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November 6, 2007 Election

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County Results as of November 26 6:10pm
27.4% Countywide Voter Turnout (35,742/130,218)
School | Special District | Local Measures
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    • School

    Board Member; Carmel Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Chualar Union Elementary School District; Trustee Area 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Alberto Jaramillo
      48 votes 90.57%
    • Lucina Baez
      5 votes 9.43%

    Board Member; Chualar Union Elementary School District; Trustee Area 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; Hartnell Community College District; Trustee Area 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; Hartnell Community College District; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Bill Freeman
      1,361 votes 58.04%
    • Rick Giffin
      984 votes 41.96%

    Board Member; Hartnell Community College District; Trustee Area 3Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; Hartnell Community College District; Trustee Area 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; King City Joint Union High School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Brent Green
      1,437 votes 40.09%
    • Michael Foster
      1,255 votes 35.02%
    • Debra McAlahney-Dodson
      456 votes 12.72%
    • Carole E. Morris
      436 votes 12.17%

    Board Member; Monterey Peninsula Community College District; 2 Year TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; Monterey Peninsula Community College District; 4 Year TermClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Monterey Peninsula Unified School District; Trustee Area 1Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; Monterey Peninsula Unified School District; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; North Monterey County Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    Board Member; Pacific Grove Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Pacific Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    • Tere Haas
      32 votes 42.67%
    • Lynne Byrne
      29 votes 38.67%
    • Michael John Hogan
      14 votes 18.67%

    Board Member; Salinas Union High School District; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; Soledad Unified School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Marcelene Franscioni
      505 votes 28.81%
    • Marie Berlanga
      458 votes 26.13%
    • Erica Padilla-Chavez
      398 votes 22.70%
    • Albert O. Amaya
      392 votes 22.36%

    Board Member; Spreckels Union School DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Special District

    Board Member; Carmel Valley Fire Protection DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; Castroville Water DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Ron Stefani
      293 votes 26.64%
    • Diana Jimenez
      196 votes 17.82%
    • Betty A. Macmillan
      192 votes 17.45%
    • Nancy Ausonio
      168 votes 15.27%
    • David Lewis
      137 votes 12.45%
    • Jerome "Jerry" McCready
      114 votes 10.36%

    Board Member; Monterey County Board of Education; Trustee Area 2Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; Monterey County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    • Ronald J. Panziera
      2,360 votes 64.84%
    • Jose Vazquez
      1,280 votes 35.16%

    Board Member; Monterey Peninsula Water Management District; Division 4Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; Monterey Peninsula Water Management District; Division 5Click here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites

    Board Member; North County Fire Protection DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (2 Elected)

    Board Member; Pebble Beach Community Services DistrictClick here for more info on this contest including known links to other sites (3 Elected)

    • Richard Verbanec
      894 votes 30.47%
    • Leo M. Laska
      848 votes 28.90%
    • Gary Hornbuckle
      818 votes 27.88%
    • Alfred V. Budris, II
      374 votes 12.75%

    Local Measures

    Measure E Direct Election of Mayor -- City of Gonzales (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 389 / 81.21% Yes votes ...... 90 / 18.79% No votes
    Shall the electors elect a mayor and for city councilmembers?

    Measure F Term of Office -- City of Gonzales (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 337 / 71.86% Yes votes ...... 132 / 28.14% No votes
    Shall the term of office be two years?

    Measure G Term of Office -- City of Gonzales (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 167 / 35.99% Yes votes ...... 297 / 64.01% No votes
    Shall the term of office be four years?

    Measure H Special Tax -- Spreckels Memorial District (2/3 Approval Required)
    Fail: 106 / 65.03% Yes votes ...... 57 / 34.97% No votes
    Shall Resolution No. 07-1 providing for the imposition of a special tax of not more than $95 per parcel, per year, for a period not to exceed five years beginning fiscal year 2008/2009, for the purpose of maintaining, repairing and operating all of the District's property and facilities, including the Spreckels Memorial Park and Park Annex, be approved?

    Measure I Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2,918 / 80.76% Yes votes ...... 695 / 19.24% No votes
    Shall City Charter Article 7 be amended to delete an unenforceable residency provision, and create a requirement that anyone holding elective office be a resident and elector of Pacific Grove for at least thirty (30) days before the date of his or her election or appointment?

    Measure J Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 3,036 / 85.55% Yes votes ...... 513 / 14.45% No votes
    Shall City Charter Article 9 be amended to require election results to be declared and elected officers installed at the Council's first regular meeting following certification of election results, and to require elected officers to file disclosure statements before they may be seated?

    Measure K Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2,799 / 78.85% Yes votes ...... 751 / 21.15% No votes
    Shall City Charter Article 11 be amended to establish how a vacancy in the office of Mayor shall be filled; provide that remaining Council Members shall appoint another Council Member to serve as Mayor for the remaining term; provide that the Mayor Pro Tempore shall become Mayor if the Council fails to fill the Mayoral vacancy; and provide that any resulting vacant Council seat shall be filled as provided by existing law in the Charter?

    Measure L Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2,310 / 65.03% Yes votes ...... 1,242 / 34.97% No votes
    Shall City Charter Article 13 be amended to allow the Council, by five (5) affirmative votes, to cancel one of the two regular meetings during a specific month?

    Measure M Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2,372 / 69.28% Yes votes ...... 1,052 / 30.72% No votes
    Shall City Charter Article 45 be amended to delete the requirement that the Charter and ordinances can be enforced only by misdemeanor prosecution with penalties up to $1,000 and/or one year imprisonment, and instead to allow enforcement of the Charter and ordinances by misdemeanor, infraction, civil, or administrative action, and allow penalties to be set by ordinance or by reference to the general laws of the State of California?

    Measure N Charter Amendment -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
    Pass: 2,637 / 77.04% Yes votes ...... 786 / 22.96% No votes
    Shall Article 46 be added to the City Charter to ensure remaining provisions of the Charter continue to have valid effect in the event any other provision of the Charter is held to be invalid or unenforceable?

    Measure O General Tax -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 1,829 / 48.11% Yes votes ...... 1,973 / 51.89% No votes
    Shall the Ordinance which deletes, during the period starting on January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2013, the maximum annual business license tax limit of $3,000 set forth in Section 7.04.220 of the Pacific Grove Municipal Code, be adopted as a general tax so long as Measures __ and __ are also approved by a majority vote in this election?

    Measure P General Tax -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 1,632 / 42.61% Yes votes ...... 2,198 / 57.39% No votes
    Shall the Ordinance which imposes, during the period starting on January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2013, a parcel tax of one-hundred and twenty dollars ($120) per parcel per year (but exempting qualified members of lower income households who own and occupy the property as their principal residence) be adopted as a general tax so long as Measures __ and __ are also approved by a majority vote in this election?

    Measure Q General Tax -- Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
    Fail: 1,812 / 47.48% Yes votes ...... 2,004 / 52.52% No votes
    Shall the Ordinance which adds, during the period starting on January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2013, a one half percent (0.5%) sales tax to the existing sales tax pursuant to Chapter 6.08 of the Pacific Grove Municipal Code, be adopted as a general tax so long as Measures __ and __ are also approved by a majority vote in this election?

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