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Monterey County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
Directory of Monterey County, CA Measures
County Results as of November 29 3:12pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (183/183)
63.3% Countywide Voter Turnout (101,449/160,221)

Measures
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Measure E. Bonds -- Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 3 / 100.00% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.00% No votes
To improve the quality of education; modernize, upgrade, and renovate outdated classrooms, restrooms, and school facilities; replace inadequate electrical and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; upgrade computers and technology; improve energy efficiency; and make health and safety improvements; shall the Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified School District issue $16,100,000 of existing bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and have NO money used for administrative or teacher salaries or be taken by the state?

Measure M. Temporary 1% Sales Tax -- City of Marina (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,966 / 62.69% Yes votes ...... 1,765 / 37.31% No votes
To preserve funding for general city services, including but not limited to, maintaining firefighters and police officers for adequate emergency response, reducing crime and criminal gang and drug activity, maintaining city streets and parks, senior programs and youth after-school programs, shall the City of Marina adopt an ordinance enacting a temporary one percent (1%) transactions and use (sales) tax to automatically expire in five years, with all money staying locally to preserve Marina city services.

Measure N. Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Marina (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,385 / 71.98% Yes votes ...... 1,318 / 28.02% No votes
To preserve funding for general city services, including maintaining firefighters and police officers for adequate emergency response, reducing crime, maintaining city streets and parks, and senior and youth programs, shall the City of Marina temporarily increase the transient occupancy tax (hotel tax) rate from ten percent to twelve percent with the increase to expire in five years and tax to revert to ten percent with all money staying locally to preserve Marina city services?

Measure O. Proposed Charter -- City of King City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 802 / 60.94% Yes votes ...... 514 / 39.06% No votes
Shall the proposed charter for the City of King received and filed by the City Clerk on June 22, 2010 be adopted?

Measure P. Bonds -- Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 15,558 / 71.55% Yes votes ...... 6,187 / 28.45% No votes
To improve local neighborhood elementary, middle/ high schools, make funds available to attract/ retain quality teachers and offset State cuts, repair/ replace aging heating, plumbing and wiring, install educational classroom technology, improve utility and energy efficiency to save money for academic programs, improve school/ student safety, acquire, repair, construct and equip classrooms/ sites/ school facilities, shall Monterey Peninsula Unified School District issue $110,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizen oversight, annual audits and NO money for administrator salaries?

Measure Q. Parcel Tax -- City of Pacific Grove (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 4,109 / 61.78% Yes votes ...... 2,542 / 38.22% No votes
Shall a new Chapter 6.70 be added to the Pacific Grove Municipal Code to impose a tax at the rate of $90.00 per year for all Owners of Parcels in the City of Pacific Grove as well as $45.00 per year per unit for multi-Common Household units, in order to create a dedicated and restricted revenue source solely to provide, maintain, and improve core library services for the Pacific Grove public Library in the City of Pacific Grove such?

Measure R. Retirement Benefits Charter Amendments -- City of Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4,390 / 73.63% Yes votes ...... 1,572 / 26.37% No votes
Shall the Pacific Grove City Charter be amended to conform to the "Voter Initiative Limiting the Ability of the City of Pacific Grove to Approve or Modify Agreements That Provide Retirement Benefits to City Employees," provide City officers/employees do not hold rights to future employment or future employment benefits, and amend the Pacific Grove Municipal Code to clarify that voter- approved limits relating to long-term City debt or financial liabilities apply only to retirement plans or agreements?

Measure Z. Bonds -- Aromas-San Juan Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 596 / 53.79% Yes votes ...... 512 / 46.21% No votes
To improve the quality of public education, attract qualified teachers, provide up- to-date science labs/classrooms/technology without increasing current tax rates, shall Aromas San Juan Unified School District equip classrooms with effective heating and cooling systems, upgrade aging plumbing, lighting/electrical systems, renovate restrooms, cafeteria, pay off facilities loans, repair, construct school facilities/acquire equipment, by issuing $9,700,000 in bonds at legal interest rates, with mandatory audits, independent citizen oversight, no administrator salaries, and all money staying local?

 
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