Combined ballot

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California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

• Leondra R. Kruger
  72.8% Yes (6,698,643) 27.2% No (2,506,418)
• Carol A. Corrigan
  69.8% Yes (6,539,085) 30.2% No (2,833,205)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 6 (Yes/No)

• Mary J. Greenwood
  81.9% Yes (501,302) 18.1% No (111,090)
• Allison Marston Danner
  80.3% Yes (488,922) 19.7% No (120,265)
• Nathan D. Mihara
  76.1% Yes (456,699) 23.9% No (143,746)

State

Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  7,721,410 votes 61.9%
• John H. Cox, Republican
  4,742,825 votes 38.1%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  5,914,068 votes 56.6%
• Ed Hernandez, Democratic
  4,543,863 votes 43.4%

Secretary of State

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  7,909,521 votes 64.5%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,362,545 votes 35.5%

Controller

• Betty T. Yee, Democratic
  8,013,067 votes 65.5%
• Konstantinos Roditis, Republican
  4,229,480 votes 34.5%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  7,825,587 votes 64.1%
• Greg Conlon, Republican
  4,376,816 votes 35.9%

Attorney General

• Xavier Becerra, Democratic
  7,790,743 votes 63.6%
• Steven C. Bailey, Republican
  4,465,587 votes 36.4%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  6,186,039 votes 52.9%
• Steve Poizner, No Party Preference
  5,515,293 votes 47.1%

State Board of Equalization; District 2

• Malia Cohen, Democratic
  2,482,171 votes 72.8%
• Mark Burns, Republican
  927,949 votes 27.2%

United States Senator

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  6,019,422 votes 54.2%
• Kevin De León, Democratic
  5,093,942 votes 45.8%

United States Representative

United States Representative; District 18

• Anna G. Eshoo, Democratic
  225,142 votes 74.5%
• Christine Russell, Republican
  77,096 votes 25.5%

United States Representative; District 20

• Jimmy Panetta, Democratic
  183,677 votes 81.4%
• Ronald Paul Kabat, No Party Preference
  42,044 votes 18.6%

Member of the State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 29

• Mark Stone, Democratic
  147,237 votes 71.8%
• Vicki L. Nohrden, Republican
  57,714 votes 28.2%

Member of the State Assembly; District 30

• Robert Rivas, Democratic
  83,162 votes 68.2%
• Neil G. Kitchens, Republican
  38,719 votes 31.8%

School

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tony K. Thurmond
  5,385,912 votes 50.9%
• Marshall Tuck
  5,198,738 votes 49.1%

Member; Santa Clara County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2

• Kathleen M. King
  49,635 votes 62.0%
• Barry Chang
  30,429 votes 38.0%
• (11 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Trustee; Cabrillo Community College District; Trustee Area 6

• J. Dan Rothwell
  12,453 votes 70.75%
• Louis Tuosto
  5,066 votes 28.78%
• (83 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.47%)

Trustee; Pajaro Valley Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Daniel Dodge, Jr.
  985 votes 41.42%
• William "Willie" Yahiro
  935 votes 39.32%
• Jenni Veitch-Olson
  426 votes 17.91%
• (32 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.35%)

Trustee; Pajaro Valley Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Jennifer Schacher
  2,225 votes 67.81%
• Leslie L. De Rose
  1,016 votes 30.97%
• (40 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.22%)

Trustee; Pajaro Valley Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 7

• Jennifer Holm
  5,223 votes 72.75%
• Bill Beecher
  1,924 votes 26.80%
• (32 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.45%)

Board Member; Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District (3 Elected)

• Cynthia Chang
  16,848 votes 35.4%
• David Guidry
  10,650 votes 22.4%
• Peter L. Hertan
  10,605 votes 22.3%
• Denise Ramon Herrera
  9,522 votes 20.0%
• (20 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.0%)

Trustee; Santa Cruz City School District; Trustee Area 1 (2 Elected)

• Deb Tracy-Proulx
  28,766 votes 39.07%
• Jeremy Shonick
  24,201 votes 32.87%
• Rocco Cappalla
  20,368 votes 27.66%
• (293 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.40%)

Trustee; Santa Cruz City School District; Trustee Area 3

• Cindy Ranii
  26,408 votes 60.84%
• Abraham "Abe" Wolcott
  16,775 votes 38.65%
• (223 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.51%)

Board Member; Scotts Valley Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Roger L. Snyder
  4,787 votes 36.04%
• Corey Warner
  4,423 votes 33.30%
• George St Clair
  4,026 votes 30.31%
• (45 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.34%)

Board Member; Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Deana Arnold
  1,574 votes 31.1%
• Ben Abeln
  1,438 votes 28.4%
• Ronald A. Bourque
  1,148 votes 22.7%
• Leah Rogers
  884 votes 17.5%
• (15 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Board Member; Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District; 99 Year Short Term

• Marco V. Menendez
  768 votes 39.0%
• Lila Jones Turkalj
  718 votes 36.5%
• Kevin Hagedorn
  478 votes 24.3%
• (5 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Board Member; Soquel Union Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Carolyn Freedman
  6,910 votes 39.19%
• Phil Rodriguez
  4,880 votes 27.67%
• Brian Phelps
  3,191 votes 18.10%
• Charles H. Jolissaint
  2,611 votes 14.81%
• (41 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.23%)

Supervisor; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 4

• Greg Caput
  6,196 votes 53.84%
• Jimmy Dutra
  5,196 votes 45.15%
• (116 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.01%)

City

Council Member; City of Capitola (3 Elected)

• Yvette Brooks
  3,060 votes 30.17%
• Sam Storey
  2,809 votes 27.70%
• Jacques Bertrand
  2,575 votes 25.39%
• Jack Digby
  1,684 votes 16.60%
• (14 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.14%)

Council Member; City of Santa Cruz (3 Elected)

• Justin Cummings
  12,516 votes 16.66%
• Donna Meyers
  11,862 votes 15.79%
• Drew Glover
  10,972 votes 14.60%
• Greg Larson
  10,274 votes 13.68%
• Richelle Noroyan
  9,996 votes 13.31%
• Cynthia Hawthorne
  6,445 votes 8.58%
• Ashley Scontriano
  4,410 votes 5.87%
• Philip Crawford
  3,701 votes 4.93%
• Paige Concannon
  3,276 votes 4.36%
• Dave Lane
  1,553 votes 2.07%
• (121 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.16%)

Council Member; City of Scotts Valley (2 Elected)

• Derek Timm
  3,407 votes 34.20%
• Jim Reed
  3,365 votes 33.77%
• Stephany E. Aguilar
  3,153 votes 31.65%
• (38 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.38%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 3

• Lowell Hurst
  1,350 votes 94.74%
• (75 Total Other Write-In Votes 5.26%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 4

• Francisco Estrada
  959 votes 56.91%
• Jenny T. Sarmiento
  713 votes 42.31%
• (13 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.77%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 5

• Rebecca J. Garcia
  813 votes 67.08%
• Casey Clark
  380 votes 31.35%
• (19 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.57%)

Council Member; City of Watsonville; Council District 7

• Ari Parker
  1,159 votes 50.41%
• Lupe Rivas
  592 votes 25.75%
• Steve Trujillo
  542 votes 23.58%
• (6 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.26%)

District

Director; Aptos/La Selva Fire Protection District (2 Elected)

• John Scanlon
  7,520 votes 42.68%
• Orbrad Darbro
  6,575 votes 37.32%
• Russell Borelli
  3,439 votes 19.52%
• (84 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.48%)

Director; San Lorenzo Valley Water District (3 Elected)

• Bob Fultz
  6,269 votes 19.87%
• Lois Henry
  6,074 votes 19.25%
• Stephen Swan
  5,943 votes 18.83%
• Gene Ratcliffe
  4,641 votes 14.71%
• Charles "Chuck" Baughman
  4,325 votes 13.71%
• John Hayes
  4,223 votes 13.38%
• (79 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.25%)

Director; Scotts Valley Water District (3 Elected)

• William "Bill" Ekwall
  2,705 votes 27.46%
• Wade Leishman
  2,439 votes 24.76%
• Ruth Stiles
  2,371 votes 24.07%
• David T. "Dave" Hodgin
  2,299 votes 23.34%
• (35 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.36%)

Director; Soquel Creek Water District (3 Elected)

• Bruce Jaffe
  14,033 votes 34.47%
• Carla Christensen
  10,879 votes 26.72%
• Rachel Lather
  10,434 votes 25.63%
• Gary Lindstrum
  5,271 votes 12.95%
• (95 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.23%)

Commissioner; Santa Cruz County Port District (2 Elected)

• Neli Cardoso
  20,530 votes 33.66%
• Toby Goddard
  18,363 votes 30.11%
• Reed Geisreiter
  15,865 votes 26.01%
• Dick Starr
  6,051 votes 9.92%
• (176 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.29%)

Proposition 1 Authorizes Bonds to Fund Specified Housing Assistance Programs
Pass: 6,751,018 / 56.2% Yes votes ...... 5,258,157 / 43.8% No votes

Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for existing affordable housing programs for low-income residents, veterans, farmworkers, manufactured and mobile homes, infill, and transit-oriented housing. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $170 million annually over the next 35 years.

Proposition 2 Authorizes Bonds to Fund Existing Housing Program for Individuals with Mental Illness
Pass: 7,662,528 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 4,417,327 / 36.6% No votes

Amends Mental Health Services Act to fund No Place Like Home Program, which finances housing for individuals with mental illness. Ratifies existing law establishing the No Place Like Home Program. Fiscal Impact: Allows the state to use up to $140 million per year of county mental health funds to repay up to $2 billion in bonds. These bonds would fund housing for those with mental illness who are homeless.

Proposition 3 Authorizes Bonds To Fund Projects for Water Supply and Quality, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Water Conveyance, and Groundwater Sustainability and Storage
Fail: 5,879,836 / 49.3% Yes votes ...... 6,034,991 / 50.7% No votes

Authorizes $8.877 billion in state general obligation bonds for various infrastructure projects. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging $430 million per year over 40 years. Local government savings for water-related projects, likely averaging a couple hundred million dollars annually over the next few decades.

Proposition 4 Authorizes Bonds Funding Construction at Hospitals Providing Children's Health Care
Pass: 7,551,298 / 62.7% Yes votes ...... 4,494,143 / 37.3% No votes

Authorizes $1.5 billion in bonds, to be repaid from state's General Fund, to fund grants for construction, expansion, renovation, and equipping of qualifying children's hospitals. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $80 million annually over the next 35 years.

Proposition 5 Changes Requirements For Certain Property Owners to Transfer Their Property Tax Base to Replacement Property
Fail: 4,813,251 / 40.2% Yes votes ...... 7,152,993 / 59.8% No votes

Removes certain transfer requirements for homeowners over 55, severely disabled homeowners, and contaminated or disaster-destroyed property. Fiscal Impact: Schools and local governments each would lose over $100 million in annual property taxes early on, growing to about $1 billion per year. Similar increase in state costs to backfill school property tax losses.

Proposition 6 Eliminates Certain Road Repair and Transportation Funding. Requires Certain Fuel Taxes and Vehicle Fees Be Approved By the Electorate
Fail: 5,283,222 / 43.2% Yes votes ...... 6,952,081 / 56.8% No votes

Repeals a 2017 transportation law's taxes and fees designated for road repairs and public transportation. Fiscal Impact: Reduced ongoing revenues of $5.1 billion from state fuel and vehicle taxes that mainly would have paid for highway and road maintenance and repairs, as well as transit programs.

Proposition 7 Confirms California Daylight Saving Time to Federal Law. Allows Legislature to Change Daylight Saving Time Period
Pass: 7,167,315 / 59.7% Yes votes ...... 4,828,564 / 40.3% No votes

Gives Legislature ability to change daylight saving time period by two-thirds vote, if changes are consistent with federal law. Fiscal Impact: This measure has no direct fiscal effect because changes to daylight saving time would depend on future actions by the Legislature and potentially the federal government.

Proposition 8 Regulates Amounts Outpatient Kindney Dialysis Clinics Charge For Dialysis Treatment
Fail: 4,845,264 / 40.1% Yes votes ...... 7,247,917 / 59.9% No votes

Requires rebates and penalties if charges exceed limit. Requires annual reporting to the state. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on payment source. Fiscal Impact: Overall annual effect on state and local governments ranging from net positive impact in the low tens of millions of dollars to net negative impact in the tens of millions of dollars.

Proposition 10 Expands Local Governments' Authority to Enact Rent Control
Fail: 4,949,543 / 40.6% Yes votes ...... 7,251,443 / 59.4% No votes

Repeals state law that currently restricts the scope of rent-control policies that cities and other local jurisdictions may impose on residential property. Fiscal Impact: Potential net reduction in state and local revenues of tens of millions of dollars per year in the long term. Depending on actions by local communities, revenue losses could be less or considerably more.

Proposition 11 Requires Private-Sector Emergency Ambulance Employees to Remain On-Call During Work Breaks. Eliminates Certain Employer Liability
Pass: 7,181,116 / 59.6% Yes votes ...... 4,861,831 / 40.4% No votes

Law entitling hourly employees to breaks without being on-call would not apply to private-sector ambulance employees. Fiscal Impact: Likely fiscal benefit to local governments (in the form of lower costs and higher revenues), potentially in the tens of millions of dollars each year.

Proposition 12 Establishes New Standards For Confinement of Specified Farm Animals; Bans Sale of Noncomplying Products
Pass: 7,551,434 / 62.7% Yes votes ...... 4,499,702 / 37.3% No votes

Establishes minimum requirements for confining certain farm animals. Prohibits sales of meat and egg products from animals confined in noncomplying manner. Fiscal Impact: Potential decrease in state income tax revenues from farm businesses, likely not more than several million dollars annually. State costs up to $10 million annually to enforce the measure.

Measure A Parcel Tax -- Scotts Valley Unified School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 6,815 / 70.69% Yes votes ...... 2,826 / 29.31% No votes

To maintain quality core educational programs, prevent cuts in math, science, technology, reading, and the arts, attract and retain highly qualified teachers and counselors, and keep up with technology, shall "Scotts Valley Unified School District" levy an annual education parcel tax of $108 per parcel for five years, with independent community oversight, no funds for administrator salaries, pensions or benefits, senior and disabled exemptions, raising $820,000 annually in funding for "Scotts Valley Unified School District" that can't be taken away by the State?

Measure B Parcel Tax -- Soquel Union Elementary School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 8,729 / 66.26% Yes votes ...... 4,445 / 33.74% No votes

To support academic excellence, retain and recruit quality teachers and support staff, offer student enrichment in the arts focusing on music, enhance science with hands-on lessons in school gardens, and provide local funding that cannot be taken by the State, shall Soquel Union Elementary School District's measure be adopted authorizing the levy of a parcel tax for six years at a rate of $96 per year raising approximately $990,000 with an exemption for seniors and with annual citizens' oversight?

Measure G Sales Tax -- County of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 75,810 / 65.85% Yes votes ...... 39,309 / 34.15% No votes

Unincorporated Area Retail Transaction and Use Tax. To continue funding 9-1-1 emergency response, paramedic, sheriff, fire, emergency preparedness, local street repairs, mental health services, homelessness programs, parks, economic development and other general county services, shall the County of Santa Cruz be authorized to increase by ordinance the sales tax on retail transactions in the unincorporated area of the County by one-half cent for twelve years, providing approximately $5,750,000 annually, subject to annual audits and independent citizens oversight?

Measure H Affordable Housing Bond -- County of Santa Cruz (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 64,298 / 55.39% Yes votes ...... 51,783 / 44.61% No votes

To provide affordable local housing for working families and vulnerable populations including veterans, seniors, low- and moderate-income households, persons with disabilities, homeless individuals and families; and supportive housing for individuals suffering from mental health illnesses or substance use disorders; shall the County of Santa Cruz issue up to $140,000,000 in general obligation bonds, with an estimated levy of $16.77 per $100,000 of assessed valuation, generating approximately $8,600,000 annually through maturity, subject to independent citizen oversight and regular audits?

Measure I Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Capitola (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,683 / 75.77% Yes votes ...... 1,178 / 24.23% No votes

To protect the quality of life in the City of Capitola and to fund essential City services such as sidewalks, streets, and emergency response, shall Capitola voters enact an ordinance establishing a tax of no more than 7% on cannabis businesses in the city, generating estimated revenue of up to $310,000 annually per cannabis business, to remain in effect until changed or ended by voters, with all funds staying local?

Measure J Transient occupancy tax -- City of Capitola (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 3,642 / 75.34% Yes votes ...... 1,192 / 24.66% No votes

To help fund youth programs, protect parks, beaches and open space, and support local businesses, shall a special tax measure paid only by hotel and short-term rental guests be approved increasing transient occupancy taxes from 10% to 12% until ended by voters, providing approximately $310,000 annually, and allocating dedicated portions to youth and early childhood programs, and local business groups for marketing and community improvements, and the balance to fund core City functions?

Measure K Changing Treasurer from Elected to Appointed -- City of Capitola (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,000 / 64.91% Yes votes ...... 1,622 / 35.09% No votes

In order to assure that the City of Capitola's finances are overseen by a trained and qualified individual, shall the office of City Treasurer be changed from elective to appointive?

Measure L Greenway Inititaive -- City of Capitola (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,526 / 52.13% Yes votes ...... 2,320 / 47.87% No votes

Shall the Capitola Municipal Code be amended to direct Capitola constituent departments to take all steps necessary to preserve and maintain the Capitola segment of the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission's Rail Corridor and Trestle over Soquel Creek for bicyclists, pedestrians and other human powered transportation, and to prohibit expenditures to route bicyclists, pedestrians and other human powered transportation from the rail corridor to Capitola streets and sidewalks?

Measure M Rent Control -- City of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 11,609 / 38.41% Yes votes ...... 18,611 / 61.59% No votes

Shall the City Charter be amended to enact rent control and just cause eviction regulations on residential rentals in the City of Santa Cruz, with exceptions under State Law, to be governed by a separately elected and autonomous rent board, with independent authority to set rents, fees, and penalties, and appoint an executive director, legal counsel and staff to oversee implementation, administration, and enforcement of the rent control and just cause eviction regulations?

Measure N Transient occupancy tax -- City of Scotts Valley (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4,038 / 68.07% Yes votes ...... 1,894 / 31.93% No votes

Shall the City of Scotts Valley adopt an ordinance amending Section 3.24.030 of the Municipal Code raising the transient occupancy tax rate from 10% to 11%?

Measure O Transient occupancy tax -- City of Watsonville (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,044 / 75.49% Yes votes ...... 2,612 / 24.51% No votes

To protect the quality of life in Watsonville by supporting police, fire, emergency services, parks and recreation, economic development, job creation, and essential city services; shall the City of Watsonville be authorized to levy an additional one percent of Transient Occupancy Tax on people staying at lodging facilities in the City?

Measure P Parcel Tax -- La Selva Beach Recreation District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 783 / 79.82% Yes votes ...... 198 / 20.18% No votes

To correct structural flaws in the La Selva Beach Clubhouse that, 80 years after construction, are causing deflection in the roof and a wall to bow; to upgrade and maintain District facilities; secure ADA compliance; and to qualify for potential state grants: shall La Selva Beach Recreation District levy a temporary parcel tax on properties in the District, $50 yearly for a period of 7 years, raising approximately $40,000 annually, with no funds used for administrative salaries or benefits?

Measure W School Bond -- West Valley-Mission Community College District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 84,636 / 60.3% Yes votes ...... 55,631 / 39.7% No votes
   83285 (60.46%) Yes / 54477 (39.54%) No in Santa Clara County
   1,351 (53.93%) Yes / 1,154 (46.07%) No in Santa Cruz County

WEST VALLEY-MISSION COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT LOCAL, AFFORDABLE, CAREER/JOB TRAINING, REPAIR, VETERAN SUPPORT MEASURE. To upgrade educational facilities/technology to prepare students/veterans for 21st-century jobs, university transfer; update science, engineering, math classrooms, labs for nursing/healthcare careers; acquire, construct, repair, classrooms, facilities, sites, equipment; shall West Valley-Mission Community College District's measure authorizing $698,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying $13/$100,000 assessed value averaging $39,000,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, be approved, with oversight, audits, no money for administrators' salaries/ pensions?