Combined ballot

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(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

President/Vice President of the United States

• Joseph R. Biden/Kamala D. Harris, Democratic
  11,109,764 votes 63.5%
• Donald J. Trump/Michael R. Pence, Republican
  6,005,961 votes 34.3%
• Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy "Spike" Cohen, Libertarian
  187,885 votes 1.1%
• Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker, Green
  81,025 votes 0.5%
• Roque De La Fuente "Rocky" Guerra/Kanye Omari West, American Independent
  60,155 votes 0.3%
• Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman, Peace and Freedom
  51,036 votes 0.3%

US Legislature

United States Representative; District 2

• Jared Huffman, Democratic
  294,435 votes 75.7%
• Dale K. Mensing, Republican
  94,320 votes 24.3%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 2

• Jim Wood, Democratic
  162,287 votes 68.5%
• Charlotte Svolos, Republican
  74,582 votes 31.5%

County

County Supervisor; Humboldt County; Supervisorial District 2

• Michelle Bushnell
  6,201 votes 51.74%
• Estelle Fennell
  5,785 votes 48.26%

City

Council Member; City of Arcata (3 Elected)

• Stacy Atkins-Salazar
  3,717 votes 16.30%
• Emily Grace Goldstein
  3,342 votes 14.66%
• Sarah Schaefer
  3,187 votes 13.98%
• Michael Louis Winkler
  2,717 votes 11.92%
• Camilla Zapata
  2,369 votes 10.39%
• Paul Pitino
  2,098 votes 9.20%
• Kimberley White
  2,000 votes 8.77%
• Collin Yeo
  1,482 votes 6.50%
• Nick Matthews
  1,281 votes 5.62%
• Oryan Peterson-Jones
  609 votes 2.67%

Council Member; City of Blue Lake (3 Elected)

• Summer Daugherty
  466 votes 31.49%
• Adelene L. Jones
  404 votes 27.30%
• Olivia Obidah
  339 votes 22.91%
• Jason Robo
  271 votes 18.31%

Council Member; City of Eureka; Ward 2

• Kati Moulton
  869 votes 42.83%
• Dot Jager- Wentworth
  562 votes 27.70%
• Lucinda Jackson
  447 votes 22.03%
• Tamar Shirley
  151 votes 7.44%

Council Member; City of Eureka; Ward 4

• Scott Bauer
  1,240 votes 43.15%
• Liza Welsh
  564 votes 19.62%
• William A. Tuttle
  496 votes 17.26%
• Eddie Morgan
  314 votes 10.93%
• Matthew Owen
  260 votes 9.05%

Mayor; City of Ferndale

• Don Hindley
  473 votes 52.85%
• Robin Smith
  422 votes 47.15%

Council Member; City of Ferndale (2 Elected)

• Phillip Ostler
  548 votes 38.73%
• Leonard Lund
  514 votes 36.33%
• Kathleen Bullard
  353 votes 24.95%

Council Member; City of Fortuna (2 Elected)

• Mike Losey
  3,477 votes 40.56%
• Tami Trent
  3,460 votes 40.36%
• Dean Glaser
  1,635 votes 19.07%

Council Member; City of Rio Dell; 2 Year Term

• Gordon E. Johnson
  1,047 votes 100.00%

Council Member; City of Rio Dell; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Frank Wilson
  864 votes 53.97%
• Amanda Carter
  737 votes 46.03%

Council Member; City of Trinidad; 2 Year Term

• David W. Grover
  173 votes 75.88%
• Michael J. Morgan
  55 votes 24.12%

Council Member; City of Trinidad; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Jack West
  190 votes 52.63%
• Steven Mark Ladwig
  171 votes 47.37%

School

Trustee; Arcata School District; Trustee Area 4

• Brian Hudgens
  1,058 votes 70.49%
• Joseph McKinzie
  443 votes 29.51%

Board Member; Blue Lake Union Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Lisa Hooven
  664 votes 35.24%
• Jennifer Mager
  629 votes 33.39%
• Andrew C. Jones
  591 votes 31.37%

Board Member; Cutten Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Beth Johnston
  1,668 votes 45.77%
• Rebecca Reece
  1,225 votes 33.62%
• Karen Bazzano
  751 votes 20.61%

Board Member; Ferndale Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Julie Hagemann
  1,191 votes 41.56%
• Clifford A. Titus
  842 votes 29.38%
• Meridith Oram
  546 votes 19.05%
• Michael Warner
  287 votes 10.01%

Board Member; Fortuna Union High School District (2 Elected)

• Jeana McClendon
  5,120 votes 35.87%
• Kendra Guimaraes
  4,788 votes 33.55%
• Charles R. Ellebrecht
  4,364 votes 30.58%

Board Member; Hydesville Elementary School District (2 Elected)

• Laurie Newman
  564 votes 53.56%
• Mandy Marquez
  264 votes 25.07%
• Thomas Valterria
  225 votes 21.37%

Trustee; Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Keduescha J. Lara Colegrove
  246 votes 65.95%
• Kathleen Hofacker
  127 votes 34.05%

Trustee; Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 7

• Debbie Myers
  9 votes 64.29%
• Barbara McCovey
  5 votes 35.71%

Board Member; McKinleyville Union School District (2 Elected)

• Nicholas Som
  3,927 votes 30.87%
• Manuel Fonseca
  3,145 votes 24.72%
• Rachelle Hicks
  3,122 votes 24.54%
• Chelsey Rios
  2,529 votes 19.88%

Board Member; Northern Humboldt Union High School District (2 Elected)

• Cedric K. Aaron, Jr.
  15,146 votes 45.15%
• Aristea Saulsbury
  11,857 votes 35.35%
• Janelle Jones
  6,543 votes 19.50%

Board Member; Pacific Union School District (2 Elected)

• Joe Kencke
  1,314 votes 40.23%
• Rhonda Hallock
  1,128 votes 34.54%
• Christopher J. Emmons
  824 votes 25.23%

Board Member; Southern Humboldt Joint Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Cinnamon O'Neill-Paula
  1,778 votes 32.5%
• Jessica K. Willis
  1,479 votes 27.0%
• Christine Marie Doyka
  1,383 votes 25.3%
• Nicole Keenan
  834 votes 15.2%

Trustee; Redwoods Community College District; Trustee Area 6

• Colleen Bridget Mullery
  5,458 votes 53.77%
• Keoki Burbank
  4,692 votes 46.23%

Trustee; Redwoods Community College District; Trustee Area 7

• Sally Biggin
  3,734 votes 62.70%
• Stephen A. Burbank
  2,221 votes 37.30%

Trustee; Shasta Tehama Trinity College District; Trustee Area E

• Stephen Bell
  7,097 votes 70.5%
• Rayola B. Pratt
  2,967 votes 29.5%

Director; Humboldt Community Services District; 4 Year Term (3 Elected)

• Heidi Benzonelli
  4,492 votes 23.92%
• Joe Matteoli
  3,933 votes 20.95%
• Michael P. Hansen
  3,552 votes 18.92%
• David Saunderson
  3,363 votes 17.91%
• David Haynie
  1,777 votes 9.46%
• Josh Sehon
  1,660 votes 8.84%

Director; McKinleyville Community Services District; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Greg Orsini
  4,315 votes 36.08%
• Scott Binder
  4,055 votes 33.91%
• William McBroome
  3,589 votes 30.01%

Director; McKinleyville Community Services District; 2 Year Term

• Joellen Clark-Peterson
  4,408 votes 62.71%
• Wesley Martin
  1,869 votes 26.59%
• Jimmy Vance
  752 votes 10.70%

Director; Willow Creek Community Services District (3 Elected)

• Judy M. Gower
  367 votes 23.56%
• Shannon Hughes
  324 votes 20.80%
• Riley Morrison
  275 votes 17.65%
• Tyler L. Holmes
  259 votes 16.62%
• Bob Kennedy
  190 votes 12.20%
• Richard E. Holloway
  143 votes 9.18%

Director; Humboldt County Resort; Improvement District 1 (3 Elected)

• Susan L. Fox
  237 votes 22.13%
• Celeste Myers
  188 votes 17.55%
• David J. Sommer
  167 votes 15.59%
• Seth Plank
  144 votes 13.45%
• Evan Piercey
  140 votes 13.07%
• Tristin Oates
  112 votes 10.46%
• Lindsey Swanson
  83 votes 7.75%

Proposition 14 Authorizes Bonds Continuing Stem Cell Research
Pass: 8,588,156 / 51.1% Yes votes ...... 8,221,692 / 48.9% No votes

Authorizes $5.5 billion state bonds for: stem cell and other medical research, including training; research facility construction; administrative costs. Dedicates $1.5 billion to brain-related diseases. Appropriates General Fund moneys for repayment. Expands related programs. Fiscal impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds estimated at about $260 million per year over the next roughly 30 years.

Proposition 15 Increases Funding Sources for Public Schools, Community Colleges, and Local Government Services by Changing Tax Assessment of Commercial and Industrial Property
Fail: 8,212,641 / 48.0% Yes votes ...... 8,885,052 / 52.0% No votes

Taxes such as properties based on current market value, instead of purchase price. Fiscal impact: Increased property taxes on commercial properties worth more than $3 million providing $6.5 billion to $11.5 billion in new funding to local government and schools.

Proposition 16 Allows Diversity as a Factor in Public Employment, Education, and Contracting Decisions
Fail: 7,216,721 / 42.8% Yes votes ...... 9,655,024 / 57.2% No votes

Permits government decision-making policies to consider race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in order to address diversity by repealing constitutional provision prohibiting such policies. Fiscal impact: No direct fiscal effect on state and local entities. The effects of the measure depend on the future choices of state and local government entities and are highly uncertain.

Proposition 17 Restores Right to Vote After Completion of Prison Term
Pass: 9,985,065 / 58.6% Yes votes ...... 7,068,706 / 41.4% No votes

Restores voting rights upon completion of prison term to persons who have been disqualified from voting while serving a prison term. Fiscal impact: Annual county costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars statewide, for voter registration and ballot materials. One-time state costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, for voter registration cards and systems.

Proposition 18 Amends California Constitution to Permit 17-year-olds to Vote in Primary and Special Elections if They will Turn 18 by the Next General Election and Be Otherwise Elegible to Vote
Fail: 7,513,957 / 44.0% Yes votes ...... 9,577,238 / 56.0% No votes

Fiscal Impact: Increased statewide county costs likely between several hundreds of thousands of dollars and $1 million every two years. Increased one-time costs to the state of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Proposition 19 Changes Certain Property Tax Rules
Pass: 8,545,393 / 51.1% Yes votes ...... 8,175,618 / 48.9% No votes

Allows homeowners who are over 55, disabled, or wildfire/disaster victims to transfer primary residence's tax base to replacement residence. Changes of taxation of family-property transfers. Establishes fire protection services fund. Fiscal impact: Local governments could gain tens of millions of dollars of property tax revenue per year, probably growing over time to a few hundred million dollars per year. Schools could receive similar property tax gains.

Proposition 20 Restricts Parole for Non-violent Offenders. Authorizes Felony Sentences for Certain Offenses Currently Treated Only as Misdemeanors
Fail: 6,385,421 / 38.3% Yes votes ...... 10,293,563 / 61.7% No votes

Limits access to parole program established for non-violent offenders who have completed the full term of their primary offense by eliminating eligibility for certain offenses. Fiscal impact: Increase in state and local correctional, court, and law enforcement costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on implementation.

Proposition 21 Expands Local Goverments' Authority to Enact Rent Control on Residential Property
Fail: 6,770,958 / 40.1% Yes votes ...... 10,094,634 / 59.9% No votes

Allows local governments to establish rent control on residential properties over 15 years old. Local limits on rate increases may differ from statewide limit. Fiscal impact: Overall, a potential reduction in state and local revenues in the highs of tens of millions of dollars per year over time. Depending on actions by local communities, revenue losses could be less or more.

Proposition 22 Exempts App-basedd Transportation and Delivery Companies From Providing Employee Benefits to Certain Drivers
Pass: 9,957,858 / 58.6% Yes votes ...... 7,027,467 / 41.4% No votes

Classifies app-based drivers as "independent contractors," instead of "employees," and provides independent-contractor drivers other compensation, unless certain criteria are met. Fiscal impact: Minor increase in state income taxes paid by rideshare and delivery company drivers and investors.

Proposition 23 Establishes State Requirements for Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Requires On-site Medical Professional
Fail: 6,161,109 / 36.6% Yes votes ...... 10,683,606 / 63.4% No votes

Requires physician or other specified medical professional on site during dialysis treatment. Prohibits clinics from reducing services without state approval. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on payment source. Fiscal impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 24 Amends Consumer Privacy Laws
Pass: 9,384,125 / 56.2% Yes votes ...... 7,305,026 / 43.8% No votes

Permits consumers to: prevent businesses from sharing personal information, correct inaccurate personal information, and limit businesses' use of "sensitive personal information," including precise geolocation, race, ethnicity, and health information. Establishes California Privacy Protection Agency. Fiscal impact: Increased annual state costs of at least $10 million, but unlikely exceeding low tens of millions of dollars, to enforce expanded consumer privacy laws. Some costs would be offset by penalties for violating these laws.

Proposition 25 Referendum on Law that Replaced Money Bail with System Based on Public Safety and Flight Risk
Fail: 7,231,044 / 43.6% Yes votes ...... 9,356,096 / 56.4% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, law replacing money bail with system based on public safety and flight risk. Fiscal impact: Increased costs possibly in mid hundreds of millions of dollars annually for a new process for release from jail prior to trial. Decreased county jail costs, possibly in high tens of millions of dollars annually.

Measure A Special Tax -- City of Arcata (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 7,664 / 80.66% Yes votes ...... 1,838 / 19.34% No votes

To protect and preserve natural open space areas for future generations by: improving and maintaining parks, open spaces and trails; protecting land around creeks, rivers and streams to prevent pollution and improve water quality; protecting redwood forests, wildlife habitat, working lands, scenic hillsides, and agricultural land; expanding public access and trail systems; shall the City of Arcata levy a special tax of $37 annually per parcel providing approximately $175,000 annually until ended by voters, with citizen oversight and all funds benefitting local open space, as set forth in City Council Resolution 190-68?

Measure B Ordinance Amendment -- City of Arcata (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 7,107 / 77.27% Yes votes ...... 2,091 / 22.73% No votes

Shall private and public entities be authorized to develop, construct, or acquire up to 7.5% of the total number of housing units in the City of Arcata for elderly, disabled and alter-abled, and low-income households, pursuant to Article XXXIV of the California Constitution? An affirmative vote on this measure has no fiscal impact, nor does it grant approval for any specific project. If approved, this measure would rescind and replace the 1992 Measure L, which authorized a limit of 5%

Measure C Charter Amendment -- City of Eureka (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 7,083 / 61.05% Yes votes ...... 4,519 / 38.95% No votes

Shall Sections 202 and 207 of the Eureka City Charter be amended to require the Eureka City Council to adopt an ordinance providing for ranked choice voting for offices of Mayor and Councilmembers?

Measure D School Bonds -- South Bay Union School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1,969 / 58.83% Yes votes ...... 1,378 / 41.17% No votes

To improve South Bay and Pine Hill Schools; repair/replace leaky roofs; modernize/construct classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; and make health and safety improvements; shall South Bay Union School District's measure be adopted authorizing $5,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, raising on average $312,000 annually as long as bonds are outstanding at a rate of 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, have independent citizens' oversight and NO money used for administrative salaries and all money staying local?

Measure E Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Trinidad (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 187 / 72.20% Yes votes ...... 72 / 27.80% No votes

Shall a ¾ cent transaction and use tax be continued in the City of Trinidad for four years, starting on April 1, 2021?

Measure F Special Tax -- Arcata Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 15,720 / 75.38% Yes votes ...... 5,135 / 24.62% No votes

To continue to provide fire protection services to the communities served by the District, including McKinleyville, Manila, Bayside, Jacoby Creek, and Arcata, by restoring vacant firefighter positions, re-staffing all fire stations, and funding equipment maintenance and replacements, shall the Arcata Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 20-20 increasing the existing special tax rates until June 30, 2030, and raising an estimated $2,200,000 annually with independent citizen oversight, be adopted?

Measure G Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Fortuna (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,767 / 69.08% Yes votes ...... 1,686 / 30.92% No votes

Shall the measure to extend the current ¾¢ transaction and use tax for an additional 8 years beyond the March 31, 2025 expiration date to provide approximately $1,400,000 annually to fund, maintain and improve essential services, including police services; nuisance abatement; streets, sidewalks, and drainage; parks maintenance; and programs for youth and seniors; and requiring independent annual financial audits and a community oversight committee, with all funds remaining in Fortuna, be adopted?

Measure H Sales Tax -- City of Eureka (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,055 / 66.41% Yes votes ...... 4,074 / 33.59% No votes

To maintain police, fire, 911 emergency medical response; youth/senior services; local business and jobs support; street repair/road safety; community health services; homeless prevention programs; parks and recreation; and other essential services; shall an ordinance renewing the City of Eureka's voter-approved sales tax at the 1.25c rate be adopted until ended by voters, providing an estimated $9,600,000 annually, with independent citizen oversight, annual audits, and all funds spent to benefit local residents?

Measure I Ordinance Amendment -- County of Humboldt Unincorporated Areas (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 24,249 / 67.40% Yes votes ...... 11,730 / 32.60% No votes

Shall a measure be approved allowing Humboldt County to obtain state and federal funding to construct, develop, or acquire housing for low income families, seniors, and people with disabilities within unincorporated areas, either directly or through assisting private projects, up to2.5% of the total number of housing units existing in unincorporated Humboldt County, without raising taxes?