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- Measure E.
Protect and Maintain Essential City Services
-- City of Fortuna
(Sales Tax - Majority Approval Required)
 Pass:
2,707 /
58.38% Yes votes ......
1,930 /
41.62% No votes
- To protect and maintain essential City services, including increasing and restoring police officers and programs, repairing aging/deteriorating streets and potholes, parks maintenance, and programs for youth and seniors, shall the City of Fortuna establish a ¾ cent sales tax, sun-setting in 8 years providing approximately $1,200,000 annually, requiring independent annual financial audits and a Community Oversight Committee, with all funds remaining in Fortuna?
- Measure F.
Extension of Utility Users Tax
-- City of Arcata
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
3,953 /
51.73% Yes votes ......
3,688 /
48.27% No votes
- Shall the City of Arcata continue to impose a three percent (3%) utility users tax (Resolution No. 156-63) on the ordinary use of utility services in the City, including gas, electric, water, wastewater, and communications services, and automatically terminating in eight years, separate from and without impacting the City's excessive electricity users tax?
- Measure G.
Transaction and Use Tax Continuation
-- City of Trinidad
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
124 /
62.63% Yes votes ......
74 /
37.37% No votes
- Shall a ¾ cent transaction and use tax be continued in the City of Trinidad for four years, starting on April 1,2017
- Measure H.
Renewed and Continued Support of Academic Excellence
-- Arcata School District
(Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
Pass:
5,212 /
79.69% Yes votes ......
1,328 /
20.31% No votes
- To renew and continue to support academic excellence, provide stable funding the State cannot take away; maintain/expand art, music and dance programs; reduce class sizes; fund school nurse programs to maintain/promote good health; and provide funds for necessary staffing; shall Arcata Elementary School District be authorized to levy $59 per parcel annually for eight years, have no funds for administrators' salaries, provide exemptions including senior citizens' exemption and have all funds stay local?
- Measure I.
Improvement of Quality of Education
-- Arcata School District
(Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
Pass:
4,795 /
74.78% Yes votes ......
1,617 /
25.22% No votes
- To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; replace outdated and energy-inefficient heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems; improve playgrounds and playfields for school and community use; make health and safety Improvements; and modernize classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; shall Arcata Elementary School District issue $3,400,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, with independent citizens' oversight, annual audits and NO money used for teacher or administrator salaries?
- Measure J.
Shasta College Job Training/Veteran Support Measure
-- Shasta - Tehama - Trinity Joint Community College District
(Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass:
55,176 /
55.8% Yes votes ......
43,623 /
44.2% No votes
42279
(55.67%) Yes / 33666 (44.33%) No in Shasta County
15
(60.00%) Yes / 10 (40.00%) No in Humboldt County
12,882
(56.43%) Yes / 9,947 (43.57%) No in Tehama County
- To improve
college classrooms and facilities providing education and job training opportunities for students,
local residents/ veterans, renovate and expand science, technology, engineering and math labs,
training facilities and programs for fire, law enforcement, emergency medical, welding,
manufacturing/automotive jobs, upgrade electrical systems, acquire, construct/repair classrooms,
facilities, sites/equipment, shall Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District issue
$139,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, requiring citizens' oversight, independent audits, all funds used
locally?
- Measure K.
Improvement of Quality of Education
-- Jacoby Creek School District
(Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
Pass:
960 /
58.15% Yes votes ......
691 /
41.85% 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/renovate and construct classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; replace aging temporary portables with permanent classrooms; and improve student access to modern technology, shall the Jacoby Creek Charter School District issue $2,700,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens oversight committee and have NO money used for teacher or
administrative salaries?
- Measure L.
Protection of Quality of Education
-- Ferndale Unified School District
(Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
 Fail:
683 /
46.21% Yes votes ......
795 /
53.79% No votes
- To protect the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; repair or replace leaky roofs; improve student access to computers and modem technology; replace aging plumbing systems; modernize/renovate outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; and make health, safety, and handicapped accessibility improvements; shall the Ferndale Unified School District issue $4,800,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and have NO money used for administrative salaries?
- Measure M.
Improvement of Quality of Education
-- Mattole Unified School District
(Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
Pass:
223 /
77.16% Yes votes ......
66 /
22.84% No votes
- To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the State; modernize, construct, and/or renovate classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; replace temporary portables with permanent classrooms; increase student access to computers and modern technology; and improve P.E. fields and facilities for school and community use; shall the Mattole Unified School District issue $2,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have annual audits, independent citizens' oversight, and have NO money used for administrative salaries?
- Measure N.
Improvement of Quality of Education
-- South Bay Union School District
(Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
Pass:
1,613 /
57.26% Yes votes ......
1,204 /
42.74% No votes
- To improve the quality of education at local elementary schools with funding that cannot be taken by the state; repair or replace leaky roofs; improve student access to modem technology; install solar to reduce utility costs; and modernize or construct classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; shall the South Bay Union School District issue $4,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and have NO money used for administrative or teacher salaries?
- Measure O.
Amendment to the Low Income Housing Unit Limit
-- City of Eureka
(City Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
5,577 /
57.85% Yes votes ......
4,063 /
42.15% No votes
- Shall the 250 limit on dwelling units for living accommodations for low income persons and families and for the blind, elderly and disabled to be developed, constructed or acquired by public bodies within the City of Eureka be amended to provide that the number of low income rental units authorized shall be limited in any year to three percent (3%) of the total number of housing units existing in the City of Eureka during that year?
- Measure P.
Change Council Elections to "True Ward" System?
-- City of Eureka
(City Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
5,625 /
57.60% Yes votes ......
4,140 /
42.40% No votes
- Shall Section 201 of the Charter of the City of Eureka be amended to allow voters to elect a City Councilmember to represent them from the ward in which the residents are registered to vote?
- Measure Q.
Consolidation of Offices
-- Humboldt County
(Majority Approval Required)
Fail:
23,907 /
46.24% Yes votes ......
27,793 /
53.76% No votes
- Shall the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors establish by ordinance the Department of Finance and consolidate therewith the offices of the county Auditor-Controller and county Treasurer-Tax Collector?
- Measure R.
Elect Director of Finance
-- Humboldt County
(Majority Approval Required)
Fail:
24,964 /
48.33% Yes votes ......
26,693 /
51.67% No votes
- Shall the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors create an elective office for the Department of Finance?
- Measure S.
Commercial Marijuana Cultivation Measure
-- Humboldt County
(Annual Cultivation Tax - Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
37,523 /
65.80% Yes votes ......
19,505 /
34.20% No votes
- To maintain and improve essential services, including public safety,job creation; crime investigation/prosecution;
environmental cleanup/restoration; children/family mental health; drug rehabilitation; other County services, shall Humboldt County establish a $1 - $3 per square foot, based upon type of grow, annual commercial marijuana cultivation tax generating approximately $7.3 million annually until ended by voters, with all revenue for the County, none for the State, annual audits, and public review?
- Measure T.
Commercial Cannabis Activity Advisory
-- City of Rio Dell
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
572 /
53.41% Yes votes ......
499 /
46.59% No votes
- Should the City of Rio Dell, by the necessary and appropriate action, permit commercial cannabis business activity, including cannabis cultivation, testing, processing and sales, within the area of the City that is located to the north of the Eel River and commonly referred to as the Sawmill Annexation Area if that activity is subject to local taxation?
- Measure U.
Transportation Tax
-- Humboldt County
(Sales Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
Fail:
27,046 /
48.83% Yes votes ......
28,344 /
51.17% No votes
- To supplement existing funding for maintenance, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of existing transportation including trails and transit; local match leveraging of state/federal funds for road, trail, and transit infrastructure; and retention of existing commercial air service, shall the Humboldt County voters adopt an ordinance establishing a ½ cent per dollar sales tax throughout Humboldt County for 20 years, raising approximately $10,000,000 annually, requiring independent audits, separate accounts, public oversight and local revenue control?
- Measure V.
Mobile Home Rent Stabilization
-- Humboldt County
(Initiative - Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
30,250 /
54.62% Yes votes ......
25,136 /
45.38% No votes
- Shall an ordinance be adopted to preserve mobile home parks in unincorporated areas of Humboldt County as important sources of affordable housing by: regulating pass-through fees, regulating fee spikes when a home is sold, and regulating monthly lot rents, which would be limited to annual increases pegged to the consumer price index; and shall government administrative costs be offset by a $5 monthly fee charged to mobile home park residents?
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