Combined ballot

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President/Vice President of the United States

• Joseph R. Biden/Kamala D. Harris, Democratic
  11,109,764 votes 63.5%
• Donald J. Trump/Michael R. Pence, Republican
  6,005,961 votes 34.3%
• Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy "Spike" Cohen, Libertarian
  187,885 votes 1.1%
• Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker, Green
  81,025 votes 0.5%
• Roque De La Fuente "Rocky" Guerra/Kanye Omari West, American Independent
  60,155 votes 0.3%
• Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman, Peace and Freedom
  51,036 votes 0.3%

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 24

• Salud Carbajal, Democratic
  212,564 votes 58.7%
• Andy Caldwell, Republican
  149,781 votes 41.3%

State Senate

State Senator; District 19

• S. Monique Limón, Democratic
  272,442 votes 64.5%
• Gary J. Michaels, Republican
  150,089 votes 35.5%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 35

• Jordan Cunningham, Republican
  126,579 votes 55.1%
• Dawn Addis, Democratic
  103,206 votes 44.9%

Member of the State Assembly; District 37

• Steve Bennett, Democratic
  166,015 votes 67.6%
• Charles W. Cole, Republican
  79,661 votes 32.4%

School

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

• Peter R. Macdougall
  15,112 votes 61.19%
• Cage J. Englander
  9,400 votes 38.06%
• (185 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.75%)

Member; Santa Barbara County Board of Education; Trustee Area 3

• Bruce Porter
  14,663 votes 58.98%
• Richard E. Fulton
  10,070 votes 40.50%
• (130 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.52%)

Member; Santa Barbara County Board of Education; Trustee Area 4

• Michelle De Werd
  11,865 votes 49.1%
• Roberta Heter
  7,542 votes 31.2%
• Jim Richardson
  4,633 votes 19.2%
• (148 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.6%)

Member; Santa Barbara County Board of Education; Trustee Area 6

• Weldon "Joe" Howell
  17,782 votes 65.08%
• Lou Segal
  9,404 votes 34.42%
• (138 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.51%)

Trustee; Santa Barbara Community College District; Trustee Area 2

• Robert K. Miller
  9,309 votes 63.14%
• Ronald J. Liechti
  5,365 votes 36.39%
• (70 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.47%)

Trustee; Santa Barbara Community College District; Trustee Area 3

• Veronica Gallardo
  4,721 votes 50.25%
• Erin J. Guereña
  4,607 votes 49.04%
• (67 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.71%)

Trustee; Santa Barbara Community College District; Trustee Area 4

• Anna Everett
  8,904 votes 66.35%
• Celeste Barber
  4,435 votes 33.05%
• (81 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.60%)

Trustee; Allan Hancock Joint Community College District; Trustee Area 2

• Suzanne Levy
  12,559 votes 61.8%
• Keri Lynn Common
  7,616 votes 37.5%
• (157 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.8%, 1 Under Votes 0.0%)

Trustee; Allan Hancock Joint Community College District; Trustee Area 4

• Jeff Hall
  8,308 votes 55.84%
• Robert Mercado
  6,494 votes 43.65%
• (76 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.51%)

Trustee; Carpinteria Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Jaime Diamond
  4,069 votes 27.80%
• Aaron Smith
  3,061 votes 20.91%
• Craig Cook
  2,858 votes 19.52%
• Rogelio Delgado
  2,440 votes 16.67%
• Jeff Weinbender
  2,164 votes 14.78%
• (46 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.31%)

Board Member; Lompoc Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Tom Blanco
  9,729 votes 20.10%
• Janet Blevins
  9,370 votes 19.36%
• William "Bill" Heath
  8,070 votes 16.67%
• Kathi Froemming
  7,063 votes 14.59%
• Gary Cox
  6,831 votes 14.11%
• Martin Casey
  4,266 votes 8.81%
• Alexander Murkison
  2,934 votes 6.06%
• (147 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.30%)

Board Member; Santa Barbara Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Laura Capps
  57,482 votes 26.58%
• Wendy Sims-Moten
  44,193 votes 20.44%
• Virginia Alvarez
  40,429 votes 18.70%
• Jacqueline Reid
  29,774 votes 13.77%
• Brian Campbell
  16,442 votes 7.60%
• Elrawd John Maclearn
  14,390 votes 6.65%
• Monie Dewit
  9,749 votes 4.51%
• Sebastian Antonio Fernandez-Falcon
  3,201 votes 1.48%
• (594 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.27%)

Board Member; Santa Maria Joint Union High School District (2 Elected)

• Amy Lopez
  17,604 votes 22.2%
• Jack C. Garvin
  15,536 votes 19.6%
• Gabriel Amaro Morales
  13,056 votes 16.5%
• Jennifer Melena
  12,256 votes 15.5%
• David E. Baskett
  10,781 votes 13.6%
• Angie Marie Bolden
  9,753 votes 12.3%
• (262 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.3%)

Board Member; Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District (2 Elected)

• José Juan Ibarra
  5,426 votes 27.87%
• Stephen Luke
  4,297 votes 22.07%
• Janine Robitaille-Filippin
  3,495 votes 17.95%
• Lucy Padilla
  3,213 votes 16.50%
• Peter Wright
  2,997 votes 15.40%
• (39 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.20%)

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

• Allison Schwartz
  1,662 votes 35.77%
• Christy Nordgren
  1,305 votes 28.09%
• Sandra Enos-Jordan
  1,224 votes 26.35%
• Andrew Morgan
  439 votes 9.45%
• (16 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.34%)

Board Member; Cold Spring Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Trevor Pattison
  754 votes 40.80%
• Gabrielle Haas
  717 votes 38.80%
• Jordan M. Quivey
  237 votes 12.82%
• (140 Total Other Write-In Votes 7.58%)

Board Member; College Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Erica Jane Flores
  1,730 votes 44.34%
• Calisse M. Courtney
  1,234 votes 31.62%
• Kathleen Jackson
  911 votes 23.35%
• (27 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.69%)

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

• Sholeh Jahangir
  15,408 votes 26.20%
• Vicki Ben-Yaacov
  13,257 votes 22.54%
• Patricia "Max" Rorty
  10,033 votes 17.06%
• Caroline Abate
  9,858 votes 16.76%
• Greg S. Hammel
  6,225 votes 10.58%
• Devany Bechler
  3,922 votes 6.67%
• (109 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.19%)

Mayor; City of Buellton

• Holly Sierra
  1,630 votes 57.95%
• Ed Andrisek
  872 votes 31.00%
• Isaac Oltmans
  298 votes 10.59%
• (13 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.46%)

Council Member; City of Buellton (2 Elected)

• John Sanchez
  1,425 votes 32.71%
• Elysia Lewis
  1,186 votes 27.23%
• Art Mercado
  1,138 votes 26.12%
• Joseph Carter
  596 votes 13.68%
• (11 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.25%)

Council Member; City of Carpinteria (2 Elected)

• Wade Nomura
  4,687 votes 45.50%
• Natalia Alarcon
  4,255 votes 41.30%
• Mark McIntire
  1,308 votes 12.70%
• (52 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.50%)

Mayor; City of Goleta

• Paula Perotte
  9,994 votes 62.05%
• Roger S. Aceves
  6,045 votes 37.53%
• (68 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.42%)

Council Member; City of Goleta (2 Elected)

• Kyle Richards
  8,965 votes 32.15%
• Stuart Kasdin
  8,311 votes 29.81%
• Justin Shores
  4,504 votes 16.15%
• Blanche M. "Grace" Wallace
  4,354 votes 15.61%
• Bruce Wallach
  1,675 votes 6.01%
• (75 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.27%)

Mayor; City of Guadalupe

• Ariston Julian
  1,924 votes 95.58%
• (89 Total Other Write-In Votes 4.42%)

Council Member; City of Guadalupe (2 Elected)

• Antonio "Tony" Ramirez
  1,565 votes 52.80%
• Gilbert A. Robles
  1,352 votes 45.61%
• (47 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.59%)

Mayor; City of Lompoc

• Jenelle Osborne
  7,902 votes 53.57%
• Victor Vega
  6,748 votes 45.75%
• (100 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.68%)

Council Member; City of Lompoc; District 1

• Gilda A. Cordova
  3,624 votes 95.44%
• (173 Total Other Write-In Votes 4.56%)

Council Member; City of Lompoc; District 4

• Jeremy J. Ball
  2,142 votes 58.51%
• James Ian Mosby
  1,510 votes 41.25%
• (9 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.25%)

Mayor; City of Santa Maria

• Alice M. Patino
  18,129 votes 64.26%
• Alberto Ugalde
  5,032 votes 17.84%
• William "Will" Smith
  4,879 votes 17.30%
• (170 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.60%)

Council Member; City of Santa Maria; District 1

• Carlos Escobedo
  2,361 votes 45.32%
• Osvaldo Sotelo
  1,788 votes 34.32%
• Brian Billones
  563 votes 10.81%
• Christopher Diaz
  467 votes 8.96%
• (31 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.60%)

Council Member; City of Santa Maria; District 2

• Mike Cordero
  5,355 votes 96.52%
• (193 Total Other Write-In Votes 3.48%)

City Clerk; City of Santa Maria

• Patti M. Rodriguez
  24,763 votes 98.75%
• (314 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.25%)

Treasurer; City of Santa Maria

• Teressa L. Hall
  24,502 votes 98.74%
• (313 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.26%)

Mayor; City of Solvang

• Charlie Uhrig
  2,024 votes 58.58%
• Karen M. Waite
  1,416 votes 40.98%
• (15 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.43%)

Council Member; City of Solvang (2 Elected)

• Mark L. Infanti
  1,625 votes 30.44%
• Claudia Orona
  1,442 votes 27.01%
• Justin Rodriguez
  1,389 votes 26.02%
• Chris Bowyer
  836 votes 15.66%
• (46 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.86%)

Shall Chris Djernaes be recalled (removed) as Council Member; City of Solvang? (Yes/No)
2,878 / 86.90% Yes votes
434 / 13.10% No votes

• Chris Djernaes

Council Member to replace Chris Djernaes if recalled; City of Solvang

• Jim Thomas
  2,282 votes 71.56%
• Jamie Baker
  876 votes 27.47%
• (31 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.97%)

Special District

Board Member; Goleta Sanitary District (3 Elected)

• Sharon Rose
  12,529 votes 32.51%
• George W. Emerson
  11,904 votes 30.89%
• Edward Fuller
  8,124 votes 21.08%
• Bob Wageneck
  5,819 votes 15.10%
• (161 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.42%)

Board Member; Goleta Water District (3 Elected)

• Lauren Hanson
  19,791 votes 21.68%
• Bill Rosen
  17,868 votes 19.57%
• Farfalla Borah
  17,647 votes 19.33%
• Sheldon Bosio
  16,644 votes 18.23%
• Phebe Mansur
  11,362 votes 12.44%
• Loren Mason
  7,807 votes 8.55%
• (184 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.20%)

Board Member; Goleta West Sanitary District (2 Elected)

• David Bearman
  9,258 votes 43.99%
• David C. Lewis
  8,910 votes 42.33%
• Mike Smiyun
  2,608 votes 12.39%
• (272 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.29%)

Board Member; Isla Vista Recreation and Park District

• Mia Rahman
  2,507 votes 56.43%
• Chris Kracha
  1,898 votes 42.72%
• (38 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.86%)

Board Member; Isla Vista Community Services District; Division 2

• Catherine Flaherty
  3,507 votes 79.00%
• Daniel Mitchell
  881 votes 19.85%
• (51 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.15%)

Board Member; Mission Hills Community Services District (3 Elected)

• Steve Dietrich
  1,107 votes 28.27%
• James S. Mackenzie
  840 votes 21.45%
• Myron G. Heavin
  748 votes 19.10%
• Walter Fasold
  673 votes 17.19%
• Tom Murray
  521 votes 13.30%
• (27 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.69%)

Board Member; Montecito Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• John Abraham Powell
  3,950 votes 36.93%
• Sylvia Easton
  2,850 votes 26.64%
• Michael N. Lee
  2,759 votes 25.79%
• Robert Kemp
  1,100 votes 10.28%
• (38 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.36%)

Board Member; Montecito Sanitary District (3 Elected)

• Gary Fuller
  2,327 votes 27.48%
• Don Eversoll
  2,199 votes 25.97%
• Dorinne Lee Johnson
  2,024 votes 23.90%
• Edwin C. Martin, Jr.
  1,863 votes 22.00%
• (56 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.66%)

Board Member; Santa Maria Public Airport District; Division 5

• David E. Baskett
  9,804 votes 71.40%
• Debbie L. Morawski
  3,853 votes 28.06%
• (74 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.54%)

Board Member; Vandenberg Village Community Services District (3 Elected)

• Robert Bumpass
  2,347 votes 26.09%
• Christopher C. Brooks
  2,293 votes 25.49%
• Richard R. Gonzales
  2,080 votes 23.12%
• Margaret Sazani
  1,711 votes 19.02%
• Shane Gallimore
  542 votes 6.02%
• (24 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.27%)

Proposition 14 Authorizes Bonds Continuing Stem Cell Research
Pass: 8,588,156 / 51.1% Yes votes ...... 8,221,692 / 48.9% No votes

Authorizes $5.5 billion state bonds for: stem cell and other medical research, including training; research facility construction; administrative costs. Dedicates $1.5 billion to brain-related diseases. Appropriates General Fund moneys for repayment. Expands related programs. Fiscal impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds estimated at about $260 million per year over the next roughly 30 years.

Proposition 15 Increases Funding Sources for Public Schools, Community Colleges, and Local Government Services by Changing Tax Assessment of Commercial and Industrial Property
Fail: 8,212,641 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 8,885,052 / 52.0% No votes

Taxes such as properties based on current market value, instead of purchase price. Fiscal impact: Increased property taxes on commercial properties worth more than $3 million providing $6.5 billion to $11.5 billion in new funding to local government and schools.

Proposition 16 Allows Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education, and Contracting Decisions
Fail: 7,216,721 / 42.8% Yes votes ...... 9,655,024 / 57.2% No votes

Permits government decision-making policies to consider race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in order to address diversity by repealing constitutional provision prohibiting such policies. Fiscal impact: No direct fiscal effect on state and local entities. The effects of the measure depend on the future choices of state and local government entities and are highly uncertain.

Proposition 17 Restores Right to Vote After Completion of Prison Term
Pass: 9,985,065 / 58.6% Yes votes ...... 7,068,706 / 41.4% No votes

Restores voting rights upon completion of prison term to persons who have been disqualified from voting while serving a prison term. Fiscal impact: Annual county costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars statewide, for voter registration and ballot materials. One-time state costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, for voter registration cards and systems.

Proposition 18 Amends California Constitution to Permit 17-year-olds to Vote in Primary and Special Elections if They will Turn 18 by the Next General Election and Be Otherwise Elegible to Vote
Fail: 7,513,957 / 44.0% Yes votes ...... 9,577,238 / 56.0% No votes

Fiscal Impact: Increased statewide county costs likely between several hundreds of thousands of dollars and $1 million every two years. Increased one-time costs to the state of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Proposition 19 Changes Certain Property Tax Rules
Pass: 8,545,393 / 51.1% Yes votes ...... 8,175,618 / 48.9% No votes

Allows homeowners who are over 55, disabled, or wildfire/disaster victims to transfer primary residence's tax base to replacement residence. Changes of taxation of family-property transfers. Establishes fire protection services fund. Fiscal impact: Local governments could gain tens of millions of dollars of property tax revenue per year, probably growing over time to a few hundred million dollars per year. Schools could receive similar property tax gains.

Proposition 20 Restricts Parole for Non-violent Offenders. Authorizes Felony Sentences for Certain Offenses Currently Treated Only as Misdemeanors
Fail: 6,385,421 / 38.3% Yes votes ...... 10,293,563 / 61.7% No votes

Limits access to parole program established for non-violent offenders who have completed the full term of their primary offense by eliminating eligibility for certain offenses. Fiscal impact: Increase in state and local correctional, court, and law enforcement costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on implementation.

Proposition 21 Expands Local Goverments' Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property
Fail: 6,770,958 / 40.1% Yes votes ...... 10,094,634 / 59.9% No votes

Allows local governments to establish rent control on residential properties over 15 years old. Local limits on rate increases may differ from statewide limit. Fiscal impact: Overall, a potential reduction in state and local revenues in the highs of tens of millions of dollars per year over time. Depending on actions by local communities, revenue losses could be less or more.

Proposition 22 Exempts App-basedd Transportation and Delivery Companies From Providing Employee Benefits to Certain Drivers
Pass: 9,957,858 / 58.6% Yes votes ...... 7,027,467 / 41.4% No votes

Classifies app-based drivers as "independent contractors," instead of "employees," and provides independent-contractor drivers other compensation, unless certain criteria are met. Fiscal impact: Minor increase in state income taxes paid by rideshare and delivery company drivers and investors.

Proposition 23 Establishes State Requirements for Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Requires On-site Medical Professional
Fail: 6,161,109 / 36.6% Yes votes ...... 10,683,606 / 63.4% No votes

Requires physician or other specified medical professional on site during dialysis treatment. Prohibits clinics from reducing services without state approval. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on payment source. Fiscal impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 24 Amends Consumer Privacy Laws
Pass: 9,384,125 / 56.2% Yes votes ...... 7,305,026 / 43.8% No votes

Permits consumers to: prevent businesses from sharing personal information, correct inaccurate personal information, and limit businesses' use of "sensitive personal information," including precise geolocation, race, ethnicity, and health information. Establishes California Privacy Protection Agency. Fiscal impact: Increased annual state costs of at least $10 million, but unlikely exceeding low tens of millions of dollars, to enforce expanded consumer privacy laws. Some costs would be offset by penalties for violating these laws.

Proposition 25 Referendum on Law that Replaced Money Bail with System Based on Public Safety and Flight Risk
Fail: 7,231,044 / 43.6% Yes votes ...... 9,356,096 / 56.4% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, law replacing money bail with system based on public safety and flight risk. Fiscal impact: Increased costs possibly in mid hundreds of millions of dollars annually for a new process for release from jail prior to trial. Decreased county jail costs, possibly in high tens of millions of dollars annually.

Measure L2020 School Bonds -- Cold Spring Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 841 / 51.72% Yes votes ...... 785 / 48.28% No votes

To replace aging, deteriorating portable buildings with new Science, Engineering, Technology, Art classrooms; repair classroom buildings, roofs, sewer/water lines, restrooms, plumbing; provide safe drinking water; improve fire alarms/sprinklers, emergency communications; retain/attract quality teachers, shall the Cold Spring Elementary School District issue $7.8 million in bonds at legal rates averaging $527,525 annually while bonds are outstanding, at 1.3 ¢ per $100 assessed value, requiring audits, citizens' oversight, all funds spent for Cold Spring School?

Measure M2020 School Bonds -- Goleta Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 25,667 / 71.32% Yes votes ...... 10,320 / 28.68% No votes

To upgrade STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) labs; increase student internet access and classroom technology; improve handicap accessibility; increase renewable energy including solar; and repair and renovate classrooms and school facilities, including leaking roofs and plumbing, shall Goleta Union School District's measure authorizing $80 million in bonds be adopted with average payments of $19.31/$100,000 of assessed valuation (raising $5,023,353 /year while bonds are outstanding), legal rates, annual audits, independent oversight and qualifying for state matching funds?

Measure N2020 Transactions and use Tax -- City of Guadalupe (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,518 / 68.78% Yes votes ...... 689 / 31.22% No votes

Question needed.

Measure O2020 Mayor Term of Office -- City of Goleta (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,545 / 51.44% Yes votes ...... 8,066 / 48.56% No votes

Shall the term of office of the mayor be changed from two years to four years?