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Board Member; Patterson Joint Unified School District (4 Elected)

• Kay Silva Johnson
  935 votes 21.72%
• Bruce Kelly
  682 votes 15.85%
• Amy Hussar
  569 votes 13.22%
• Jose Reynoso
  562 votes 13.06%
• Elisa Pinedo-Medina
  557 votes 12.94%
• Alex J. Saballos
  539 votes 12.52%
• Gilbert F. Lujan
  452 votes 10.50%
• (8 Total Other Write-In Votes .19%)

Board Member; Orchard School District (2 Elected)

• Katherine Kasolas-Jacobson
  309 votes 29.1%
• Sheryl Shirley
  282 votes 26.5%
• Danny Gene Dailey
  249 votes 23.4%
• Diana Nazari
  223 votes 21.0%

Board Member; Sunnyvale School District (2 Elected)

• Reid Myers
  4928 votes 42.3%
• Nancy Newkirk
  4927 votes 42.3%
• John Mumy
  1794 votes 15.4%

Council Member; City of Cupertino (2 Elected)

• Gilbert Wong
  4,022 votes 21.86%
• Rod Sinks
  3,879 votes 21.09%
• Homer Tong
  3,316 votes 18.03%
• Marty Miller
  3,221 votes 17.51%
• Donna Austin
  2,895 votes 15.74%
• Chris Zhang
  1,062 votes 5.77%

Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 4

• David Whittum
  14,016 votes 100.00%

Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 5

• Pat Meyering
  9,092 votes 54.16%
• Bo Chang
  7,696 votes 45.84%

Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 6

• Jim Davis
  6,239 votes 37.46%
• Jack Walker
  6,055 votes 36.35%
• Steve Hoffman
  4,362 votes 26.19%

Council Member; City of Sunnyvale; Seat 7

• Tara Martin-Milius
  7,601 votes 45.87%
• Fred Fowler
  7,210 votes 43.51%
• Maria Pan
  1,759 votes 10.62%

Measure A Elected Mayor -- City of Sunnyvale (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 6,331 / 36.66% Yes votes ...... 10,937 / 63.34% No votes

Shall Charter Sections 600, 601, 602, and 605 be amended to change the current Council-appointed Mayor to a directly-elected Mayor for a 4-year term, to provide an 8-year lifetime term limit for a directly-elected Mayor, and to provide that service as Mayor is not counted toward Council term limits and a person can serve a combined total of 16 years as Mayor and Council member in a twenty-year period?

Measure B Council Compensation -- City of Sunnyvale (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 15,084 / 89.79% Yes votes ...... 1,715 / 10.21% No votes

In order to reduce future Council compensation increases, shall Charter Section 603 be amended to delete the current automatic 5% annual increase in Council compensation, to set the 2012 Council compensation at $2,088.64 per month and Mayor compensation at $2,784.86 per month, and to provide for annual cost of living adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index not to exceed 5% or result in a decrease?

Measure C Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Cupertino (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,088 / 82.49% Yes votes ...... 1,717 / 17.51% No votes

To maintain and protect general city services, including library services, neighborhood police patrols, rapid 9-1-1 emergency response times, city street maintenance, current levels of police officers and school traffic safety and crossing guards, shall the City of Cupertino increase the existing transient occupancy tax paid by hotel guests from 10% to 12% with proceeds placed in the City's General Fund for local use, requiring annual audits and public expenditure review?

Measure D Arbitration -- City of Palo Alto (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 10,319 / 67.61% Yes votes ...... 4,944 / 32.39% No votes

To provide the City with greater control over employee costs, staffing and services and allow the City Council to make final decisions regarding all matters related to public safety employee compensations, benefits, and working conditions, shall Article V of the Palo Alto City Charter be repealed in its entirety, eliminating the requirement that public safety employee disputes be resolved through binding interest arbitration?

Measure E Compost Facility -- City of Palo Alto (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 9,946 / 64.62% Yes votes ...... 5,445 / 35.38% No votes

Shall ten acres of existing parkland in Byxbee Park be undedicated for the exclusive purpose of building a processing facility for yard trimmings, food waste and other organic material?