Riverside 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 M Repeal Utility User's Tax -- City of Moreno Valley
16,693 / 43.56% Yes votes ...... 21,627 / 56.44% No votes: Shall the Initiative Measure entitled: "An Initative Ordinance of the City of Moreno Valley Prohibiting the City from Imposing a Utility User's Tax and Repealing the Existing 6% Utility User's Tax" be approved?
Measure N Regulations on Management of Electric Utility -- City of Moreno Valley
19,047 / 49.57% Yes votes ...... 19,375 / 50.43% No votes: Shall the Initiative Measure of the City of Moreno Valley regulating management of the City's municipal electric utility including prohibiting use of city general funds for its support; mandating levels of financial reserves; prohibiting use of electric utility reserves for any purpose other than the electric utility; establishing load resource requirements; establishing limits on electric rates; requiring uniform electric rates for all customers in a rate group; and requiring utility work be done by qualified employees paid at prevailing wage be approved?
Measure O Ratify Occupancy Tax -- City of Palm Desert
12,345 / 68.85% Yes votes ...... 5,584 / 31.15% No votes: Shall the residents of the City of Palm Desert ratify an ordinance passed by the City Council in 1992 (Ordinance No. 679), which increased the Transient Occupancy Tax (the hotel bed tax) from eight percent (8%) to nine percent (9%) and which current law now says requires voter approval?
Measure P City Clerk Appointive -- City of Indio
4,840 / 45.68% Yes votes ...... 5,755 / 54.32% No votes: Shall the office of City Clerk cease to be elective and become appointive?
Measure Q Treasurer Appointive -- City of Indio
4,607 / 43.37% Yes votes ...... 6,016 / 56.63% No votes: Shall the office of City Treasurer cease to be elective and become appointive?
Measure R Occupancy Tax Increase -- City of Cathedral City
6,094 / 52.50% Yes votes ...... 5,514 / 47.50% No votes: Shall the City's transient occupancy tax rate be increased from ten percent to eleven percent on January 1, 2005, from eleven percent to eleven and one-half percent on January 1, 2006 and then from eleven and one-half percent to twelve percent on January 1, 2007?
Measure S Tourism -- City of Cathedral City (Non-binding Advisory Vote)
4,784 / 42.86% Yes votes ...... 6,378 / 57.14% No votes: Should the City Council consider creating a Cathedral City Tourism Commission of professionals of the local hospitality industry and setting aside an amount in the general fund equivalent to fifty percent of any increase of the transient occupancy tax rate approved by the voters on November 2, 2004 for purposes of tourism marketing?
Measure T Bonds -- Palm Springs Unified School District
32,476 / 72.72% Yes votes ...... 12,186 / 27.28% No votes: To renovate and repair schools in the District, relieve student overcrowding by building and acquiring new schools and classrooms, and become eligible for State matching funds, shall the Palm Springs Unified School District issue $122,000,000 in bonds at interest rates below legal limits provided spending is annually reviewed and audited by an Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee, no money is used for administrative salaries and no money is transferred to the State of California?
Measure U Approve General Plan -- City of Palm Springs
8,310 / 50.30% Yes votes ...... 8,212 / 49.70% No votes: Shall Resolution 20866 approving amendments to the General Plan Use and Circulation Plan for Section 14 be adopted?
Measure V Increase Utility Tax -- City of Palm Springs
4,294 / 25.29% Yes votes ...... 12,687 / 74.71% No votes: Shall the ordinance to permit the Council to increase the existing utility users tax by up to three percent for a period of no more than three years, be adopted?
Measure W Elected Mayor/Council -- City of Coachella
2,267 / 75.84% Yes votes ...... 722 / 24.16% No votes: Shall the electors of the City of Coachella elect a mayor and four councilmen?
Measure X Mayor 2 Year Term -- City of Coachella
2,090 / 70.42% Yes votes ...... 878 / 29.58% No votes: Shall a mayor elected by the electors of the City of Coachella serve a term of two (2) years?
Measure Y Mayor 4 Year Term -- City of Coachella
986 / 33.40% Yes votes ...... 1,966 / 66.60% No votes: Shall a mayor elected by the electors of the City of Coachella serve a term of four (4) years?
Measure Z Bonds -- Perris Union High School District
18,871 / 57.90% Yes votes ...... 13,723 / 42.10% No votes: To ensure the health and safety of students, repair or replace old inadequate roofs, electrical, heating/air conditioning systems, improve technology, and reduce overcrowding by build ing a new high school and purchasing a Menifee area school site, shall the Perris Union High School District issue $46,000,000 in bonds, with all funds spent in local community schools and qualify the District for State matching funds and appoint a Citizens Oversight Committee with annual audits to review expenditures?
Measure AA Bonds -- Beaumont Unified School District
6,934 / 49.82% Yes votes ...... 6,983 / 50.18% No votes: To relieve severe classroom overcrowding caused by unprecedented population growth, to replace aging portable classrooms and make repairs and renovations to existing schools, shall the Beaumont Unified School District issue bonds not to exceed $54 million at legal rates to build new schools and additional classrooms, to repair roofs and up-grade electrical and plumbing systems as needed, to qualify local schools for state matching funds and appoint a Citizens Oversight Committee with annual audits to review all expenditures?
Measure BB Amend Preamble & Title of Article II; Correct Typos in Sections 1110 & 1111 -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
43,035 / 62.39% Yes votes ...... 25,947 / 37.61% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended by amending the Preamble to better reflect the diversity and inclusiveness of Riverside, changing the title of Article II, and correcting typographical errors in sections 1110 and 1111?
Measure CC Access to Public Meetings and Public Records -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
54,402 / 78.02% Yes votes ...... 15,323 / 21.98% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to (1) add a new Section 201, entitled "Access to public meetings and public records;" (2) provide that meetings of ad hoc Council committees and Mayoral-appointed bodies be open to the public; (3) all closed session meetings of the City Council be audiorecorded; and (4) provide that the City Clerk shall help members of the public examine and copy all public records?
Measure DD Adoption of Ethics Code -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
50,661 / 73.10% Yes votes ...... 18,641 / 26.90% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended by adding a new Section 202, entitled "Adoption of ethics code," which would require the City of Riverside to adopt within six months a Code of Ethics and Conduct?
Measure EE Regular Review of Compensation for Mayor & City Council Members -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
49,634 / 71.86% Yes votes ...... 19,435 / 28.14% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to (1) provide that the City Council review the compensation of the Mayor and City Council every two years and that any increase be limited to five percent every two years; and (2) eliminate the Mayor and Council members salary commission?
Measure FF Mayoral Appointment of Standing Committee Chairpersons -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
28,934 / 42.50% Yes votes ...... 39,154 / 57.50% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to provide that the Mayor shall appoint the chairperson to all City Council standing committees?
Measure GG Representation of All Council Wards on Boards & Commissions -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
43,559 / 64.32% Yes votes ...... 24,164 / 35.68% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to provide that each City board or commission shall have at least one member from each Council Ward?
Measure HH Appointment of Minors to Boards & Commissions -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
26,595 / 38.88% Yes votes ...... 41,805 / 61.12% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to provide that minors may be appointed to City boards or commissions with preferential voting privileges only or to a youth commission?
Measure II Community Police Review Commission -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
40,756 / 59.76% Yes votes ...... 27,440 / 40.24% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to add a new section 810, which would add the Community Police Review Commission to the Charter?
Measure JJ Mail-Ballot Elections re Bonded Indebtedness; Procedures for Sale of Bonds -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
27,803 / 41.84% Yes votes ...... 38,646 / 58.16% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to allow the City Council (1) to conduct an election for a bonded indebtedness by a mail-ballot election; and (2) to sell such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness at public sale by notice inviting bids or by negotiated private sale?
Measure KK Bids of Public Works Contracts -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
37,815 / 57.20% Yes votes ...... 28,297 / 42.80% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to (1) provide that bids on public works contracts can be accompanied by such other form of bidder's security as the City Council establishes by ordinance; and (2) add a new Section 1114, entitled "Use of design-build procurement for public works projects," which would permit the award of contracts for the combined design and construction of public works projects?
Measure LL Regular Change of Independent Auditor -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
47,116 / 69.54% Yes votes ...... 20,634 / 30.46% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to provide that the City change its independent auditor at least every five years?
Measure MM Public Utility Contracts -- City of Riverside (Charter Amendment)
34,120 / 51.24% Yes votes ...... 32,475 / 48.76% No votes: Shall the Charter of the City of Riverside be amended to (1) allow the board of public utilities to award and execute contracts for construction, goods or services for the public utility; (2) allow the director of public utilities to approve work to be done at the customers' request and expense; and (3) allow the director of public utilities to negotiate and execute contracts with individual retail customers for utility services?
Measure NN Police & Fire Tax -- City of Perris
4,617 / 62.69% Yes votes ...... 2,748 / 37.31% No votes: Shall Ordinance 1141 enacting a special parcel tax to fund additional police and fire protection services in the City of Perris be adopted?
Measure OO Increase Occupancy Tax -- City of Indio
3,877 / 35.65% Yes votes ...... 6,999 / 64.35% No votes: Shall the transient occupancy tax of the City of Indio be raised from ten percent to twelve percent?
Measure PP Redesignate Land Use to Residential -- City of Hemet
5,499 / 24.68% Yes votes ...... 16,784 / 75.32% No votes: Shall an initiative ordinance of the people of Hemet redesignating 43.56 acres of vacant land now classified for commercial, manufacturing and industrial uses to land restricted to development for residential uses with a minimum lot size of 6000 square feet be adopted?

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