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Ventura County, CA November 8, 2016 Election
Directory of Ventura County, CA Measures
County Results as of Dec 16 3:23pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (684/684)
82.0% Countywide Voter Turnout (363285/442951)

Measures
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Measure A. Curb Extension Until 2050 -- City of Fillmore (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2536 / 57.73% Yes votes ...... 1857 / 42.27% No votes
Shall the ordinance initiated by residents extending the expiration date of the City Urban Restriction Boundary line from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2050, removes the exemption for schools and government facilities such that they must be built within the CURB, and requires an election to develop 20 acres of land beyond the CURB and the land must be fallow of agricultural use for 4 years be approved?

Measure B. Temporary Increase In Appropriations Limit -- Blanchard/Santa Paula Public Library District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 6580 / 73.05% Yes votes ...... 2428 / 26.95% No votes
Shall the appropriations (spending) limit for the Blanchard Community Library remain at $350,000 above the Gann Limit from July 1, 2018 through the date of June 30, 2022, as was previously approved by the voters at the ballot on November 6, 2012.

Measure C. Soar Until 2050 -- County of Ventura (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 189349 / 58.52% Yes votes ...... 134217 / 41.48% No votes
Shall the current ordinance requiring a vote of the people for changes to Open Space, Agricultural and Rural General Plan land use designations, goals and policies in the unincorporated area of the County be extended from 2020 through 2050, with specified modifications, such as permitting changes without a vote to allow for up to 12 acres of land to be used for food processing?

Measure D. $142,500,000 Bonds -- Oxnard School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 24418 / 69.94% Yes votes ...... 10494 / 30.06% No votes
To acquire, construct and modernize additional classrooms and support facilities to reduce overcrowding, replace portable classrooms and older schools with new permanent facilities, increase student access to computers and modern classroom technology, improve student safety, reduce operating costs and qualify to receive State funds, shall Oxnard School District be authorized to issue up to $142,500,000 in bonds at legal interest rates, with an independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, annual audits, and no money for administrator salaries?

Measure E. Soar Until 2050 -- City of Moorpark (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11241 / 73.37% Yes votes ...... 4081 / 26.63% No votes
Shall the Ordinance entitled "Moorpark Save Open-space and Agricultural Resources + 2050 initiative" ("Moorpark SOAR + 2050") be adopted to extend with certain amendments the provisions of the 1999 voter-approved Moorpark SOAR from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2050 and continue to prohibit the City of Moorpark from permitting urban services or urbanized uses of land outside the current Moorpark City Urban Restriction Boundary (CURB) with certain exceptions during that extended period?

Measure F. Ventura County Sustain 2036 -- County of Ventura (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 149054 / 46.32% Yes votes ...... 172751 / 53.68% No votes
Shall the current ordinance requiring a vote of the people for changes to Open Space, Agricultural and Rural General Plan land use designations, goals and policies in the unincorporated area of the County be extended from 2020 through 2036, with specified modifications, such as permitting changes without a vote to allow for redesignation of land adjacent to certain school sites and up to 225 acres of land to be used for food processing?

Measure G. Curb Extension Until 2030 -- City of Fillmore (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 2138 / 48.90% Yes votes ...... 2234 / 51.10% No votes
Shall the ordinance placed on the ballot by the City Council of Fillmore extending the expiration date of the City Urban Restriction Boundary line from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2030 be approved?

Measure H. Marijuana Cultivation Tax -- City of Fillmore (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2760 / 60.33% Yes votes ...... 1815 / 39.67% No votes
Shall the ordinance approving a permanent tax of not to exceed $30.00 per square foot for the first 3,000 square feet of space, and not to exceed $15.00 per square foot for the remaining space, used for the cultivation of marijuana, and providing for increases of the greater of CPI or $1.00 and $0.35, respectively, every five years, and that is expected to raise approximately $140,000 annually, be adopted?

Measure I. Marijuana Distribution Tax -- City of Fillmore (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2939 / 64.51% Yes votes ...... 1617 / 35.49% No votes
Shall the ordinance approving a permanent tax not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of all proceeds of marijuana sales in the City, which is anticipated to raise approximately $665,000 annually, be adopted?

Measure J. Curb Measure -- City of Camarillo (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 22041 / 72.99% Yes votes ...... 8156 / 27.01% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted approving an Initiative Ordinance Amending Chapter 3.0 of the Camarillo General Plan to Add Development Restrictions Within an Area Designated the Conejo Creek Voter Participation Area and to Amend and Extend the Life of the Development Restrictions Outside the Camarillo Urban Restriction Boundary (Curb)?

Measure K. Soar 2030 -- City of Oxnard (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 36841 / 70.93% Yes votes ...... 15099 / 29.07% No votes
Shall the Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources (SOAR) Ordinance be extended, maintaining a City Urban Restriction Boundary (CURB); prohibiting urban development outside of the CURB until December 31, 2030, unless approved by the voters; maintaining a City Buffer Boundary (CBB); and prohibiting changing the designation of land within the CBB that is designated `Agriculture' in the Oxnard 2030 General Plan, unless approved by the voters?

Measure L. Soar 2050 -- City of Oxnard (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 38584 / 75.11% Yes votes ...... 12788 / 24.89% No votes
Shall the Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources (SOAR) Ordinance be extended, maintaining a City Urban Restriction Boundary (CURB); prohibiting urban development outside of the CURB until December 31, 2050, unless approved by the voters; maintaining a City Buffer Boundary (CBB); and prohibiting changing the designation of land within the CBB that is designated `Agriculture' in the Oxnard 2030 General Plan, unless approved by the voters?

Measure M. Wastewater Rate Repeal -- City of Oxnard (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 36440 / 72.19% Yes votes ...... 14040 / 27.81% No votes
pealing the City's wastewater rates adopted in January 2016 and returning to the rates previously in effect?

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Measure N. Elections Issues -- City of San Buenaventura (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 24190 / 58.09% Yes votes ...... 17451 / 41.91% No votes
Shall the proposed amendments to Sections 505, 703, and Article XI of the City Charter, to have the selection process for the City Council determined by Ordinance, have the selection of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor occur in even-number years following regular City Council elections, and eliminate the Ventura Unified School District's election process from the City Charter, thus making them subject to state law, be approved?

Measure O. Clean Water/Beaches/Street Repairs/Safety -- City of San Buenaventura (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 28987 / 58.74% Yes votes ...... 20359 / 41.26% No votes
CITY CLEAN WATER/ BEACHES/ STREET REPAIRS/ SAFETY MEASURE + To help protect local water supplies, rivers, beaches from pollution; maintain City services, including: fire, paramedic, police emergency response; keep all fire stations open; repair streets; earthquake retrofit bridges; address homelessness; maintain after-school programs, services for seniors, veterans, youth; shall the City establish a ½ cent sales tax for 25 years, providing approximately $10,800,000 annually, require independent audits, citizens oversight, and all funds used locally?

Measure P. Extending Open Space -- City of San Buenaventura (Initiative Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 33266 / 72.37% Yes votes ...... 12698 / 27.63% No votes
Shall the initiative ordinance extending open-space, agriculture, and hillside land use changes by voter approval to 2050 be approved?

Measure Q. Term Limits for City Council -- City of San Buenaventura (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 38307 / 81.89% Yes votes ...... 8470 / 18.11% No votes
Shall the proposed amendment to Section 507 of the City Charter, to include term-limits for City Councilmembers to require that after serving three full four-year terms, a City Councilmember is not eligible to run for the City Council or to be appointed to a vacancy unless a period of four years has elapsed since their last service on the City Council, be approved?

Measure R. Parcel Tax Renewal -- Ventura Unified School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 39958 / 75.12% Yes votes ...... 13234 / 24.88% No votes
To aid in preserving and improving academic programs including reading, writing, music, art, science and math; fund computer technology; retain qualified teachers; and assist in maintaining career and technical training programs; shall Ventura Unified School District renew its existing $59 parcel tax for four years, so long as an independent citizens' oversight committee is required, all funds are spent on neighborhood schools, and no money is used for administrative salaries or take by the State and spent elsewhere?

Measure S. $60,000,000 Bonds -- Oak Park Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 4453 / 63.51% Yes votes ...... 2559 / 36.49% No votes
To improve student safety and campus security systems, repair/upgrade older classrooms and school facilities, including deteriorating roofs, plumbing, electrical, and air conditioning systems, acquire, construct, and repair classrooms, sites, facilities, equipment and instructional technology to support student achievement in reading, math arts, humanities, science/technology, shall Oak Park Unified School District issue $60,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with independent citizen oversight , audits, no money for administrator salaries, all money staying local, and without increasing current tax rates?

Measure T. Sales Tax -- City of Santa Paula (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5145 / 58.37% Yes votes ...... 3670 / 41.63% No votes
Shall a General Sales Tax Ordinance be adopted imposing a one cent (.01) transactions and use (sales) tax for a period of twenty (20) years to improve police and fire services with the remainder devoted to street repair, youth programs and the provision of other city services?

Measure U. Soar Until 2050 -- City of Santa Paula (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4481 / 55.30% Yes votes ...... 3622 / 44.70% No votes
Shall an ordinance initiated by residents that expands the City Urban Restriction Boundary to include 53.75 acres in the southwest portion of the City, extends the expiration of the City Urban Restriction Boundary from 2020 to December 31, 2050, extends the expiration of the 81-Acre Initiative from 2025 to December 31, 2050, and makes other minor textual revisions to the CURB be adopted?

Measure V. $35,000,000 Bond -- Fillmore Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 4376 / 72.88% Yes votes ...... 1628 / 27.12% No votes
To repair and upgrade older classrooms and school facilities, including leaky roofs, deteriorating plumbing, electrical, heating/air conditioning systems, upgrade electrical wiring, fire alarms/emergency communication systems, improve vocational education facilities, acquire, construct/repair classrooms, sites, facilities, equipment, qualify for State matching funds, shall Fillmore Unified School District issue $35 million in bonds at legal rates, with independent citizen oversight audits, no money for administrator salaries, and all money staying local to benefit Fillmore Unified students and schools?

Measure W. Soar Until 2050 -- City of Thousand Oaks (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 43934 / 76.26% Yes votes ...... 13679 / 23.74% No votes
Shall the ordinance extending the City Urban Restriction Boundary Ordinance, and extending the ordinance requiring voter approval of any General Plan designation change from the Existing Parks, Golf Courses, and Open Space category, from December 31, 2030 to December 31, 2050 be adopted?

Measure X. $239,000,000 Bonds -- Simi Valley Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 35644 / 65.42% Yes votes ...... 18845 / 34.58% No votes
education; modernize and upgrade outdated classrooms, science labs, restrooms and school facilities; repair and replace leaky roofs; upgrade or renovate inadequate electrical and deteriorating plumbing and sewer systems; improve student access to computers/modern technology; and make health, safety and handicapped accessibility improvements, shall Simi Valley Unified School District issue $239,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, include an independent citizens' oversight committee, NO money for administrative salaries or be taken by the state?

Measure Y. Term Limits -- Simi Valley Unified School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 42696 / 79.51% Yes votes ...... 11006 / 20.49% No votes
Shall the Members of the Simi Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees be limited to two (2) consecutive terms of office?

Measure Z. Soar Until 2050 -- City of Simi Valley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 33316 / 67.93% Yes votes ...... 15725 / 32.07% No votes
Shall the ordinance extending the City Urban Restriction Boundary Ordinance from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2050 be adopted?

Measure AA. Sales Tax Increase -- County of Ventura (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 193449 / 57.91% Yes votes ...... 140600 / 42.09% No votes
To help preserve Ventura County's quality of life by: fixing potholes, repaving streets, repairing bridges; improving traffic flow and safety on 101 and 118; keeping senior, veteran, disabled, and student bus fares affordable; increasing bicycle and pedestrian safety; protecting waterways and beaches from polluted runoff and restoring watersheds; Shall Ventura County's sales tax be increased by one-half cent for thirty years, raising $70 million annually, with independent oversight and audits, and with all funds benefiting local residents?

 
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