Local Tax Election Results:
In Many Local Elections, Voters Opt to Increase Taxes to Fund More Government Spending

In addition to approving two statewide tax measures on the November 6 ballot, Californians approved 162 local tax measures, including sales tax increases, utility taxes, and bonds and parcel taxes that add to the cost of owning property.

In San Francisco, voters overwhelmingly approved a new business gross receipts tax to replace an existing payroll tax, despite questions over how administration of the tax will create new burdens for San Francisco employers.

According to the vote totals available as of November 16, voters approved:

· 3 of 7 non-school bonds (a total of $411 million in new bond debt). The bonds that were approved all were in the San Francisco Bay area.

· 78 of 106 school bonds (a total of $11.208 billion in new school bond debt), with 14 still too close to call. School bonds were approved in districts of all sizes, in just about every region of the state. This may have been due to the aggressive campaigning conducted by school employees, in many cases using taxpayer-funded resources to campaign for passage of the bonds.

· 14 of 17 hotel taxes. Voters in the city of Garden Grove (Orange County) increased the hotel tax to 14.5 percent.

· 19 of 50 parcel taxes, with 10 still too close to call. Parcel taxes were rejected even in may traditionally liberal areas of the state – perhaps a sign that schools overreached by putting these taxes on the same ballot as school bonds and statewide tax hikes that were described as being dedicated to schools.

· 7 of 10 utility users' taxes, with one still too close to call. Several of the UUT measures included small rate decreases coupled with a major expansion of the base, and many voters may have believed they were voting for a tax reduction rather than an increase.

Despite the large number of successful local tax measures, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg indicated that he is displeased that more parcel taxes didn't pass, and has announced that he may pursue legislation to reduce the two-thirds vote requirement for parcel taxes so that more of them will be approved in upcoming elections.

NOVEMBER 6, 2012 LOCAL TAX ELECTIONS
SUBJECT	COUNTY	JURISDICTION	BALLOT LABEL	PROPOSAL	RESULT	% YES
Bond	Alameda	City of Berkeley	Measure N	A $19.4 million bond to make a variety of improvements to Berkeley's pools.	Fail	62.33
Bond	Alameda	City of Berkeley	Measure M	A $30 million bond to make a variety of improvements to Berkeley's streets and watershed	Pass	73.16
Bond	Alameda	Washington Township Health Care District	Measure Z	A $186 million bond to make improvements at the Washington Township Health Care District.	Pass	73.24
Bond	Butte	El Medio Fire Protection District	Measure M	A $1 million bond to acquire land and build a training facility.	Fail	55.80
Bond	Humboldt	City of Rio Dell	Measure J	Authorize a $2 million bond for road repair and maintenance.	Fail	54.91
Bond	Placer/Nevada	Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District	Measure J	Authorize a $8.52 million bond to build an aquatic center and a performing arts center.	Fail	54.07
Bond	San Francisco	City and County of San Francisco	Measure B	Authorize a $195 million bond for parks improvements.	Pass	71.76
Bond, School	Alameda	Oakland Unified School District	Measure J	Authorize a $475 million school bond.	Pass	84.10
Bond, School	Butte	Chico Unified School District	Measure E	Authorize a $78 million school bond.	Pass	64.30
Bond, School	Butte	Gridley Unified School District	Measure G	Authorize a $11 million school bond.	Fail	37.81
Bond, School	Contra Costa	Antioch High School District	Measure B	Authorize a $56.5 million school bond.	Pass	62.20
Bond, School	Contra Costa	Knightsen Elementary School District	Measure H	Authorize a $3 million school bond.	Fail	45.61
Bond, School	Contra Costa	San Ramon Valley Unified School District	Measure D	Authorize a $260 million school bond.	TCTC	55.46
Bond, School	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified School District	Measure E	Authorize a $360 million school bond.	Pass	63.37
Bond, School	Fresno	Caruthers Unified School District	Measure C	Authorize a $12 million school bond.	Pass	63.04
Bond, School	Fresno	Mendota Unified School District	Measure M	Authorize a $19 million school bond.	Pass	74.15
Bond, School	Fresno	Sanger Unified School District	Measure S	Authorize a $50 million school bond.	Pass	68.51
Bond, School	Fresno	Washington Unified School District	Measure W	Authorize a $22 million school bond.	Pass	72.60
Bond, School	Glenn	Willows Unified School District	Measure P	Authorize a $14.7 million school bond.	Fail	53.83
Bond, School	Humboldt	Arcata Elementary School District	Measure F	Authorize a $7 million bond to upgrade schools facilities.	Pass	74.79
Bond, School	Humboldt	Fortuna Union High School District	Measure D	Authorize a $10 million bond for upgrades.	Pass	59.98
Bond, School	Imperial	Brawley Elementary School District	Measure S	Authorize a $7.5 million school bond.	Pass	65.78
Bond, School	Imperial/ Riverside	Coachella Valley Unified School District	Measure X	Authorize a $41 million school bond.	Pass	65.19
Bond, School	Kern	McFarland Unified School District	Measure M	Authorize a $25 million school bond.	Pass	73.81
Bond, School	Kern	Elk Hills Elementary School District	Measure O	Authorize a $6.2 million school bond.	Fail	45.59
Bond, School	Kern	Panama-Buena Vista Union School District	Measure P	Authorize a $147 million school bond.	Pass	64.31
Bond, School	Kern	Standard Elementary School District	Measure Q	Authorize a $11.2 million school bond.	Pass	70.52
Bond, School	Kings/Fresno	West Hills Community College District	Measure L	Authorize a $12.655 million school bond.	TCTC	56.90
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Bellflower Unified School District	Measure BB	Authorize a $79 million school bond.	Pass	71.71
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Castaic Union School District	Measure QS	Authorize a $51 million school bond.	Pass	64.17
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Cerritos Community College District	Measure G	Authorize a $350 million school bond.	Pass	69.45
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Covina-Valley Unified School District	Measure CC	Authorize a $129 million school bond.	Pass	72.72
Bond, School	Los Angeles	El Camino Community College District	Measure E	Authorize a $350 million school bond.	Pass	67.39
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Inglewood Unified School District	Measure GG	Authorize a $90 million school bond.	Pass	85.79
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Lancaster School District	Measure L	Authorize a $63 million school bond.	Pass	68.44
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Little Lake City School District	Measure EE	Authorize a $18 million school bond.	Pass	75.89
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Lynwood Unified School District	Measure K	Authorize a $93 million school bond.	TCTC	56.59
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Palmdale School District	Measure DD	Authorize a $220 million school bond.	Pass	72.49
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Redondo Beach Unified School District	Measure Q	Authorize a $63 million school bond.	Pass	63.31
Bond, School	Los Angeles/ Orange	Rowland Unified School District	Measure R	Authorize a $158.8 million school bond.	Pass	67.28
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District	Measure ES	Authorize a $385 million school bond.	Pass	67.44
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Temple City Unified School District	Measure S	Authorize a $128.8 million school bond.	Pass	63.39
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Westside Union School District	Measure WR	Authorize a $18.510 million school bond.	Pass	61.44
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Whittier City Elementary School District	Measure Z	Authorize a $55 million school bond.	Pass	71.53
Bond, School	Merced	Delhi Unified School District	Measure E	Authorize a $8 million school bond.	Pass	70.77
Bond, School	Merced	Weaver Union School District	Measure G	Authorize a $9 million school bond.	TCTC	54.31
Bond, School	Monterey/ Santa Cruz	Pajaro Valley Unified School District	Measure L	Authorize a $150 million school bond.	Pass	66.72
Bond, School	Monterey	Soledad Unified School District	Measure C	Authorize a $40 million school bond.(2/3 vote.)	Pass	73.71
Bond, School	Monterey	Spreckels Union School District	Measure B	Authorize a $7 million school bond.	Pass	59.05
Bond, School	Napa	St. Helena Unified School District	Measure C	Authorize a $30 million school bond.	Pass	57.56
Bond, School	Orange	Coast Community College District	Measure M	Authorize a $698 million school bond.	TCTC	56.87
Bond, School	Orange	Fountain Valley Elementary School District	Measure N	Authorize a $23.5 million school bond.	Fail	50.56
Bond, School	Orange	La Habra City Elementary School District	Measure O	Authorize a $31 million school bond.	Pass	60.38
Bond, School	Orange	Ocean View School District	Measure P	Authorize a $198 million school district.	Fail	53.33
Bond, School	Orange	Rancho Santiago Community College District	Measure Q	Authorize a $198 million school bond.	Pass	71.06
Bond, School	Orange	Tustin Unified School District	Measure S	Authorize a $135 million school bond.	Pass	59.41
Bond, School	Riverside	Alvord Unified School District	Measure W	Authorize a $79 million school bond.	Pass	62.54
Bond, School	Riverside	Hemet Unified School District	Measure U	Authorize a $49 million school bond.	Pass	68.78
Bond, School	Riverside	Nuview Union School District	Measure V	Authorize a $4 million school bond.	Pass	64.45
Bond, School	Riverside	Perris Union High School District	Measure T	Authorize a $153.42 million bond measure for school construction and renovations.	Pass	60.59
Bond, School	Riverside	Temecula Valley Unified School District	Measure Y	Authorize a $165 million school bond.	Pass	63.37
Bond, School	Sacramento	San Juan Unified School District	Measure N	Authorize a $350 million bond to improve all district schools.	Pass	59.30
Bond, School	Sacramento	Folsom Cordova Unified School District	Measure P	Authorize a $68 million bond to complete modernization projects for Rancho Cordova schools.	Pass	70.33
Bond, School	Sacramento	Sacramento City Unified School District	Measure Q	Authorize a $346 million school bond.	Pass	69.15
Bond, School	Sacramento	Sacramento City Unified School District	Measure R	Authorize a $68 million school bond.	Pass	66.91
Bond, School	San Bernardino	Chaffey Joint Union High School District	Measure P	Authorize a $848 million school bond.	Pass	62.92
Bond, School	San Bernardino	San Bernardino Unified School District	Measure N	Authorize a $250 million school bond.	Pass	70.25
Bond, School	San Bernardino/ Riverside	Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District	Measure O	Authorize a $98 million school bond.	Fail	50.53
Bond, School	San Diego	Cajon Valley Union School District	Proposition C	Authorize a $88.4 million school bond.	TCTC	57.28
Bond, School	San Diego	Dehesa Elementary School District	Proposition D	Authorize a $3 million school bond.	Fail	53.29
Bond, School	San Diego	Chula Vista Elementary School District	Proposition E	Authorize a $90 million school bond.	Pass	67.23
Bond, School	San Diego	Mountain Empire Unified School District	Proposition G	Authorize a $30.8 million school bond.	TCTC	55.17
Bond, School	San Diego	Ramona Unified School District	Proposition R	Authorize a $66 million school bond.	Fail	50.46
Bond, School	San Diego	Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District	Proposition V	Authorize a $398 million school bond.	TCTC	57.25
Bond, School	San Diego	South Bay Union School District	Proposition Y	Authorize a $26 million school bond.	Pass	74.48
Bond, School	San Diego	San Diego Unified School District	Proposition Z	Authorize a $2.8 billion school bond that would increase property taxes by approximately $60 per $100,000 of assessed value.	Pass	60.37
Bond, School	San Diego	Del Mar Union School District	Proposition CC	Authorize a $76.8 million school bond that would cost property owners approximately $8.44 per $100,000 of assessed value.	Fail	53.68
Bond, School	San Diego	MiraCosta Community College District	Proposition EE	Authorize a $497 million school bond.	TCTC	54.16
Bond, School	San Diego	San Dieguito Union School District	Proposition AA	Authorize a $449 million school bond.	TCTC	54.92
Bond, School	San Joaquin	Escalon Unified School District	Measure B	Authorize a $19.5 million school bond.	Pass	64.03
Bond, School	San Joaquin	Stockton Unified School District	Measure E	Authorize a $156 million school bond.	Pass	73.44
Bond, School	San Joaquin	Ripon Unified School District	Measure G	Authorize a $25,236,190 school bond.	Pass	57.39
Bond, School	San Luis Obispo	Templeton Unified School District	Measure H	Authorize a $35 million school bond.	Pass	57.27
Bond, School	San Mateo	Burlingame Elementary School District	Measure D	Authorize a $56 million school bond to increase capacity and technology.	Pass	66.40
Bond, School	San Mateo	Jefferson Elementary School District	Measure I	Authorize a $67.5 million school bond.	Pass	76.22
Bond, School	San Mateo	Jefferson Union High School District	Measure E	Authorize a $41.9 million school bond.	Pass	73.52
Bond, School	San Mateo	San Carlos Elementary School District	Measure H	Authorize a $72 million school bond.	Pass	66.73
Bond, School	Santa Barbara	College Elementary School District	Measure K	Authorize a $12 million school bond	Fail	45.17
Bond, School	Santa Barbara	Santa Ynez Valley High School District	Measure L	Authorize a $19.84 million school bond.	Fail	47.19
Bond, School	Santa Clara	Morgan Hill Unified School District	Measure G	Authorize a $198.3 million school bond.	Pass	65.27
Bond, School	Santa Clara	San Jose Unified School District	Measure H	Authorize a $290 million school bond.	Pass	70.78
Bond, School	Santa Clara	East side Union High School District	Measure I	Authorize a $120 million school bond.	Pass	70.90
Bond, School	Santa Clara	Alum Rock Union School District	Measure J	Authorize a $125 million school bond.	Pass	78.90
Bond, School	Santa Clara	Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District	Measure L	Authorize a $25 million school bond.	Pass	74.77
Bond, School	Santa Cruz	Pacific Elementary School District	Measure M	Authorize a $830,000 school bond.	Pass	78.04
Bond, School	Shasta	Anderson Union High School District	Measure C	Authorize a $12.3 million school bond.	TCTC	56.66
Bond, School	Siskiyou	Butteville Union High School District	Measure R	Authorize a $3.5 million school bond.	Fail	46.34
Bond, School	Solano/Yolo	Solano Community College	Measure Q	Authorize a $348 million school bond.	Pass	62.52
Bond, School	Sonoma	Gravenstein Union School District	Measure M	Authorize a $6 million school bond.	Pass	65.12
Bond, School	Sonoma	Roseland Elementary School District	Measure N	Authorize a $7 million school bond.	Pass	68.24
Bond, School	Sonoma	Wilmar Union Elementary School District	Measure P	Authorize a $4 million school bond.	Pass	62.25
Bond, School	Tulare	Visalia Unified School District	Measure E	Authorize a $60.1 million school bond.	Pass	66.48
Bond, School	Tulare	Earlimart Elementary School District	Measure H	Authorize a $3.6 million school bond.	Pass	80.99
Bond, School	Tulare	Porterville Unified School District	Measure J	Authorize a $90 million school bond.	Fail	48.94
Bond, School	Tulare/Fresno	Kings Canyon Unified School District	Measure K	Authorize a $40 million school bond.	Pass	61.39
Bond, School	Tulare	Lindsay Unified School District	Measure L	Authorize a $16 million school bond.	TCTC	55.19
Bond, School	Tuolumne	Sonora Union High School District	Measure J	Authorize a $23 million school bond.	TCTC	56.20
Bond, School	Tuolumne	Summerville Union High School District	Measure H	Authorize a $8 million school bond.	TCTC	54.26
Bond, School	Ventura	Ocean View School District	Measure P	Authorize a $4.2 million school bond.	Pass	77.71
Bond, School	Ventura	Oxnard School District	Measure R	Authorize a $90 million school bond.	Pass	65.41
Bond, School	Ventura	Somis Union School District	Measure S	Authorize a $9 million school bond.	Pass	67.24
Bond, School	Ventura	Hueneme Elementary School District	Measure T	Authorize a $19.6 million school bond.	Pass	75.62
Bond, School	Yuba	Wheatland Union High School District	Measure U	Authorize a $9 million school bond.	Pass	61.16
Business Gross Receipts	San Francisco	City and County of San Francisco	Measure E	Phases in a gross-receipts tax over five years in-lieu of the city's existing payroll tax. Tax rates for the new gross receipts tax are based on a business's receipts and the business's NAICS code. City staff would apportion a business' income to attempt to determine what is earned within San Francisco. Also changes the city's business registration fee to raise $38 million annually.	Pass	71.09
Business License	Los Angeles	City of Artesia	Measure M	Increase the business license tax on businesses with gross annual receipts in excess of $150,000.	Pass	77.98
Business License	San Bernardino	City of Rialto	Measure V	Increase the business license tax on items related to petroleum products.	Fail	47.36
Spending Limit	Alameda	City of Berkeley	Measure P	Increase the Gann Spending Limit to allow the city to increase spending on parks, libraries, public safety and medical services for fiscal years 2013 through 2016.	Pass	89.13
Spending Limit	Calaveras	Copperopolis Fire Protection District	Measure C	Extends authorization to raise the spending limit for the fire district to $550,000 annually for fiscal years 2013-14 through 2016-17.	Pass	77.16
Spending Limit	Marin	Stinson Beach Fire Protection District	Measure F	Increases the Gann Spending Limit to allow the district to increase spending for fire protection and ambulance services for fiscal years 2011-12 through 2016-17.	Pass	95.42
Hotel	Amador	County of Amador	Measure Q	Increase the current six percent tax to 10 percent.	Pass	60.48
Hotel	Amador	City of Plymouth	Measure R	Increase the current tax to 10 percent.	Pass	57.53
Hotel	Glenn	City of Willows	Measure Q	Increase the current tax of 10 percent to 12 percent.	Pass	52.70
Hotel	Los Angeles	City of Pomona	Measure V	Increase the current tax of 10 percent to 12 percent.	Fail	49.05
Hotel	Orange	City of Garden Grove	Measure Y	Increase the current tax of 13 percent to 14.5 percent.	Pass	66.57
Hotel	Plumas	County of Plumas	Measure C	Increase the current tax of 9 percent to 11 percent.	Fail	41.13
Hotel	San Diego	City of Coronado	Proposition F	Increase the hotel tax from 8 percent to 10 percent.	Pass	60.51
Hotel	San Diego	City of Santee	Proposition U	Increase the hotel tax from 6 percent to 10 percent.	Pass	57.29
Hotel	San Mateo	City of Menlo Park	Measure K	Increase the hotel tax from 10 percent to 12 percent.	Pass	73.61
Hotel	Santa Barbara	City of Solvang	Measure Z2012	Increase the hotel tax from 10 percent to 12. Percent.	Pass	57.79
Hotel	Santa Barbara	City of Buellton	Measure D2012	Increase the hotel tax from 10 percent to 12 percent.	Pass	55.70
Hotel	Santa Barbara	City of Carpinteria	Measure E2012	Increase the hotel tax from 10 percent to 12 percent.	Pass	77.79
Hotel	Santa Barbara	City of Goleta	Measure H2012	Increase the hotel tax from 10 percent to 12 percent.	Pass	72.32
Hotel	Santa Cruz	City of Santa Cruz	Measure Q	Increase the hotel tax from 10 percent to 11 percent.	Pass	82.14
Hotel	Santa Cruz	County of Santa Cruz	Measure N	Increase the hotel tax by 1.5 percent.	Pass	72.11
Hotel	Tehama	City of Red Bluff	Measure A	Impose a hotel tax of 10 percent.	Fail	39.56
Hotel	Tulare	City of Exeter	Measure M	Increase the hotel tax from 4 percent to 8 percent.	Pass	66.45
Marijuana	San Bernardino	City of Needles	Measure S	Impose a 10 percent tax on gross receipts.	Pass	81.24
Marijuana	San Diego	City of Del Mar	Proposition H	Impose a 2.5 percent tax on sales of medical marijuana.	Fail	43.53
Marijuana	Santa Clara	City of Palo Alto	Measure C	Impose a 4 percent tax on sales of medical marijuana.	Fail	36.95
Parcel	Alameda	City of Berkeley	Measure O	A parcel tax for Berkeley pools. The amount of the tax will vary depending on the number of square feet.	Fail	59.98
Parcel	Alameda/ Contra Costa	Chabot-Las Positas Community College District	Measure I	A parcel tax of $28 per parcel for six years.	Fail	62.17
Parcel	Alameda	County of Alameda	Measure A1	A parcel tax of $12 per parcel for the Oakland zoo.	Fail	62.62
Parcel	Alameda	San Leandro Unified School District	Measure L	A parcel tax of $39 per year for five years.	TCTC	66.75
Parcel	Alameda	City of Piedmont	Measure Y	Extend the current parcel tax through June 30, 2017.	TCTC	68.33
Parcel	Calaveras	Circle XX Community Services District	Measure D	Increase the parcel tax from $300 a year to $400 a year for ten years.	Pass	72.93
Parcel	Contra Costa	Contra Costa Community College District	Measure A	A $11 a year parcel tax for six years.	TCTC	65.48
Parcel	Contra Costa	Contra Costa Fire Protection District	Measure Q	A $75 a year parcel tax effective July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2020.	Fail	52.58
Parcel	Contra Costa	Martinez Unified School District	Measure C	Extend the current $50 parcel tax due to expire in 2014 for five years.	TCTC	68.853
Parcel	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified School District	Measure G	Extend the 7.2 cents per square foot tax set to expire in 2014 for five years.	Pass	74.63
Parcel	El Dorado	El Dorado County Library	Measure L	Tax of $17.58 per parcel for 15 years.	Fail	44.94
Parcel	Humboldt	Arcata Elementary School District	Measure E	A parcel tax of $49 per parcel for five years.	Pass	77.32
Parcel	Kern	Mohave Unified School District	Measure N	A parcel tax of $42 per parcel.	Fail	51.13
Parcel	Lassen	Spalding Community Services District (Volunteer Fire Department)	Measure V	Repeal the 1998 special tax and enact a new special tax of $134.00 per improved parcel and $44.00 for unimproved parcel.	Fail	45.21
Parcel	Lassen	Lassen Library District	Measure W	Extend the $28 parcel tax to all "inhabitable dwelling units" within the district.	Fail	44.31
Parcel	Los Angeles	Local Classrooms Funding Authority	Measure CL	Levy a parcel tax of 2¢ per square foot for residential property, and 7.5¢ per square foot for other types of property.	Pass	69.00
Parcel	Los Angeles	Little Lake City School District	Measure TT	A parcel tax of $48 per year for five years.	Pass	73.95
Parcel	Los Angeles	Santa Monica Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority	Measure HH	Implement a $24 tax annually for 10 years for the Santa Monica Mountains.	Pass	75.92
Parcel	Los Angeles	Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority	Measure MM	Tax of $19 per parcel for 10 years to fund the Woodland Hills, Encino, and Tarzan Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority.	Pass	68.16
Parcel	Los Angeles	City of Pomona	Measure X	A parcel tax of $38 per year to fund library operations and services.	Fail	59.64
Parcel	Los Angeles	Westside Union School District	Measure WP	A parcel tax of $96 per year for four years.	Fail	52.94
Parcel	Marin	Mill Valley School District	Measure B	A parcel tax of $196 per year for eight years.	Pass	70.41
Parcel	Marin/Sonoma	Shoreline Unified School District	Measure C	A parcel tax of $184.70 increasing 2 percent per year for no more than 8 years.	Pass	71.71
Parcel	Marin	Town of Ross	Measure D	Impose a special tax of $950 per dwelling unit for single family residential and per parcel for all other uses.	Pass	72.93
Parcel	Marin	Mesa Park Firehouse Community Park	Measure E	A parcel tax of $49 per year for four years.	TCTC	65.53
Parcel	Monterey	Pacific Grove Unified School District	Measure A	A parcel tax of $65 per year for five years to replace and extend the previously approved tax.	TCTC	65.03
Parcel	Nevada	Pleasant Ridge Union School District	Measure K	A tax of $92 per parcel for five years.	Fail	36.68
Parcel	Orange	City of Laguna Beach	Measure CC	A $120 per parcel per year will be levied on parcels in the city, to be used to purchase open space within the city.	Fail	44.57
Parcel	Placer	Newcastle Fire Protection District	Measure K	Reduce the current parcel tax of $146.46 to $30 per parcel.	Fail	61.50
Parcel	Riverside	City of Indian Wells	Measure R	A $171 parcel tax per year for landscaping on Highway 111.	Fail	25.94
Parcel	Riverside	City of Wildomar	Measure Z	A tax of $28 per parcel per year for parks.	TCTC	67.77
Parcel	San Francisco	City College of San Francisco	Measure A	A parcel tax of $79 each year for 8 years.	Pass	72.34
Parcel	San Luis Obispo	Cayucos Fire Protection District	Measure C	Repeal the special tax levied in 1982 and replace it with a new parcel tax set at $25/year.	TCTC	67.59
Parcel	San Mateo	San Bruno Park Elementary School District	Measure G	Impose a $199 parcel tax for five years.	Fail	58.39
Parcel	Santa Barbara	City of Guadalupe	Measure I2012	A $20 per year parcel tax for 8 years to fund libraries.	Fail	57.63
Parcel	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified School District	Measure A2012	A $45 parcel tax for secondary schools.	Pass	69.30
Parcel	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified School District	Measure B2012	A $48 parcel tax for elementary schools.	Pass	70.47
Parcel	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Valley Water District	Measure B	Extend a current $54 a year parcel tax through 2029, increasing at 3 percent a year, rather than expiring in 2016.	Pass	73.15
Parcel	Santa Clara	Berryessa Union School District	Measure K	A $79 parcel tax for eight years.	Pass	77.74
Parcel	Siskiyou	Black Mountain Fire and Emergency Response Zone	Measure P	A tax of $30 per parcel.	Fail	48.25
Parcel	Siskiyou	McCloud Community Services District	Measure Q	A $12 per parcel tax for library services.	Fail	53.01
Parcel	Sonoma	City of Petaluma	Measure X	A $52 annual parcel tax for 15 years on single-family residences and more for other types of parcels.	Fail	61.05
Parcel	Sonoma	Fort Ross Elementary School District	Measure L	A $48 per parcel tax for eight years.	TCTC	65.42
Parcel	Sonoma	West Sonoma County Union High School District	Measure K	Extend the existing $48 annual parcel tax for eight years.	Pass	72.25
Parcel	Sonoma	Sebastopol Union School District	Measure O	A $76 per parcel tax for eight years.	Pass	71.38
Parcel	Sonoma	Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District	Measure Z	A $60 per parcel tax for eight years.	Fail	62.64
Parcel	Tulare	Three Rivers Union Elementary School District	Measure I	A $60 per parcel tax to maintain and improve Three Rivers Schools.	Fail	62.22
Parcel	Tuolumne	Groveland Community Services District	Measure G	A $70 per parcel tax to support EMS services	Pass	68.66
Parcel	Ventura	Ventura Unified School District	Measure Q	A $59 per parcel tax for four years.	TCTC	67.51
Parcel	Yolo/Solano	Davis Joint Unified School District	Measure E	Renew an existing tax of $204 per parcel. If Brown tax initiative fails, the measure would levy another $242 per parcel.	Pass	68.87
Sales	Alameda	County of Alameda	Measure B1	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for transportation.	TCTC	66.53
Sales	Alameda	City of Albany	Measure F	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for eight years.	Pass	79.83
Sales	Colusa	City of Williams	Measure G	Extend the 0.5 percent sales tax.	Pass	70.20
Sales	Contra Costa	City of Orinda	Measure L	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for 10 years.	Pass	69.52
Sales	Contra Costa	Town of Moraga	Measure K	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent for 20 years.	Pass	70.34
Sales	Fresno	County of Fresno	Measure B	0.0125 percent tax for 16 years, increase to fund county library (two-thirds vote.)	Pass	72.11
Sales	Humboldt	City of Trinidad	Measure G	Extend tax of 0.75 percent, set to expire in 2013, for four years.	Pass	55.43
Sales	Kern	City of Maricopa	Measure R	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent for 10 years.	Fail	34.13
Sales	Lake	City of Clearlake	Measure G	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent for street and road maintenance.	Fail	61.34
Sales	Lake	County of Lake	Measure E	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for 10 years.	Fail	62.24
Sales	Los Angeles	City of Commerce City	Measure AA	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for city services.	Pass	67.63
Sales	Los Angeles	City of Culver City	Measure Y	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for 10 years.	Pass	76.50
Sales	Los Angeles	City of La Mirada	Measure I	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent for 5 years.	Pass	66.22
Sales	Los Angeles	County of Los Angeles	Measure J	Continue the existing 0.5 percent sales tax for traffic relief for another 30 years or until voters decide to end it.	Fail	64.73
Sales	Marin	County of Marin	Measure A	Increase the sales tax by 0.25 percent.	Pass	73.35
Sales	Monterey	City of Carmel-by-the-Sea	Measure D	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent for 10 years.	Pass	75.43
Sales	Monterey	City of Salinas	Measure E	Makes permanent the existing 0.5 percent sales tax for city services and maintenance.	Pass	75.67
Sales	Napa	Napa Valley Transportation Authority	Measure T	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for roads.	Pass	74.42
Sales	Nevada	City of Grass Valley	Measure N	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for 10 years.	Pass	66.26
Sales	Nevada	City of Nevada City	Measure L	Increase the sales tax by 0.375 percent for five years.	Pass	74.24
Sales	Plumas	County of Plumas	Measure D	Increase the sales tax by 0.25 percent for four years.	Fail	36.18
Sales	Sacramento	City of Sacramento	Measure U	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for six years.	Pass	63.06
Sales	San Benito	City of Hollister	Measure E	Extend a 1 percent sales tax increase for five years.	Pass	57.80
Sales	San Bernardino	City of Yucca Valley	Measure U	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent for 30 years.	Fail	47.97
Sales	San Joaquin	City of Lathrop	Measure C	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent.	Pass	76.92
Sales	San Luis Obispo	City of Paso Robles	Measure E	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for12 years.	Pass	58.97
Sales	San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Measure A	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for 10 years.	Pass	64.70
Sales	San Mateo	City of Half Moon Bay	Measure J	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent.	Pass	54.02
Sales	Santa Clara	County of Santa Clara	Measure A	Increase the sales tax by 0.0125 for ten years.	Pass	56.36
Sales	Santa Cruz	City of Capitola	Measure O	Increase the sales tax by 0.25 percent to help the city recover from the 2011 flooding disaster.	TCTC	50.97
Sales	Solano	City of Fairfield	Measure P	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent for five years.	Pass	66.96
Sales	Solano	City of Rio Vista	Measure O	Increase the sales tax by 0.75 percent for five years.	Pass	69.53
Sales	Solano	City of Vacaville	Measure M	Increase the sales tax by 0.25 percent for five years.	Pass	69.61
Sales	Sonoma	City of Healdsburg	Measure V	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for 10 years.	Pass	55.39
Sales	Sonoma	City of Sebastopol	Measure Y	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for eight years.	Pass	70.76
Utility User	Alameda	City of Berkeley	Measure Q	Extend the existing utility users tax rate to cover more utilities, including cell phones and related/similar technologies.	Pass	85.44
Utility Users	Butte	City of Chico	Measure J	Reduce UUT rate on telecommunications from 5 percent to 4.5 percent, and expand the base to cover currently untaxed services.	Fail	46.42
Utility Users	Contra Costa	City of Pinole	Measure M	Extend an existing 8 percent tax on gas, electric and telephone bills (scheduled to expire in December) for eight years.	Pass	78.58
Utility Users	Humboldt	City of Arcata	Measure I	Impose a 45 percent tax on "excessively high residential electricity usage," defined as residential usage that exceeds 600 percent of the established "baseline allowance," for 12 years.	Pass	68.96
Utility Users	Los Angeles	City of Bellflower	Measure P	Increase UUT rate from 5 percent to 7 percent for five years.	Pass	61.34
Utility Users	Los Angeles	City of Downey	Measure D	Reduce UUT rate on telecommunications from 5 percent to 4.8 percent, and expand the base to cover currently untaxed services.	Pass	79.71
Utility Users	Orange	City of Los Alamitos	Measure DD	Reduce the tax by 1 percent to 5 percent and expand the base by taxing VoIP, broadband, paging and private communication lines.	Pass	70.57
Utility Users	Sacramento	City of Citrus Heights	Measure K	Increase the UUT rate from 2.5 percent to 4.25 percent for 10 years, with revenue earmarked for public safety (2/3 vote).	Fail	55.68
Utility Users	San Bernardino	City of Needles	Measure T	Impose a UUT of up to 2.5 percent and reduce the city's "franchise fee" from 7.5 percent to 5 percent.	TCTC	51.84
Utility Users	San Luis Obispo	City of San Luis Obispo	Measure D	Reduce UUT from 5 percent to 4.8 percent, but extend application to cover additional types of services that are not currently taxed.	Pass	83.52
Vehicle	Amador	County of Amador	Measure U	Renew the vehicle abatement fee of $1 for 10 years.	Pass	68.84
Vehicle	Butte	County of Butte	Measure H	Renew the vehicle abatement fee of $1 for 10 years.	Pass	73.57
Vehicle	Calaveras	County of Calaveras	Measure B	Renew the vehicle abatement fee of $1 for 10 years.	Pass	71.06
Vehicle	Mendocino	County of Mendocino	Measure G	Renew the vehicle abatement fee of $1 for 10 years.	Pass	78.82
Misc: Excise	Contra Costa	City of Richmond	Measure N	A tax on sugary drinks at a rate of one cent per ounce.	Fail	33.09
Misc: Excise	Los Angeles	City of El Monte	Measure H	A tax on sugary drinks at a rate of one cent per ounce for city services and maintenance.	Fail	23.69
Misc: Property Transfer Tax	Los Angeles	City of Pomona	Measure W	Increase the property transfer tax from $1.10 per $500 of property value to $2.20.	Fail	24.73
Misc: Property Tax Repeal	Orange	City of Huntington Beach	Measure Z	End property tax assessment, approved in 1966, that raises revenue to cover some city employee pension costs. The assessment is 15 cents per every $100 of assessed value.	Fail	49.67
Misc.: Card Room	Sacramento	City of Rancho Cordova	Measure L	Establish a 2 percent tax on card rooms' gross gambling revenues starting January 2014 and each year thereafter, 3 percent on the first $5 million and 4 percent on revenues above $5 million.	Pass	80.22
Misc: Elections	San Francisco	City and County of San Francisco	Measure G	Resolution directing the Congress to overturn the United States Supreme Court decision that allows corporations to donate unlimited funds to an independent-expenditure committee.	Pass	81.03
Misc: Minimum Wages	Santa Clara	City of San Jose	Measure D	Requires payment of minimum wages in San Jose at $10 per hour with annual increases based on inflation.	Pass	58.76
Misc: UUT/Business License/Hotel	Solano	City of Vacaville	Measure I	Extends for 25 years three taxes that have been imposed since 1988 – a $58-per-year tax on water users, a per-employee business license tax, and a 2 percent hotel tax.	Pass	80.75

CalTaxletter, November 16, 2012

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