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Sonoma County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Directory of Sonoma County, CA Measures
County Results as of Dec 15 1:37pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (494/494)
89.3% Countywide Voter Turnout (222,538/248,998)

Measures
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Measure K. Maintaining Excellence Act 2004 Tax -- Petaluma Joint Union High School District (Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
22,119 / 68.0% Yes votes ...... 10,386 / 32.0% No votes
   21,989 (68.0%) Yes / 10,330 (32.0%) No in Sonoma County
   130 (69.89%) Yes / 56 (30.11%) No in Marin County
To keep school libraries open, restore smaller class sizes grades 7-12, restore and maintain computer and technology programs, maintain music and fine art programs, and provide necessary educational programs and materials to the extent funds are available, shall the Petaluma Joint Union High School District be authorized to levy a $50 annual parcel tax for four years, beginning July 1, 2005 with annual citizens' oversight committee, exempting parcels owned and occupied by persons 65 years of age or over?

Measure L. Improvement Bond of 2004 -- Liberty School District (55% of the Voters Who Vote Approval Required)
618 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 341 / 35.6% No votes
To provide funds to construct a multi-purpose room for use by the school and the Liberty Valley community, including for assembly, dining and athletics, and to upgrade technology and communications at Liberty Elementary School, shall the Liberty School District issue $1,920,000 in bonds at interest rates within the legal limit, with no money for teacher or administrator salaries or operating expenses, and shall the District establish a Citizens' Oversight Committee to monitor all expenditures?

Measure M. Quarter Cent Sales Tax -- County of Sonoma (2/3 of Voters Voting Aprroval Required)
140,557 / 67.2% Yes votes ...... 68,671 / 32.8% No votes
To maintain local streets, fix potholes, accelerate widening Highway 101, improve interchanges, restore and enhance transit, support development of passenger rail, and build safe bike/pedestrian routes, shall the Sonoma County Transportation Authority be authorized to levy a 1/4 cent retail transactions and use tax for a period not to exceed 20 years, spend money raised by the tax on the projects proposed, and issue bonds to finance the projects?

Measure N. Article XXXIV Housing -- Unincorporated Area (Majority Approval Required)
34,462 / 51.7% Yes votes ...... 32,177 / 48.3% No votes
Without increasing local taxes, and in a manner consistent with Sonoma County's General Plan and zoning ordinance, shall public bodies be authorized to develop, construct, or acquire housing units affordable to low income persons, including elderly and disabled persons, within the County's unincorporated area, either directly or by assisting private projects, in an annual amount not exceeding one-half of one percent (1/2%) of the housing units existing in the unincorporated area in that year?

Measure O. Quarter Cent Sales Tax -- City of Santa Rosa (2/3 Approval Required)
41,315 / 70.2% Yes votes ...... 17,513 / 29.8% No votes
To 1) improve and expand Santa Rosa Fire, Police and Paramedic services; 2) combat gang violence, and 3) expand crime prevention and after-school youth programs, shall Santa Rosa voters approve a 1/4 cent public safety sales tax, expiring in twenty years, with annual public reports by a citizen oversight committee assuring that funds are expended only for these purposes?

Measure P. Retail Business Uses -- City of Cotati (Majority Approval Required)
1,301 / 38.7% Yes votes ...... 2,057 / 61.3% No votes
Shall the voters of the City of Cotati adopt a measure to restrict retail business uses in Cotati?

Measure Q. Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Healdsburg (Majority Approval Required)
3,674 / 71.7% Yes votes ...... 1,452 / 28.3% No votes
Shall the City of Healdsburg be authorized to increase the existing hotel tax, paid by guests and collected by hotel operators, from the current rate of 10% of the room rate to amaximum of 12% of the room rate, with the revenue from said increase being placed in the City's general fund, approximately 95% of which is allocated to police and fire protection services in the current budget year?

Measure R. Campaign Finance -- City of Petaluma (Majority Approval Required)
15,458 / 66.4% Yes votes ...... 7,833 / 33.6% No votes
Shall the Petaluma Municipal Code Chapter 1.30 be amended to revise existing mandatory limits on campaign contributions to City Council and City Mayor candidates and revise the existing mandatory public disclosure requirements?

Measure S. Advisory Measure -- City of Petaluma (Advisory Vote Only)
17,759 / 72.1% Yes votes ...... 6,877 / 27.9% No votes
Do you support urging the City Council to pursue the design, environmental analysis, funding and construction of a cross-town connector and interchange connecting Petaluma Boulevard North with the intersection of Rainier Avenue and North McDowell Boulevard?

Measure T. Community Sales Tax -- City of Sebastopol (Approval of a Majority of the Electorate Required)
2,779 / 68.0% Yes votes ...... 1,306 / 32.0% No votes
Shall the City increase the Sales Tax by 0.125% with the proceeds of the tax to be deposited in the General Fund, to be used for all general governmental needs of the City including, but not limited to, capital equipment requirements, fire protection, street maintenance, park maintenance, and police services?

Measure U. Special Tax -- Gold Ridge Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
5,489 / 65.7% Yes votes ...... 2,864 / 34.3% No votes
Shall Ordinance No. 04-05-1-R of the Gold Ridge Fire Protection District (i) authorizing it to impose and levy a new special tax having a maximum rate of $40.00 per first dwelling and $20 per additional dwelling for residential property and $80 per first business and $40 per additional business for commercial property to assist in meeting costs of providing services and exercising other rights and powers, and (ii) increasing appropriations limit to permit spending tax revenues be approved?

Measure V. Special Tax -- Windsor Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
6,342 / 59.1% Yes votes ...... 4,384 / 40.9% No votes
Shall Windsor Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 2004-01 be approved (i) authorizing the District to impose and levy a new special tax having a maximum rate (subject to adjustment for inflation) of $112.00 per unit of risk to assist in meeting the costs of providing authorized services and exercising other rights and powers of the District, (ii) increasing the District's appropriations limit to permit spending of all proceeds of the new special tax, and (iii) repealing the District's existing special tax?

Measure W. Parcel Tax -- Palm Drive Health Care District (2/3 Approval Required)
19,614 / 69.4% Yes votes ...... 8,659 / 30.6% No votes
To ensure survival of Palm Drive Hospital and access to local emergency, acute care, medical and physician services, and provide for ongoing expenses, repair and improvements to equipment and technology, shall Palm Drive Health Care District repeal its existing tax and levy a special tax of up to $155.00 on each taxable parcel in the District (excluding low value parcels) while assuring independent fiscal oversight and financial accountability?

 
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