (3) terms served as an elected official in the City of Perris, including Mayor, member of the City Council, and City Clerk, in which the terms served by a person elected or appointed to one elected office shall not be aggregated with terms served by that person in another elected office, be approved?
Measure I Term Limits for Elected Officials -- City of Menifee (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 12,390 / 44.44% Yes votes ...... 15,493 / 55.56% No votes: Shall the ordinance providing for (1) the election of an at-large Mayor to two year term in 2020, (2) the elimination of the at-large Mayor office in 2022, and (3) the creation of a fifth City Council district in 2022, be adopted?
Measure J Eliminating Term Limits to Council and Mayor -- City of Menifee (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 8,162 / 28.80% Yes votes ...... 20,175 / 71.20% No votes: Shall Ordinance 2018-XXX, eliminating term limits applicable to the City Council members of the City of Menifee, and to the Mayor of the City of Menifee, be adopted?
Measure K Indian Wells Hotel Tax Rate Adjustment Measure -- City of Indian Wells (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 1,625 / 73.10% Yes votes ...... 598 / 26.90% No votes: To maintain general City services such as police and fire protection, street operations and maintenance, and community activities including Indian Wells Golf Resort, shall the Indian Wells Municipal Code be amended to increase the Transient Occupancy (Hotel) Tax rate from 11.25% to 12.25% of rent charged for transient occupancy of any hotel room or similar lodging, generating approximately $700,000 annually for unrestricted general revenue purposes, until ended by voters?
Measure L Annual General Tax for Retail Cannabis Sales -- City of Jurupa Valley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11,214 / 53.90% Yes votes ...... 9,590 / 46.10% No votes: Shall the ordinance which legalizes retail cannabis sales and commercial cannabis activity in certain zones, imposes operational requirements, and imposes an annual general tax of up to $25 per square foot of space used for retail cannabis sales and up to $3 per square foot for space used for other commercial cannabis activity (potentially generating $196,875 annually from retail sales and an unknown amount from other commercial activity and continuing until repealed) be adopted?
Measure M Local Moreno Valley Commercial Cannabis Activity Tax -- City of Moreno Valley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 29,286 / 74.10% Yes votes ...... 10,238 / 25.90% No votes: Shall an ordinance be adopted maintaining safe, clean public areas/improving local services including neighborhood police patrols, fire, 911 response; gang, youth violence prevention, after-school programs; combat robberies/burglaries; repair potholes; unrestricted general revenue purposes; by establishing a tax not exceeding 8% of gross receipts /$15 per square foot for cultivation, generating approximately $2,200,000 annually until ended by voters, with independent audits, public review, all funds used locally?
Measure N Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Tax -- City of Banning (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5,031 / 61.29% Yes votes ...... 3,178 / 38.71% No votes: To add between $644,800 and $1,289,600 annually for unrestricted general revenue purposes such as police, fire, paramedics, parks, roads, senior programs, and other municipal services, shall a measure imposing a commercial cannabis cultivation tax (set at $15 per square foot of canopy space and potentially increasing to $25 per square foot), and imposing up to 10% tax on gross receipts of cannabis manufacturing and testing laboratory facilities, with both taxes continuing until repealed, be adopted?
Measure O 10% Tax on the Gross Receipts of Cannabis Retail Businesses -- City of Banning (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5,062 / 61.90% Yes votes ...... 3,116 / 38.10% No votes: To add between $1,168,800 and $1,558,400 in funding annually for unrestricted general revenue purposes such as police, fire, paramedics, parks and recreation, road improvements, capital maintenance, senior and youth programs, and other general municipal services, shall a measure imposing a 10% tax on the gross receipts of cannabis retail businesses in city (with the tax continuing until repealed, and the rate potentially increasing to 15%) be adopted?
Measure P Unrestricted General Revenue Tax -- City of Banning (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 3,983 / 48.82% Yes votes ...... 4,175 / 51.18% No votes: To allow approximately $2,325,000 annually for unrestricted general revenue purposes such as police, fire, paramedics, parks, and senior services while stabilizing electric utility rates, shall an ordinance be adopted authorizing a transfer not to exceed 7.5% of annual electric utility gross revenues to the City's General Fund until December 1, 2021 and 5.5% thereafter, for unlimited duration, and establishing a rate freeze for 3 years, except as needed for financial emergency or bond covenants?
Measure Q General Tax on Cannabis Businesses Until Ended by Voters -- City of Palm Desert (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 13,918 / 76.56% Yes votes ...... 4,261 / 23.44% No votes: To improve general City services, such as police/emergency response, parks, youth/senior services, and street repair, shall the City of Palm Desert enact a general tax on cannabis businesses of up to $20 per square foot for cultivation; up to 3% of gross receipts for cannabis manufacturing; and up to 15% of gross receipts for cannabis retail sales and delivery; generating u to $5,430,000 annually for unrestricted general revenue purposes, until ended by voters?
Measure R Lifestyle Protection and Vital Services Measure -- City of Norco (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4,768 / 56.55% Yes votes ...... 3,663 / 43.45% No votes: To keep Norco "Norco," continue protecting Norco's unique animal-keeping lifestyle, avoid further infrastructure deterioration, continue restoring and maintaining local streets, trails, facilities, equestrian amenities and parks, and prevent additional cuts to police, fire and emergency medical services; shall the City of Norco adopt a locally-controlled one-cent sales tax, generating approximately $4.5 million annually, until ended by voters, requiring independent audits and a Citizens' Oversight Committee?
Measure S Canyon Lake Public Safety and Local Control Continuation Measure -- City of Canyon Lake (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,507 / 76.86% Yes votes ...... 1,056 / 23.14% No votes: To continue life safety services/911 emergency response times; preserve local control; prevent cuts to sheriff's deputies, firefighters/paramedics; keep Canyon Lake Fire Station open; and other essential City services, shall Ordinance No. 177 be adopted continuing the existing, voter-approved 3.95% utility users' tax providing $1,000,000 annually until ended by voters, continuing to require independent audits, all funds used for Canyon Lake, with no tax rate increase?
Measure T Establishing a One-cent Sales Tax Until Ended by Voters -- City of Murrieta (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 17,298 / 52.56% Yes votes ...... 15,616 / 47.44% No votes: To maintain the City of Murrieta's long-term finances, provide funding for general services including faster response times to 911 emergencies, improved fire protection/paramedic services, increase police to strengthen crime prevention, reduce gang activity/ drug crimes, graffiti removal, and parks and recreation/street maintenance/pothole repair, shall the measure establishing a one-cent sales tax until ended by voters be adopted, providing approximately $14,000,000 annually for city services, requiring citizen oversight and all funds controlled locally?
Measure U Desert Hot Springs Selection of Mayor Measure -- City of Desert Hot Springs (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,814 / 36.10% Yes votes ...... 3,211 / 63.90% No votes: Shall the Measure to select the Mayor of the City of Desert Hot Springs City Council annually for a one-year term with the procedure for rotation to be adopted by ordinance of the City Council, and all City Council seats to be a four-year term commencing in the year 2020 be adopted?
Measure V Desert Hot Springs Term of Mayor Measure -- City of Desert Hot Springs (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,587 / 51.18% Yes votes ...... 2,468 / 48.82% No votes: Shall the Measure to have a directly-elected Mayor by the people of Desert Hot Springs be a four-year term, rather than the current two-year term, with the directly-elected Mayor having a term limit of two terms, commencing in the year 2020 be adopted?
Measure W General Obligation Bond ($148 million) -- Perris Union High School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 25,924 / 55.89% Yes votes ...... 20,463 / 44.11% No votes: Need question.
Measure X General Obligation Bond ($150 million) -- Hemet Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 23,569 / 63.85% Yes votes ...... 13,345 / 36.15% No votes: To improve neighborhood school safety/security; upgrade academic, science, technology, engineering, math, vocational classrooms/labs; repair deteriorating plumbing, roofs, electrical systems; remove asbestos/lead paint; shall Hemet Unified School District issue $150 million in bonds at legal rates, an estimated 4.9 cents per $100 assessed value (averaging $10 million annually) while bonds are outstanding, under a no-tax-rate-increase financing plan, with citizen oversight, independent audits, and no money for Sacramento?
Measure Y General Tax on Cannabis Businesses -- City of Hemet (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 7,726 / 37.16% Yes votes ...... 13,066 / 62.84% No votes: Shall the privately proposed measure be adopted allowing an unlimited number of non-retail cannabis businesses in manufacturing zones without a city-issued discretionary approval, subject to limited separation requirements, giving certain cannabis business operators priority over others in establishing their businesses in the City, and taxing cannabis businesses at the rate of $10 / square foot of space used in connection with commercial cannabis activity, estimated to yield $1,000,000 in revenues annually and in perpetuity?
Measure Z General Tax on City Sponsored Cannabis Businesses -- City of Hemet (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 10,838 / 52.35% Yes votes ...... 9,866 / 47.65% No votes: Shall the City-sponsored measure be adopted establishing a tax on cannabis businesses at the maximum rates of 25% of gross revenues or $30 / square foot of cultivation space, which will apply to illegally operating businesses and, if action is taken after December 31, 2020 to permit cannabis businesses, will apply to legally-established cannabis businesses, estimated to generate at least $3,500,000 annually in perpetuity if cannabis businesses are permitted; and prohibiting cannabis businesses through December 31, 2020?
Measure AA Wildomar Public Safety and City Services Sales Tax -- City of Wildomar (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5,921 / 58.67% Yes votes ...... 4,171 / 41.33% No votes: Shall the measure establishing a one-cent sales tax providing approximately $1,700,000 annually until ended by voters; requiring financial audits, citizen's oversight, all funds for Wildomar, be adopted?
Measure BB Annexation Measure -- Desert Healthcare District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 44,063 / 80.60% Yes votes ...... 10,603 / 19.40% No votes: In order to expand access to healthcare providers and services and help connect residents to programs through community-based organizations across all of the Coachella Valley, shall there be an annexation to expand the Desert Healthcare District's service area to include all of the cities of Palm Desert and Indian Wells; the cities of La Quinta, Indio, Coachella; and unincorporated areas of Riverside County, including Bermuda Dunes, Mecca, Thermal, Oasis, North Short and Vista Santa Rosa?
Measure CC School District Bond -- San Bernardino Community College District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 109,569 / 63.18% Yes votes ...... 63,850 / 36.82% No votes: To upgrade classrooms, labs, Veterans Center, career counseling/job training facilities for science, engineering, nursing, industrial careers; improve student safety, access to affordable, high quality education; repair, construct/acquire classrooms, facilities, sites, equipment, shall San Bernardino Community College District's measure authorizing $470,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying 2.5 cents/$100 assessed value, $28,000,000 annually, while bonds are outstanding, be approved, with citizen oversight, all money staying local?

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