Kern County, CA Ballot

Proposition 32 Veterans� Bond Act of 2000
6,709,560 / 67.2% Yes votes ...... 3,278,248 / 32.8% No votes: This act provides for a bond issue of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) to provide farm and home aid for California veterans. Fiscal Impact: Costs of about $858 million over 25 years (average cost of about $34 million per year); costs paid by participating veterans.
Proposition 33 Legislature. Participation In Public Employees� Retirement System
3,791,715 / 39.0% Yes votes ...... 5,941,814 / 61.0% No votes: Allows legislative members to participate in the Public Employees� Retirement System plans in which a majority of state employees may participate. Fiscal Impact: Annual state costs under $1 million to provide retirement benefits to legislators, with these costs replacing other spending from the fixed annual amount provided in support of the Legislature.
Proposition 34 Campaign Contributions and Spending. Limits. Disclosure
5,903,907 / 60.0% Yes votes ...... 3,933,949 / 40.0% No votes: Limits campaign contributions and loans to state candidates and political parties. Provides voluntary spending limits; expands public disclosure requirements and increases penalties. Fiscal Impact: Additional net costs to the state, potentially up to several million dollars annually, and unknown but probably not significant costs to local government.
Proposition 35 Public Works Projects. Use of Private Contractors for Engineering and Architectural Services.
5,442,138 / 55.1% Yes votes ...... 4,428,702 / 44.9% No votes: Amends Constitution eliminating existing restrictions on state, local contracting with private entities for engineering, architectural services; contracts awarded by competitive selection; bidding permitted, not required. Fiscal Impact: Unknown impact on state spending for architectural and engineering services and construction project delivery. Actual impact will depend on how the state uses the contracting flexibility under the proposition.
Proposition 36 Drugs. Probation and Treatment Program
6,199,992 / 60.8% Yes votes ...... 3,991,153 / 39.2% No votes: Requires probation and drug treatment, not incarceration, for possession, use, transportation of controlled substances and similar parole violations, except sale or manufacture. Authorizes dismissal of charges after completion of treatment. Fiscal Impact: Net annual savings of $100 million to $150 million to the state and about $40 million to local governments. Potential avoidance of one-time capital outlay costs to the state of $450 million to $550 million.
Proposition 37 Fees. Vote Requirements. Taxes
4,579,981 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 4,963,684 / 52.0% No votes: Requires two-thirds vote of State Legislature, majority or two-thirds of local electorate to impose future state, local fees on activity to study or mitigate its environmental, societal or economic effects. Defines such fees as taxes except property, development, certain other fees. Fiscal Impact: Unknown, potentially significant, reduction in future state and local government revenues from making it more difficult to approve certain regulatory charges.
Proposition 38 School Vouchers. State-Funded Private and Religious Education Public School Funding.
3,085,457 / 29.5% Yes votes ...... 7,387,753 / 70.5% No votes: Authorizes annual state payments of at least $4000 per pupil for private/religious schools. Permits replacement of current constitutional public school funding formula. Fiscal Impact: Near-term state costs from zero to $1.1 billion annually. Long-term state impact from $2 billion in annual costs to $3 billion in annual savings, depending on how many public school students shift to private schools.
Proposition 39 School Facilities. 55% Local Vote. Bonds, Taxes Accountability Requirements.
5,402,822 / 53.3% Yes votes ...... 4,733,205 / 46.7% No votes: Authorizes bonds for repair, construction or replacement of school facilities, classrooms, if approved by 55% local vote. Fiscal Impact: Increased bond debt for many school districts. Long-term costs statewide could total in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Potential longer-term state savings to the extent school districts assume greater responsibility for funding school facilities.

Local Measures

Measure A $8M Bonds -- Beardsley School District
2573 / 73.7% Yes votes ...... 918 / 26.3% No votes: To make health and safety improvements at Beardsley Intermediate, Beardsley Junior High, and North Beardsley Elementary, make the District eligible for State matching funds, repair leaky roofs, upgrade science labs, install security alarms for student safety, repair broken sewers, improve air conditioning systems, remove asbestos, and repair, rehabilitate, acquire, and construct classrooms and related property, shall the Beardsley Elementary School District issue $8 million of bonds at the lowest possible interest rate?
Measure B $45M Bonds -- Delano Union School District
4191 / 80.7% Yes votes ...... 1005 / 19.3% No votes: To build permanent classrooms, make the District eligible for State matching funds, upgrade classroom electrical systems for computers and modern technology, construct and acquire new elementary and middle schools, make health and safety improvements at every school, build new classrooms for class-size reduction, and repair and upgrade classrooms and facilities at every elementary and middle school in the District, shall the Delano Union Elementary School District issue $45 million of bonds at the lowest possible interest rate?
Measure C City Clerk Appointive -- City of Tehachapi
955 / 45.8% Yes votes ...... 1131 / 54.2% No votes: Shall the office of the City Clerk be appointive?
Measure D City Treasurer Appointive -- City of Tehachapi
875 / 43.0% Yes votes ...... 1160 / 57.0% No votes: Shall the office of the City Treasurer be appointive?
Measure E Transient Occupancy Tax Increase -- City of Tehachapi
898 / 45.0% Yes votes ...... 1099 / 55.0% No votes: Should the transient occupancy tax imposed on hotels, motels, and other lodging places and collected from the persons renting rooms be increased from 8% to 12%?
Measure F Special Tax -- Stallion Springs Community Services District
515 / 64.7% Yes votes ...... 281 / 35.3% No votes: Shall Stallion Springs Community Services District Ordinance #115, levying a special tax in the amount of $50 per parcel per year for improved properties and $25 per parcel per year for unimproved properties for police protection services and increasing the Stallion Springs Community Services District appropriation limits set in accordance with Article XIII B of the California Constitution by the authorized amount of the special tax, be approved and become effective?
Measure G Special Tax -- Tehachapi Valley Health Care District
5839 / 61.5% Yes votes ...... 3651 / 38.5% No votes: Shall the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District be authorized to levy a special tax in the amount of $27.00 per lot or parcel for two years commencing July 1, 2001, and to expend the proceeds from that tax?
Measure H City Clerk Appointive -- City of Maricopa
125 / 37.8% Yes votes ...... 206 / 62.2% No votes: Shall the office of the City Clerk be appointive?
Measure I City Treasurer Appointive -- City of Maricopa
113 / 34.6% Yes votes ...... 214 / 65.4% No votes: Shall the office of the City Treasurer be appointive?

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