Multi-County
o Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties. A $980 million bond for improvements to BART. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure AA, Yes: 68.6%
o Alameda and Contra Costa counties. A measure that doubles an existing parcel tax in portions of the two counties to $48 per year for AC Transit operations. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure BB, Yes: 71.9%
Alameda County
o City of Berkeley. A City Council measure that amends the city's rent control ordinance to provide for annual rent increases equal to 65% of the rise in the consumer price index, up to 7% per year. Previously, the city's Rent Stabilization Board determined rent increases.
Measure O, Yes: 74.9%
A City Council measure that subjects “Section 8” units to the city's rent control regulations.
Measure P, Yes: 66.6%
A complex initiative that prohibits topping or removal of mature public trees, requires “tree impact reports” for developments that affect public trees, prohibits coverage of public open spaces with impervious surfaces, and establishes a Tree Board with two full-time staff members.
Measure S, No: 73.4%
o City of Emeryville. Two referendums on the city's approval of Pixar Animation Studios' proposed expansion. Pixar has a 215,000-square-foot headquarters and may expand up to 415,000 square feet on 16 acres under a 1998 development agreement. Earlier this year, the City Council approved a general plan amendment and modified the development agreement to allow up to 533,000 square feet of development on 21 acres. Project opponents want more concessions from Pixar. Measure T is a referendum of the general plan amendment; Measure U is a referendum of the amended development agreement. Both measures needed to pass for the expansion to go forward.
Measure T, Yes: 71.2% (pro-growth)
Measure U, Yes: 70.2% (pro-growth)
o Pleasanton. A city-sponsored measure that requires voter approval of park development plans for the 318-acre Bernal property.
Measure X, Yes: 89.4%
Butte County
o City of Paradise. A referendum of a general plan amendment for the Skyway Plaza Shopping Center, a proposed 184,000-square-foot retail, restaurant, hotel and office project on 30 acres that the city would annex. Existing grocery stores in Paradise, including Safeway, bankrolled opponents of the project. A yes vote approved the general plan amendment.
Measure O, Yes: 59.6% (pro-growth)
Contra Costa County
o A 25-year extension of a half-cent sales tax for transportation. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure J, Yes: 70.5%
o City of Hercules. An initiative that rezones about 600 acres in and near Franklin Canyon to 40-acre minimum lot sizes. The initiative blocks a proposal to develop 500 houses, offices, stores and a hotel in Franklin Canyon. Developer GreenPark Group, which submitted a development application in 2001, has already filed a takings lawsuit over the city's slow and expensive review process.
Measure M, Yes: 63.2% (slow-growth)
o City of Lafayette. A $29 million bond to fund road reconstruction and drainage repairs. Would cost property owners about $25 per $100,000 of assessed valuation. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure N, No: 42.2%
o City of Martinez. A $30 million bond to fund a variety of capital improvements, including marina and park upgrades, library renovation and road work. Would cost property owners up to $30 per $100,000 of assessed valuation. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure O, No: 38.7%
Fresno County
o City of Kingsburg. A city-sponsored measure to limit the number of building permits to about 115 per year.
Measure N, Yes: 81.6% (slow-growth)
Kern County
o City of Wasco. A city-sponsored advisory measure that calls for a 10-mile buffer around Wasco in which there could be no large-scale dairy development. (See CP&DR Local Watch, October 2004.)
Measure U, Yes: 81.5%
Lassen County
o City of Susanville. A half-cent sales tax to fund construction of the Sierra Sports Complex. Two-third vote required.
Measure K, No: 53.1%
Los Angeles County
o City of Gardena. A referendum on the City Council's decision to create a redevelopment agency. A no vote rejected the redevelopment agency.
Measure G, No: 61.9% (slow-growth)
o City of Los Angeles. A $500 million bond to clean up urban runoff and rivers. The city-backed measure had no organized opposition. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure O, Yes: 75.8%
Marin County
A half-cent sales tax for transportation for 20 years. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure A, Yes: 70.8%
o City of Novato. A city-sponsored proposal to amend a ballot measure approved by voters in 1987. Measure F permits required elections on certain capital improvement projects to go to voters during special elections. City officials sought the change so that they can get a city hall project in front of voters in 2006, well before the regularly scheduled November 2007 election.
Measure F, Yes: 62.4%
Monterey County
o Pacific Grove. An initiative that would prevent the city from constructing new buildings on parkland and open space, or expanding existing buildings by more than 40%, without voter approval. The initiative was the result of controversy over a new 7,000-square-foot clubhouse that is under construction at the municipal golf course.
Measure I, No: 50.8%
Napa County
An initiative permitting expansion of a 46-year-old deli in the unincorporated community of Oakville. Expansion is currently prohibited because the site is zoned for agriculture.
Measure T, No: 55.5% (slow-growth)
Orange County
o City of Newport Beach. A city-backed general plan amendment to allow construction of a 110-unit resort on city-owned land on Balboa Peninsula, on the edge of Newport Harbor. The general plan calls for a park on the 8-acre site. Currently, a mobile home park, public tennis courts and a Girl Scout clubhouse exist on the property. The proposed development would require the developer to rebuild the Girl Scout clubhouse and tennis courts elsewhere.
Measure L, No: 67.0% (slow-growth)
Riverside County
o Palm Springs. A referendum of the city's rezoning of “Section 14,” a square mile in downtown that is controlled by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. The rezoning extends a resort-commercial corridor and increases permissible housing densities. Although the tribe does not need the city's approval, the tribe has processed developments through the city. Rejection of the rezoning would have no legal effect. The Agua Caliente Band already operates a casino in Section 14 and was a leading proposed of state Proposition 70, which sought to repeal limits on slot machines. A yes vote approved the City Council's decision.
Measure U, Yes: 50.2% (67-vote difference) (pro-growth)
o City of Hemet. An initiative to rezone 43.5 acres from commercial, manufacturing and industrial designations to residential. Developer Charlie McLaughlin, who was behind the initiative, wants to build 230 houses on the property. The city and the Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission rejected McLaughlin's zoning change, in part because the site is under the flight path for the Hemet/Ryan Airport.
Measure PP, No: 75.5% (slow-growth)
Sacramento County
o A 30-year extension of a half-cent sales tax for transportation that is due to expire in 2009. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure A, Yes: 75.1%
o An Article 34 housing election to approve development, construction or acquisition of up to 9,500 units of low-cost housing in the unincorporated county and its cities during the next 20 years.
Measure K, Yes: 55.7% (pro-growth)
o City of Folsom. A city-sponsored measure that requires the city to take certain steps before annexing six square miles south of Highway 50. Among other things, the city would have to identify a water supply, adopt an infrastructure funding plan, and designate 30% of the land for open space. Measure W was the city's alternative to a slow-growth citizen initiative that would have prohibited development of the territory without subsequent voter approval. However, a judge threw the citizen initiative off the ballot because of technical flaws.
Measure W, Yes: 67.8% (pro-growth)
San Bernardino County
o A 30-year extension of a half-cent sales tax for transportation. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure I, Yes: 79.7%
San Diego County
o A 40-year extension of half-cent sales tax for transportation. Two-thirds vote required.
Proposition A, Yes: 66.68%
o An initiative backed by the Pala Band of Mission Indians to overturn Measure C from 1994, which amended the general plan to allow development of a 320-acre garbage dump in Gregory Canyon off Highway 76 in the North County.
Proposition B, No: 63.9%
o City of Coronado. Two measures that address traffic in the island city. Proposition L is an initiative that would amend the circulation element to designate Glorietta Boulevard as an “intermediate arterial” in an effort to take traffic off Orange Avenue, the city's main drag. Proposition M calls for the removal of three “traffic semi-diverters.” The city decided to remove the diverters in 2003, but a citizen lawsuit resulted in a court ordered for an environmental impact report. Supporters of Proposition M say voter approval eliminates the need for environmental review.
Proposition L, No: 56.3%
Proposition M, Yes: 67.8%
o El Cajon. A half-cent sales tax for 10 years to rehabilitate or replace police, fire and animal control facilities. Two-thirds vote required.
Proposition O, Yes: 68.6%
o City of Escondido. An $84.35 million bond to fund fire stations, a police/fire headquarters and training facilities. Would cost property owners about $35 per $100,000 of assessed value. Two-thirds vote required.
Proposition P, Yes: 67.4%
o City of Lemon Grove. A $3.4 million bond to build a new library. Would cost property owners about $15 per $100,000 of assessed valuation. Two-thirds vote required.
Proposition R: No, 37.6%
o City of National City. A $12.33 million bond to fund public safety facilities. Would cost property owners about $11 per $100,000 of assessed valuation. Two-thirds vote required.
Proposition S, No: 35.0%
o Palomar Pomerado Health District. A $496 million bond that would help fund conversion of Palomar Medical Center in Escondido into a specialty hospital and partially pay for construction a new hospital elsewhere in Escondido. Would cost property owners about $18 per $100,000 of assessed valuation. Two-thirds vote required.
Proposition BB, Yes: 69.6%
o Valley Center Parks and Recreation District. A $19 parcel tax to fund land acquisition, new park facilities, maintenance and programs. Two-thirds vote required.
Proposition CC, No: 42.9%
San Francisco
o $200 million housing bond that would pay for homeless shelters, affordable apartment development and homeownership programs. Would cost property owners about $3.50 per $100,000 of assessed value. Two-thirds vote required.
Proposition A, No: 35.9% (slow-growth)
o A $60 million bond to fund city and school district historic preservation efforts. Would cost property owners a little more than $1 per $100,000 of assessed value. Two-thirds vote required.
Proposition B, No: 42.7%
o An initiative that would direct 15% of hotel bed tax revenue (about $8 million annually) to a new program to acquire and preserve neighborhood and single-screen movie theaters, and to promote local film-making.
Proposition L, No: 74.8%
San Joaquin County
o City of Lodi. An initiative to prohibit stores larger than 125,000 square feet unless approved by voters. A 227,000-square-foot Wal-Mart supercenter has been proposed.
Measure R, No: 57.7% (pro-growth)
o City of Stockton. A Sierra Club-backed initiative creating a 20-year urban growth boundary that roughly coincides with an existing urban services area boundary. Development outside the boundary would be prohibited without voter approval. The initiative also encourages the City of Lodi to adopt a “community separator” between the two cities.
Measure Q, Yes: 50.4% (slow-growth)
A property owners' alternative to the Sierra Club initiative. Measure S strengthens a “right to farm” ordinance, and calls for Stockton and Lodi to fund conservation easements between the cities.
Measure S, Yes: 64.7% (slow-growth)
The City Council's alternative to the Sierra Club initiative. Measure T requires the city to adopt a “greenbelt master plan” by June 30, 2006.
Measure T, No: 51.7% (pro-growth)
An initiative backed by developer John Verner to ensure that 1,000 acres in southeast Stockton is within the Sierra Club's urban growth boundary.
Measure X, Yes: 67.6% (pro-growth)
o City of Tracy. Dueling initiatives that both punch loopholes in Measure A, a 2000 initiative that capped building permits at about 600 housing units per year. Measure U, backed by AKT Development, would allow an additional 600 units per year starting in 2006, but only within AKT's 5,500-unit Tracy Hills project. Measure V, backed by the Surland Companies, would direct 250 units per year to the developer's Ellis Transit Village project and to downtown.
Measure U, No: 70.4% (slow-growth)
Measure V, No: 57.4% (slow-growth)
San Mateo County
o A 25-year extension of a half-cent sales tax for transportation. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure A, Yes: 75.6%
o City of Pacifica. Two similar measures regarding preservation of the 94-year-old, city-owned Little Brown Church, which previously served as the police station. The primary difference is that Measure K, which was placed on the ballot by the City Council, would permit the city to delegate responsibility for restoration to a nonprofit entity.
Measure K, Yes: 66.8%
Measure L, Yes: 57.5%
o City of Redwood City. A referendum of the Marina Shores Village Precise Plan, which permits up 1,930 housing units in 17 high-rise towers. A no vote rejects the project. (See CP&DR Local Watch, September 2004.)
Measure Q, No: 54.4% (slow-growth)
o City of San Mateo. The city-sponsored measure extending the life of a 1991 initiative that limits buildings to 55 feet in height, with a few exceptions, and prohibits projects with more than 50 housing units per acre.
Measure P, Yes: 69.5% (slow-growth)
Santa Cruz County
o A half-cent sales tax for transportation for 30 years. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure J, No: 57.2%
Solano County
o Half-cent sales tax for transportation for 30 years. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure A, No: 36.5%
o City of Benicia. Advisory measure regarding 4.4 acres of city land on the waterfront. Both measures propose a park and commercial development. Measure B would allow more commercial development, 1.25 acres.
Measure B, No: 55.8%
Measure C, Yes: 67.5%
Sonoma County
o A quarter-cent sales tax for transportation for 20 years. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure M, Yes: 66.7% (About a 210-vote difference)
o An Article 34 housing measure that would allow development or acquisition of low-income housing units. The measure caps the number of units at one-half of 1% of the total number of units in the unincorporated area, or about 330 units per year. (pro-growth)
Measure N, Yes: 51.8%
o City of Cotati. An initiative that prohibits the retail use of more than 60,000 square feet of any building in a 52-acre area northwest of the Highways 101-116 junction. In November 2003, voters approved Measure B, which lifted the city's big-box ban on these 52 acres. A Lowe's has been approved and is under construction, but the initiative would apparently prevent Lowe's from fully occupying the structure.
Measure P, No: 62.0% (pro-growth)
o City of Petaluma. An advisory measure on a proposed east-west connector and interchange at Ranier Avenue and Highway 101. Supporters say it is needed for traffic congestion relief. Opponents say it will open up new lands for development.
Measure S, Yes, 72.0%
Stanislaus County
o City of Modesto. A measure allowing extension of city sewer services to about 300 houses on 97 acres south of the city limits.
Measure D, Yes: 62.7%
o City of Newman. A measure advising the Board of Supervisors to direct urban development into incorporated cities.
Measure I, Yes: 63.0% (slow-growth)
Sutter County
o A proposal from Yuba City to annex 810 acres on either side of Highway 99 at the south end of town. Most of the area is already developed, so the provision of services is the major issue.
Measure H, No: 62.3%
o An advisory measure placed on the ballot by the Board of Supervisors regarding development of 7,500 acres just north of the Sacramento County line. The proposal designates at least 3,600 acres for commercial and industrial development, no more than 2,900 acres for residential development, and at least 1,000 acres for public facilities and retail development.
Measure M, Yes: 59.0% (pro-growth)
Ventura County
o Creation of an open space district, and a one-quarter percent sales tax to fund agricultural land preservation and open space acquisition. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure A, No: 51.4% (pro-growth)
o A half-cent sales tax for transportation for 30 years. Two-thirds vote required.
Measure B, No: 59.1%
o City of Simi Valley. A city-backed measure for a new building cap to replace one, originally approved by voters in 1996, that expires at the end of the year. Under Measure C, the number of residential building permits drops from 544 to 292 per year.
Measure C, Yes: 75.9% (slow-growth)
o City of Ventura. An Article 34 election that would allow the city's Housing Authority to develop or acquire up to 500 units of low-income housing.
Measure D, Yes: 58.9% (pro-growth)
Yolo County
o City of Davis. An Article 34 housing measure that would allow development or acquisition of up to 50 units of low-income housing per year until 2025.
Measure S, Yes: 58.9% (pro-growth)
Yuba County
o City of Wheatland. A construction excise tax of 1% of the total valuation of the construction, with exceptions for minor projects or reconstruction. The money would flow to the city's general fund.
Measure E, Yes: 59.5%
