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Kern County, CA June 6, 2006 Election
Directory of Kern County, CA Measures
County Results as of Jul 13 4:04pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (492/492)
36.7% Countywide Voter Turnout (105,371/286,967)

Measures
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Measure A. School Bonds -- Sierra Sands Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 4687 / 61.16% Yes votes ...... 2976 / 38.84% No votes
To improve the quality of education, shall Sierra Sands Unified School District be authorized to upgrade, renovate, and modernize classrooms and facilities including upgrading plumbing systems, renovating restrooms, making health and safety improvements, repairing and replacing roofs, improving student access to computers and technology, constructing new classrooms, and qualifying the District for over $13,000,000 in State grants by issuing $50,500,000 in bonds within legal interest rates, with a citizens' oversight committee, annual audits and NO money for administrator salaries?

Measure B. School Bonds -- Beardsley School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1444 / 60.60% Yes votes ...... 939 / 39.40% No votes
To repair and renovate classrooms and schools throughout the District and relieve student overcrowding by building new classrooms and educational facilities, shall the Beardsley School District issue $10.3 million of bonds at the lowest possible interest rates so long as spending is annually reviewed by an independent citizens' oversight committee, no money is used for administrative salaries and all funds are spent locally and can not be transferred to the State?

Measure C. School Bonds -- Fruitvale School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 2257 / 56.30% Yes votes ...... 1752 / 43.70% No votes
To repair, renovate, construct, acquire, and equip classrooms, educational buildings and school campuses throughout the District, and build new classrooms and educational facilities, shall the Fruitvale School District issue $29.8 million of bonds at current interest rates so long as spending is annually reviewed by an independent citizens' oversight committee and all funds are spent locally and cannot be transferred to the State?

Measure D. School Bonds -- Standard School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 2166 / 64.81% Yes votes ...... 1176 / 35.19% No votes
To improve the quality of education, shall Standard School District be authorized to upgrade, improve, construct, and modernize classrooms and school facilities including making health and safety improvements, renovating electrical systems to improve access to compuiters and technology, constructiong new classrooms, upgrading restrooms and plumbing systems, and qualifying the District for $3,400,000 in State grants by issuing $28,000,000 in bonds within legal interest rates, with annual audits, a citizens' oversight committee and NO money for administrators' salaries?

Measure E. Land Application of Biosolids -- County of Kern (Initiative Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 85011 / 83.24% Yes votes ...... 17117 / 16.76% No votes
Shall the ordinance prohibiting the land application of biosolids in the unincorporated area of Kern County be adopted?

Measure F. Tax Measure -- Bear Valley Community Services District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.00% Yes votes ...... 2 / 100.00% No votes
To maintain public safety, shall the Bear Valley Community Services District continue to operate the gate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, restrict road access to landowners, residents and authorized visitors by levying a special tax of $75 on each parcel of land; with future increases subject to approval by two-thirds of voters in the District and provide annual audits to ensure proper use of the tax revenue?

Measure E-1. School Bonds -- Antelope Valley High School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 15,105 / 52.4% Yes votes ...... 13,705 / 47.6% No votes
   15,105 (52.43%) Yes / 13,705 (47.57%) No in Los Angeles County
   Yes / No in Kern County
To raise educational standards; improve curriculum; acquire, construct and equip two new high schools to reduce overcrowding at Highland, Knight and Palmdale High Schools; upgrade and expand classrooms at Quartz Hill and Eastside High Schools; and add science labs at Lancaster High School, shall Antelope Valley Union High School District issue $177,500,000 of bonds at legal rates and appoint an Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee to maintain strict financial standards and monitor District spending of bond funds?

 
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