Local Elections -- November 2004 Elections
(Compiled by the California Taxpayers' Association)
 
County Jurisdiction Type of Tax Purpose of Tax Tax or Rate Increase Tax Rate Details Tax Revenue Estimate  Duration of Estimate Election Result
Alameda Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Area 1 Parcel Transit $2 increase in existing tax     Monthly for 10 years Pass -- Combined 71.6%
Alameda Berkeley USD Parcel  Schools 9.7cents/square foot for residences; 14.7 cents/square foot forcommercial buildings, and $50 per unimproved parcel     2 years Pass -- 71.5%
Alameda Albany Parcel Paramedic/Ambulance   Shall the tax, previously approved by voters, be amended to restructure how non-residential properties are taxed under this special tax?     Pass -- 80.5%
Alameda Berkeley Utility Users  General Increase the tax from 7.5% to 9%   Estimated revenue increase of $4.50 per resident with combined monthly utility bills of $300 Four years  Fail -- 37.0%
Alameda Berkeley Property Transfer Youth services 0.5% increase of existing 1.5% transfer tax on real properties of $600,000 or more     Expires December 2010 Fail -- 53.5%
Alameda Berkeley Parcel Libraries Increase the per foot tax from $0.132172 to $0.1540 for residential property; higher for other property, with annual inflation adjustment        Fail -- 50.5%
Alameda Berkeley Parcel Paramedic/Ambulance Increase the rate per square foot ($0.02626 to $0.041634   $1.2 million/year   Fail -- 45.2%
Alameda Fremont Utility Users  General 6%   $24 million/year   Fail -- 44.7%
Alameda Livermore Valley JUSD (also Contra Costa County) Parcel Schools $125 Five years     Pass -- 71.2%
Alameda Oakland Parcel/Parking Public Safety 7.75% parking tax increase; $88 parcel tax Surcharge on parking in commercial lots and parcel tax  $19.9 million/year   Pass -- 69.8%
Alameda Piedmont Parcel General $319 ($806 business property) Replacing existing Municipal Services Tax $1.4 million/year   Pass -- 78.5%
Alameda San Leandro Parcel Police and Fire $78 per residence; $16 per 1,000 sq ft of industrial and commercial property     Duration of 5 1/2 years Fail -- 50.7%
                 
Alameda East Bay Regional Park District Zone 1 Parcel Parks $12     Paid $1 per month for 15 years Pass -- 67.1%
Amador Ione Hotel/Motel General 4% increase to 10%       Pass -- 55.6%
Butte El Medio Fire Protection District Parcel Fire protection $60 increase for residential, other increases for other properties       Fail -- 65.9%
Butte Oroville Hotel/Motel General 3% increase to 12%       Fail -- 40.3%
Butte Paradise Parcel Animal Control $12   $144,000/year   Pass -- 74.8%
Calaveras Countywide Hotel/Motel General 4% increase to 10%   $254,000/year   Fail -- 41.8%
Colusa Countywide Sales General 0.5% increase To run for three years $368,000/year   Fail -- 45.6%
Contra Costa Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District  Parcel Transit $24 increase Doubles existing tax $140 million/year   Pass -- 71.6%
Contra Costa El Cerrito Utility Users  General 8% Ratifies existing tax     Pass -- 65.3%
Contra Costa Hercules Utility Users  General 6% Continues existing tax     Pass -- 76.8%
Contra Costa Pinole Utility Users  General 8% Extends existing tax 8 years     Pass -- 62.3%
Contra Costa Richmond Sales General 0.50%       Pass -- 59.2%
Contra Costa San Pablo Utility Users  General REDUCE TAX FROM 8% TO 7%       Pass -- 72.0%
Contra Costa San Pablo Hotel/Motel General Increase rate to 12%       Pass -- 53.0%
Contra Costa San Ramon Hotel/Motel Economic Development Increase rate from 7.25% to 10% 2/3 vote required as special tax     Fail -- 48.6%
Contra Costa Countywide Sales Transportation 0.50% 25-year extension     Pass -- 70.5%
Contra Costa Livermore Valley JUSD (also Alameda County) Parcel Schools $120 5-year duration $3.2 million/year   see Alameda
Contra Costa East Bay Regional Park District Parcel Parks $12 15-year duration     see Alameda
Del Norte Countywide Sales Libraries 0.125% increase        Fail -- 66.2%
                 
Del Norte Countywide Sales General 0.5% increase increases rate to 7.75%   Duration of 4 years Fail -- 25%
El Dorado El Dorado Hills Zone E Parcel Libraries $20 per apartment instead of $25 per parcel; $25 per residential parcel is unchanged       Pass -- 75.0%
El Dorado So. Lake Tahoe Sales General 0.5% increase   $1.8 million/year   Pass -- 57.2%
Fresno Sanger Sales General 0.5% increase       Fail -- 40.2%
Fresno Countywide Sales Zoo 0.10%   $7 million/year   Pass -- 72.9%
Fresno Countywide Sales Libraries One-eighth of 1% Seven years     Pass -- 71.0%
Fresno Kerman Hotel/Motel           Fail -- 49.2%
Fresno Unincorporated areas Hotel/Motel General 6%   $1 million/year   Fail -- 44.1%
                 
Humboldt Countywide Sales General 1%       Fail -- 29.9%
Humboldt Blue Lake Business License General Increases minimum general license fee from $30 to $50 annually       Fail -- 49.5%
Humboldt Ferndale Business License General Increases yearly retail fee to $60   $5,700/year   Pass -- 57.2%
                 
Imperial Calexico Hotel/Motel General         Pass -- 59.7%
Inyo Countywide Sales   0.50%   $1 million/year   Fail -- 36%
Inyo   Hotel/Motel   3% increase to 12%   $434,000/year   Fail -- 45.3%
Kern Delano Sales General 0.50%   $1.2 million/year   Fail -- 46.0%
Kern Tehachapi Hotel/Motel General 4% increase to 12%       Fail -- 39.9%
Kern  Ridgecrest Sales General 0.75%       Fail -- 35.4%
Lake Lakeport Sales   0.5% increase       Pass -- 59.6%
Lassen Westwood Community Services District Parcel Fire protection $100 per parcel Contains annual inflation adjustment with 5% cap     Fail -- 64.6%
Lassen Susanville Sales Sierra Sports Complex 0.50%       Fail -- 43.3%
Lassen Hallelujah Junction Fire Protection District Parcel Fire protection and emergency services $161.54 per residential structure; $274.83 per commercial structure       Pass -- 97.5%
Los Angeles Altadena Parcel Libraries   Shall city continue to levy tax?   Five years Pass -- 72.3%
Los Angeles Cudahy Utility Users  General 4% residential; 8% commercial Affirms tax established by the City Council in 1991     Pass -- 77.1%
Los Angeles Huntington Park Parcel Landscaping and lighting   Repeals sreet lighting and landscaping assessment and impooses an annual charge upon property to fund similar services     Pass -- 68.9%
Los Angeles Santa Monica Hotel/Motel General Increase rate from 12% to 14%   $3.5 million/year   Pass -- 74.7%
Los Angeles Countywide Sales Public Safety 0.50% Raises rate to 8.75%, tying Alameda for highest rate in state. $564 million/year   Fail -- 59.6%
                 
Madera Madera (City) Sales General 0.25% Advisory measure on ballot asks whether revenues should be used for specific public safety and parks workers. $1.1 million/year 10-year duration Fail -- 46.4%
Madera Madera (City) Utility Users  General 1.25% tax override on residential utility bills and .75% commercial user utility tax. Average residential customer can expect to pay $3.57 more a month. $600,000/year 10-year duration Fail -- 28.7%
Marin Countywide Sales Transportation 0.50%   $331 million/20 years Over 20 years Pass -- 70.8%
Marin Novato USD Parcel Schools Increase from $98 to $185       Fail -- 65.4%
Marin Tamalpias USD Parcel Schools $200       Pass -- 73.9%
Marin Mill Valley ESD Parcel Schools Renews existing tax Duration of eight years.     Pass -- 77.3%
Marin Sausalito Hotel/Motel General 2% increase to 12%       Pass -- 57.7%
Marin Fairfax Parcel Public Safety $125       Fail -- 57.3%
Mariposa JC Healthcare Dist. Sales Hospital operations 0.50%       Pass -- 69.9%
Mariposa County USD Sales School Buses 0.25%       Fail -- 62.6%
Mendocino Ukiah Sales Public Safety 0.50%   $1.8 million/year   Fail -- 65.3%
Mendocino Fort Bragg Parcel  Public Safety $18       Pass -- 69.2%
Merced Atwater Sales Public Safety 1%   $1.6 million/year   Fail -- 41.1%
Merced Merced Sales Public Safety 0.50%       Fail -- 61.7%
Merced Los Banos Sales Public Safety 0.50%       Pass -- 78%
Merced Livingston Hotel/Motel General 3% increase to 9%       Pass -- 53.7%
Mono Wheeler City FPD Parcel Fire Protection         Pass -- 70.4%
Monterey Marina Utility Users  General 5% 6-year extension $1.2 million/year   Fail -- 49.5%
Monterey Salinas Sales General 0.50%       Fail -- 47.8%
Monterey Salinas Business License General   Gross Receipts     Pass -- 50.9%
Monterey Salinas Utility Users  General   Increases tax and ties to inflation     Fail -- 34.6%
Monterey King City Utility Users  General   Shall city levy tax on cellular phones?     Fail -- 23.5%
Monterey King City Utility Users  General 2% increase to 4%     2 years Fail -- 28.2%
Monterey King City Utility Users  General   Removes $2,000 maximum for any calendar year     Fail -- 34.2%
Monterey Greenfield Utility Users  General 3% increase       Fail -- 18.2%
Monterey Monterey (City) Sales General 0.25%       Fail -- 49.2%
Monterey Sand City Sales General 0.50%       Pass -- 52.1%
Napa Unincorporated areas Hotel/Motel General Inrease from 10.5% to 12%   $650,000/year   Pass -- 66%
                 
                 
Nevada Nisenan Recreation and Park Dist.  Parcel  Special         Fail -- 19.7%
Nevada San Juan Ridge Recreation and Park Dist. Parcel Special         Fail -- 35.9%
Nevada Penn Valley Fire Protection District Parcel Fire Protection $95/single family homes; $70/apartments; $45 unoccupied parcels; $48.84 per 1,000 sq ft for commercial property. Consolidates two existing special taxes, now $47 for ambulance services and $11.22 for fire protection;  $275,000/year  Indexed for inflation at maximum of 5% annually. Fail -- 64.6%
Orange Brea Business License General Increases from $30 to $70 for small businesses; increases maximum for large businesses Indexes to inflation     Fail -- 39.8%
Orange Mission Viejo Hotel/Motel General 2% increase to 10%   $143,000/year   Fail -- 39.2%
Orange Santa Ana Hotel/Motel General 2% increase to 11%   $1 million/year   Pass -- 56.2%
Orange Fountain Valley Business License General Increases tax from $50 to $75       Fail -- 38.3%
Placer Auburn Union Elem. Parcel  Schools $44       Fail -- 55.1%
Placer Loomis Fire Dist.  Parcel Fire Protection $50       Fail -- 60.0%
Placer Newcastle Fire Dist.  Parcel Fire Protection 5 cents per sq foot       Fail -- 66.2%
Placer Penryn Fire Dist.  Parcel Fire Protection $50       Fail -- 57.8%
Placer Foresthill FPD Parcel Fire Protection $96 for residential       Pass -- 77.9%
Placer Tahoe City  Cemetery Tax   Illegal special tax of 0.0125% per $100 of assessed value.       Fail -- 63.0%
Placer Placer Fire Dist.  Parcel Fire Protection $54       Fail -- 50.9%
Riverside Cathedral City Hotel/Motel General Increase tax to 12%   $230,000/year   Pass -- 52.7%
Riverside Indio Hotel/Motel General Increase tax from 10% to 12%   $20,000/year   Fail -- 36.0%
Riverside Moreno Valley Utility Users  General   Repeals 6% UUT     Fail -- 43.5%
Riverside Palm Desert Hotel/Motel General   Ratifies 1% increase     Pass -- 69.1%
Riverside Palm Springs Utility Users  General 3% increase       Fail -- 25.3%
Riverside Perris Parcel Police and Fire $49 residential; $79 retailers; $387 industrial/utilities 2% annual adjustments $585,000/year   Fail -- 62.8%
Sacramento Galt Sales General 0.25%       Fail -- 21.4%
Sacramento Sacramento (City) Parcel Libraries $26.60 Extends tax for 10 years and allows for 3% annual increase $4 million/year   Pass -- 72.4%
Sacramento Countywide Sales Transportation 0.50% Extends existing tax $5 billion/30 years 30-year extension Pass -- 74.8%
San Benito  San Juan Batista Sales General 0.75%   $120,000   Pass -- 53.4%
San Bernardino Montclair Sales General 0.25%   $2.6 million/year   Pass -- 63.3%
San Bernardino Countywide Sales Transportation 0.50% Maintains 7.75% rate $6 billion/30 years Over 30 years Pass -- 79.4%
San Diego Del Mar Property Transfer General $6 per $1,000 of value of property transferred       Fail -- 24.2%
San Diego El Cajon Sales Public Safety 0.50% Raises rate to 8.25% $62 million/7-10 years Over 7 to 10 years Pass -- 68.7%
San Diego San Diego Hotel/Motel General Increase from 10.5% to 13%   $28.5 million/year   Fail -- 41%
San Diego Countywide Sales Transportation 0.50% 40-year extension $14 billion/40 years Over 40 years Pass -- 66.83%
San Diego Borrego Springs Fire Protection District Parcel Fire Protection         Pass -- 79.5%
San Diego Pine Valley Fire Protection District Parcel Fire Protection         Fail -- 58.8%
San Diego Valley Center Parks and Recreation District Parcel Open Space $19       Fail -- 58.1%
San Diego Santee Elementary Parcel Schools $60 residential; $400 business Duration: 5 years     Fail -- 60.6%
San Francisco Countywide Sales General 0.25%   $33.6 million/year   Fail -- 42.2%
San Francisco Countywide Business License General   Gross receipts; including limited partnerships in existing payroll tax. $43 million/year   Fail -- 45.6%
San Joaquin Manteca Sales General 0.25%       Fail -- 22.0%
San Joaquin Manteca Parcel Police and Fire $96       Fail -- 19.6%
San Joaquin Stockton Sales Public Safety 0.25%   $8 million/year   Pass -- 73.6%
                 
San Luis Obispo Grover Beach Utility Users  General Validates existing tax       Pass -- 81.7%
San Luis Obispo Countywide Sales Libraries 0.25%       Fail -- 48.0%
                 
San Mateo Belmont-Redwood Shores ESD Parcel Schools $96 Duration of 10 years   10 years Fail -- 66.4%
San Mateo Burlingame ESD Parcel  Schools $104 Extends existing tax for 5 years     Pass -- 77.9%
San Mateo Atherton Parcel General Not to exceed $450 per dwelling on 1/4 acre; $960 on 2 acres or more; $10,000 per private club; $450 for each parcel owned by a utility serving Atherton; $750 per parcel owned by utility that does not serve the community. Duration of 4 years     Fail -- 56.6%
San Mateo Daly City Sales General 0.25%       Fail -- 35.0%
San Mateo Daly City Business License General Increases minimum tax from $50 to $100; For businesses with $100,000 or more gross receipts, $100 plus 0.1% of gross receipts greater than $100,000. Gross Receipts     Pass --52.3%
San Mateo East Palo Alto Business License: Recycling General 10% of gross receipts Creates new category     Pass -- 75.2%
San Mateo South San Francisco Business License: Billboards Special 8% of gross receipts Creates new category     Fail -- 65.3%
San Mateo Countywide Sales Transportation 0.50% Extends existing tax for 25 yers     Pass -- 75.3%
San Mateo South San Francisco Hotel/Motel Public safety, parks, library  1% increase to 9%       Pass -- 69.4%
                 
Santa Barbara Buellton Tax Sunset Initiative           Fail -- 31.9%
Santa Clara Alum Rock USD Parcel Schools $100 per year     5 years Pass -- 69.73%
Santa Clara Campbell Union HSD Parcel Schools $85 per year     5 years Pass -- 67.3%
Santa Clara San Jose Parcel Libraries $25 per year; proportionally higher for other properties; 3% annual COLA     10 years Pass -- 67.0%
Santa Clara Saratoga Utility Users  Advisory Advisory on how city should fund city services       Pass -- 54.9%
Santa Clara Saratoga Utility Users  General 4%     10 years Fail -- 19.22%
Santa Clara Cupertino USD Parcel Schools $98 per year     6 years Fail -- 66.3%
Santa Clara East Side Union HSD Parcel Schools $50 per year       Fail -- 62.9%
Santa Clara Evergreen School Dist. Parcel Schools $94 per year     4 years Fail -- 65.9%
Santa Clara Fremont Union HSD Parcel Schools $98 per year     6 years Pass --67.0%
Santa Clara Palo Alto USD Parcel Schools Increase from $293 to $521   $9.8 million/year 8 years Fail -- 65.4%
Santa Cruz Unincorporated areas 911 "Fee"   Repeal       Fail -- 28.8%
Santa Cruz Watsonville 911 "Fee"   Repeal       Fail -- 37.2%
Santa Cruz Capitola Sales General 0.25% Increases rate to 8.25% $1.2 million/5 years   Pass -- 59.7%
Santa Cruz Watsonville Sales General 0.25%   $900,000/year   Fail -- 37.2%
Santa Cruz Watsonville Sales Advisory advisory Should it be used for police, fire, parks and recreation?     Pass -- 72.6%
Santa Cruz Countywide Sales Transportation 0.25%   $530 million/30 years 30 years Fail -- 42.8%
Siskiyou Countywide Hotel/Motel General 2% increase to 10%       Fail -- 42.8%
Siskiyou Lake Shastina Community Services District Parcel Fire protection $120 per year       Fail -- 39.6%
Siskiyou McCloud Community Services District Parcel Fire protection $25 increase, up to $150 for large multifamily structures       Fail -- 38.5%
Siskiyou McCloud Community Services District Parcel Ambulance service $31       Fail -- 32.9%
Siskiyou McCloud Community Services District Parcel Parks and Recreation $67       Fail -- 22.4%
Siskiyou McCloud Community Services District Parcel Street lighting 2% increase        Fail -- 29.2%
Siskiyou Yreka Volunteer Fire Department Parcel Fire protection $60 residential; $75 most businesses       Fail -- 53.2%
Solano Benicia USD Parcel Schools $105   $1.17 million/year 5-year duration Fail -- 64.8%
Solano Countywide Sales Transportation 0.50%   $1.4 billion/30 years Over 30 years Fail -- 63.8%
Sonoma Healdsburg Hotel/Motel General Increase 2% to 12%       Pass -- 71.8%
Sonoma Santa Rosa Sales Public safety 0.25%       Pass -- 70.0%
Sonoma Sebastopol Sales General 0.13%       Pass -- 67.4%
Sonoma Countywide Sales Transportation 0.25%   $478 million/20 years Over 20 years Pass -- 67.2%
Sonoma Palm Drive Hospital Parcel Hospital $155       Pass -- 68.8%
Sonoma Petaluma Joint UHSD Parcel Schools $50 Duration of 4 years     Pass -- 67.6%
Sonoma Gold Ridge Fire Protection District Parcel Fire Protection $40 first dwelling; $20 each additional; $80 first business, $40 each additional       Fail -- 65.0%
Sonoma Windsor Fire Protection District Parcel Fire Protection $112 per unit of risk       Fail -- 59.4%
Stanislaus Oakdale City Hotel/Motel General 3% increase to 10%   $80,000/year   Fail -- 39.1%
Stanislaus Patterson Hotel/Motel General 8%       Pass -- 55.6%
Stanislaus Turlock Sales   0.50%       Fail -- 49.6%
Stanislaus Oakdale Rural Fire Protection District Parcel Fire Protection         Fail -- 64.8%
Sutter South Sutter Recreation and Parks District Parcel Parks $45 Can be increased annually by the district board up to the percentage increase in the CPI.     Fail -- 57.3%
Tehama Red Bluff Hotel/Motel General Increase from 10% to 12%       Fail -- 33.2%
Tehama Countywide Sales Public Safety 0.50%   $2.6 million/year   Fail -- 27%
Tulare Farmersville Sales General 0.50%       Pass -- 64.3%
Tulare  Farmersville Utility Users  General 4.00%       Fail -- 48.8%
Tulare Woodlake Sales General 0.50% 10-year duration     Fail -- 41.8%
Tulare Three Rivers Memorial District Parcel Memorial Building $26       Fail -- 61.9%
Tuolumne Countywide except Sonora Hotel/Motel General 1% increase to 9%       Fail -- 45.2%
Ventura Ventura County Regional Open Space District Sales Open Space 0.25%   $25 million/year 10 years Fail -- 48.7%
Ventura Ojai Business License General Raises flat fee from $50 to $100 per year, plus amounts based on type of business and number of employees. Modifies existing tax to make amount variable based on type of business, increasing revenue $100,000/year   Pass -- 51.4%
Ventura Santa Paula Utility Users  General $6 per utility flat rate Maximum of $288/year per household with $6 monthly tax each on natural gas, electricity, telephone and cable TV. $2.2 million/year   Fail -- 39.0%
Ventura Santa Paula Utility Users  Advisory   Designed to make above UUT tax subject to majority vote approval.     Fail -- 42.2%
Ventura Countywide Sales Transportation 0.50% Raises rate to 7.75% $1.5 billion over 30 years   Fail -- 40.4%
Yolo West Sacramento Hotel/Motel General 4% increase to 12%   $280,000/year   Pass -- 68.2%
Yuba Countywide Resource Depletion  Transportation $15 per ton of mined aggregate and sand and manufactured asphalt concrete       Pass -- 67.1%
Yuba Wheatland New Development           ??? -- 59.5%
Yuba Loma Rica/Browns  Special tax           Failed -- 46.4%
Yuba Countywide Resource Depletion  Transportation $15 per ton of mined aggregate and sand and manufactured asphalt concrete       Pass -- 67.1%
Yuba Wheatland New Development           ??? -- 59.5%
Yuba Loma Rica/Browns  Special tax           Failed -- 46.4%