Combined ballot

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Board Member; Foothill-De Anza Community College District (2 Elected)

• Bruce Swenson
  49,346 votes 34.26%
• Paul Fong
  44,324 votes 30.77%
• Julia E. Miller
  29,279 votes 20.33%
• Laura Casas Frier
  20,824 votes 14.46%

Board Member; Palo Alto Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Dana Tom
  12,138 votes 34.42%
• Barb Mitchell
  11,693 votes 33.16%
• Steve Mullen
  6,301 votes 17.87%
• Claude Ezran
  5,086 votes 14.42%

Board Member; Cupertino Union School District (3 Elected)

• Pearl Cheng
  16,488 votes 22.10%
• Ben Liao
  15,985 votes 21.43%
• Gary McCue
  15,698 votes 21.04%
• Susan McGhie
  15,076 votes 20.21%
• Lynette Lee Eng
  11,274 votes 15.11%

Board Member; Los Altos School District (3 Elected)

• Mark Goines
  8,182 votes 23.41%
• David L. Pefley
  7,933 votes 22.69%
• David Luskin
  6,514 votes 18.63%
• Francis Albert La Poll
  3,672 votes 10.50%
• David Struthers
  3,550 votes 10.16%
• Kathryn Uhlir
  2,875 votes 8.22%
• Tamara Logan (Withdrawn)
  1,499 votes 4.29%
• Bruce Wiener
  714 votes 2.04%

Board Member; Sunnyvale School District (3 Elected)

• Wendy Bockholt
  7,325 votes 27.51%
• Jeffrey D. Arnett
  6,938 votes 26.06%
• Anita Herrmann
  6,938 votes 26.06%
• Michael Anthony Flores
  5,356 votes 20.12%

Council Member; City of Cupertino (3 Elected)

• Patrick S. Kwok
  7,860 votes 23.01%
• Dolly Sandoval
  7,752 votes 22.69%
• Orrin Mahoney
  5,409 votes 15.83%
• Marty Miller
  5,079 votes 14.87%
• Jeanne Bradford
  4,334 votes 12.69%
• Raj Abhyanker
  3,707 votes 10.85%

Council Member; City of Gilroy (3 Elected)

• Craig Gartman
  4,638 votes 22.28%
• Dion Bracco
  4,603 votes 22.11%
• Peter Arellano
  4,204 votes 20.20%
• Charles Steve Morales
  3,732 votes 17.93%
• Robert T. Dillon
  3,600 votes 17.30%

Council Member; City of Los Altos (2 Elected)

• Val Carpenter
  6,369 votes 35.62%
• Kurt Colehower
  5,110 votes 28.58%
• Randall Hull
  4,655 votes 26.03%
• Christopher J. Croudace
  1,733 votes 9.69%

Council Member; City of Palo Alto (5 Elected)

• Yoriko Kishimoto
  11,705 votes 15.50%
• Peter Drekmeier
  11,158 votes 14.77%
• Larry Klein
  11,046 votes 14.62%
• John Barton
  9,419 votes 12.47%
• Jack Morton
  9,234 votes 12.22%
• Karen Holman
  8,990 votes 11.90%
• Harold "Skip" Justman
  4,916 votes 6.51%
• Roger V. Smith (Withdrawn)
  2,430 votes 3.22%
• Danielle Martell
  2,287 votes 3.03%
• Sanford Forte (Withdrawn)
  1,536 votes 2.03%
• Norman Carroll
  1,378 votes 1.82%
• Victor Frost
  1,345 votes 1.78%

Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 1

• Anthony "Tony" Spitaleri
  13,793 votes 56.82%
• Tim Risch
  10,344 votes 42.62%

Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 2

• Christopher R. Moylan
  12,904 votes 53.55%
• Darab Ghaffary
  5,745 votes 23.84%
• Pete Richards
  5,383 votes 22.34%

Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 3

• John N. Howe
  13,035 votes 54.18%
• Nancy Smith
  10,938 votes 45.46%

Special District

Proposition 73 Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy
Fail: 3,610,475 / 47.3% Yes votes ...... 4,023,840 / 52.7% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to require notification of the parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated, pregnant minor at least 48 hours before performing an abortion on the minor?

Proposition 74 Public School Teachers. Waiting Period for Permanent Status. Dismissal
Fail: 3,450,331 / 44.9% Yes votes ...... 4,241,972 / 55.1% No votes

Should the probationary period for public school teachers be increased from two to five years, and should the process by which school boards can dismiss a permanent certificated employee be modified?

Proposition 75 Public Employee Union Dues. Restrictions on Political Contributions. Employee Consent Requirement
Fail: 3,575,521 / 46.5% Yes votes ...... 4,106,481 / 53.5% No votes

Should public employee unions be required to obtain annual written consent from each member in order to use a portion of that member's dues for political activity?

Proposition 76 State Spending and School Funding Limits
Fail: 2,898,836 / 37.8% Yes votes ...... 4,775,219 / 62.2% No votes

Should Californians make major Constitutional changes to create an additional state spending limit, grant the governor substantial new power to unilaterally reduce state spending, and revise key provisions relating to Proposition 98, school and community college funding, and transportation funding authorized by Proposition 42?

Proposition 77 Redistricting. Initiative Constitutional Amendment
Fail: 3,073,346 / 40.3% Yes votes ...... 4,548,276 / 59.7% No votes

Should the California Constitution be amended to change the process of redistricting California's State Senate, State Assembly, Congressional and Board of Equalization districts, transferring the implementation of redistricting from the Legislature to a panel of three retired judges, selected by legislative leaders?

Proposition 78 Discounts on Prescription Drugs
Fail: 3,137,858 / 41.5% Yes votes ...... 4,421,298 / 58.5% No votes

Should the state adopt a new state drug discount program to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for Californians at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level?

Proposition 79 Prescription Drug Discounts. State-Negotiated Rebates
Fail: 2,940,106 / 39.3% Yes votes ...... 4,541,256 / 60.7% No votes

Should the state of California create a new prescription drug discount program for residents at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level, and change state law to make it illegal to engage in profiteering from the sale of prescription drugs?

Proposition 80 Electric Service Providers. Regulation
Fail: 2,532,094 / 34.4% Yes votes ...... 4,825,010 / 65.6% No votes

Should the state expand its regulation of the electric industry?

Measure A General Plan Amendment Restricting Housing Density -- City of Cupertino (General Plan Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 6,770 / 46.11% Yes votes ...... 7,912 / 53.89% No votes

Shall the City of Cupertino adopt an amendment to the General Plan concerning housing density?
YES
NO

Measure B General Plan Amendment Restricting Building Heights -- City of Cupertino (General Plan Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 6,454 / 43.96% Yes votes ...... 8,226 / 56.04% No votes

Shall the City of Cupertino adopt an amenment to the General Plan concerning building heights?
YES
NO

Measure C General Plan Amendment Restricting Building Set Back Lines -- City of Cupertino (General Plan Amenment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 6,044 / 41.24% Yes votes ...... 8,610 / 58.76% No votes

Shall the City of Cupertino adopt an amendment to the General Plan concerning building setbacks?
YES
NO

Measure D Business License Tax -- City of Sunnyvale (Municipal Code Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 14,916 / 56.21% Yes votes ...... 11,618 / 43.79% No votes

Shall the Sunnyvale Municipal Code be amended to increase the business license tax, which supports basic City services, from its current amount of $10 for every 5 employees/rental units, to $30 for 1, $50 for 2 to 5, and $50 for each additional group of 5 employees/rental units, up to $9,500 for employees and $4,250 for rentals, with increases phased over 3 years and both tax/cap adjusted annually for inflation?
YES
NO

Measure E HotelTax -- City of Sunnyvale (Municipal Code Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 18,555 / 69.31% Yes votes ...... 8,215 / 30.69% No votes

Shall the Sunnyvale Municipal Code be amended to increase the transient occupancy tax (commonly called the "hotel tax") which is charged only on persons who occupy hotel or motel rooms in the City for 30 days or less, from the current 8.5% to 9.5% over a 2-year period, which is lower than that charged in San Jose, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Milpitas and Cupertino, in order to help maintain basic City services?
YES
NO

Measure F Term Limits -- City of Sunnyvale (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 16,184 / 62.47% Yes votes ...... 9,722 / 37.53% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Sunnyvale be amended to standardize term limits for all city boards and commissions to two consecutive four-year terms and eliminate the two-year waiting period before a board or commission member may apply to serve on another board or commission?
YES
NO

Measure G City Manager's Residence -- City of Sunnyvale (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 11,973 / 45.45% Yes votes ...... 14,371 / 54.55% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Sunnyvale be amended to conform with state law by eliminating the requirement that the City Manager shall reside in the City of Sunnyvale?
YES
NO

Measure H Heritage Resource -- City of Sunnyvale (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 17,175 / 68.78% Yes votes ...... 7,795 / 31.22% No votes

Shall the Charter of the City of Sunnyvale be amended to include the term "heritage resource" in its list of topics reviewed by the Sunnyvale Heritage Preservation Commission, consistent with existing policy?
YES
NO