Measure B. Orange County Public Safety Sales Tax Eligibility Ordinance -- County of Orange (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 204125 / 34.4% Yes votes ...... 388694 / 65.6% No votes

Shall the ordinance requiring that the County's Proposition 172 sales tax revenues be allocated by the County only to eligible public safety services, defined as public safety services provided by the County of Orange, specifically the County Probation Department, including its juvenile hall detention facilities and its adult and juvenile offenders' monitoring programs; the County Sheriff-Coroner, including its adult correctional facilities, investigative divisions, specialized patrol functions and coroner investigation teams; the County District Attorney, including its prosecution and investigative units, and County lifeguards, be adopted?

Measure C. Orange County Homeland Security Infrastructure Fund Ordinance -- County of Orange (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 161530 / 27.7% Yes votes ...... 422195 / 72.3% No votes

Shall the ordinance shifting a portion of the County's Proposition 172 sales tax revenues from the County Sheriff-Coroner and District Attorney to the Orange County Homeland Security Infrastructure Fund and establishing the Homeland Security Infrastructure Oversight Committee, as described herein: commencing in fiscal year 2006-2007, $10 million would be allocated to the Homeland Security Infrastructure Fund ("Homeland Security Fund"); in fiscal year 2009- 2010 and every fiscal year thereafter, the County's $10 million allocation to the Homeland Security Fund will increase or decrease by the same percentage as the prior fiscal year's increase or decrease in the amount of Proposition 172 sales tax revenues the County receives that is not allocated to cities ("County's Share"); this ordinance would create the Homeland Security Infrastructure Fund Oversight Committee, consisting of the County Sheriff, County District Attorney, Board of Supervisor's Chairman, Orange County Fire Chiefs' Association President and Orange County Police Chiefs' and Sheriffs' Association President; the Oversight Committee will submit to the County an annual recommendation for allocation of the Homeland Security Fund to public safety service providers authorized by California law to receive those funds; the remainder of the County's Proposition 172 funds may be allocated by the County to eligible public safety services as defined by the ordinance to mean those provided by the County of Orange, specifically the County Probation Department, including its juvenile hall detention facilities and its adult and juvenile offenders' monitoring programs; the County Sheriff-Coroner, including its adult correctional facilities, investigative divisions, specialized patrol functions and coroner investigation teams; the County District Attorney, including its prosecution and investigative units, and County lifeguards, be adopted?

Measure D. Initiative Reallocating a Portion of County's Proposition 172 Funds from the County Sheriff-Coroner and District Attorney to the Orange County Fire Authority -- County of Orange (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 160711 / 27.0% Yes votes ...... 433868 / 73.0% No votes

Shall the ordinance shifting a portion of the County's Proposition 172 sales tax revenues from the County Sheriff-Coroner and District Attorney to the Orange County Fire Authority ("OCFA"), a joint powers agency serving 43% of the County's population in 22 of 34 cities and unincorporated territory, utilizing the following formula: the amount of Proposition 172 sales tax revenues the County receives that is not allocated to cities ("County's Share") in fiscal year 2004-2005 ("Base Year Amount") would be subtracted from the County's Share, beginning with the 2005-2006 fiscal year; if the resulting figure is a positive number, 50% of that amount would be allocated to OCFA, and 50% plus the Base Year Amount would be allocated to the County for allocation to public safety providers as provided by California law; however, for any year that the Base Year Amount is greater than the County's Share, OCFA would not be entitled to receive any of the County Share; the allocation formula would change once the amount paid to OCFA in any fiscal year equals 10% of the County's Share; thereafter, 10% of the County's Share would be allocated to OCFA, and 90% would be available for allocation by the County to public safety providers as provided by California law, be adopted?

Measure E. Ordinance to Reallocate Public Safety Sales Tax Funds to the Operation of Juvenile Detention Facilities and Monitoring of Juvenile Offenders and Adult Criminals on Probation by the Orange County Probation Department -- County of Orange (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 183130 / 31.4% Yes votes ...... 399250 / 68.6% No votes

Shall the ordinance shifting a portion of the County's Proposition 172 sales tax revenues from the County Sheriff-Coroner and District Attorney to the County Probation Department, utilizing the following formula: commencing with the 2005-2006 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, 5% of the County's share of Proposition 172 sales tax revenues during each such fiscal year will be allocated to the Probation Department and the remaining 95% would be available for allocation by the County to public safety service providers authorized by California law to receive those funds, be adopted?

Measure F. School Repair and Construction Bond of 2005 -- Newport-Mesa Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 26123 / 56.1% Yes votes ...... 20401 / 43.9% No votes

Measure G. Utility Users Tax -- City of La Habra (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 5147 / 47.4% Yes votes ...... 5701 / 52.6% No votes

The Los Angeles Times

• Measure D Highlights The Great Divide on Use of O.C. Sales Tax Funds - 10/23/2005

• Special Election Guide on Measures B-G - 10/11/2005
• County Braces for Costly Round of Polls - 8/17/2005
• Newport-Mesa to vote on $282 million bond - 8/13/2005
• Board OKs tax options - 7/27/2005

• District seeking $282-million bond - 8/12/2005

League of Women Voter, Orange County

• A Summary of the OC Measures B-E and Their Pros and Cons

• A Summary of Various Organizations' Positions On The State Propositions