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Santa Clara County, CA June 5, 2012 Election
Directory of Santa Clara County, CA Measures
County Results as of Jul 3 3:58pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (874/874)
38.8% Countywide Voter Turnout (292,713/755,117)

Measures
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Measure A. Operating Jails -- County of Santa Clara (County Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 199,301 / 77.59% Yes votes ...... 57,566 / 22.41% No votes
To provide the Board of Supervisors with flexibility in operating the County jails to ensure continued cost-savings and improvement of efficiencies, shall section 509 of the Charter of the County of Santa Clara be amended to read as follows:

On June 7, 1988, County voters approved Measure A adding section 509 to the County Charter to reduce the cost of operating the County jails. Pursuant to this section, the Board of Supervisors established the Department of Correction and appointed a Chief Officer (now known as the Chief of Correction) to operate the county jails and to carry out such other functions as the Board determines. This section also required the Board to ensure that an adequate number of law enforcement personnel were authorized to carry firearms to guard and transport prisoners. The Board has met this requirement by having the Department of Correction operate the jail in conjunction and cooperation with the Sheriff.

To continue to reduce the cost of operating the jails, to ensure that an adequate number of law enforcement personnel are authorized to carry firearms to guard and transport prisoners, and/or to provide flexibility to address changed circumstances, the Board may, by ordinance supported by a 4/5ths vote of the Board, convey jurisdiction over any or all jail operations to the Sheriff, to the Department of Correction, to any other department or agency that may lawfully exercise such jurisdiction, or to any of these entities jointly as the Board may determine.

Measure B. Pension Reform -- City of San Jose (City Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 95,716 / 69.02% Yes votes ...... 42,964 / 30.98% No votes
Shall the Charter be amended to modify retirement benefits of City employees and retirees by: increasing employees' contributions, establishing a voluntary reduced pension plan for current employees, establish pension cost and benefit limitations for new employees, modify disability retirement procedures, temporarily suspend retiree COLAs during emergencies, require voter approval for increases in future pension benefits?
Yes
No

Measure C. Bonds -- West Valley-Mission Community College District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 42,498 / 59.8% Yes votes ...... 28,522 / 40.2% No votes
   41,679 (59.89%) Yes / 27,916 (40.11%) No in Santa Clara County
   819 (57.47%) Yes / 606 (42.53%) No in Santa Cruz County
To provide affordable education at West Valley and Mission Colleges by updating academic facilities and technology to prepare students for 21st century jobs/transfer to universities, upgrading healthcare, public safety and job-training facilities, and aging buildings for earthquake safety, and acquiring, constructing, repairing and equipping sites, buildings, classrooms and facilities, shall West Valley-Mission Community College District issue $350,000,000 of bonds, at legal rates with citizens' oversight, no money for Sacramento, administrators' salaries or employee pensions?
Bonds - Yes
Bonds - No

Measure E. Bonds -- Milpitas Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 5,412 / 64.05% Yes votes ...... 3,037 / 35.95% No votes
To continue providing high quality education for local students by repairing and upgrading classrooms and science labs, updating learning technology, replacing leaky roofs, providing classrooms for growing student enrollment, upgrading fire/earthquake safety, maximizing energy efficiency, improving disabled access, and repairing, constructing, acquiring or equipping classrooms, sites and facilities, shall Milpitas Unified School District issue $95,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizen oversight, annual audits, no funds for administrator salaries and all funds staying in local schools?
Bonds - Yes
Bonds - No

Measure G. Bonds -- Mountain View Whisman School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 7,341 / 67.58% Yes votes ...... 3,522 / 32.42% No votes
To protect quality education in Mountain View, provide safe and modern classrooms, and make schools operate more efficiently, shall the Mountain View Whisman School District remove hazardous lead/asbestos materials, improve earthquake safety, upgrade fire alarms/security, replace outdated and inefficient plumbing/electrical/ heating/ventilation, update computers/technology, and upgrade, acquire, construct schools, sites, facilities and equipment by issuing $198 million in bonds at legal rates, with independent oversight and all funds spent on local elementary and middle schools?

Measure H. Bonds -- Cupertino Union School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 17,510 / 66.25% Yes votes ...... 8,922 / 33.75% No votes
To continue providing high quality education for local students by fixing leaky school roofs, upgrading earthquake/fire safety, removing potentially hazardous materials from old structures, keeping schools clean and well-maintained, updating science labs/educational technology, providing classrooms for student enrollment growth, and renovating, acquiring, constructing, equipping classrooms/sites/facilities, shall Cupertino Union School District issue $220,000,000 in bonds at legal rates with citizen oversight, annual audits, no funds for administrators' salaries, all funds staying in local schools?

 
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