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- Measure U2012.
Sales Tax Increase to Fund Essential Services
-- City of Santa Maria
(Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
 Pass:
5302 /
63.91% Yes votes ......
2994 /
36.09% No votes
- To offset state budget cuts and maintain/restore essential services, such as: neighborhood police patrols/firefighter staffing; at-risk youth programs, gang/drug suppression and enforcement; improving 911 emergency medical response times; preventing floods through levee repair; and other vital city services, shall the City of Santa Maria enact a ¼-cent sales tax that can't be taken by the State, expiring in nine years, requiring taxpayer oversight, annual independent audits, with all funds used locally in Santa Maria?
- Measure V2012.
Funding for School Improvement
-- Buellton Union School District
(School Bonds - 55% Approval Required)
Pass:
746 /
55.22% Yes votes ......
605 /
44.78% No votes
- To improve the quality of education; improve student access to computers and modern technology; make energy-efficiency improvements including installing solar panels to reduce electrical and utility costs; build new classrooms; and upgrade school cafeterias to full service; shall the Buellton Union School District issue $3,200,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee to review all expenditures and ensure NO money is taken away by the state or used for administrative salaries?
- Measure W2012.
Secondary School Funding
-- Santa Barbara High School District
(Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
 Fail:
21330 /
64.34% Yes votes ......
11822 /
35.66% No votes
- To offset severe state budget cuts to our junior high and high schools;
enhance secondary math, science, technology and career education; protect music, arts, foreign language
and theater programs at the secondary level; and protect secondary class size, shall Santa Barbara Unified
School District be authorized to implement a $54 annual parcel tax for four years, with an available
exemption for senior citizens, with independent citizen oversight, without administrative salaries, and with
every dollar staying in our local schools?
- Measure X2012.
Elementary School Funding
-- Santa Barbara Elementary School District
(Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
Fail:
9498 /
65.01% Yes votes ......
5112 /
34.99% No votes
- To offset severe state budget cuts to our elementary schools; protect class
size; enhance elementary math, science and technology education; and offer classroom music and
performing arts programs at the elementary level, shall Santa Barbara Unified School District be authorized
to implement a $54 annual parcel tax for four years, with an available exemption for senior citizens, with
independent citizen oversight, without administrative salaries, and with every dollar staying in our local
elementary schools?
- Measure Y2012.
Bridge Construction to Enable Housing Development
-- City of Santa Barbara
(Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail:
5196 /
34.03% Yes votes ......
10071 /
65.97% No votes
- Shall the City Council allow the construction of a public road and bridge on undeveloped City parkland where a bridge is necessary for a housing development, commonly known as Veronica Meadows, and provides public access along Arroyo Burro Creek?
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