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Los Angeles County, CA June 7, 2016 Election
Directory of Los Angeles County, CA Measures
County Results as of Jul 1 2:58pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (4,698/4,698)
42.1% Countywide Voter Turnout (2,026,068/4,809,383)

Measures
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Measure A. Public Safety, Infrastructure Repair and Neighborhood Services -- City of Long Beach (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 54,928 / 60.32% Yes votes ...... 36,132 / 39.68% No votes
To maintain 911 emergency response services; increase police, firefighter/paramedic staffing; repair potholes/streets; improve water supplies; and maintain general services; shall the City of Long Beach establish a one cent (1%) transactions and use (sales) tax for six years, generating approximately $48 million annually, declining to one-half cent for four years and then ending, requiring a citizens' advisory committee and independent audits, with all funds remaining in Long Beach?

Measure B. Budget Stabilization ("Rainy Day") Fund -- City of Long Beach (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 52,300 / 58.03% Yes votes ...... 37,829 / 41.97% No votes
To help maintain city services, such as police, firefighter, paramedic, park, library, street repair and community programs, during economic recessions that cause temporary budget shortfalls, shall the City of Long Beach establish a budget stabilization ("rainy day") fund as part of the General Fund to provide short-term funding for such general services into which one percent of any new general tax revenues shall be deposited and spent only to balance the budget?

Measure C. Utility Users Tax Extension -- City of Carson (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 13,076 / 69.46% Yes votes ...... 5,748 / 30.54% No votes
Shall Ordinance 16-1580, which extends the existing 2% Utility Users Tax on electricity & gas by seven years to June 30, 2023, to raise approximately $8.5 million annually, to continue basic and essential services for residents, including but not limited to, law enforcement, gang intervention programs, graffiti removal, youth and senior programs, sidewalk and street repair, City special events, and public parks staffing, while exempting senior and low-income households, be adopted?

Measure E. College of the Canyons' Upgrades -- Santa Clarita Community College District (Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 33,605 / 58.46% Yes votes ...... 23,875 / 41.54% No votes
To upgrade College of the Canyons' classrooms, labs/technology to prepare students for four-year college/jobs in science, aerospace, teaching, nursing/manufacturing, accommodate growing student enrollment, expand veterans' services/public safety training, upgrade accessibility, enhance parking, improve earthquake safety/qualify for State matching funds, and construct, acquire, repair classrooms, sites, facilities/equipment, shall Santa Clarita Community College District issue $230,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with independent citizen oversight, mandatory audits, no funds for administrators' salaries and all funds staying local?

Measure K. Charter and Plan Amendments -- City of Redondo Beach (Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11,501 / 64.67% Yes votes ...... 6,283 / 35.33% No votes
Shall the City approve amendments to the City Charter, General Plan, Coastal Land Use Plan, and Coastal Zoning Ordinance to conditionally allow residential care facilities for the elderly in the P-CF zoning district on properties over one acre in the Coastal Zone pursuant to a request from the School District to rezone surplus school property?

Measure N. Utility Users Tax Repeal -- City of Glendale (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 10,976 / 28.52% Yes votes ...... 27,513 / 71.48% No votes
Shall the City's longstanding utility users tax be repealed, eliminating approximately 9.5% of the revenues in the City's general fund annually ($17.5 million this year) that is used to pay for city services such as police, fire, 9-1-1 emergency response, libraries, parks and senior services?

Measure P. Vital City Services and Neighborhood Protection -- City of Compton (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 6,833 / 50.84% Yes votes ...... 6,608 / 49.16% No votes
To repair local streets/sidewalks; retain/hire firefighters/paramedics; increase sheriff's staffing to improve response times; expand gang/drug prevention, economic development and youth job training programs; improve parks; and provide other general fund services in Compton, shall an ordinance be adopted to increase the sales tax by one percent on an ongoing basis to raise approximately $7 million in local annual funding, requiring citizens' oversight?

Measure S. Facilities Improvement -- Hermosa Beach City School District (Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 4,040 / 59.72% Yes votes ...... 2,725 / 40.28% No votes
To reduce student overcrowding and make safety, security, and health improvements; construct, renovate, modernize and equip classrooms and facilities at North, Valley and View Schools; replace or repair roofs; provide technology improvements for students; and upgrade or replace outdated electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning systems, shall Hermosa Beach City School District issue $59,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, and have an independent citizens' oversight committee with no money for administrative salaries or taken by the state?

Measure W. Sale of the Montebello Water System -- City of Montebello (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 5,270 / 49.21% Yes votes ...... 5,440 / 50.79% No votes
Shall the City of Montebello sell the Montebello Water System to San Gabriel Valley Water Company to create additional City revenues for essential services?

Measure Y. Billboard Zoning Regulations -- City of Pomona (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 9,423 / 48.44% Yes votes ...... 10,031 / 51.56% No votes
Shall the Pomona zoning ordinance be amended to authorize the installation of outdoor advertising signs within specific freeway adjacent corridors and to impose planning regulations and restrictions concerning the number and location of the outdoor advertising signs, and to establish development fees to be paid to the City of Pomona in an amount of $1 million for each billboard installed?

Measure GS. Student Safety, Classroom and Technology Improvement -- Montebello Unified School District (Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 18,658 / 77.99% Yes votes ...... 5,266 / 22.01% No votes
To repair/upgrade neighborhood schools and improve education for each student by: upgrading computer/science labs, libraries, career/vocational education programs; fixing leaky roofs, bathrooms, drinking fountains, plumbing, wiring, improving earthquake safety standards/fires safety/school security; and repairing/constructing/acquiring facilities, sites/equipment; shall Montebello Unified School District issue $300 million in bonds at legal rates, requiring audits, citizens' oversight, no money for administrators' salaries/pensions, and funds used locally?

Measure LB. Classroom Repair, Career Education, Student Transfer -- Long Beach Community College District (Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass: 66,445 / 64.48% Yes votes ...... 36,599 / 35.52% No votes
To prepare students/veterans for jobs/universities by: building/upgrading classrooms/laboratories, for health services, small businesses, police, firefighting, technology/other careers; improving deteriorating gas/electrical/sewer lines/leaky roofs, earthquake safety, security and repairing/constructing/acquiring facilities, fields and equipment, shall Long Beach Community College District issue $850,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, requiring citizens' oversight, independent audits, no money for administrators' salaries/pensions, with funds used locally?

 
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