Los Angeles County, CA Ballot

Proposition 1A Protection of Local Government Revenues
9,398,045 / 83.6% Yes votes ...... 1,837,430 / 16.4% No votes: Should local property tax and sales tax revenues remain with local government thereby safeguarding funding for public safety, health, libraries, parks, and other local services? Provisions can only be suspended if the Governor declares a fiscal necessity and two-thirds of the Legislature concur.
Proposition 59 Public Records, Open Meetings
9,322,156 / 83.3% Yes votes ...... 1,867,161 / 16.7% No votes: Shall the Constitution be amended to include public's right of access to meetings of government bodies and writings of government officials while preserving specified constitutional rights and retaining existing exclusions for certain meetings and records?
Proposition 60 Election Rights of Political Parties
7,217,315 / 67.5% Yes votes ...... 3,473,838 / 32.5% No votes: Shall the general election ballot be required to include candidate receiving most votes among candidates of same party for partisan office in primary election?
Proposition 60A Surplus Property
7,765,107 / 73.2% Yes votes ...... 2,839,572 / 26.8% No votes: Shall the sale proceeds of most surplus state property pay off specified bonds?
Proposition 61 Children's Hospital Projects. Grant Program
6,620,176 / 58.3% Yes votes ...... 4,743,459 / 41.7% No votes: Shall $750 million general obligation bonds be authorized for grants to eligible children's hospitals for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping children's hospitals?
Proposition 62 Elections. Primaries
5,111,627 / 46.2% Yes votes ...... 5,960,889 / 53.8% No votes: Should primary elections be structured so that voters may vote for any state or federal candidate regardless of party registration of voter or candidate? The two primary-election candidates receiving most votes for an office, whether they are candidates with "no party" or members of same or different party, would be listed on general election ballot. Exempts presidential nominations.
Proposition 63 Mental Health Services Expansion, Funding. Tax on Personal Incomes above $1 Million
6,183,119 / 53.7% Yes votes ...... 5,330,052 / 46.3% No votes: Should a 1% tax on taxable personal income above $1 million to fund expanded health services for mentally ill children, adults, seniors be established?
Proposition 64 Limit on Private Enforcement of Unfair Business Competition Laws
6,562,861 / 58.9% Yes votes ...... 4,572,383 / 41.1% No votes: Should individual or class action "unfair business" lawsuits be allowed only if actual loss suffered? Only government officials may enforce these laws on public's behalf.
Proposition 65 Local Government Funds, Revenues. State Mandates
3,895,621 / 37.6% Yes votes ...... 6,461,927 / 62.4% No votes: Should reduction of local fee/tax revenues require voter approval? Permits suspension of state mandate if no state reimbursement to local government within 180 days after obligation determined.
Proposition 66 Limitations on "Three Strikes" Law. Sex Crimes. Punishment
5,596,077 / 47.3% Yes votes ...... 6,230,122 / 52.7% No votes: Should the "Three Strikes" law be limited to violent and/or serious felonies? Permits limited re-sentencing under new definitions. Increases punishment for specified sex crimes against children.
Proposition 67 Emergency Medical Services. Funding. Telephone Surcharge
3,238,537 / 28.4% Yes votes ...... 8,154,515 / 71.6% No votes: Should the telephone surcharge be increased and other funds for emergency room physicians, hospital emergency rooms, community clinics, emergency personnel training/equipment, and 911 telephone system be allocated?
Proposition 68 Non-Tribal Commercial Gambling Expansion. Tribal Gaming Compact Amendments. Revenues, Tax Exemptions
1,894,183 / 16.2% Yes votes ...... 9,788,161 / 83.8% No votes: Should tribal compact amendments be authorized? Unless tribes accept, should casino gaming be authorized for sixteen non-tribal establishments? Percentage of gaming revenues fund government services.
Proposition 69 DNA Samples. Collection. Database. Funding
7,183,917 / 62.0% Yes votes ...... 4,395,343 / 38.0% No votes: Should collection of DNA samples from all felons, and from others arrested for or charged with specified crimes be required with submission to state DNA database? Provides for funding.
Proposition 70 Tribal Gaming Compacts. Exclusive Gaming Rights. Contributions to State
2,759,558 / 23.7% Yes votes ...... 8,868,324 / 76.3% No votes: Upon tribe's request, should the Governor be required to execute a 99-year compact? Tribes contribute percentage of net gaming income to state funds, in exchange for expanded, exclusive tribal casino gaming.
Proposition 71 Stem Cell Research. Funding. Bonds
7,009,814 / 59.1% Yes votes ...... 4,859,401 / 40.9% No votes: Should the "California Institute for Regenerative Medicine" be established to regulate and fund stem cell research with the constitutional right to conduct such research and with an oversight committee? Prohibits funding of human reproductive cloning research.
Proposition 72 Health Care Coverage Requirements
5,681,863 / 49.1% Yes votes ...... 5,881,886 / 50.9% No votes: Should legislation requiring health care coverage for employees, as specified, working for large and medium employers be approved?

Local Measures

Measure A Public Safety, Emergency Response and Crime Prevention -- Los Angeles County (Ordinance - 2/3 Majority Approval Required)
1,652,046 / 60.17% Yes votes ...... 1,093,409 / 39.83% No votes

To provide expanded law enforcement in Los Angeles County and each of its cities, additional deputy sheriffs and city police officers, expanded community policing, strengthened youth and adult crime prevention programs, improved emergency and terrorism response capability, upgraded emergency communications systems, strengthened Sheriff's operations in the jails, and related justice services, shall the Countywide sales tax be increased by one-half cent, subject to audit and Oversight Committee review?

Measure B Shall City continue to levy special per parcel tax to replace library funding -- Altadena Library District
14,862 / 77.15% Yes votes ...... 4,403 / 22.85% No votes

Shall the Altadena Library District be authorized to continue to levy a special per parcel tax annually for ten years to replace library funding lost due to the elimination of the Special District Augmentation Fund?

Measure C School Safety and Repair -- Alhambra Unified School District (School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
26,048 / 70.66% Yes votes ...... 10,814 / 29.34% No votes

Shall Alhambra Unified School District repair, upgrade and equip all local schools, improve student safety conditions, upgrade electrical wiring for technology, install fire safety, energy efficient heating/cooling systems, emergency lighting, fire doors, replace outdated plumbing/sewer systems, repair leaky rundown roofs/bathrooms, decaying walls, drainage systems, repair, construct, acquire, equip classrooms, libraries, science labs, sites and facilities, by issuing $85,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, requiring annual audits, citizen oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure D Update election provisions related to Alhambra Unified School District -- City of Alhambra (Charter Amendment)
23,738 / 75.61% Yes votes ...... 7,656 / 24.39% No votes

Shall the Alhambra City Charter be amended to update the election provisions related to the Alhambra Unified School District, all of which amendments are shown in the ballot pamphlet?

Measure E Specified school improvements -- Bassett Unified School District (School Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
4,852 / 80.93% Yes votes ...... 1,143 / 19.07% No votes

To improve student safety, repair and upgrade every neighborhood school in the Bassett Unified School District by: fixing leaky roofs; upgrading outdated plumbing/sewer systems, installing fire safety equipment, upgrading heating/ventilation systems and electrical wiring for technology; acquire school facilities the District is currently leasing; repairing/constructing/equipping classrooms, libraries and facilities, shall the Bassett Unified School District issue $23,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with guaranteed annual independent financial audits, citizens' oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure G Adoption of ordinance to establish a redevelopment agency within City -- City of Gardena
6,184 / 38.81% Yes votes ...... 9,748 / 61.19% No votes

Shall Ordinance No. 1643, establishing a redevelopment agency to function in the City of Gardena and declaring the necessity therefor, be adopted?

Measure H School improvement bonds -- Hawthorne Elementary School District (School Bond Measure - 55% Approval Required)
11,314 / 78.95% Yes votes ...... 3,017 / 21.05% No votes

To reduce severe overcrowding in neighborhood schools, improve safety and learning, and qualify for State matching funds, shall Hawthorne School District construct new classrooms, replace aging portables with permanent classrooms; reconfigure, acquire an construct school sites and facilities; and improve emergency/safety/security systems, technology, electrical capacity, building interiors, exteriors, grounds and equipment, by issuing $24,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, with citizen oversight, no money for administrators, and all funds benefiting our local schools?

Measure I South Whittier Neighborhood Schools Repair Measure -- South Whittier Elementary School District (School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
4,577 / 77.45% Yes votes ...... 1,333 / 22.55% No votes

To improve student safety, repair and upgrade every neighborhood school, shall the South Whittier Elementary School District upgrade fire alarm systems, install security locks, improve outdoor security lighting, upgrade classrooms to meet current standards, upgrade electrical wiring for technology, repair, construct, acquire, equip classrooms, libraries, sites and facilities, by issuing $7,500,000 in bonds at legal rates, with guaranteed annual independent financial audits, citizen oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure J Neighborhood Elementary Schools Repair Measure -- El Monte City Elementary School District (55% Majority Approval Required)
11,855 / 76.11% Yes votes ...... 3,721 / 23.89% No votes

To improve student safety, repair and upgrade every neighborhood elementary school, shall El Monte City School District upgrade classrooms to meet current teaching and safety standards, electrical wiring for technology and security systems, install energy efficient classroom heating, cooling and ventilation systems, repair, construct, acquire, equip permanent classrooms, restrooms, sites and facilities, by issuing $50 million in bonds at legal rates, with guaranteed annual independent financial audits, citizen oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure K Adoption of ordinance pertaining to fireworks usage -- City of Hawthorne
7,310 / 39.39% Yes votes ...... 11,247 / 60.61% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted to make it unlawful to sell, use or discharge fireworks of any kind within the City of Hawthorne?

Measure L Adoption of ordinance pertaining to community safety enhancements -- City of Huntington Park (2/3 Majority Approval Required)
5,391 / 69.20% Yes votes ...... 2,400 / 30.80% No votes

Shall Ordinance No. 750-NS be adopted to adopt the Community Safety Enhancement Measure which would repeal the City's street lighting and landscaping assessment and impose in its place an annual charge upon property in the City to fund maintenance and improvement of street landscaping, streetlights and parks and operation of street lights, subject to accountability requirements set forth in that Ordinance?

Measure M School Safety and Improvement -- Montebello Unified School District (School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
25,476 / 72.86% Yes votes ...... 9,492 / 27.14% No votes

To make the District eligible for $73,000,000 of State matching funds, and to raise funds for projects including acquisition of real property, and expansion/upgrading of facilities, including security, communications, heating/cooling systems, science labs, libraries and cafeterias, needed to improve student instruction and safety, shall the Montebello Unified School District be authorized to issue up to $98,000,000 in bonds subject to accountability measures, with interest rates at or below the legal limit?

Measure N Increase in transient occupancy tax rates -- City of Santa Monica
29,206 / 74.69% Yes votes ...... 9,897 / 25.31% No votes

Shall the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) applied to hotel bills and paid by hotel guests only, be increased from 12 percent to 14 percent to bring it in line with TOT rates of neighboring communities and to generate an estimated additional $3.5 million annually to the City's General Fund for general city purposes including police, fire, libraries, parks and recreation, environmental protection, afterschool programs and community-use payments to the school district?

Measure O Clean Water, Ocean, River, Beach, Bay Storm Water Cleanup Measure -- City of Los Angeles (General Obligation Bond Measure - 2/3 Majority Approval Required)
764,536 / 76.30% Yes votes ...... 237,505 / 23.70% No votes

To protect public health by cleaning up polluted storm water; keeping pollution, trash, toxic chemicals, dangerous bacteria from rivers, beaches; preserving clean drinking water by protecting groundwater quality; reducing flooding; increasing water conservation; protecting bays, rivers, lakes from storm water contamination; shall the City of Los Angeles incur bonded indebtedness totaling $500,000,000 for storm water projects, with independent financial audits, citizen oversight?

Measure P Affirmation of utility user tax rates -- City of Cudahy
2,066 / 76.86% Yes votes ...... 622 / 23.14% No votes

To prevent reduction in general City services, such as parks, police, fire, and public works, shall the existing utility user tax established by the City in 1991, be affirmed with the exception that the residential utility user tax shall remain at 4% and the commercial utility user tax shall be set at 8%, provided that eligible seniors who are sixty-two years and older remain exempt from the tax?

Measure Q School Improvement and Safety -- Garvey Elementary School District (School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
6,602 / 73.14% Yes votes ...... 2,424 / 26.86% No votes

To make essential major repairs and safety improvements to classrooms, some of which are over 75 years old, including electrical, waterlines, gas lines, rotting foundations, termite repair, replace portables older than 25 years, add cafeterias, computer labs, gymnasiums throughout the district, shall the Garvey Elementary School District issue $30 million of bonds at interest rates below the legal limit so long as spending is annually reviewed by the Citizens Oversight Committee?

Measure R Facility improvements to relieve overcrowding and upgrade job training/academic programs -- Antelope Valley Community College District (School Bond Measure - 55% Majority Approval Required)
71,568 / 69.9% Yes votes ...... 30,802 / 30.1% No votes
68,170 (70.16%) Yes / 28,991 (29.84%) No in Los Angeles County
3398 (65.23%) Yes / 1811 (34.77%) No in Kern County

To accommodate increasing enrollment at Antelope Valley College, prepare students for jobs, four-year colleges, improve campus safety by:

Expanding facilities for nursing, medical training programs;
Expanding health, science, English, math, language labs, classrooms;
Upgrading high-tech learning center;

and repairing, acquiring, constructing, equipping buildings, sites, classrooms, shall Antelope Valley Community College District issue $139 million in bonds, at legal rates, with citizen oversight, guaranteed annual audits, and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure S Issuance of general obligation bonds for specified school improvements -- Santa Monica Community College District (School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
27,472 / 58.42% Yes votes ...... 19,556 / 41.58% No votes

Shall Santa Monica Community College District increase educational opportunities and raise student achievement; replace or repair deteriorating buildings; construct and equip laboratories, childcare centers and learning resources; meet new needs in emerging technologies; achieve energy savings; improve or acquire real property for fields and instructional use; improve access and availability; reduce costs through potential partnerships; and complete earthquake repairs by issuing, at interest rates within legal limits, $135 million in bonds with citizens' oversight, annual performance and financial audits?

Measure T Change in city election date to same date as statewide primary -- City of Torrance (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
35,830 / 67.07% Yes votes ...... 17,589 / 32.93% No votes

Should section 510 of the Charter of the City of Torrance be amended to change the date of holding the general municipal election to the same day as the statewide direct primary election in each even-numbered year?

The order of the contests and candidates on this ballot representation is NOT the same as your county's official ballot.
If you print and mark your choices on this page and take it to the polls instead of an official sample ballot, be very careful.

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