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San Diego County, CA November 6, 2018 Election
Directory of San Diego County, CA Measures
County Results as of Nov 6 8:06pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (2136/2136)
67.4% Countywide Voter Turnout (1,173,924/1,741,707)

Measures
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Measure A. Proposed "Clean-Up" Amendments to the San Diego County Charter -- County of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 753899 / 73.8% Yes votes ...... 267187 / 26.2% No votes
Shall the Charter of the County of San Diego be amended for purposes of making "clean-up" amendments including amendments necessary to assure compliance with state and federal laws?

Measure B. Proposed Amendment to the San Diego County Charter Entitled "Preserving Balanced Representation In Unincorporated Areas of San Diego County" -- County of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 592706 / 59.8% Yes votes ...... 398971 / 40.2% No votes
Should the Charter of San Diego County be amended to direct a redistricting commission to maintain the current practice of establishing representative boundaries where at least three Board of Supervisor districts include unincorporated territory, with two of the districts having area predominately outside incorporated cities, as population will permit?

Measure C. Proposed San Diego County Charter Amendment Entitled "Protecting Good Government Through Sound Fiscal Practices" -- County of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 704163 / 69.9% Yes votes ...... 303747 / 30.1% No votes
Should the Charter of San Diego County be amended to require pension stabilization funds be used solely for pension-related liabilities and prohibit using long-term obligations to finance current operations or recurring needs?

Measure D. Initiative Measure Proposing Charter Amendments Requiring All Elections for San Diego County Elective Offices to Be Held At A General Election and Requiring Adoption of Local Regulations Relating to Write-In Candidates for County Elective Office -- County of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 641536 / 63.5% Yes votes ...... 368889 / 36.5% No votes
Shall this initiative measure, proposing county charter amendments requiring all elections for San Diego County elective Offices to be held at a general election and requiring adoption of local regulations relating to write-in candidates for county elective office, be adopted?

Measure E. Mission Valley Stadium - Soccer City Initiative -- City of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 151854 / 32.6% Yes votes ...... 314427 / 67.4% No votes
Shall the City lease Mission Valley stadium property and the San Diego Chargers practice facility on Murphy Canyon Road to a private party for 99 years, with an option to buy some stadium property, consistent with price, terms, and conditions described in the measure; and adopt a specific plan and agreement allowing development of stadium, river park, recreational, residential, office, hotel, retail, and other uses; and amend related land use laws?

Measure G. Mission Valley Stadium - SDSU West Initiative -- City of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 252839 / 54.5% Yes votes ...... 211390 / 45.5% No votes
Shall the City sell Mission Valley stadium property to San Diego State University or any SDSU auxiliary organization, entity, or affiliate, consistent with price, terms, and conditions described in the measure, to allow the California State University Board of Trustees to determine its development, which may include stadium, recreational, educational, residential, office, hotel, retail, and other uses; and if sold, shall the City set aside adjacent land for a river park?

Measure H. Charter Amendment Enacting Term Limits for School Board Members -- San Diego Unified School District (2011) (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 260232 / 78.1% Yes votes ...... 72773 / 21.9% No votes
Shall City Charter section 66 be amended to limit a member of the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education from serving more than three four-year terms, beginning in 2020, and not count prior or current terms for purposes of the term limit for those School Board members who hold office on the date of the Municipal General Election in 2020?

Measure J. Charter Amendment Regarding Mandatory Disclosure of Business Interests -- City of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 368481 / 85.3% Yes votes ...... 63451 / 14.7% No votes
Shall the City Charter be amended to: require, for certain contracts, disclosure of the names and identities of all natural persons owning more than 10% of an entity contracting with the City or receiving more than 10% of the contracted amount; require the disclosures to be provided to the Council for contracts requiring Council approval; and exempt public agencies and publicly traded companies from the requirements?

Measure K. Charter Amendment Limiting City Councilmembers to Serving Two Four-Year Terms -- City of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 382684 / 87.0% Yes votes ...... 56967 / 13.0% No votes
Shall City Charter section 12(c) be amended to remove language regarding a "particular district" and clarify that a person cannot serve on the City Council after serving two four-year terms, with a partial term of more than two years continuing to count as a full term for purposes of the term limit provision?

Measure L. Charter Amendments Regarding Ethics and Compensation for Elected City Officers -- City of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 340828 / 78.5% Yes votes ...... 93351 / 21.5% No votes
Shall the Charter be amended to: (1) restrict benefits for elected City officers; (2) restrict lobbying and campaign activities of elected City officers; and (3) remove the requirement that Councilmembers set their salaries and those of the Mayor and City Attorney, providing instead that their salaries be set as percentages of the salary set by the State of California for Superior Court judges?

Measure M. Charter Amendment Regarding Reappointment of Audit Committee Public Members -- City of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 248018 / 59.7% Yes votes ...... 167190 / 40.3% No votes
Shall City Charter section 39.1 be amended to allow the City Council to waive a requirement that the Council consider at least two applicants for appointment to a position as a public member of the Audit Committee, when the Council wishes to reappoint a sitting public member who is eligible for another term?

Measure N. Reinstatement of Industrial Disability Retirement Benefit for Police Officers -- City of San Diego (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 343070 / 78.2% Yes votes ...... 95411 / 21.8% No votes
Shall the San Diego Municipal Code be amended to reinstate an industrial disability retirement benefit for members of the San Diego Police Officers Association who suffer a violent attack at work resulting in great bodily harm, with the benefit provided when a resulting mental or nervous disorder renders the member incapable of performing normal and customary duties?

Measure O. Approving Bond Issuance For Public Facilities in Otay Mesa -- Otay Mesa Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 3164 / 75.2% Yes votes ...... 1042 / 24.8% No votes
Without increasing the property tax rate, shall the Public Financing Authority for the Otay Mesa Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (District) authorize the District to issue up to $230 million in tax increment bonds to finance public facilities, including roads, parks, police and fire stations, libraries, water lines, and sewers, identified in the District's Infrastructure Financing Plan?

Measure P. City Charter Amendment -- City of Del Mar (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1385 / 58.9% Yes votes ...... 965 / 41.1% No votes
Shall the measure amending the City Charter of the City of Del Mar (Sections 201 and 202), to establish greater local control regarding land use and zoning where consistent with the City's General Plan (Community Plan) and where provided by State law, be adopted?

Measure Q. Cannabis Businesses Tax -- City of Chula Vista (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 48607 / 64.3% Yes votes ...... 26965 / 35.7% No votes
Shall the measure to impose a business license tax of at least 5%, and up to 15%, of gross receipts on cannabis (marijuana) businesses, and at least $5, and up to $25, per square foot on space dedicated to cannabis cultivation, to raise an estimated $6,000,000 per year, until voters change or repeal it, to fund general City services, including enforcement efforts against cannabis business that are operating illegally, be adopted?

Measure R. Development Regulations For Beachfront Properties -- City of Del Mar (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 449 / 18.4% Yes votes ...... 1988 / 81.6% No votes
Shall the measure proposing to amend development regulations for beachfront properties in Del Mar to exclude any area designated as a "Shoreline Protection Area" from the calculation of floor area ratio, which is used to determine maximum allowable construction and development, be adopted?

Measure S. School Bond -- Santee School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 13778 / 60.7% Yes votes ...... 8935 / 39.3% No votes
To construct, modernize, update and equip Santee elementary and junior high school classrooms and educational facilities, shall $15,370,000 of Santee School District bonds, approved by voters in 2006, be reauthorized as new bonds, with legal rates, projected average annual levies of $0.03 per $100 of assessed valuation for approximately eight years (an estimated $2.2 million raised annually), citizens' oversight, audits, no increase in total District debt, and all funds spent locally and not taken by the State?

Measure T. Ordinance and General Plan Amendment -- City of Del Mar (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1898 / 79.9% Yes votes ...... 476 / 20.1% No votes
Shall the measure proposing Ordinance 939, rescinding the Garden Del Mar Specific Plan and adopting the 941 Camino Del Mar Specific Plan, be adopted?

Measure U. General Plan Amendment -- City of Encinitas (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 14120 / 47.1% Yes votes ...... 15882 / 52.9% No votes
Shall the voters adopt the Housing Plan Update 2018 to amend the General Plan, Specific Plans, Zoning Code, Zoning Map, and Local Coastal Program to identify sites for new housing and change zoning standards for those sites?

Measure V. Cannabis Businesses Tax -- City of La Mesa (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 15862 / 73.3% Yes votes ...... 5789 / 26.7% No votes
To fund general municipal expenses including police and fire, roads, and recreation; shall the City tax cannabis businesses at annual rates not to exceed $10.00 per canopy square foot for cultivation and 6% of gross receipts for all other businesses, generating an estimated $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 annually; authorize the City Council to implement this tax by resolution or ordinance; and levy this tax until repealed by the voters or the City Council?

Measure W. Rent Control -- City of National City (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 5960 / 49.4% Yes votes ...... 6115 / 50.6% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted establishing a Program of Residential Rent Control, including just cause for eviction and rent stabilization provisions, and creating a five-member Rent Board to administer and enforce the program?

Measure X. Sales Tax Increase -- City of Oceanside (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 34133 / 55.7% Yes votes ...... 27166 / 44.3% No votes
To provide funding to maintain and improve general city services including: police patrols, crime, drug, and gang prevention, fire , paramedic and 9-1-1 response, pothole repair, street maintenance, improved infrastructure, maintain safe, clean parks and beaches, and address homelessness, shall the City of Oceanside establish a sales tax of one-half of percent (0.5%) for 7 years, providing an estimated 11 million dollars annually for general city services, requiring citizen oversight, independent audits, and all funds controlled locally?

Measure Y. General Plan Amendment -- City of Oceanside (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 28729 / 47.1% Yes votes ...... 32228 / 52.9% No votes
Shall the Initiative Measure Amending the Land Use Element of the Oceanside General Plan to Require Voter Approval of Proposals to Change the Land Use Designation or Zoning of Agricultural or Open Space Land to Any Other Use be adopted?

Measure Z. Citizen's Medical Cannabis Business Initiative of 2017 -- City of Vista (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 14900 / 53.8% Yes votes ...... 12789 / 46.2% No votes
Shall the citizen measure authorizing the commercial storefront retail sales of medicinal cannabis by up to 11 retailers in the City of Vista to be located in any of Vista's commercial, industrial, business park, and mixed use zoning districts; and imposing a 7% special use tax on gross receipts potentially raising $117,600 per dispensary annually until ended by voters; be adopted?

Measure AA. City Council Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Vista (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 14210 / 52.6% Yes votes ...... 12787 / 47.4% No votes
Shall the City Council measure imposing a general tax on potential future cannabis businesses to offset their community impacts by taxing marijuana cultivation at $14/square foot; and gross receipts of marijuana businesses at rates not exceeding 8% on manufacturing and distribution; 10% on medicinal retail; 12% on adult-use retail; and 3.5% on testing; potentially raising $84,000 annually per medicinal distributor until ended by voters; requiring audits and establishing penalties for non-compliance; be adopted?

Measure BB. City Council Medicinal Cannabis Business Ordinance -- City of Vista (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 12430 / 46.4% Yes votes ...... 14346 / 53.6% No votes
Shall the City Council measure authorizing only the commercial delivery of medicinal cannabis in the City of Vista by up to three non-storefront (delivery only) retailers; authorizing up to two product safety testing laboratories; limiting these business to industrial-type zones; and authorizing and directing the City Council to establish licensing and operating regulations protecting public safety, health, security, and community welfare; be adopted?

Measure CC. Governing Board -- Southwestern Community College District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 116125 / 88.2% Yes votes ...... 15510 / 11.8% No votes
Shall the Members of the Southwestern Community College District Governing Board be limited to three (3) terms of office?

Measure DD. School Repair, Career Education, Student Safety Measure -- Sweetwater Union High School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 86510 / 69.1% Yes votes ...... 38603 / 30.9% No votes
To repair/upgrade classrooms, libraries, science labs; prepare students for college/careers; expand science, technology, engineering, math instruction; remove hazardous asbestos/lead; fix deteriorating roofs; and improve school safety, shall Sweetwater Union High School District issue $403 million in bonds at legal rates, raising $26 million annually over 30 years at approximately 2 cents/$100 assessed value, with citizen oversight, independent audits, no money for administrator salaries and all money staying local?

Measure EE. School Bond -- Bonsall Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 3321 / 42.5% Yes votes ...... 4491 / 57.5% No votes
To improve the quality of education; improve safety and security on all campuses; construct a new high school to reduce student overcrowding; renovate/replace track and field structures and facilities; shall Bonsall Unified School District issue $38,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, levy approximately 3.75 cents/$100 assessed value, generating approximately $2,300,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight, NO money for salaries and all money staying local?

Measure GG. School Bond -- Borrego Springs Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 835 / 66.3% Yes votes ...... 424 / 33.7% No votes
To improve the quality of education with funding that cannot be taken by the state; modernize outdated classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; and make safety and security improvements; shall Borrego Springs Unified School District issue $8,600,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, raising an average $560,000 annually as long as bonds are outstanding, at a rate of 6 cents per $100 assessed value, have an independent citizens' oversight committee with NO money for salaries?

Measure HH. School Bond -- Carlsbad Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 21416 / 62.5% Yes votes ...... 12844 / 37.5% No votes
To upgrade classrooms, science labs and technology that support student achievement, college preparation and career skills for math, science, engineering, healthcare and skilled trades; fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing/wiring; improve safety and security; renovate, construct, acquire classrooms, sites, equipment/facilities, shall this Carlsbad Unified School District measure authorizing $265,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying 3 cents/$100 assessed value ($13,000,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, be adopted, with taxpayer oversight, no administrator salaries, all money staying local?

Measure JJ. School Bond -- Mountain Empire Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 2332 / 55.4% Yes votes ...... 1878 / 44.6% No votes
To construct, renovate and equip classrooms, science labs, and school facilities that support college and career readiness in math, science, engineering, technology and skilled trades; improve school safety/security; repair deteriorating roofs, plumbing, and electrical systems, shall Mountain Empire Unified School District issue $15,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, with estimated repayment amounts averaging $840,967 annually for approximately 36 years at projected tax rates averaging 3.7 cents per $100 of assessed value, with annual audits and citizens' oversight?

Measure LL. School Bond -- Vista Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 32661 / 64.2% Yes votes ...... 18203 / 35.8% No votes
To repair, upgrade, equip classrooms, science labs, local school facilities supporting college readiness, career preparation, math, science, engineering, technology, skilled trades; repair aging classrooms/schools including deteriorating roofs, plumbing, and electrical; improve student safety/school security; shall Vista Unified School District Issue $247 million dollars in bonds at legal rates, raising approximately $13 million annually while bonds are outstanding, at a rate of 3 cents per $100 of assessed value, requiring citizen oversight, all funds for local schools?

Measure MM. School Bond -- Del Mar Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 11771 / 61.1% Yes votes ...... 7481 / 38.9% No votes
To improve Del Mar neighborhood elementary schools, repair/upgrade/reconstruct deteriorated school facilities, plumbing, roofs, electrical systems, renovate classrooms supporting science, engineering, math, arts instruction; improve safety/security and technology infrastructure; and construct/equip a new elementary school; shall Del Mar Union School District issue $186 million in bonds at legal rates, raising $10.4 million annually over 32 years at approximately 3 cents per $100 of assessed value, with independent citizens' oversight, mandatory audits, all money for Del Mar K-6 schools?

Measure NN. School Bond -- South Bay Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 12464 / 68.2% Yes votes ...... 5810 / 31.8% No votes
To improve access to preschool education by rebuilding and increasing capacity at VIP Village Preschool, including constructing new classrooms and school facilities, and renovating existing restrooms, shall South Bay Union School District issue $18 million in general obligation bond at legal rates, under a plan that will not increase exiting tax rates with an estimated levy of 2 cents per $100 of assessed valuation (averaging $1.5 million annually through 2042), independent taxpayer oversight and annual audits?

Measure PP. Special Parcel Tax to Fund Fire Protection and Suppression and Emergency Medical Services -- Borrego Springs Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 668 / 56.5% Yes votes ...... 515 / 43.5% No votes
To protect lives and property, shall Ordinance No. 2018-01 approving increases in the maximum rates of the Borrego Springs Fire Protection District's special parcel tax to $225.00 per year for single-family residences and in other amounts for other property as specified in the Ordinance, providing $720,000 a year until ended by voters, and authorizing annual inflationary adjustments be adopted to fund and guard against reducing fire protection/ambulance services, and maintain a stable fire/paramedic force?

Measure QQ. Annual Benefit Fee -- Julian Cuyamaca Fire Protection District (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 836 / 46.1% Yes votes ...... 976 / 53.9% No votes
Shall the annual Benefit Fee within the Julian-Cuyamaca Fire Protection District be repealed and replaced with a new annual Benefit Fee, subject to an annual cost-of-living increase, to provide emergency medical response, fire suppression, and related services?

Measure RR. Special Tax -- Rincon Ranch Community Services District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 46 / 60.5% Yes votes ...... 30 / 39.5% No votes
Shall the Rincon Ranch Community Services District be authorized to establish and levy a special tax override, on all taxable real property within its boundaries for the purpose of providing funds for repair and resurface of the roads maintained by the District, with this special tax not to exceed six dollars and ninety-two cents ($6.92) per acre, or portion thereof, plus one hundred ninety-nine dollars and fifty cents ($199.50) per parcel of land per year?

Measure SS. Parcel Tax -- Valley Center Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 4512 / 58.1% Yes votes ...... 3255 / 41.9% No votes
To improve and maintain Valley Center Fire Protection District's essential fire protection/emergency medical services; reduce fire/9-1-1 response times; recruit/retain qualified firefighters/paramedics and personnel, provide living wages; replace aging, lifesaving equipment; build a fire station, helping lower homeowner/business fire insurance rates, shall Valley Center Fire Protection District Ordinance #2018-01 approving an annual special parcel tax of $180 per parcel, providing approximately $1,228,000 a year until ended by voters; with low-income senior exemptions, and independent oversight/audits, be adopted?

Measure VV. School Bond -- Chula Vista Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 59235 / 67.7% Yes votes ...... 28199 / 32.3% No votes
To make school safety, security, technology and energy efficiency improvements; repair, construct, acquire and equip classrooms and educational facilities and reduce overcrowding; and replace aging plumbing, sewer and electrical systems shall Chula Vista Elementary School District issue $150 million in bonds at legal rates, levy $0.02 per $100 of assessed valuation (raising an average of $10 million annually) while bonds are outstanding, with taxpayer oversight, annual audits and no projected increase in the District's current bond tax rate?

Measure YY. San Diego Neighborhood School Repair and Student Safety Measure -- San Diego Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 224262 / 65.1% Yes votes ...... 120311 / 34.9% No votes
To improve Neighborhood and Charter schools by: Improving school security, emergency communications, controlled-entry points, door locks; Upgrading classrooms/labs for vocational/career, science, technology, math education; Repairing foundations, bathrooms/plumbing; Removing lead in drinking water and hazardous asbestos; Shall San Diego Unified School District issue $3.5 billion in bonds at legal rates, projecting levy of 6-cents per $100 of assessed valuation for 39 years, estimating $193 million average annual repayments, requiring independent annual audits and citizen oversight?

 
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