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Alameda County, CA November 6, 2001 Election
Directory of Alameda County, CA Measures
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Measure A. Parcel Tax -- Alameda Unified School District (2/3 vote)
10008 / 71.3% Yes votes
4023 / 28.6% No votes
To retain and recruit quality teachers and staff, to avoid further reductions in essential educational programs, to avoid increases in class sizes and to maintain the quality of education in Alameda schools, shall the Alameda Unified School District be authorized to levy, for 5 years only, a tax of $109 per parcel, to provide an exemption to the principal residence of persons 65 years of age or over, and appoint a District Fiscal Oversight Committee?

Measure B. Parcel Tax -- Oakland Unified School District (2/3 vote)
24865 / 78.9% Yes votes
6615 / 21.0% No votes
To reduce class sizes, improve teacher salaries, purchase textbooks and materials, improve math, science, fine arts programs and libraries, improve safety and provide resources for underachieving students in district programs, provide job training, with no money used for administrative costs, shall Oakland Unified School District be authorized to increase the existing $75 annual parcel tax by $4 per month to $123 annually for a period of 5 years, with an exemption for qualified low-income parcel owners?

Measure C. Charter Amendment -- City of Albany (majority vote)
1405 / 58.4% Yes votes
999 / 41.5% No votes
Do you vote to adopt a City Council Proposed Charter Amendment, as recommended by the Charter Review Committee, to change the elected Chief of Police position to an appointed position, the exact wording of which is set forth in the voter pamphlet?

Measure D. Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Emeryville (majority vote)
401 / 66.0% Yes votes
206 / 33.9% No votes
Shall the City of Emeryville increase the uniform transient occupancy tax imposed on transients from ten percent (10%) to twelve percent (12%) of the rent charged by the lodging service operator, such as hotels and motels, in order to provide for general municipal services in the City of Emeryville?

Measure E. Business License Tax -- City of Emeryville (majority vote)
379 / 63.2% Yes votes
220 / 36.7% No votes
In order to provide for general municipal services in the City of Emeryville, shall the City of Emeryville revise the business license tax imposed on persons engaged in the business of operating a lodging service, such as hotels and motels, in an amount of twelve percent (12%) of gross receipts per quarter attributable to rent collected from customers of a lodging service, excluding gross receipts of a lodging service business attributable to rent collected from a transient upon which the lodging service business also collects from the transient and pays to the City of Emeryville a tax in accordance with the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Law of the City of Emeryville, plus eight-one hundredths of one percent (0.08%) of all other gross receipts of a lodging service business?

Measure F. Hotel/Motel Tax -- City of Newark (majority vote)
2389 / 62.1% Yes votes
1458 / 37.8% No votes
Shall the City of Newark increase the hotel/motel tax imposed on travelers from 7.5% to 10% of the daily room rate?

 
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