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Monterey County, CA November 6, 2007 Election
Directory of Monterey County, CA Measures
County Results as of November 26 6:10pm
27.4% Countywide Voter Turnout (35,742/130,218)

Measures
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Measure E. Direct Election of Mayor -- City of Gonzales (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 389 / 81.21% Yes votes ...... 90 / 18.79% No votes
Shall the electors elect a mayor and for city councilmembers?

Measure F. Term of Office -- City of Gonzales (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 337 / 71.86% Yes votes ...... 132 / 28.14% No votes
Shall the term of office be two years?

Measure G. Term of Office -- City of Gonzales (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 167 / 35.99% Yes votes ...... 297 / 64.01% No votes
Shall the term of office be four years?

Measure H. Special Tax -- Spreckels Memorial District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 106 / 65.03% Yes votes ...... 57 / 34.97% No votes
Shall Resolution No. 07-1 providing for the imposition of a special tax of not more than $95 per parcel, per year, for a period not to exceed five years beginning fiscal year 2008/2009, for the purpose of maintaining, repairing and operating all of the District's property and facilities, including the Spreckels Memorial Park and Park Annex, be approved?

Measure I. Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,918 / 80.76% Yes votes ...... 695 / 19.24% No votes
Shall City Charter Article 7 be amended to delete an unenforceable residency provision, and create a requirement that anyone holding elective office be a resident and elector of Pacific Grove for at least thirty (30) days before the date of his or her election or appointment?

Measure J. Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,036 / 85.55% Yes votes ...... 513 / 14.45% No votes
Shall City Charter Article 9 be amended to require election results to be declared and elected officers installed at the Council's first regular meeting following certification of election results, and to require elected officers to file disclosure statements before they may be seated?

Measure K. Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,799 / 78.85% Yes votes ...... 751 / 21.15% No votes
Shall City Charter Article 11 be amended to establish how a vacancy in the office of Mayor shall be filled; provide that remaining Council Members shall appoint another Council Member to serve as Mayor for the remaining term; provide that the Mayor Pro Tempore shall become Mayor if the Council fails to fill the Mayoral vacancy; and provide that any resulting vacant Council seat shall be filled as provided by existing law in the Charter?

Measure L. Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,310 / 65.03% Yes votes ...... 1,242 / 34.97% No votes
Shall City Charter Article 13 be amended to allow the Council, by five (5) affirmative votes, to cancel one of the two regular meetings during a specific month?

Measure M. Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,372 / 69.28% Yes votes ...... 1,052 / 30.72% No votes
Shall City Charter Article 45 be amended to delete the requirement that the Charter and ordinances can be enforced only by misdemeanor prosecution with penalties up to $1,000 and/or one year imprisonment, and instead to allow enforcement of the Charter and ordinances by misdemeanor, infraction, civil, or administrative action, and allow penalties to be set by ordinance or by reference to the general laws of the State of California?

Measure N. Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,637 / 77.04% Yes votes ...... 786 / 22.96% No votes
Shall Article 46 be added to the City Charter to ensure remaining provisions of the Charter continue to have valid effect in the event any other provision of the Charter is held to be invalid or unenforceable?

Measure O. General Tax -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,829 / 48.11% Yes votes ...... 1,973 / 51.89% No votes
Shall the Ordinance which deletes, during the period starting on January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2013, the maximum annual business license tax limit of $3,000 set forth in Section 7.04.220 of the Pacific Grove Municipal Code, be adopted as a general tax so long as Measures __ and __ are also approved by a majority vote in this election?

Measure P. General Tax -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,632 / 42.61% Yes votes ...... 2,198 / 57.39% No votes
Shall the Ordinance which imposes, during the period starting on January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2013, a parcel tax of one-hundred and twenty dollars ($120) per parcel per year (but exempting qualified members of lower income households who own and occupy the property as their principal residence) be adopted as a general tax so long as Measures __ and __ are also approved by a majority vote in this election?

Measure Q. General Tax -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,812 / 47.48% Yes votes ...... 2,004 / 52.52% No votes
Shall the Ordinance which adds, during the period starting on January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2013, a one half percent (0.5%) sales tax to the existing sales tax pursuant to Chapter 6.08 of the Pacific Grove Municipal Code, be adopted as a general tax so long as Measures __ and __ are also approved by a majority vote in this election?

 
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