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- Measure P.
Genetic Contamination Prevention Ordinance
-- County of Humboldt
(Majority Approval Required)
 Pass:
22733 /
61.2% Yes votes ......
14426 /
38.8% No votes
- Shall the ordinance prohibiting the propagation, cultivation, raising or growing of genetically engineered organisms (also known as GMOs) in Humboldt County be adopted?
- Measure Q.
Sales Tax Extension
-- City of Eureka
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
4751 /
66.6% Yes votes ......
2382 /
33.4% No votes
- Shall the Eureka Municipal Code be amended to extend a one-half of one percent (0.50%) supplemental transaction and use tax to fund essential services such as police, fire medical response, street maintenance, environmental programs, zoo, parks and recreation with the following restrictions? The supplemental transaction and use tax will expire after five years, unless reauthorized by the voters. A citizen's oversight committee shall be established to conduct annual audits of all expenditures generated by the tax to ensure fiscal accountability and public participation.
- Measure R.
Minimum Wage Ordinance Initiative
-- City of Eureka
(Majority Approval Required)
 Fail:
2796 /
38.9% Yes votes ......
4389 /
61.1% No votes
- Shall an ordinance be adopted that (1) requires (a) payment of minimum wages in Eureka at $12.00 per hour for employers with 25 or more employees (including Welfare-to-Work Programs) with an annual increase, if any, based on the Consumer Price Index beginning the ninetieth (90th) day after certification; (b) City Attorney enforcement through fines, penalties, or civil actions; (c) City Council authority to amend the ordinance with regard to implementation or enforcement; and (d)voter approval of substantive changes to the ordinance; and (2) allows private enforcement through civil actions?
- Measure S.
Bond Issue
-- Eureka City School District
(55% Approval Required)
Pass:
6,112 /
55.8% Yes votes ......
4,843 /
44.2% No votes
- To upgrade every school site and help improve education by: upgrading career technical/job training classrooms; investing in technology/science labs; repairing aging classrooms; qualifying local schools for matching state funds; and constructing/acquiring facilities, classrooms, sites and equipment, shall Eureka City Schools issue $49.75 million in bonds at legal rates, requiring Independent Citizens' Oversight, and annual audits, with no money for administrators' salaries/pensions?
- Measure T.
Utility Users Tax
-- City of Blue Lake
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
171 /
53.6% Yes votes ......
148 /
46.4% No votes
- To help ensure that the City of Blue Lake has the funds necessary to support the quality of life its residents have come to expect through such essential services as adequate law enforcement, park and recreation programs, and the maintenance and repair of local streets and public facilities, among others, shall the City place a four percent (4%) Utility Users Tax (Resolution No. 1033) on all electricity and gas usage in the City, beginning March 1, 2015, and automatically terminating five years later?
- Measure U.
Sales Tax
-- City of Rio Dell
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
376 /
51.9% Yes votes ......
349 /
48.1% No votes
- Shall the City of Rio Dell increase the sales tax by 1%, for five years only, providing locally controlled funding that cannot be taken by the State?
- Measure V.
"Budget Stabilization" Sales Tax
-- City of Fortuna
(Majority Approval Required)
Fail:
1131 /
36.5% Yes votes ......
1966 /
63.5% No votes
- To offset state budget cuts and restore stability to Fortuna's city budget; maintain 9-1-1 emergency response services; restore cuts to police protection, gang/drug prevention, and road/sidewalk maintenance; support local businesses, the Fortuna Rodeo and AutoXpo; and maintain other essential general services, shall the City of Fortuna establish a one cent sales tax, requiring independent annual financial audits and public review, with all funds remaining in Fortuna?
- Measure W.
Bond Issue
-- Fortuna Elementary School District
(55% Approval Required)
Fail:
1602 /
44.6% Yes votes ......
1988 /
55.4% No votes
- To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; modernize classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; make health and safety improvements; replace outdated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems; repair or replace leaky roofs; and improve student access to computers and modern technology, shall the Fortuna Elementary School District issue $9,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and NO money used for administrative salaries?
- Measure X.
Bond Issue
-- Southern Humboldt Joint Unified School District
(55% Approval Required)
Pass:
1604 /
65.2% Yes votes ......
856 /
34.8% No votes
- To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; repair/replace leaky roofs; modernize outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; repair aging plumbing systems; improve student access to computers and modern technology; upgrade electrical systems; and make health/safety improvements; shall the Southern Humboldt Joint Unified School District issue $10,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and have NO money used for salaries, with all funds staying local?
- Measure Y.
Bond Issue
-- Jacoby Creek School District
(55% Approval Required)
Fail:
640 /
54.5% Yes votes ......
534 /
45.5% No votes
- To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; make health, safety and handicapped accessibility improvements; modernize, upgrade and renovate outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; improve student access to modern technology, and replace aging temporary portables with permanent classrooms; shall the Jacoby Creek School District issue $2,500,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and have NO money used for teacher or administrative salaries?
- Measure Z.
Sales Tax
-- County of Humboldt
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
20673 /
55.9% Yes votes ......
16279 /
44.1% No votes
- HUMBOLDT COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY/ESSENTIAL SERVICES MEASURE. To maintain/improve essential services, such as 24-hour sheriff's patrols; 9-1-1 emergency response; crime investigation/prosecution; drug/illegal marijuana growhouse enforcement/prevention; services for abused children/mentally ill; rural fire protection; road repairs; and other County services, shall County of Humboldt pursuant to County Ordinance No. 2517 enact a 1/2% sales tax, for five years, all revenue for the County, none for the State of California, with annual audits and public review?
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