Sacramento County Ballot

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Democratic Party; President of the United States

• Al Gore, Democratic
  2,603,865 votes 79.8% (81.3% in party)
• Bill Bradley, Democratic
  640,831 votes 19.7% (18.2% in party)
• Lyndon Larouche, Democratic
  19,340 votes .5% (.5% in party)
• Odessa Lightfoot, Democratic (Write-In)
• Gerald Dalgneau, Democratic (Write-In)
• Mark Greenstein, Democratic (Write-In)
• Sandra Gandel, Democratic (Write-In)
• Tom O'Brien, Democratic (Write-In)

Republican Party; President of the United States

• George W. Bush, Republican
  2,158,489 votes 52.2% (60.6% in party)
• John McCain, Republican
  1,773,494 votes 42.9% (34.8% in party)
• Alan Keyes, Republican
  169,692 votes 4.2% (4% in party)
• Steve Forbes, Republican (Withdrawn)
  14,430 votes .3% (.2% in party)
• Gary Bauer, Republican (Withdrawn)
  10,481 votes .2% (.2% in party)
• Orrin Hatch, Republican (Withdrawn)
  9,157 votes .2% (.2% in party)
• Joe Schriner, Republican (Write-In)
• David Rosenbaum, Republican (Write-In)

American Independent Party; President of the United States

• Howard Phillips, American Independent
  8,931 votes 100% (100% in party)

Green Party; President of the United States

• Ralph Nader, Green
  112,104 votes 94.4% (91.9% in party)
• Joel Kovel, Green
  6,689 votes 5.6% (8.1% in party)
• Kent Mesplay, Green (Write-In)

Libertarian Party; President of the United States

• Harry Browne, Libertarian
  20,771 votes 62.3% (71.7% in party)
• Kip Lee, Libertarian
  4,001 votes 12% (5.8% in party)
• L. Neil Smith, Libertarian
  3,160 votes 9.5% (8.8% in party)
• Larry Hines, Libertarian
  2,969 votes 8.8% (7.4% in party)
• Dave Lynn Hollist, Libertarian
  2,473 votes 7.4% (6.3% in party)

Natural Law Party; President of the United States

• John Hagelin, Natural Law
  5,850 votes 100% (100% in party)

Reform Party; President of the United States

• Donald J. Trump, Reform (Withdrawn)
  15,261 votes 44.3% (37% in party)
• George D. Weber, Reform
  9,376 votes 27.2% (11.2% in party)
• Robert Bowman, Reform
  4,868 votes 14.2% (15% in party)
• John B. Anderson, Reform
  3,148 votes 9.1% (24.4% in party)
• Charles Collins, Reform
  1,825 votes 5.2% (12.4% in party)
• Joel Neuberg, Reform (Write-In)

United States Senator

United States Senator

• Dianne Feinstein, Democratic
  3,749,232 votes 51.2% (95.5% in party)
• Tom Campbell, Republican
  1,690,344 votes 23.1% (56.2% in party)
• Ray Haynes, Republican
  675,984 votes 9.3% (22.5% in party)
• Bill Horn, Republican
  451,051 votes 6.2% (15% in party)
• Michael Schmier, Democratic
  180,405 votes 2.5% (4.5% in party)
• Gail Katherine Lightfoot, Libertarian
  120,132 votes 1.7% (100% in party)
• Medea Susan Benjamin, Green
  99,541 votes 1.4% (74% in party)
• John M. Brown, Republican
  68,122 votes 1% (2.3% in party)
• Linh Dao, Republican
  64,345 votes .8% (2.1% in party)
• JP Gough, Republican
  58,637 votes .8% (1.9% in party)
• Jose Luis "Joe" Camahort, Reform
  46,163 votes .6% (70.4% in party)
• Diane Beall Templin, American Independent
  38,634 votes .5% (100% in party)
• Jan B. Tucker, Green
  35,005 votes .4% (26% in party)
• Brian M. Rees, Natural Law
  26,284 votes .3% (100% in party)
• Valli "Sharp" Sharpe-Geisler, Reform
  19,474 votes .2% (29.6% in party)

United States Representative

United States Representative; District 3

• Doug Ose, Republican
  96,732 votes 60.7% (100% in party)
• Bob Kent, Democratic
  56,779 votes 35.6% (100% in party)
• Douglas Arthur Tuma, Libertarian
  4,096 votes 2.5% (100% in party)
• Channing E. Jones, Natural Law
  1,990 votes 1.2% (100% in party)

United States Representative; District 4

• John T. Doolittle, Republican
  137,904 votes 66.4% (100% in party)
• Mark A. Norberg, Democratic
  57,501 votes 27.7% (100% in party)
• William Fritz Frey, Libertarian
  6,518 votes 3.1% (100% in party)
• Robert E. Ray, Natural Law
  5,950 votes 2.8% (100% in party)

United States Representative; District 5

• Robert T. Matsui, Democratic
  112,132 votes 70.9% (100% in party)
• Ken Payne, Republican
  38,158 votes 24.1% (100% in party)
• Ken Adams, Green
  3,428 votes 2.2% (100% in party)
• Cullene Lang, Libertarian
  2,815 votes 1.7% (100% in party)
• Charles Kersey, Natural Law
  1,838 votes 1.1% (100% in party)

United States Representative; District 11

• Richard W. Pombo, Republican
  87,160 votes 61.1% (100% in party)
• Tom Y. Santos, Democratic
  30,817 votes 21.6% (61.7% in party)
• Robert L. Figueroa, Democratic
  19,152 votes 13.5% (38.3% in party)
• Kathryn A. Russow, Libertarian
  3,273 votes 2.2% (100% in party)
• Jon A. Kurey, Natural Law
  2,388 votes 1.6% (100% in party)

State

State Senator; District 5

• Michael J. Machado, Democratic
  109,541 votes 50.8% (100% in party)
• Alan Nakanishi, Republican
  70,194 votes 32.5% (70.7% in party)
• James Shoemaker, Republican
  29,130 votes 13.4% (29.3% in party)
• Carole Brow, Libertarian
  5,839 votes 2.7% (100% in party)
• William S. Nicolas, Natural Law
  1,307 votes .6% (100% in party)

Member of the State Assembly; District 5

• Dave Cox, Republican
  86,194 votes 79.3% (100% in party)
• Gene Frazier, Libertarian
  22,602 votes 20.7% (100% in party)
• John Molina, Democratic (Write-In)

Member of the State Assembly; District 8

• Helen M. Thomson, Democratic
  67,005 votes 62.6% (100% in party)
• John R. Munn, Republican
  36,841 votes 34.3% (100% in party)
• Robert W. Wilson, II, Natural Law
  3,331 votes 3.1% (100% in party)

Member of the State Assembly; District 9

• Darrell Steinberg, Democratic
  55,705 votes 69.2% (100% in party)
• Charles Hargrave, Republican
  19,762 votes 24.6% (100% in party)
• Jan Louis Bergeron, Green
  3,194 votes 3.9% (100% in party)
• Bruce B. Saunders, Natural Law
  1,934 votes 2.3% (100% in party)

Member of the State Assembly; District 10

• Anthony Pescetti, Republican
  72,765 votes 57% (100% in party)
• Debra Gravert, Democratic
  50,368 votes 39.3% (100% in party)
• Tom Kohlhepp, Libertarian
  4,744 votes 3.7% (100% in party)

Party Committee

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; Supervisorial District 1 (4 Elected)

• Jennifer Joy Hanson
  9,596 votes 20.5%
• Gary Miller
  7,223 votes 15.4%
• John Copley
  7,159 votes 15.3%
• Kathryn L. Gerwig
  6,646 votes 14.2%
• Juanita H. King
  6,021 votes 12.8%
• Sam Ciraulo
  5,296 votes 11.3%
• Micheal Anadon
  4,919 votes 10.5%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; Supervisorial District 2 (5 Elected)

• Harold P. Fong, Jr.
  14,107 votes 20.3%
• Virginia Moose
  13,534 votes 19.5%
• Walter F. Rice
  12,553 votes 18.0%
• Christi A. Newsome
  12,550 votes 18.0%
• Don Douglas
  12,418 votes 17.9%
• Ben Nmah
  4,406 votes 6.3%

Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; Supervisorial District 3 (5 Elected)

• Rita Hodgkins
  15,022 votes 20.9%
• Bruce Pomer
  14,559 votes 20.3%
• Marianna R. Bauske
  12,066 votes 16.8%
• Barry Frazier
  11,444 votes 15.9%
• Richard R. Wake
  9,943 votes 13.8%
• Roger A. Rosenberg
  8,767 votes 12.2%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; Supervisorial District 1 (2 Elected)

• John L. Milliken
  4,650 votes 32.5%
• Tom Ambrose
  4,077 votes 28.5%
• Paul Green
  2,950 votes 20.6%
• Ken Barnes
  2,634 votes 18.4%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; Supervisorial District 3 (5 Elected)

• Chuck Hobson
  12,761 votes 16.4%
• Eric Schalansky
  12,139 votes 15.6%
• William Francis Stein
  11,826 votes 15.2%
• Donna Schalansky
  11,493 votes 14.8%
• Norman Jachens
  11,368 votes 14.6%
• Byron Sutton
  9,411 votes 12.1%
• Betty Ashley Axup
  8,900 votes 11.4%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; Supervisorial District 4 (6 Elected)

• Mary Jane Skopos
  11,791 votes 11.6%
• Kathleen A. Kovalek
  11,431 votes 11.2%
• Jack Frost
  11,142 votes 10.9%
• Jim Bopp
  10,659 votes 10.5%
• Steve Schmorleitz
  10,073 votes 9.9%
• James "Jay" Evans
  9,812 votes 9.6%
• Thor Leif Rood
  9,713 votes 9.5%
• Marilyn Brooke
  9,686 votes 9.5%
• Don Faller
  9,117 votes 9.0%
• Lucille Van Ommering
  8,396 votes 8.2%

Member, Republican Party County Central Committee; Supervisorial District 5 (5 Elected)

• Jake Rambo
  11,082 votes 15.6%
• Patricia "Pat" Koenig
  10,716 votes 15.1%
• Robert E. Logan
  10,625 votes 15.0%
• Sara Wildermuth
  8,483 votes 11.9%
• Daniel Lamb
  7,949 votes 11.2%
• Candace Drennan
  7,579 votes 10.7%
• David Kern
  7,403 votes 10.4%
• Junay Gardner Logan
  7,232 votes 10.2%

Member, American Independent Party County Central Committee; Supervisorial District 3 (5 Elected)

Member, Green Party County Council; County of Sacramento (7 Elected)

• Madeline Moss
  1,149 votes 39.1%
• Ken Adams
  907 votes 30.9%
• Jan Louis Bergeron
  882 votes 30.0%

Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 1 (3 Elected)

• Gene Frazier
  174 votes 50.7%
• Steven H. Watanabe
  169 votes 49.3%

Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 2

Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 3 (3 Elected)

• Amanda Swafford
  237 votes 100.0%

Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 4 (3 Elected)

• William Fritz Frey
  219 votes 52.1%
• Douglas Arthur Tuma
  201 votes 47.9%

Member, Libertarian Party County Central Committee; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 5 (3 Elected)

• Cullene Lang
  202 votes 100.0%

Member, Natural Law Party County Central Committee; County of Sacramento (8 Elected)

• Bruce B. Saunders
  77 votes 50.3%
• Charles Kersey
  76 votes 49.7%

Member, Reform Party County Council; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 1 (6 Elected)

Member, Reform Party County Council; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 2 (3 Elected)

• John C. Welch
  67 votes 100.0%

Member, Reform Party County Council; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 3 (4 Elected)

• George K. Blue
  138 votes 100.0%

Member, Reform Party County Council; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 4 (5 Elected)

• Janet Lee Garrett
  159 votes 53.7%
• Earl P. Garrett
  137 votes 46.3%

Member, Reform Party County Council; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 5 (4 Elected)

• James Edwin Bates
  119 votes 37.4%
• Robert Berger Lynch
  100 votes 31.4%
• Iris Dean Lynch
  99 votes 31.1%

Judge of the Superior Court; County of Sacramento; Office 1

• Trena Burger
  130,636 votes 46.8%
• Don Steed
  113,730 votes 40.7%
• Julius M. Engel
  35,056 votes 12.5%

School

Trustee; Sacramento County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5

• Brian Cooley
  26,284 votes 60.6%
• David Kern
  17,084 votes 39.4%

Trustee; Sacramento County Board of Education; Trustee Area 6

• John C. Scribner
  30,681 votes 66.3%
• Ernest Vance
  15,624 votes 33.7%

County

Member, Board of Supervisors; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 3

• Muriel P. Johnson
  45,545 votes 69.8%
• Mike Duveneck
  19,697 votes 30.2%

Member, Board of Supervisors; County of Sacramento; Supervisorial District 4

• Roger Niello
  43,471 votes 66.4%
• Douglas Stevens
  11,039 votes 16.9%
• Tony Russell
  10,973 votes 16.8%

City

Mayor; City of Sacramento

• Heather Fargo
  20,583 votes 21.8%
• Rob Kerth
  19,095 votes 20.2%
• Robbie Waters
  17,247 votes 18.2%
• Joe Genshlea
  13,890 votes 14.7%
• Julie Padilla
  11,047 votes 11.7%
• Steve Cohn
  8,586 votes 9.1%
• Nathan Barry
  1,738 votes 1.8%
• Rowland R. Reeves
  1,067 votes 1.1%
• Ronald E. Anderson
  732 votes 0.8%
• Albert Estrada
  613 votes 0.6%
• Sean South (Write-In)

Member, City Council; City of Sacramento; District 2

• Sandy Sheedy
  3,512 votes 47.5%
• Bill Farrell
  2,009 votes 27.2%
• Craig J. De Luz
  1,497 votes 20.2%
• Erthia L. Johnson
  378 votes 5.1%

Member, City Council; City of Sacramento; District 4

• Jimmie R. Yee
  13,123 votes 90.0%
• Micheal Anadon
  1,455 votes 10.0%

Member, City Council; City of Sacramento; District 6

• Dave Jones
  7,605 votes 100.0%

Member, City Council; City of Sacramento; District 8

• Bonnie Pannell
  5,937 votes 62.2%
• Pat Shelby
  2,621 votes 27.4%
• Steve L. Thomas
  349 votes 3.7%
• Chris Clark
  343 votes 3.6%
• Aaron Dwight Evans
  302 votes 3.2%

Member, City Council; City of Elk Grove (5 Elected)

• Jim Cooper
  10,958 votes 13.3%
• Michael P. Leary
  7,338 votes 8.9%
• Sophia Scherman
  7,302 votes 8.9%
• Richard Soares
  6,808 votes 8.3%
• Dan Briggs
  5,489 votes 6.7%
• Lou Zimmerle
  4,856 votes 5.9%
• Dennis Campbell
  4,524 votes 5.5%
• Melinda Braido
  4,211 votes 5.1%
• Richard West
  3,860 votes 4.7%
• Norm De Young
  3,792 votes 4.6%
• Lorna D. Powell
  3,339 votes 4.1%
• Gary Winuk
  3,123 votes 3.8%
• Elliot Mulberg
  3,018 votes 3.7%
• Raul Cupino
  2,618 votes 3.2%
• Kenneth Brody
  2,003 votes 2.4%
• Jerry A. Smith
  1,913 votes 2.3%
• Gregory B. Maw
  1,859 votes 2.3%
• Bryan Prater
  1,644 votes 2.0%
• Joey Tomko
  1,392 votes 1.7%
• David L. Petersen
  1,293 votes 1.6%
• William "Bill" Hibbard
  1,025 votes 1.2%

Proposition 1A Gambling on Tribal Lands
4,727,511 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 2,608,435 / 35.6% No votes

Modifies existing gambling prohibitions to authorize Governor to negotiate compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes, subject to legislative ratification, for operation of slot machines, lottery games, and banking and percentage card games on Indian lands. Fiscal Impact: Uncertain fiscal effect on state and local tax revenues ranging from minor impact to significant annual increases. State gambling license fees of tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 12 Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air, and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2000. (The Villaraigosa-Keeley Act)
4,634,942 / 63.2% Yes votes ...... 2,694,337 / 36.8% No votes

This act provides two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000) to protect land around lakes, rivers, and streams and the coast to improve water quality and ensure clean drinking water; to protect forests and plant trees to improve air quality; to preserve open space and farmland threatened by unplanned development; to protect wildlife habitats; and to repair and improve the safety of state and neighborhood parks. Fiscal Impact: State cost of $3.6 billion over 25 years (average cost of about $144 million per year) to repay bonds. State and local parks' operating costs of potentially tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 13 Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Act
4,721,624 / 64.8% Yes votes ...... 2,559,706 / 35.2% No votes

This act provides for a bond issue of one billion nine hundred seventy million dollars ($1,970,000,000) to provide funds for a safe drinking water, water quality, flood protection, and water reliability program. Fiscal Impact: State cost of up to $3.4 billion over 25 years (average cost of about $135 million per year) to repay bonds. Potential unknown local project operation and maintenance costs.

Proposition 14 California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000
4,276,519 / 59.0% Yes votes ...... 2,966,239 / 41.0% No votes

This act provides for a bond issue of three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) to provide funds for the construction and renovation of public library facilities in order to expand access to reading and literacy programs in California's public education system and to expand access to public library services for all residents of California. Fiscal Impact: State cost of $600 million over 25 years (average cost of about $24 million per year) to repay bonds. One-time local matching costs of $190 million, plus potential additional operating costs of over $10 million annually.

Proposition 15 The Hertzberg-Polanco Crime Laboratories Construction Bond Act of 1999
3,248,618 / 46.5% Yes votes ...... 3,739,929 / 53.5% No votes

This act provides for a bond issue of two hundred twenty million dollars ($220,000,000) to provide funds for a program for the construction, renovation, and infrastructure costs associated with the construction of new local forensic laboratories and the remodeling of existing local forensic laboratories. Fiscal Impact: State cost of $377 million over 25 years (average cost of about $15 million per year) to repay bonds. Local government costs of $20 million (one-time) and potentially millions of dollars in annual operating costs.

Proposition 16 Veterans’ Homes Bond Act of 2000
4,373,887 / 62.3% Yes votes ...... 2,644,643 / 37.7% No votes

Fiscal Impact: This proposition would allow the state to sell $50 million in general obligation bonds to (1) replace $24 million in currently authorized lease-payment bonds for new veterans' homes and (2) provide $26 million in additional bonds for new or existing veterans' homes. This would result in a net state cost of about $33 million over 25 years, with costs of around $1 million per year.

Proposition 17 Lotteries. Charitable Raffles
4,085,260 / 58.7% Yes votes ...... 2,875,142 / 41.3% No votes

Modifies current constitutional prohibition against private lotteries to permit legislative authorization of raffles conducted by private nonprofit organizations for beneficial and charitable purposes. Fiscal Impact: Probably no significant fiscal impact on state and local governments.

Proposition 18 Murder: Special Circumstances
5,072,130 / 72.5% Yes votes ...... 1,926,068 / 27.5% No votes

Provides special circumstances warranting death penalty or life without parole exist for intentional murders committed in connection with kidnapping or arson or committed by "means of" rather than "while" lying in wait. Fiscal Impact: Unknown, probably minor, additional state costs.

Proposition 19 Murder. BART and CSU Peace Officers
5,089,043 / 73.6% Yes votes ...... 1,829,503 / 26.4% No votes

Provides second degree murder of peace officer employed by BART or State University is punishable by life imprisonment without possibility of parole where aggravating circumstances are present. Fiscal Impact: Unknown, probably minor, additional state costs.

Proposition 20 California State Lottery. Allocation for Instructional Materials.
3,692,563 / 53.0% Yes votes ...... 3,280,210 / 47.0% No votes

Provides one-half of any increase beyond the current amount allocated to public education from state lottery revenues be allocated for purchase of instructional materials. Fiscal Impact: In the near term, tens of millions of dollars in annual lottery revenues that go to public education would be earmarked for instructional materials, with unknown earmarked amounts in future years.

Proposition 21 Juvenile Crime
4,455,530 / 62.0% Yes votes ...... 2,728,078 / 38.0% No votes

Increases punishment for gang-related felonies, home-invasion robbery, carjacking, witness intimidation and drive-by shootings; and creates crime of gang recruitment activities. Fiscal Impact: State costs of more than $330 million annually; one-time costs of $750 million. Potential local costs of up to more than $100 million annually, and one-time costs of $200 million to $300 million.

Proposition 22 Limit on Marriages
4,579,386 / 61.2% Yes votes ...... 2,897,689 / 38.8% No votes

Adds a provision to the Family Code providing that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. Fiscal Impact: Probably no fiscal effect on the state or local governments.

Proposition 23 "None of the Above" Ballot Option
2,339,915 / 36.3% Yes votes ...... 4,105,732 / 63.7% No votes

Provides that voters may vote for "none of the above," but such votes will not be counted in determining who wins election. Fiscal Impact: Generally minor costs to state and county governments.

Proposition 25 Election Campaigns. Contributions and Spending Limits. Public Financing. Disclosures
2,429,183 / 34.8% Yes votes ...... 4,556,830 / 65.2% No votes

Provides for public financing of candidate and ballot measure campaign costs, disclosure of top contributors and fund-raising time restrictions; establishes contribution, spending limits; and bans corporate contributions. Fiscal Impact: State costs of more than $55 million annually offset to an unknown extent. Potential local government costs of several million dollars annually.

Proposition 26 School Facilities. Local Majority Vote. Bonds, Taxes
3,499,678 / 48.8% Yes votes ...... 3,676,062 / 51.2% No votes

Authorizes local voter approval by majority vote, not current two-thirds, for school construction and improvement bonds and property taxes in excess of 1% to pay bonds. Fiscal Impact: Local school costs-- potentially in the hundreds of millions of dollars annually statewide within a decade-- depending on results of voter action on future local school bond issues. Potential state savings in the longer run.

Proposition 27 Elections. Term Limit Declarations for Congressional Candidates
2,717,209 / 40.4% Yes votes ...... 4,004,393 / 59.6% No votes

Permits congressional candidates to voluntarily sign non-binding declaration of intention to serve no more than three terms in House of Representatives or two terms in the United States Senate. Requires placement of information on ballots and state-sponsored voter education materials when authorized by candidates. Candidates may appear on ballot without submitting declaration. Fiscal Impact: Unknown, but probably not significant, election costs to the state and counties.

Proposition 28 Repeal of Proposition 10 Tobacco Surtax
1,999,141 / 27.8% Yes votes ...... 5,198,554 / 72.2% No votes

Repeals additional $. 50 per pack tax on cigarettes and equivalent increase in tax on tobacco products enacted by Proposition 10. Eliminates funding for Proposition 10 child development and anti-smoking programs. Fiscal Impact: Reduced state revenues and expenditures of $670 million annually. Annual decreases in other state General Fund revenues of $7 million and local government revenues of $6 million. Loss of potential long-term state and local savings.

Proposition 29 1998 Indian Gaming Compacts
3,630,323 / 53.1% Yes votes ...... 3,209,950 / 46.9% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, a "No" vote rejects a 1998 law which authorized certain tribal-state gaming compacts, provided procedures for future negotiations with tribes, and designated the Governor to negotiate with tribes. Fiscal Impact: Probably no significant fiscal impacts on state and local governments.

Proposition 30 Insurance Claims Practices. Civil Remedies.
2,221,290 / 31.6% Yes votes ...... 4,813,631 / 68.4% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, a "No" vote rejects legislation that:

• restores right to sue another person's insurer for insurer's unfair claims settlement practices;
• allows such lawsuits only if insurer rejects a settlement demand and injured party obtains a larger judgment or award against insured party;
• bars such lawsuits against public entities; workers' compensation insurers; and professional liability insurers under certaincircumstances; or if convicted of driving under the influence;
• authorizes requests for consensual binding arbitration of claims under $50,001 against parties covered by insurance. Insurers agreeing to arbitration cannot be sued for unfair practices.

Proposition 31 Insurance Claims Practices. Civil Remedy Amendments. Referendum
1,969,492 / 28.4% Yes votes ...... 4,955,137 / 71.6% No votes

Measure I School Bonds -- Los Rios Community College District
180,212 / 65.4% Yes votes ...... 95,473 / 34.6% No votes

To repair classrooms and facilities throughout Los Rios Community College District (including American River, Cosumnes River, and Sacramento City Colleges), provide up-to-date facilities for academic/vocational programs including computer science, electronics and biotechnology, upgrade libraries, build and acquire classrooms and facilities to reduce overcrowding and expand course offerings, upgrade electrical systems for technology, and build high-tech training facilities shall the District issue $215 million of bonds at the lowest possible interest rate?

Measure J Proposed Incorporation -- City of Elk Grove
15,454 / 69.8% Yes votes ...... 6,693 / 30.2% No votes

: "Shall the order adopted on August 10, 1999, by the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento county ordering the incorporation of the territory described in the order and designated in the order as 'Incorporation of Elk Grove, California (5-96)' be confirmed, including the City's sharing of it property tax and transient occupancy tax revenue with the County of Sacramento, and the Tax Sharing Agreement between the City and the County of Sacramento, and including authorization, as approved by the voters through this measure, for the City to continue to levy and collect within its territory the same general taxes, fees, charges, assessments and rates as presently levied and collected by the County of Sacramento, all as more particularly described and set forth, and subject to the terms and conditions in the order?"

Measure K Special Tax -- American River Fire Protection District Special Tax Area
1,464 / 65.2% Yes votes ...... 783 / 34.8% No votes

Shall the American River Fire Protection District assess a Special Tax beginning January 1, 2001, not to exceed $100 per year per parcel, to replace its existing Rancho Mureita/Sloughhouse Fire Suppression Assessment Fee, to assist in funding the current level of fire suppression, fire prevention and emergency medical services operations?

Measure L Number of Divisions -- Citrus Heights Water District

Should the number of Directors and the number of Divisions in the Citrus Heights Water District be changed from three (3) to five (5)?