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March 2, 2004 Election

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County Results as of Mar 23 5:03pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (1096/1096)
46.6% Countywide Voter Turnout (316,715/679,145)

Statewide Results as of Mar 26 4:14pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (21830/21830)
43.6% Statewide Voter Turnout (6,585,111/15,091,160)

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    President

    President of the United States; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John F. Kerry, Democratic
      1,975,043 votes 64.4%
    • John Edwards, Democratic
      606,224 votes 19.8%
    • Dennis J. Kucinich, Democratic
      143,162 votes 4.7%
    • Howard Dean, Democratic
      129,063 votes 4.3%
    • Al Sharpton, Democratic
      58,454 votes 2%
    • Joe Lieberman, Democratic (Withdrawn)
      52,078 votes 1.6%
    • Wesley Clark, Democratic (Withdrawn)
      50,455 votes 1.6%
    • Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic (Withdrawn)
      24,087 votes .7%
    • Dick Gephardt, Democratic (Withdrawn)
      21,613 votes .7%
    • Lyndon Larouche, Democratic
      7,846 votes .2%
    • Katarina Dunmar, Democratic (Write-in)
    • Fern Penna, Democratic (Write-in)
    • James Alexander-Pace, Democratic (Write-in)
    • David Giacomuzzi, Democratic (Write-in)
    • John Nigro, Jr., Democratic (Write-in)

    President of the United States; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • George W. Bush, Republican
      2,184,828 votes 100%
    • Richard P. Bosa, Republican (Write-in)
    • Nancy Warrick, Republican (Write-in)
    • Blake Ashby, Republican (Write-in)
    • Doc Castellano, Republican (Write-in)
    • Bradley J. Barton, Republican (Write-in)
    • Bill Wyatt, Republican (Write-in)
    • Richard Allen Holtz, Republican (Write-in)

    President of the United States; American Independent PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Michael A. Peroutka, American Independent
      25,950 votes 100%

    President of the United States; Green PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Peter Miguel Camejo, Green
      33,255 votes 75.9%
    • David Cobb, Green
      5,002 votes 11.5%
    • Lorna Salzman, Green
      4,680 votes 10.6%
    • Kent Mesplay, Green
      883 votes 2%

    President of the United States; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Gary Nolan, Libertarian
      11,677 votes 59.3%
    • Aaron Russo, Libertarian
      4,761 votes 24.2%
    • Michael Badnarik, Libertarian
      3,266 votes 16.5%

    President of the United States; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Leonard Peltier, Peace and Freedom
      2,767 votes 59.2%
    • Walter F. "Walt" Brown, Peace and Freedom
      1,914 votes 40.8%
    • Israel Feuer, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
    • Mumia Abu-Jamal, Peace and Freedom

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for President of the United States)

    US Senate

    United States Senator; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Barbara Boxer, Democratic
      2,532,621 votes 100%

    United States Senator; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bill Jones, Republican
      1,002,875 votes 44.9%
    • Rosario Marin, Republican
      448,756 votes 20.1%
    • Howard Kaloogian, Republican
      248,443 votes 11.2%
    • Toni Casey, Republican
      139,835 votes 6.3%
    • Tim Stoen, Republican
      123,182 votes 5.5%
    • James Stewart, Republican
      77,111 votes 3.4%
    • Barry L. Hatch, Republican
      70,307 votes 3.1%
    • John M. Van Zandt, Republican
      56,143 votes 2.5%
    • Danney Ball, Republican
      37,059 votes 1.6%
    • Bill Quraishi, Republican
      32,022 votes 1.4%
    • Louis E. Longoria, Republican (Write-in)

    United States Senator; American Independent PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
      31,277 votes 100%

    United States Senator; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Senator; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Senator)

    US House

    United States Representative; District 9; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Barbara Lee, Democratic
      105,211 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 9; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Claudia Bermudez, Republican
      11,813 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 9; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jim Eyer, Libertarian
      410 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 9)

    United States Representative; District 10; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ellen O. Tauscher, Democratic
      74,811 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 10; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jeff Ketelson, Republican
      45,032 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 10)

    United States Representative; District 11; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Representative; District 11; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Richard Pombo, Republican
      64,469 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 11)

    United States Representative; District 13; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    United States Representative; District 13; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • George I. Bruno, Republican
      19,606 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 13; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 13)

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 9; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Senator; District 9; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Senator; District 9; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Peter Von Pinnon, Libertarian
      545 votes 100%

    State Senator; District 9; Peace and Freedom PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 9)

    State Assembly

    Member of the State Assembly; District 14; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Loni Hancock, Democratic
      70,394 votes 100%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 14; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Lance Montauk, Republican
      15,225 votes 100%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 14; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 14)

    Member of the State Assembly; District 15; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Elaine D. Shaw, Democratic
      39,400 votes 100%

    Member of the State Assembly; District 15; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Guy S. Houston, Republican
      48,088 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 15)

    Member of the State Assembly; District 16; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member of the State Assembly; District 16; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jerald Udinsky, Republican
      7,523 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 16)

    Member of the State Assembly; District 18; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Johan Klehs, Democratic
      39,025 votes 100%
    • Lou Filipovich, Democratic (Write-in)

    Member of the State Assembly; District 18; Libertarian PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    (Only Democratic and Libertarian party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 18)

    Member of the State Assembly; District 20; Democratic PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member of the State Assembly; District 20; Republican PartyClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Cliff Williams, Republican
      14,587 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member of the State Assembly; District 20)

    Party Committee

    Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 18Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (11 Elected)

    • Don J. Grundmann, American Independent

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 14Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 16Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 18Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Assembly District 20Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (6 Elected)

    Member, Green Party County Council; County of AlamedaClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (11 Elected)

    • Suzanne Baker, Green
      2,951 votes 10.3%
    • Bobbi Marsh, Green
      2,678 votes 9.4%
    • Patti Marsh, Green
      2,411 votes 8.4%
    • Kate Tanaka, Green
      2,405 votes 8.4%
    • John Morton, Green
      2,380 votes 8.3%
    • Budd Dickinson, Green
      2,359 votes 8.3%
    • Victoria Ashley, Green
      2,224 votes 7.8%
    • Robin Oetinger, Green
      2,178 votes 7.6%
    • Greg Jan, Green
      1,847 votes 6.5%
    • Tahan K. Jones, Green
      1,846 votes 6.5%
    • Robert Fox, Green
      1,730 votes 6.1%
    • Laura Wells, Green
      1,694 votes 5.9%
    • Janet Arnold, Green
      1,481 votes 5.2%
    • (2 Writein Votes 0.0%)

    Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Ronald J. Colfer, Libertarian
      153 votes 94.4%
    • (1 Writein Votes 0.6%)

    Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (5 Elected)

    • Jim Eyer, Libertarian
      205 votes 49.0%
    • Peter Von Pinnon, Libertarian
      172 votes 41.1%
    • (3 Writein Votes 0.7%)

    Member, Peace and Freedom Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)

    • Dave Kadlecek, Peace and Freedom
      39 votes 61.9%
    • (2 Writein Votes 3.2%)

    Member, Peace and Freedom Party County Central Committee; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (10 Elected)

    • Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
      178 votes 11.6%
    • Tom Condit, Peace and Freedom
      159 votes 10.4%
    • Gerald Sanders, Peace and Freedom
      156 votes 10.2%
    • Eleanor Walden, Peace and Freedom
      150 votes 9.8%
    • Stan Woods, Peace and Freedom
      145 votes 9.5%
    • Robert J. Evans, Peace and Freedom
      145 votes 9.5%
    • Jon Crowder, Peace and Freedom
      143 votes 9.4%
    • Ron Hoffman, Peace and Freedom
      135 votes 8.8%
    • John Comly, Peace and Freedom
      129 votes 8.4%
    • Norma J.F. Harrison, Peace and Freedom
      116 votes 7.6%
    • John Albert Dragstedt, Peace and Freedom (Write-In)
    • Antonio M. Salas, Peace and Freedom (Write-In)
    • (1 Writein Votes 0.1%)

    School

    Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member; Alameda County Board of Education; Trustee Area 6Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    School Director; Oakland Unified School District; District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Kerry Hamill
      13,797 votes 99.1%
    • (129 Writein Votes 0.9%)

    School Director; Oakland Unified School District; District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Gregory Hodge
      7,883 votes 98.9%
    • (85 Writein Votes 1.1%)

    School Director; Oakland Unified School District; District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Noel Gallo
      4,805 votes 99.3%
    • (33 Writein Votes 0.7%)

    School Director; Oakland Unified School District; District 7Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Alice Adrienne Spearman
      4,210 votes 56.3%
    • Bob Jackson (Withdrawn)
      3,239 votes 43.3%
    • (23 Writein Votes 0.3%)

    County

    Supervisor; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Scott Patrick Haggerty
      48,462 votes 99.3%
    • (350 Writein Votes 0.7%)

    Supervisor; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Nate Miley
      44,416 votes 98.7%
    • Donald P. Wang (Write-In)
    • (598 Writein Votes 1.3%)

    Supervisor; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    City

    Council Member; City of HaywardClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (4 Elected)

    Council Member At Large; City of OaklandClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Council Member; City of Oakland; Council District 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Jane Brunner
      15,123 votes 98.8%
    • (181 Writein Votes 1.2%)

    Council Member; City of Oakland; Council District 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Council Member; City of Oakland; Council District 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ignacio De La Fuente
      4,703 votes 95.2%
    • Beverly Blythe (Write-In)
    • (235 Writein Votes 4.8%)

    Council Member; City of Oakland; Council District 7Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Larry E. Reid
      5,487 votes 68.2%
    • Jason Hodge (Withdrawn)
      1,624 votes 20.2%
    • Michael B. Hudson
      916 votes 11.4%
    • (19 Writein Votes 0.2%)

    City Attorney; City of OaklandClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • John Russo
      62,899 votes 99.1%
    • (582 Writein Votes 0.9%)

    Council Member; City of PiedmontClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Nancy F. McEnroe
      3,265 votes 51.0%
    • Dean Barbieri
      3,088 votes 48.3%
    • (44 Writein Votes 0.7%)

    Special District

    Member, Board of Directors; Union Sanitary District; Ward 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Member, Board of Directors; Union Sanitary District; Ward 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    State Propositions

    Proposition 55 Kindergarten -University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004
    3,181,725 / 50.8% Yes votes ...... 3,076,099 / 49.2% No votes
    Should the state sell twelve billion three hundred million dollars ($12,300,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?

    Proposition 56 State Budget, Related Taxes, Reserve, Voting Requirements, Penalties
    2,151,359 / 34.3% Yes votes ...... 4,113,036 / 65.7% No votes
    Should the State Constitution and certain statutes be amended to allow the state legislature to pass the state budget and budget-related tax and appropriation bills with a 55 percent vote, and to make other changes to the budget process?

    Proposition 57 The Economic Recovery Bond Act
    3,991,044 / 63.3% Yes votes ...... 2,312,254 / 36.7% No votes
    Should the state of California borrow 15 billion dollars ($15,000,000,000) through the sale of bonds to provide financing for California's budget deficit?

    Proposition 58 The California Balanced Budget Act
    4,461,157 / 71.1% Yes votes ...... 1,813,507 / 28.9% No votes
    Should the state Constitution be amended to require that the state adopt a balanced budget and provide for mid-year adjustments if the budget falls out of balance? Should the Constitution also include state budget reserve requirements and limits on future borrowing to finance budget deficits?

    Local Measures

    Measure 2 Regional Traffic Relief Plan -- County of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano (Regional Measure - Majority Vote)
    631,304 / 58.5% Yes votes ...... 448,771 / 41.5% No votes
       178,464 (59.55%) Yes / 121,206 (40.45%) No in Santa Clara County
       164,497 (55.6%) Yes / 131,098 (44.4%) No in Alameda County
       121,167 (51.4%) Yes / 114,766 (48.6%) No in Contra Costa County
       51285 (64.29%) Yes / 28487 (35.71%) No in Marin County
       115,891 (68.53%) Yes / 53,214 (31.47%) No in San Francisco County
       Yes / No in Solano County
    Shall voters authorize a Regional Traffic Relief Plan that does the following:

    (1) Directs revenues generated through the collection of bridge tolls to provide the following projects:
    (A) Expand and extend BART.
    (B) New transbay commuter rail crossing south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
    (C) Comprehensive Regional Express bus network.
    (D) New expanded ferry service.
    (E) Better connections between BART, buses, ferries, and rail.

    (2) Approves a one dollar ($1) toll increase effective July 1, 2004, on all toll bridges in the bay area, except the Golden Gate Bridge?

    Measure A Medical Sales Tax -- Alameda County (2/3rds Approval Required)
    214,449 / 71.1% Yes votes ...... 87,315 / 28.9% No votes
    To provide and maintain trauma and emergency medical services throughout Alameda County and to provide primary, preventative and mental health services to indigent, low income and uninsured children, families and seniors, to retain qualified nurses and health care professionals and to prevent closure of county clinics and the Alameda County Medical Center, shall Alameda County implement a half-cent transaction and use tax, with an annual fiscal oversight and review?

    Measure B Bonds -- Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (55% Approval Required)
    65,195 / 59.0% Yes votes ...... 45,398 / 41.0% No votes
       65,155 (59.0%) Yes / 45,364 (41.0%) No in Alameda County
       40 (54.1%) Yes / 34 (45.9%) No in Contra Costa County
    To prepare students for jobs/four-year colleges, improve safety, accommodate increasing enrollment at Chabot and Las Positas Colleges by: repairing leaky roofs; upgrading fire safety, campus security, plumbing/ventilation systems and electrical wiring for computer technology; removing asbestos; upgrading nursing/paramedics/job training classrooms; repairing, constructing, acquiring, equipping classrooms, labs, sites and facilities; shall Chabot-Las Positas Community College District issue $498,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with guaranteed annual audits, citizen oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

    Measure C Bonds -- Alameda Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
    13,809 / 71.9% Yes votes ...... 5,396 / 28.1% No votes
    To renovate aging neighborhood schools, improve student safety conditions, relieve classroom overcrowding, construct, equip, upgrade classrooms, facilities and sites, and qualify for over $17 million in State matching funds, shall the Alameda City Unified School District issue $63 million of bonds at legal rates, with annual audits and citizen oversight, with no proceeds going to the State and all funds remaining in Alameda to benefit neighborhood schools without increasing existing tax rates?

    Measure D Parcel Tax -- Dublin Joint Unified School District (2/3rds Approval Required)
    3,673 / 56.5% Yes votes ...... 2,823 / 43.5% No votes
    To maintain existing school programs and improve the quality of education for a growing population; to reduce class sizes and expand the availability of after-school classes and libraries; and to upgrade technology infrastructure and expand student access to computers, shall the Dublin Unified School District levy an annual tax of $180 per parcel for seven years, increasing annually at 2%, with an exemption for parcels owned and occupied by persons 65 years of age and over?

    Measure E Parcel Tax Increase -- Oakland Unified School District (2/3rds Approval Required)
    60,079 / 74.5% Yes votes ...... 20,578 / 25.5% No votes
    To attract and retain qualified credentialed teachers, to maintain elective courses for students needing to qualify for college admission, to purchase textbooks and materials, to maintain libraries, music and arts programs, to maintain reduced class sizes, to continue after school academic programs, shall Oakland Unified School District be authorized to increase the existing $123 per year parcel tax by $6 per month to $195 annually for a period of 5 years with no money used for administrative costs?

    Measure H Runoff Elections Charter Amendment -- City of Berkeley (Charter amendment - Majority approval required)
    17,792 / 55.0% Yes votes ...... 14,581 / 45.0% No votes
    Shall the Charter of the City of Berkeley be amended to require a runoff election for the offices of mayor, auditor, and councilmember only if the leading candidate for such office receives less than 40% of the votes; and delay the runoff to the following February, with the successful candidate assuming office in March?

    Measure I Election Consolidation Charter Amendment -- City of Berkeley (Charter amendment - Majority approval required)
    23,660 / 72.2% Yes votes ...... 9,088 / 27.8% No votes
    Shall the Charter of the City of Berkeley be amended to authorize the city council to adopt an instant runoff election system upon finding that acceptable voting systems and equipment make it technically feasible, consolidation of City election with County elections will remain feasible and the City will not incur additional election costs?

    Measure J Election Nominations/Filing Charter Amendment -- City of Berkeley (Charter amendment - Majority approval required)
    19,341 / 62.5% Yes votes ...... 11,608 / 37.5% No votes
    Shall the Charter of the City of Berkeley be amended to require that candidates for council office be nominated by voters registered in the applicable council district and that candidates for the office of mayor, councilmember, auditor, rent stabilization board commissioner and school board director pay a filing fee of $150 which may be offset, in whole or in part, for each dollar of fee, by submission of the signatures of city registered voters?

    Measure K Public Safety Services Tax Continuation -- City of Union City (2/3 Approval Required)
    6,559 / 68.9% Yes votes ...... 2,959 / 31.1% No votes
    Shall a Public Safety Services Tax, to "expire" in five years, be approved to fund continued police and fire protection services in Union City?

    Measure L Bonds -- San Joaquin Delta Community College District
    58,484 / 56.8% Yes votes ...... 44,408 / 43.2% No votes
       55445 (57.7%) Yes / 40713 (42.3%) No in San Joaquin County
       30 (53.6%) Yes / 26 (46.4%) No in Alameda County
       3,009 (45.1%) Yes / 3,669 (54.9%) No in Sacramento County
    To prepare students for jobs/transfer to four year colleges, repair buildings, improve safety, accommodate growing enrollment by repairing leaky roofs, decaying walls, electrical wiring; improving fire safety; removing asbestos; expanding/establishing Stockton, Manteca, Tracy, Lodi/Galt, Foothill Area campuses/education centers; upgrading, acquiring, constructing, equipping buildings, sites, classrooms; shall San Joaquin Delta Community College District issue $250,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with citizen oversight, guaranteed annual audits and no money for administrators' salaries?

    Measure O Utility User's Tax Municipal Code Amendment -- City of Oakland (Majority Approval Required)
    43,450 / 61.2% Yes votes ...... 27,492 / 38.8% No votes
    Shall the Oakland Municipal Code be amended to require wireless telephonic service providers to change the methodology of computing the current City of Oakland Utility User's Tax ("UUT") to be consistent with the Federal Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act of 2000?

    Measure P City Elections Charter Amendment -- City of Oakland (Majority Approval Required)
    54,604 / 69.7% Yes votes ...... 23,705 / 30.3% No votes
    Shall the City Charter be amended to retain the Mayor-Council form of government ("Strong Mayor") and elected City Attorney and provide (1) that no person may be elected Mayor for more than two consecutive terms; (2) Mayor must annually hold four public meetings; (3) that Council make appointments to boards and commissions when vacancies are unfilled; (4) limitations and voter-approval requirements for Councilmember salary increases; and (5) formula setting City Attorney and Auditor salary increases?

    Measure Q Library Parcel Tax Extension -- City of Oakland (2/3 Approval Required)
    62,253 / 77.2% Yes votes ...... 18,437 / 22.8% No votes
    For the purpose of: (1) maintaining and expanding neighborhood branch library services, days, and hours; (2) maintaining after school homework and tutoring programs; (3) maintaining literacy and children's programs; (4) increasing librarian services to schools; (5) increasing computer and technology access and (6) acquiring new books and materials; shall the City of Oakland extend and increase the existing library parcel tax, subject to independent audits and citizen's oversight commission?

    Measure R Special Parcel Tax -- City of Oakland (2/3rds Approval Required)
    51,581 / 65.9% Yes votes ...... 26,743 / 34.1% No votes
    For the purpose of providing: (1) job training and employment opportunities for young adults; (2) counseling and mentoring for at-risk youth; (3) after-school, parent involvement, and violence prevention programs in schools; (4) early childhood intervention for children exposed to violence in the home; and (5) community-based policing programs; shall the City of Oakland authorize a special parcel tax, subject to audit by a citizen's oversight committee?

    Measure S Municipal Services Tax City Code Amendment -- City of Piedmont (2/3rds Approval Required)
    2,935 / 61.7% Yes votes ...... 1,822 / 38.3% No votes
    Shall Chapter 20B of the Piedmont City Code be amended in its entirety to provide for a Basic Municipal Services Tax as more specifically set forth in Ord. 644 N.S. which is on file with the Piedmont City Clerk?

    Measure T Service Level Tax City Code Amendment -- City of Piedmont (2/3rds Approval Required)
    2,842 / 59.8% Yes votes ...... 1,908 / 40.2% No votes
    Shall Chapter 20F be added to the Piedmont City Code to provide for a Preserve Piedmont Service Level Tax as more specifically set forth in Ord. 645 N.S., which is on file with the Piedmont City Clerk?


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