Combined ballot

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Council Member; City of San Clemente

• Steven C. Knoblock
  5581 votes 33.3%
• Sally Benedict Jeisy
  4209 votes 25.1%
• Mary McMenamin
  2668 votes 15.9%
• David Matthew Duncan
  2520 votes 15.0%
• Phillip Hoskins
  1072 votes 6.4%
• Norm Walker
  705 votes 4.2%

Proposition 73 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 3,610,475 / 47.3% Yes votes ...... 4,023,840 / 52.7% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to require notification of the parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated, pregnant minor at least 48 hours before performing an abortion on the minor?

Proposition 74 Public School Teachers. Waiting Period for Permanent Status. Dismissal
Fail: 3,450,331 / 44.9% Yes votes ...... 4,241,972 / 55.1% No votes

Should the probationary period for public school teachers be increased from two to five years, and should the process by which school boards can dismiss a permanent certificated employee be modified?

Proposition 75 Public Employee Union Dues. Restrictions on Political Contributions. Employee Consent Requirement
Fail: 3,575,521 / 46.5% Yes votes ...... 4,106,481 / 53.5% No votes

Should public employee unions be required to obtain annual written consent from each member in order to use a portion of that member's dues for political activity?

Proposition 76 State Spending and School Funding Limits
Fail: 2,898,836 / 37.8% Yes votes ...... 4,775,219 / 62.2% No votes

Should Californians make major Constitutional changes to create an additional state spending limit, grant the governor substantial new power to unilaterally reduce state spending, and revise key provisions relating to Proposition 98, school and community college funding, and transportation funding authorized by Proposition 42?

Proposition 77 Redistricting. Initiative Constitutional Amendment
Fail: 3,073,346 / 40.3% Yes votes ...... 4,548,276 / 59.7% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to change the process of redistricting California's State Senate, State Assembly, Congressional and Board of Equalization districts, transferring the implementation of redistricting from the Legislature to a panel of three retired judges, selected by legislative leaders?

Proposition 78 Discounts on Prescription Drugs
Fail: 3,137,858 / 41.5% Yes votes ...... 4,421,298 / 58.5% No votes

Should the state adopt a new state drug discount program to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for Californians at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level?

Proposition 79 Prescription Drug Discounts. State-Negotiated Rebates
Fail: 2,940,106 / 39.3% Yes votes ...... 4,541,256 / 60.7% No votes

Should the state of California create a new prescription drug discount program for residents at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level, and change state law to make it illegal to engage in profiteering from the sale of prescription drugs?

Proposition 80 Electric Service Providers. Regulation
Fail: 2,532,094 / 34.4% Yes votes ...... 4,825,010 / 65.6% No votes

Should the state expand its regulation of the electric industry?

Measure B Orange County Public Safety Sales Tax Eligibility Ordinance -- County of Orange (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 204125 / 34.4% Yes votes ...... 388694 / 65.6% No votes

Shall the ordinance requiring that the County's Proposition 172 sales tax revenues be allocated by the County only to eligible public safety services, defined as public safety services provided by the County of Orange, specifically the County Probation Department, including its juvenile hall detention facilities and its adult and juvenile offenders' monitoring programs; the County Sheriff-Coroner, including its adult correctional facilities, investigative divisions, specialized patrol functions and coroner investigation teams; the County District Attorney, including its prosecution and investigative units, and County lifeguards, be adopted?

Measure C Orange County Homeland Security Infrastructure Fund Ordinance -- County of Orange (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 161530 / 27.7% Yes votes ...... 422195 / 72.3% No votes

Shall the ordinance shifting a portion of the County's Proposition 172 sales tax revenues from the County Sheriff-Coroner and District Attorney to the Orange County Homeland Security Infrastructure Fund and establishing the Homeland Security Infrastructure Oversight Committee, as described herein: commencing in fiscal year 2006-2007, $10 million would be allocated to the Homeland Security Infrastructure Fund ("Homeland Security Fund"); in fiscal year 2009- 2010 and every fiscal year thereafter, the County's $10 million allocation to the Homeland Security Fund will increase or decrease by the same percentage as the prior fiscal year's increase or decrease in the amount of Proposition 172 sales tax revenues the County receives that is not allocated to cities ("County's Share"); this ordinance would create the Homeland Security Infrastructure Fund Oversight Committee, consisting of the County Sheriff, County District Attorney, Board of Supervisor's Chairman, Orange County Fire Chiefs' Association President and Orange County Police Chiefs' and Sheriffs' Association President; the Oversight Committee will submit to the County an annual recommendation for allocation of the Homeland Security Fund to public safety service providers authorized by California law to receive those funds; the remainder of the County's Proposition 172 funds may be allocated by the County to eligible public safety services as defined by the ordinance to mean those provided by the County of Orange, specifically the County Probation Department, including its juvenile hall detention facilities and its adult and juvenile offenders' monitoring programs; the County Sheriff-Coroner, including its adult correctional facilities, investigative divisions, specialized patrol functions and coroner investigation teams; the County District Attorney, including its prosecution and investigative units, and County lifeguards, be adopted?

Measure D Initiative Reallocating a Portion of County's Proposition 172 Funds from the County Sheriff-Coroner and District Attorney to the Orange County Fire Authority -- County of Orange (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 160711 / 27.0% Yes votes ...... 433868 / 73.0% No votes

Shall the ordinance shifting a portion of the County's Proposition 172 sales tax revenues from the County Sheriff-Coroner and District Attorney to the Orange County Fire Authority ("OCFA"), a joint powers agency serving 43% of the County's population in 22 of 34 cities and unincorporated territory, utilizing the following formula: the amount of Proposition 172 sales tax revenues the County receives that is not allocated to cities ("County's Share") in fiscal year 2004-2005 ("Base Year Amount") would be subtracted from the County's Share, beginning with the 2005-2006 fiscal year; if the resulting figure is a positive number, 50% of that amount would be allocated to OCFA, and 50% plus the Base Year Amount would be allocated to the County for allocation to public safety providers as provided by California law; however, for any year that the Base Year Amount is greater than the County's Share, OCFA would not be entitled to receive any of the County Share; the allocation formula would change once the amount paid to OCFA in any fiscal year equals 10% of the County's Share; thereafter, 10% of the County's Share would be allocated to OCFA, and 90% would be available for allocation by the County to public safety providers as provided by California law, be adopted?

Measure E Ordinance to Reallocate Public Safety Sales Tax Funds to the Operation of Juvenile Detention Facilities and Monitoring of Juvenile Offenders and Adult Criminals on Probation by the Orange County Probation Department -- County of Orange (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 183130 / 31.4% Yes votes ...... 399250 / 68.6% No votes

Shall the ordinance shifting a portion of the County's Proposition 172 sales tax revenues from the County Sheriff-Coroner and District Attorney to the County Probation Department, utilizing the following formula: commencing with the 2005-2006 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, 5% of the County's share of Proposition 172 sales tax revenues during each such fiscal year will be allocated to the Probation Department and the remaining 95% would be available for allocation by the County to public safety service providers authorized by California law to receive those funds, be adopted?

Measure F School Repair and Construction Bond of 2005 -- Newport-Mesa Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 26123 / 56.1% Yes votes ...... 20401 / 43.9% No votes

Measure G Utility Users Tax -- City of La Habra (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 5147 / 47.4% Yes votes ...... 5701 / 52.6% No votes