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Alameda County, CA November 6, 2018 Election
Directory of Alameda County, CA Measures
County Results as of Dec 6 9:04am, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (1135/1135)
66.6% Countywide Voter Turnout (587,501/881,491)

Measures
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Measure E. Parcel Tax -- Peralta Community College District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 215,323 / 82.46% Yes votes ...... 45,796 / 17.54% No votes
To continue providing the colleges of Alameda, Berkeley, Laney, and Merritt, funds that cannot be taken by the state to s upport affordable college education, including core academic programs to prepare students for university transfer and successful careers, by providing tutoring and teacher support; shall Peralta Community College District continue to levy $48 per parcel annually for eight years, providing $8,000,000 annually, with internal and citizens' oversight, no funds for administrator salaries, and all funds benefitting local colleges?

Measure F. Essential Services Protection Measure -- City of Alameda (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 20,334 / 61.50% Yes votes ...... 12,729 / 38.50% No votes
Shall the measure maintaining the City of Alameda's financial stability and protecting services and infrastructure such as police response to violent crimes and burglaries; 9- 1- 1 emergency medical and fire response; mai ntaining neighborhood parks; repairing potholes, maintaining streets and protecting the Bay from pollution by enacting a 0.5% sales tax until repealed by voters, providing approximately $5,000,000 annually in locally controlled revenues, requiring independent audits and public spending review, be adopted?

Measure G. School Bond -- Peralta Community College District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 193,341 / 75.78% Yes votes ...... 61,797 / 24.22% No votes
To upgrade aging classrooms, technology, science labs; expand job training classrooms; and acquire, construct, repair sites/facilities/equipment, shall the Peralta Community College District issue $800 million in bonds at legal interest rates, with approximately $44.2 mill ion in taxes raised annually for 40 years at projected tax rates of $24.50 per $100,000 of assessed valuation, with no funds for administrator salaries, audits and citizen oversight, and all funds used locally?

Measure H. School Bond -- Hayward Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 32,498 / 72.92% Yes votes ...... 12,070 / 27.08% No votes
To provide safe/modern schools; upgrade aging classrooms/school facilities; update classroom technology; provide art/music classrooms; improve accessibility for students with disabilities; upgrade fire safety/emergency communications/school securi ty systems; install solar panels; repair leaky roofs; update plumbing/heating/ventilation systems, shall Hayward Unified School District issue $381,700,000 in bonds at legal rates, levy approximately $60 per $100,000 of assessed value annually (generating approximately $24,502,000), anticipated through 2049- 50, with independent oversight and all funds staying local?

Measure I. Parcel Tax -- San Leandro Unified School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 16,716 / 75.10% Yes votes ...... 5,542 / 24.90% No votes
To restore funding previously approved by voters to protect the quality of education in local schools, provide high quality programs in math, science, technology, arts, and skilled trades that prepare students for success in college/careers, and attract/retain highly qualified teachers, on an ongoing basis shall the San Leandro Unified School District levy $39 per parcel, raising $745,000 annually, with annual cost of living adjustments, an exemption for seniors, independent citizen oversight, and no money for administrator salaries?

Measure J. Parcel Tax -- San Lorenzo Unified School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 14,210 / 69.02% Yes votes ...... 6,377 / 30.98% No votes
To support academic excellence, provide stable, local funding the State cannot take away, to improve classroom technology, maint ain after school programs and provide competitive salaries to help attract and retain highly qualified teachers and staff, shall the San Lorenzo Unified School District be authorized to levy a $99 per parcel tax providing $2 million annually for eight year s beginning July 1, 2019, with exemptions for senior citizens and no funds spent on administrators?

Measure K. Initiative Measure -- City of Alameda (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 12,993 / 39.69% Yes votes ...... 19,743 / 60.31% No votes
Shall the Charter be amended by incorporating Ordinance 3148, the City's Rent Review, Rent Stabilization and Limitations on Evictions law, with the following modifications: (a) preclude City Council from amending the law in response to changing conditions and concerns, and require vot er approval instead, and (b) eliminate the December 31, 2019 sunset clause?

Measure L. Sales Tax -- City of Albany (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 6,819 / 81.03% Yes votes ...... 1,596 / 18.97% No votes
To continue providing and maintaining essenti al City services, such as: fire and police protection, public safety and emergency response, facilities maintenance, and environmental preservation, shall the City of Albany measure making its existing one
-half cent transactions and use (sales) tax permanent, providing $1.4 million annually for unrestricted general revenue purposes, without increasing the rate, with annual independent audits, and all funds spent only in Albany, be adopted?

Measure M. Parcel Tax -- City of Albany (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 6,489 / 77.82% Yes votes ...... 1,849 / 22.18% No votes
To maintain and improve park and open space facilities, with funding that cannot be taken by Sacramento, including maintaining: City parks, ballfields, play structures, picnic areas and restrooms; vegetation management to prevent wildfires; creek habitat; and Albany Hill open space; shall the City of Albany measure levying an ongoing park and open space parcel tax with a typical rate of $69 for a single-family residence, providing $463,675 annually, exempting low-income residents, with annual independent audits, be adopted?

Measure N. Charter Amendment -- City of Albany (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5,274 / 72.78% Yes votes ...... 1,972 / 27.22% No votes
Shall Section 3.01 of the Albany City Charter be amended, as set forth in the voter pamphlet, to provide that the City Treasurer shall be appointed by the City Council effective December 10, 2020, or sooner if there is a vacancy in the office?

Measure O. General Obligation Bonds -- City of Berkeley (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 42,384 / 77.48% Yes votes ...... 12,322 / 22.52% No votes
Shall the measure to issue $135 million in general obligation bonds to create and preserve affordable housing for low-income households, working families, and individuals including teachers, seniors, veterans, the homeless, and persons with disabilities; subject to citizen oversight and independent audits, be adopted?

Measure P. Ordinance Amendment -- City of Berkeley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 39,337 / 72.37% Yes votes ...... 15,015 / 27.63% No votes
Shall the ordinance raising funds for general municipal purposes such as navigation centers, mental health support, rehousing and other services for the homeless, including homeless seniors and youth; increasing the real property transfer tax for ten years from 1.5% to 2.5% for property sales and transfers over $1,500,000, adjusted annually to capture the top approximately 33% of transfers; generating an estimated $6,000,000-$8,000,000 annually; and establishing the Homeless Services Panel of Experts to recommend homeless services, be adopted?

Measure Q. Rent Control -- City of Berkeley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 35,473 / 71.40% Yes votes ...... 14,210 / 28.60% No votes
Shall the ordinance amending the Rent Stabilization Ordinance to: account for potential repeal of the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act by preserving existing vacancy rent adjustments; update the new construction exemption from rent stabilization to a 20-year rolling period; and exempt all lawfully permitted Accessory Dwelling Units from rent stabilization and eviction for good cause protections, be adopted?

Measure R. General Plan Amendment -- City of Berkeley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 44,177 / 84.64% Yes votes ...... 8,014 / 15.36% No votes
Shall the measure, advising the Mayor to engage citizens and experts in the development of Vision 2050, a 30-year plan to identify and guide implementation of climate-smart, technologically-advanced, integrated and efficient infrastructure to support a safe, vibrant and resilient future for Berkeley, be adopted?

Measure S. Cannabis Businesses Tax -- City of Emeryville (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,841 / 84.34% Yes votes ...... 713 / 15.66% No votes
To protect essential municipal services, including repairing public facilities, reducing traffic congestion, and improving pedestrian and bicycle safety; and to support reg ulation of the cannabis industry, and preserve the City of Emeryville's long-term financial stability, shall the ordinance to impose a business tax of up to 6% of gross receipts on all cannabis businesses within Emeryville, thereby generating an estimated $2,000,000 annually for unrestricted general revenue purposes, and which continues until repealed by the voters, be adopted?

Measure T. Property Tax -- City of Hayward (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 22,358 / 59.21% Yes votes ...... 15,402 / 40.79% No votes
To support City of Hayward services, with revenue that cannot be taken by the State, including: repairing streets and sidewalks; 911 emergency and firefighter response times; neighborhood police patrols; disaster preparedness; extended library hours and after-school programs; and unrestricted general revenue purposes; shall Hayward increase the rate of its real property transfer tax, collected once upon purchase of real estate, from $4.50 to $8.50 per $1,000, providing $13,000,000 annually, until repealed by voters, all funds benefiting Hayward?

Measure U. Local Regulation of Health Care Service Costs -- City of Livermore (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 6,516 / 18.49% Yes votes ...... 28,721 / 81.51% No votes
Shall the measure requiring the City of Livermore to bear the cost of developing and enforcing regulations limiting the amounts for medical services that specified hospitals, medical clinics, dentists, and other health care providers in Livermore may bill patients, or insurers, excluding Medicare and Medicaid, be adopted?

Measure V. Cannabis Businesses Tax -- City of Oakland (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 122,628 / 79.82% Yes votes ...... 31,008 / 20.18% No votes
Shall the Measure: (1) allowing cannabis businesses to pay business taxes quarterly; (2) allowing cannabis manufacturing and/or cultivation businesses to deduct the value of raw materials from gross receipts in calculating business taxes in the manner applicable to manufacturing businesses; and (3) authorizing the City Council, without returning to the voters, to amend medical or non-medical cannabis businesses taxes in any manner that does not increase the tax rate, be adopted?

Measure W. Vacant Property Tax -- City of Oakland (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 109,504 / 70.04% Yes votes ...... 46,849 / 29.96% No votes
Shall the Measure, to fund homeless services and resources to address illegal dumping, and discourage vacant properties, by enacting a Vacant Property Tax on parcels used less than 50 days per year, at annual rates of $6,000 per parcel, $3,000 for condominium units, and other specified rates; raising about $10,000,000 annually for 20 years; with community oversight and exemptions for very low income, low-income seniors and hardship, be adopted?

Measure X. Real Estate Transfer Tax -- City of Oakland (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 105,301 / 69.48% Yes votes ...... 46,256 / 30.52% No votes
Shall the Measure graduating the real estate transfer tax as follows: 1% up to $300,000; 1.5% over $300,000+2,000,000; 1.75% over $2,000,000+5,000,000; and 2.5% over $5,000,000; a lower rate for low-moderate income first-time homebuyers; and reducing the tax up to 1/3 for seismic retrofit or solar energy work costs incurred by low-moderate income homebuyers; raising approximately $9,000,000 annually until repealed, be adopted?

Measure Y. Ordinance Amendment -- City of Oakland (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 88,065 / 58.37% Yes votes ...... 62,820 / 41.63% No votes
Shall the Measure amending Oakland's Just Yes Cause for Eviction Ordinance ("Ordinance") to: (1) remove the exemption for owner occupied duplexes and triplexes; and (2) allow the City Council, without returning to the voters, to add limitations on a landlord's right to evict under the Ordinance, be adopted?

Measure Z. Municipal Code Amendment -- City of Oakland (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 116,980 / 76.29% Yes votes ...... 36,350 / 23.71% No votes
Shall the measure amending Oakland's Municipal Code to: (1) establish workplace protections and minimum hourly wage of $15 with benefits or $20 without benefits, increasing annually with inflation, for employees of Oakland hotels with 50 or more guest rooms; (2) authorize administrative enforcement of Oakland's employment standards for hotel and non-hotel workers; and (3) create City department to administratively enforce Oakland's employment standards for hotel and non-hotel workers, be adopted?

Measure AA. Charter Amendment -- City of Oakland (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 96,452 / 62.47% Yes votes ...... 57,946 / 37.53% No votes
Shall the measure amending Oakland's Charter for the purposes of funding services to: expand access to early childhood and preschool education; improve high school and college graduation and career readiness; provide mentoring and college financial assistance; by establishing a $198, 30-year parcel tax for single family parcels and specified rates for other parcel types, raising approximately $25,000,000-30,000,000 annually, with citizen's oversight, and exemptions for low-income households and others, be adopted?

Measure BB. Charter Amendment -- City of Piedmont (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,927 / 65.09% Yes votes ...... 2,106 / 34.91% No votes
Shall the measure amending the Charter of the City of Piedmont to modify procedures for filling of vacancies in elected offices for City Council and Board of Education for the Piedmont Unified School District, modify term limits for the City Council, and making other clarifying amendments regarding City recordkeeping, format of City ordinances, public posting, City contract approval, operation of City Council meetings, and other minor technical amendments, be adopted?

Measure CC. Charter Amendment -- City of Piedmont (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,889 / 66.54% Yes votes ...... 1,956 / 33.46% No votes
Shall the measure amending the Charter of the City of Piedmont to clarify the duties and reporting structure for officers and employees of the City be adopted?

Measure DD. Cannabis Businesses Tax -- City of Union City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 15,125 / 74.72% Yes votes ...... 5,116 / 25.28% No votes
To maintain/enhance essential city services including 911 dispatch/neighborhood police patrols/emergency response times; after-school programs for children/teens; keeping fire stations open full time; and other essential services shall a measure be adopted establishing a Union City cannabis business tax at a maximum rate of $12.00 per square foot for cultivation and 6% of gross receipts for others, until ended by voters, providing $1,400,000 annually, requiring oversight and no money for Sacramento?

Measure EE. Property Transfer Tax -- City of Union City (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 9,260 / 46.20% Yes votes ...... 10,785 / 53.80% No votes
To enhance local control with funding that cannot be taken by the State for essential services including fire/police protection; youth violence/gang prevention programs; maintaining city parks/senior services; and other essential services; shall a measure be adopted establishing Union City as a Charter City and a real property transfer tax of $10 per $1,000, until ended by voters, paid only by property buyers/sellers, providing $5,000,000 dollars annually, with funds benefiting Union City?

Measure FF. Wildfire Protection, Safe Parks/Trails, Public Access, Natural Habitat -- East Bay Regional Park District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 278,113 / 85.6% Yes votes ...... 46,879 / 14.4% No votes
   227,756 (86.61%) Yes / 35,204 (13.39%) No in Alameda County
   50357 (81.18%) Yes / 11675 (18.82%) No in Contra Costa County
Without increasing tax rates, to protect against wildfires; enhance public safety; preserve water quality, shorelines, urban creeks; protect redwoods and parklands in a changing climate; and restore natural areas, shall East Bay Regional Park District be authorized to extend an existing parcel tax of $1 monthly ($12/year) per single-family parcel and 69¢ monthly ($8.28/year) for multi-family units, raising approximately $3.3 million annually, to expire in 20 years?

 
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