Pass: 70568 / 73.38% Yes votes ...... 25596 / 26.62% No votes

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Impartial Analysis from County Counsel

Measure Z, a Washington Township Health Care District ("District") bond measure, seeks voter approval to authorize the District to issue and sell bonds of up to one hundred eighty-six million dollars ($186,000,000.00) in aggregate principal amount.

Pursuant to California Constitution Section 1 of Article XIIIA and California Health & Safety Code Section 32302, this measure will become effective upon the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the qualified electors voting on this measure.

Under the Ballot title/question, the proceeds will fund projects to expand emergency/intensive care units and other facilities, to provide medical technologies and facilities to treat various diseases, to reduce wait times and overcrowding, and to enable Washington Hospital to become a designated trauma center.

If two-thirds of those who vote on the measure vote "yes", the District will be authorized to issue bonds of up to one hundred eighty-six million dollars ($186,000,000.00). Approval of this measure will authorize a levy on the assessed value of taxable property within the District by an amount needed to pay the principal and interest on these bonds in each year that the bonds are outstanding.

The Tax Rate Statement for Measure Z in this sample ballot pamphlet reflects the District's best estimates, based upon currently available data and projections, of the property tax rates required to service the bonds. The best estimate of the tax required to be levied to fund the bonds during the first fiscal year after the sale of the bonds is 1.310 ¢ per $100.00 (one hundred dollars), which is $13.10 (thirteen dollars and ten cents) per $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand dollars), of the assessed valuation in fiscal year 2016-2017. The best estimate of the highest tax rate required to be levied to fund the bonds is 1.667 ¢ per $100.00 (one hundred dollars), which is $16.67 (sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents) per $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand dollars), of the assessed valuation in fiscal year 2044-2045. The best estimate of the average tax rate over all of the years that the bonds are outstanding is 0.987 ¢ per $100.00 (one hundred dollars), which is $9.87 (nine dollars and eighty-seven cents) per $100,000.00 (one hundred thousand dollars), of the assessed valuation.

An independent citizens' oversight committee will monitor the bond expenditures.

If two-thirds of those voting on this measure do not vote for approval, the measure will fail and the District will not be authorized to issue the bonds.

DONNA R. ZIEGLER
County Counsel

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure Z, which is printed in full in this sample ballot pamphlet. If you desire an additional copy of the measure, please call the Elections Official's office at (510) 272-6933 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you. You may also access the full text of the measure on the Alameda County website at the following address: http://www.acgov.org/rov/.