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Ventura County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
Directory of Ventura County, CA Measures
County Results as of Dec 17 1:48pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (630/630)
77.4% Countywide Voter Turnout (330,419/426,948)

Measures
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Measure L. Term Limits for City Council Members -- City of Thousand Oaks (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 42903 / 77.81% Yes votes ...... 12233 / 22.19% No votes
Shall the ordinance adding Term Limits for City Council members as follows be adopted: no person shall serve more than three consecutive four-year terms, either by election or appointment, and following a four year absence, a new three consecutive four-year term limit shall apply?

Measure M. Reorganization of School Districts -- Proposed Santa Paula Unified School District (District Formation - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5893 / 70.61% Yes votes ...... 2453 / 29.39% No votes
Shall the Santa Paula Unified School District be formed from the territory of the Santa Paula Union High School District and the Santa Paula Elementary School District, with the Briggs Elementary School District, the Mupu Elementary School District, and Santa Clara Elementary School District remaining independent elementary school districts?

Measure N. Managed Growth Plan -- City of Simi Valley (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 34869 / 75.09% Yes votes ...... 11568 / 24.91% No votes
The City's Managed Growth Plan expires December 31, 2012. Shall a new Managed Growth Plan, that will become effective January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2022 be adopted?

Measure O. Affordable Housing -- City of Moorpark (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 5439 / 37.59% Yes votes ...... 9031 / 62.41% No votes
Shall the City of Moorpark be authorized to develop, construct, or acquire up to a maximum of two hundred (200) low rent housing units, affordable to persons of low income, in the City of Moorpark over a ten (10)-year period commencing upon the effective date of the authorization ordinance?

Measure P. Education Funding -- Ocean View School District (School Bonds - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 2530 / 78.33% Yes votes ...... 700 / 21.67% No votes
To increase student computer/technology access; continue repairing, upgrading, equipping, and constructing classrooms and school facilities; and reduce overall borrowing costs, shall $4,200,000 of Ocean View School District bonds, previously approved by voters in November 2006, be reauthorized through issuance of new bonds, with no increase in total authorized District debt, interest rates below legal limits, independent citizen oversight, no money for administrator salaries, and all funds spent locally and not taken by the State?

Measure Q. Education Funding -- Ventura Unified School District (Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 34927 / 68.55% Yes votes ...... 16023 / 31.45% No votes
To maintain academic programs including science, math, reading, writing, arts and music, fund computer technology, and help avoid increased class sizes with funds that cannot be taken by the State and spent elsewhere; shall Ventura Unified School District levy a $59 parcel tax for four years, so long as an independent citizens' oversight committee is required, all funds are spent on neighborhood schools, and no money is used for administrative salaries?

Measure R. Education Funding -- Oxnard School District (School Bonds - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 19968 / 66.39% Yes votes ...... 10110 / 33.61% No votes
To replace portable classrooms, relieve student overcrowding by building and equipping new classrooms and educational facilities and repairing and equipping existing classrooms and educational facilities throughout the District, shall Oxnard School District be authorized to issue up to Ninety Million Dollars $90,000,000.00 in bonds at the lowest possible legal interest rates so long as spending is annually reviewed by an independent citizens' oversight committee, annual audits are conducted and no money is used for employee salaries?

Measure S. Education Funding -- Somis Union School District (School Bonds - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 955 / 67.44% Yes votes ...... 461 / 32.56% No votes
To Improve the quality of education; modernize outdated classrooms and school facilities; make health and safety improvements; improve student access to computers and technology; replace old heating, ventilation and cooling systems; construct science and computer labs, and upgrade inadequate electrical and plumbing systems; shall the Somis Union School District issue $8,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee and have NO money used for administrative salaries or be taken by the state?

Measure T. Education Funding -- Hueneme Elementary School District (School Bonds - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 8408 / 76.36% Yes votes ...... 2603 / 23.64% No votes
To improve the quality of educational facilities; upgrade classroom fire, safety, and security systems; modernize/renovate outdated classrooms and restrooms; replace leaky roofs; upgrade old heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems; increase student access to computers and technology; and replace portable classrooms, shall Hueneme Elementary School District issue $19,600,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, with an independent citizens' oversight committee, and have NO money taken by the state or used for District employee salaries?

Measure U. Temporary Increase In Appropriations Limit -- Blanchard/Santa Paula Public Library District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5859 / 72.32% Yes votes ...... 2242 / 27.68% No votes
Shall the appropriations (spending) limit for the Blanchard Community Library remain at $350,000 above the Gann limit from July 1, 2014 through the date of June 30, 2018, as was previously approved by the voters at the ballot on November 4, 2008.

 
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