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Los Angeles County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Directory of Los Angeles County, CA Measures
County Results as of Dec 26 2:56pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (4602/4602)
77.6% Countywide Voter Turnout (3,085,582/3,972,738)

Measures
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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for technology, install fire safety, energy efficient heating/cooling systems, emergency lighting, fire doors, replace outdated plumbing/sewer systems, repair leaky rundown roofs/bathrooms, decaying walls, drainage systems, repair, construct, acquire, equip classrooms, libraries,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?

 
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