Kern County, CA Ballot

Proposition 1A Transportation Funding Protection
Pass: 5,607,554 / 76.9% Yes votes ...... 1,686,478 / 23.1% No votes: Should the California Constitution be amended to further protect the state sales tax revenues for transportation purposes from general-purpose use and require any funds borrowed to be repaid to the transportation fund?
Proposition 1B Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security
Pass: 4,475,784 / 61.2% Yes votes ...... 2,835,618 / 38.8% No votes: Should the state sell $19.9 billion in general obligation bonds to fund state and local transportation improvement projects to relieve congestion, improve movement of goods, improve air quality, and enhance safety and security of the transportation system?
Proposition 1C Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006
Pass: 4,197,435 / 57.4% Yes votes ...... 3,115,894 / 42.6% No votes: Should the state sell $2.9 billion in general obligation bonds to fund housing for lower-income residents and development in urban areas near public transportation?
Proposition 1D Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities
Pass: 4,143,502 / 56.5% Yes votes ...... 3,187,911 / 43.5% No votes: Should the state sell $10.4 billion in general obligation bonds to fund repair and upgrade of public schools, including kindergarten through grade 12, community colleges, and state universities?
Proposition 1E Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention
Pass: 4,638,636 / 64.0% Yes votes ...... 2,613,728 / 36.0% No votes: Should the state sell $4.1 billion in general obligation bonds to finance disaster preparedness and flood prevention projects at the state and local levels?
Proposition 83 Sex Offenders. Sexually Violent Predators. Punishment, Residence Restrictions and Monitoring
Pass: 5,200,908 / 70.5% Yes votes ...... 2,176,147 / 29.5% No votes: Should California amend existing laws relating to violent and habitual sex offenders and child molesters to increase penalties and monitoring?
Proposition 84 Water Quality, Safety and Supply. Flood Control. Natural Resource Protection. Park Improvements
Pass: 3,879,523 / 53.7% Yes votes ...... 3,351,357 / 46.3% No votes: Should the state issue $5.4 billion in bonds for a wide variety of projects related to water safety, rivers, beaches, levees, watersheds, and parks and forests?
Proposition 85 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 3,405,458 / 46.0% Yes votes ...... 4,000,442 / 54.0% 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?
Proposition 86 Tax on Cigarettes
Fail: 3,607,506 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 3,902,558 / 52.0% No votes: Should the state impose an additional tax of $2.60 per cigarette pack to fund new and expanded health services, health insurance for children, and expand tobacco use prevention programs?
Proposition 87 Alternative Energy. Research, Production, Incentives. Tax on California Oil Producers
Fail: 3,372,394 / 45.3% Yes votes ...... 4,079,106 / 54.7% No votes: Should California establish a $4 billion Clean Alternative Energy Program to reduce California's oil and gasoline consumption by 25 percent through incentives for alternative energy, education, and training?
Proposition 88 Education Funding. Real Property Parcel Tax
Fail: 1,687,614 / 23.1% Yes votes ...... 5,631,590 / 76.9% No votes: Should the California Constitution be amended to levy an annual $50 real property tax on most parcels with the funds allocated to five K-12 education programs?
Proposition 89 Political Campaigns. Public Financing. Corporate Tax Increase. Campaign Contribution and Expenditure Limits
Fail: 1,847,919 / 25.5% Yes votes ...... 5,394,826 / 74.5% No votes: Should eligible candidates for state elective offices receive public campaign funding that is supported by new taxes on corporations and financial institutions, and should contribution limits be imposed on those candidates that do not receive public campaign funding?
Proposition 90 Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property
Fail: 3,456,431 / 47.7% Yes votes ...... 3,790,344 / 52.3% No votes: Should the California Constitution be amended to require government to pay property owners for substantial economic losses resulting from some new laws and rules, and limit government authority to take ownership of private property?

Local Measures

Measure I 1/2 Cent Sales Tax Increase -- County of Kern (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 82299 / 56.44% Yes votes ...... 63519 / 43.56% No votes

To relieve congestion, improve traffic safety, and match federal and state transportation funding for (1) widening/improving State Routes 14, 46, 58, 99, 178, 202, 223 and 395; (2) fixing potholes, maintaining local roads and synchronizing signals, (3) improving high accident locations and routes to schools, (4) and improving senior/disabled transit; shall Ordinance 06-01 authorizing a half-cent retail sales tax for twenty years be approved, including an Independent Taxpayers Oversight Committee to ensure voter mandates are met?

Para aligerar la congesti�n, mejorar la seguridad de tr�nsito, e igualar los fondos de transportaci�n federales y estatales para (1) ampliar/mejorar las Rutas Estatales 14, 46, 58, 99,178, 202, 223 y 395; (2) reparar los baches, mantener los caminos locales y sincronizar los sem�foros, (3) mejorar los lugares de muchos accidentes y rutas a las escuelas, (4) y mejorar el transporte para personas de tercera edad/minusv�lidos; � deber� la Ordenanza 06-01 autorizando el impuesto de venta al por menor de medio centavo por veinte a�os ser aprobada, incluyendo un Comit� Independiente de Contribuy entes para la Supervisi�n para asegurar que los mandatos de los votantes se satisfagan?

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