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Santa Barbara County, CA November 3, 2009 Election
Directory of Santa Barbara County, CA Measures
County Results as of Nov 12 2:16pm
49.59% Countywide Voter Turnout 46,718)

Measures
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Measure B. Building Heights -- City of Santa Barbara (City Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 10,444 / 46.0% Yes votes ...... 12,237 / 54.0% No votes
Shall the City Charter be revised by amending Charter Section 1506 to reduce the maximum allowed building height within the City to forty-five (45) feet generally and forty (40) feet within the El Pueblo Viejo district except for those areas of the City zoned for single-family and two-family homes where the maximum building height will remain at thirty (30) feet?

Measure C. Parks and Recreation -- CIty of Santa Barbara (City Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 16,969 / 78.6% Yes votes ...... 4,633 / 21.4% No votes
Shall the City Charter be revised by amending Charter Section 809 and Charter Section 810 to combine the Board of Park Commissioners with the Recreation Commission to form a new commission called the "Parks and Recreation Commission" and to allow the City Council to appoint a youth member of the new Parks and Recreation Commission?

Measure D. Board of Harbor Commissioners -- City of Santa Barbara (City Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 12,101 / 57.1% Yes votes ...... 9,104 / 42.9% No votes
Shall the City Charter be revised by amending Charter Section 811 to increase the number of Harbor Commissioners from five (5) to seven (7) members and to allow one member of the Commission to be a registered voter within Santa Barbara County and not necessarily just within the City of Santa Barbara as currently required?

Measure E. Architectural Board of Review (ABR) -- City of Santa Barbara (City Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 14,026 / 65.7% Yes votes ...... 7,321 / 34.3% No votes
Shall the City Charter be revised by amending Charter Section 814 to reduce the number of Members on the Architectural Board of Review (the "ABR") from nine (9) to seven (7) members and to allow the City Council to appoint up to three (3) ABR members from persons registered to vote within Santa Barbara County and not necessarily just within the City of Santa Barbara as currently required?

  Official Information from City of Santa Barbara:

SBCityVote.org - election information

Campaign Finance Disclosure Forms for all City measures and candidates




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