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2012 Local Tax Elections

2012 LOCAL TAX ELECTIONS
TAX	COUNTY	JURISDICTION	BALLOT LABEL	PROPOSAL	ELECTION DATE	RESULT	% YES
Bond	Humboldt	City of Rio Dell	Measure X	Authorize a $2 million bond for road repair and maintenance.	June 5
Bond	San Francisco	City of San Francisco		Authorize a $195 million bond for parks improvements.	November 6
Bond, School	Alameda	Dublin Unified School District	Measure E	Authorize a $99 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Butte	Biggs Unified School District	Measure B	Authorize a $6 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Butte	Gridley Unified School District	Measure C	Authorize an $11 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Butte	Gridley Unified School District Improvement District 1	Measure D	Authorize a $2.5 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Contra Costa	Antioch Unified School Facilities Improvement District 1	Measure J	Authorize a $59.5 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	El Dorado	Pollock Pines Elementary School District	Measure K	Authorize a $9 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Fresno	Clovis Unified School District	Measure A	Authorize a $298 million school bond for facility improvements.	June 5
Bond, School	Fresno	Sierra Unified School District	Measure O	Authorize a $5.4 million school bond for campus improvements.	June 5
Bond, School	Humboldt	South Trinity Joint Unified School District	Measure V	Authorize a $2.3 million school bond to upgrade district facilities.	June 5
Bond, School	Humboldt	Trinidad Union School District	Measure W	Authorize a $2.2 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Kern	Norris School District	Measure B	Authorize a $149 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Kern	Taft City School District	Measure C	Authorize a $23.6 million bond for repair, upgrades and modernization on its six campuses.	June 5
Bond, School	Kings	Reef-Sunset Unified School District	Measure A	Authorize a $10.8 million school bond for facilities construction.	June 5
Bond, School	Kings	Corcoran Joint Unified School District	Measure V	Authorize a $9 million school bond for building renovations.	June 5
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Charter Oak Unified School District	Measure CO	Authorize a $47 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Los Angeles	Sulphur Springs Union Elementary School District	Measure CK	Authorize a $72 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Orange	Brea Olinda Unified School District	Measure E	Authorize a $54 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Orange	Savanna Elementary School District	Measure G	Authorize a $28.75 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Riverside	Jurupa Unified School District	Measure M	Authorize a $125 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Riverside	Val Verde Unified School District	Measure L	Authorize a $178 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	San Diego	Mountain Empire Unified School District	Proposition G	Authorize a $30.8 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	San Diego	Alpine Union School District	Proposition H	Authorize an $11.99 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	San Joaquin	Lincoln Unified School District	Measure A	Authorize a $48.5 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	San Mateo	Cabrillo Unified School District	Measure S	Authorize an $81 million school bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Santa Barbara	Buellton Union School District	Measure V2012	Authorize a $3.2 million school bond for certain upgrades.	June 5
Bond, School	Santa Clara	West Valley-Mission Community College District	Measure C	Authorize a $350 million bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Santa Clara	Milpitas Unified School District	Measure E	Authorize a $95 million bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Santa Clara	Mountain View Whisman School District	Measure G	Authorize a $198 million bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Santa Clara	Cupertino Union School District	Measure H	Authorize a $220 million bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Santa Cruz	West Valley-Mission Community College District	Measure C	Authorize a $350 million bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Sonoma	Healdsburg Unified School District	Measure E	Authorize a $35 million bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Sonoma	Guerneville School District	Measure F	Authorize a $6 million bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Sonoma	Old Adobe Union School District	Measure G	Authorize a $26 million bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Sonoma	Sebastopol Union School District	Measure H	Authorize a $9 million bond.	June 5
Bond, School	Sonoma	Wright School District	Measure I	Authorize a $14 million bond.	June 5
Business Gross Receipts	El Dorado	City of South Lake Tahoe	Measure B	Reduce the percentage of taxes paid on gross revenues by five percent and increase the not to exceed amount from $3,448 to $20,000.	June 5
Business Gross Receipts	Los Angeles	County of Los Angeles	Measure L	Continue the existing 10 percent tax on landfill operators' gross receipts	June 5
Business License	San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Measure T	Impose a business license tax of 2.5 percent of gross receipts on operators of vehicle rental business.	June 5
Business License	San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Measure X	Impose a business license tax of 8 percent of gross receipts on commercial parking facilities.	June 5
Hotel	Los Angeles	City of Arcadia	Measure D	Among other things, states that city's 10 percent tax applies to parking fees, service charges and other charges on hotel bills, and provides that online travel companies are hotel "operators" for the purpose of collecting the tax.	April 10	Pass	79.10
Hotel	Los Angeles	County of Los Angeles	Measure H	Continue the current 12 percent hotel occupancy tax.	June 5
Hotel	Los Angeles	Culver City	Measure X	Increase tax rate from 12 percent to 14 percent as of July 1, 2012.	April 10	Pass	83.27
Hotel	Placer	North Lake Tahoe Hotel Area	Measure F	Extend the current 2 percent tax for eight years in the North Lake Tahoe area.	June 5
Hotel	San Joaquin	City of Exeter		Increase the hotel tax from 4 percent to 8 percent.	November 6
Hotel	San Mateo	San Mateo County	Measure U	Increase the hotel tax from 10 percent to 12 percent.	June 5
Hotel	Tuolumne	Tuolumne County	Measure C	Expand the 10 percent hotel tax to recreational vehicles, houseboats and specified campgrounds.	June 5
Parcel	Alameda	Hayward Unified School District	Measure G	A parcel tax of $58 per year for five years.	June 5
Parcel	Alameda	New Haven Unified School District	Measure H	A parcel tax of $180 per year for four years.	June 5
Parcel	Alameda	City of Piedmont	Measure A	Increase the parcel tax from the current range of $471 to $849 annually to $707 to $1,274 annually (depending on parcel size) for 10 years.	February 7	Fail	50.65
Parcel	Alameda	Peralta Community College District	Measure B	A $48 parcel tax to fund programs at the Peralta Community College.	June 5
Parcel	Contra Costa	Moraga School District	Measure A	An increase of $225 on top of the current $325 per year, with no end date.	May 8	TCTC	64.58
Parcel	Contra Costa	Crockett Community Service District	Measure R	Increase the existing $50 special tax for maintenance and operation of the district's park and recreation services, not to exceed $110 per year.	June 5
Parcel	Contra Costa	East Contra Costa Fire District	Measure S	A $197 annual parcel tax.	June 5
Parcel	Contra Costa	West Contra Costa Unified School District	Measure K	Increase the current parcel tax of 7.2 cents per square foot to 10.2 cents and extend the tax to 2017.	June 5
Parcel	El Dorado	Many Oaks Zone of Benefit	Measure A	Tax of $250 per parcel, per year, with no end date, to fund road improvement and maintenance services and drainage facility maintenance services. Replaces existing benefit assessment.	March 6	Fail	47.31
Parcel	Kern	California City	Measure A	Parcel tax of $150 per year for six years, to fund police and fire services. City's official website, run by volunteers, proclaimed, "Vote Yes on Measure A."	March 6	Pass	68.50
Parcel	Los Angeles	Arcadia Unified School District	Measure A	A parcel tax of $228 per year for five years to support the Arcadia Unified School District.	March 13	Pass	67.61
Parcel	Los Angeles	Los Angeles Unified School District		Tax of $298 per parcel, for five years.	November 6
Parcel	Marin	Ross Valley School District	Measure A	Renew existing parcel tax for eight years and increase it $149 per year.	June 5
Parcel	Marin	Town of Ross	Measure C	Impose a special tax not to exceed $1,000 per dwelling unit for single family residential and per parcel for multi-family unit for public safety services.	June 5
Parcel	Marin	Muir Beach Community Service District	Measure E	Impose an annual special tax of $200 per parcel for four years for fire protection.	June 5
Parcel	Mendocino, Sonoma	Coast Life Support District	Measure C	Increase current $32 parcel tax to $44 per "unit of benefit," to raise funds for emergency medical response services.	April 10	Pass	78.51
Parcel	Mendocino	Brooktrails Township Community Service District	Measure E	Increase the parcel tax for fire protection and prevention beginning July 1, 2012.	June 5
Parcel	Nevada	Higgins Fire Protection District	Measure B	Impose a tax increase of $100 per parcel.	June 5
Parcel	Nevada	Mystic Mines Community Services District	Measure C	A tax of $80 per parcel to pay for road construction and maintenance.	June 5
Parcel	Placer	Newcastle Fire Protection District	Measure B	A tax of $150 per parcel to pay for a new fire station, a raise for firefighters, health benefits and operating costs.	March 6	Pass	68.92
Parcel	Placer	North Auburn-Ophir Fire District	Measure D	A tax of $40 per residential, $20 per mobile home and $0.046 per square foot for commercial development for fire protection.	June 5
Parcel	Placer	Placer Hills Fire Protection District	Measure E	A tax of $79 per parcel.	June 5
Parcel	Riverside	San Gorgonio Memorial Health Care District	Measure D	Extend expiring $49 parcel tax for 10 years, with an annual cost-of-living increase.	May 1	Pass	72.73
Parcel	Riverside	City of Indian Wells		A $171 parcel tax per year for landscaping on Highway 111.	November 6
Parcel	San Bernardino	Twentynine Palms Water District (oversees city's Fire Department)	Measure H	Increase parcel tax from $80 to $120, beginning July 1, 2013, and allow for $6 annual tax increase for 10 years following 2013.	April 17	Fail	48.27
Parcel	San Bernardino	Crest Forest Fire Protection District	Measure J	A $59 parcel tax to provide increased funding for emergency medical and paramedic services.	May 8	Fail	57.46
Parcel	San Mateo	Brisbane Elementary School District	Measure Q	Tax of $156 per parcel for six years.	April 10	TCTC	67.48
Parcel	San Mateo	Jefferson Union High School District	Measure Y	Impose a $48 parcel tax annually for four years.	June 5
Parcel	San Mateo	Redwood City Unified School District	Measure W	A tax of $67 per year for five years.	June 5
Parcel	San Mateo	Wayside Road Maintenance District	Measure V	Increase the parcel tax from $625 to $950 to maintain and repair roads.	June 5
Parcel	San Mateo	County Fire Service Area I	Measure Z	Continue the special tax for four years at a maximum rate of $65 per parcel.	June 5
Parcel	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified School District	Measure W2012	A $54 parcel tax for secondary schools beginning July 1, 2013.	June 5
Parcel	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Unified School District	Measure X2012	A $54 parcel tax for elementary schools beginning July 1, 2013.	June 5
Parcel	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Unified School District	Measure A	A $84 parcel tax for five years.	May 8	Pass	72.68
Parcel	Santa Clara	Saratoga Union School District	Measure B	A $68 parcel tax for eight years	May 8	TCTC	69.30
Parcel	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz City High School District	Measure I	Increase parcel tax to $38 for the high school. Current rate of $28 is set to expire in June 2013.	June 5
Parcel	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Elementary School District	Measure J	Increase parcel tax to $85, for elementary schools. Current rate of $70 is set to expire in June 2013.	June 5
Parcel	Santa Cruz	Scotts Valley Unified School District	Measure K	A tax of $48 per parcel for three years.	June 5
Parcel	Siskiyou	City of Dunsmuir	Measure N	Parcel tax of $25 per year for 10 years, to raise money for library services.	June 5
Parcel	Solano	Greater Vallejo Recreation District	Measure K	A tax of $48 per parcel for homeowners, $36 for apartment and mobile home park dwellers, $250 for non-residential lots between one and five acres and $500 for lots bigger than five acres.	May 8	TCTC	68.00
Parcel	Sonoma	Sonoma Valley Health Care District	Measure A	Extend existing parcel tax of $195 per year, for five years.	March 6	Pass	73.16
Parcel	Sonoma	Cotati/Rohnert Park Unified School District	Measure D	A tax of $89 per year for five years.	June 5
Parcel	Yolo	Davis Joint Unified School District	Measure C	Tax of $320 per parcel per year, with annual increases based on inflation.	March 6	Pass	72.33
Parcel	Yolo	City of Davis	Measure D	Extend the current $49 parcel tax for six years.	June 5
Sales	Alameda	City of Alameda	Measure C	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent to improve the infrastructure at the Alameda Free Library and replace police and fire vehicles and construct a new emergency center.	June 5
Sales	Contra Costa	City of Hercules	Measure O	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent to fund city services in general for four years.	June 5
Sales	Contra Costa	City of Pittsburg	Measure P	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for five years and then 0.25 percent for the next five years.	June 5
Sales	Contra Costa	City of San Pablo	Measure Q	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for five years and then 0.25 percent for the next five years.	June 5
Sales	Kern	City of Ridgecrest	Measure L	Increase the sales tax by 0.75 percent for five years.	June 5
Sales	Mendocino	City of Fort Bragg	Measure A	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent to provide dedicated revenues for the C.V. Starr Community Center.	March 6	Pass	74.43
Sales	Monterey	City of Greenfield	Measure X	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent for five years.	June 5
Sales	Monterey	City of Soledad	Measure Y	Increase the sales tax by 1 percent for five years.	June 5
Sales	Solano	Solano County Library	Measure L	Extend 0.125 percent sales and use tax to fund the library.	June 5
Sales	Sonoma	City of Sonoma	Measure J	Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for five years.	June 5
Sales	San Luis Obispo	City of Paso Robles		Increase the sales tax by 0.5 percent for specified purposes. (Two-thirds vote.)	November 6
Sales	Santa Barbara	City of Santa Maria	Measure U2012	Increase the sales tax by 0.25 percent for nine years.	June 5
Sales	Santa Cruz	City of Capitola		Increase the sales tax by 0.25 percent to help the city recover from the 2011 flooding disaster.
Sales	Stanislaus	County of Stanislaus	Measure T	Extend the existing 0.125 percent sales tax for five years	June 5
Utility Users	Butte	City of Chico		Reduce UUT rate on telecommunications from 5 percent to 4.5 percent, and expand the base to cover currently untaxed services.	November 6
Utility Users	Fresno	City of Parlier	Measure S	Impose a 5 percent utility user tax to fund public safety programs.	June 5
Utility Users	Los Angeles	City of Bradbury	Measure A	Authorize a UUT at an initial rate of 8.4 percent on telecommunications, video, electricity, natural gas and solid waste disposal. Tax would remain for five years, and rate could be adjusted annually by city, up to 8.75 percent and down to 1 percent.	April 10	Fail	41.90
Utility Users	Los Angeles	City of La Verne	Measure P	Reduce UUT rate on telecommunications from 6 percent to 5.75 percent, and expand the base to cover currently untaxed services.	March 6	Pass	86.56
Utility Users	Los Angeles	City of Sierra Madre	Measure 12-1	Extend current 10 percent UUT, and authorize increase to 12 percent in 2013, with decreases starting in 2018.	April 10	Fail	39.36
Utility Users	Los Angeles	City of Sierra Madre	Measure 12-2	Advisory measure specifying that if Measure 12-1 is approved, the revenue should be used for public safety programs.	April 10	Fail	43.02
Utility Users	Orange	City of Stanton	Measure J	Increase rate from 5 percent to 7.5 percent	June 5
Misc.: Soda	Contra Costa	City of Richmond		A tax on soda at a rate of one cent per ounce.	November 6
Misc.: Stormwater "Fee"	Contra Costa	Contra Costa County Clean Water Program	Measure CCWI	A parcel-based "fee" of $12 to $22 per year, to raise funds for cleaning storm drains. Requires majority vote of property owners who would pay the "fee."	April 6	Fail	40.61

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Updated May 16, 2012

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