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Los Angeles County, CA November 3, 2020 Election
Directory of Los Angeles County, CA Measures
County Results as of Nov 30 4:50pm, 0.0% of Precincts Reporting (3383/3,383)
76.0% Countywide Voter Turnout (4,338,191/5,709,853)

Measures
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Measure A. Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Bell Gardens (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5,972 / 62.53% Yes votes ...... 3,579 / 37.47% No votes
To preserve and stabilize funding for essential City services and infrastructure, including police services, aquatic center construction, street maintenance, senior and special needs services, recreation programs and facilities and other public purposes, shall a 3/4% transactions (sales)and use tax, subject to annual reporting, be established to raise approximately $2,330,000 per year until ended by the voters?

Measure B. Rent Control -- City of Culver City (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 10,211 / 45.50% Yes votes ...... 12,231 / 54.50% No votes
Shall the measure adding Culver City Municipal Code Section 15.09.100 requiring voter approval of any ordinance establishing interim or permanent rent control or prohibition on residential rent increases in the City of Culver City, including any ordinance establishing rent control adopted by the Culver City City Council after January 1, 2019, be adopted?

Measure C. Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Calabasas (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 7,732 / 61.12% Yes votes ...... 4,919 / 38.88% No votes
Shall the measure imposing a City of Calabasas tax of up to 10% on cannabis businesses, without changing the City's existing prohibition on cannabis dispensaries, raising up to $10,000 each year until voters decide otherwise, with additional revenue of up to $300,000 per dispensary expected if the state or City ever allow cannabis dispensaries to operate in the City, to fund general City services, be adopted?

Measure E. Sales Tax -- City of West Hollywood (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 14,852 / 72.59% Yes votes ...... 5,607 / 27.41% No votes
To maintain West Hollywood services and prepare for and recover from public health emergencies, address homelessness, help retain local businesses/jobs, support senior and health-related services, keep public areas clean and safe, repair potholes/streets, maintain community safety, and provide other City services, shall a measure be adopted establishing a 3/4¢sales tax providing approximately $11,000,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring public disclosure of spending, independent financial audits and all funds being used locally?

Measure G. Charter Amendment -- City of Alhambra (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 18,568 / 69.15% Yes votes ...... 8,283 / 30.85% No votes
Shall an Ordinance be adopted that proposes to amend the Alhambra City Charter to remove all reference to the Alhambra Unified School District ("AUSD") from the Charter so that AUSD elections may be conducted consistent with the requirements of the State Education Code and State Elections Code?

Measure H. Transport Tax -- City of Avalon (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,000 / 70.62% Yes votes ...... 416 / 29.38% No votes
For the sole purpose of improving or replacing the Catalina Island Medical Center and related administration/financing costs, shall a measure be adopted imposing a maximum $2.00 special tax per passenger arriving to or departing from the City by cruise ship, ferry or aircraft; and imposing a $1.00 special tax per vessel per day renting moorings within the City, generating approximately $1,200,000.00annually, until ended by voters?

Measure I. School Bonds -- Inglewood Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 37,639 / 80.80% Yes votes ...... 8,945 / 19.20% No votes
To repair/upgrade classrooms, including instructional technology, vocational/career education, roofs, plumbing, security/fire safety, remove asbestos, lead paint, mold; provide safe drinking water; acquire, construct, repair sites, facilities, equipment; shall Inglewood Unified School District's measure authorizing $240,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, levying 6¢per $100 of assessed valuation raising on average $15,000,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, be adopted, requiring oversight, and all funds invested in local schools?

Measure J. Charter Amendment -- County of Los Angeles (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,159,690 / 57.12% Yes votes ...... 1,621,198 / 42.88% No votes
Shall the measure, annually allocating in the County's budget no less than ten percent (10%) of the County's locally generated unrestricted revenues in the general fund to address the disproportionate impact of racial injustice through community investment and alternatives to incarceration and prohibiting using those funds for carceral systems and law enforcement agencies as detailed in the ordinance adopting the proposed charter amendment, be adopted?

Measure K. Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Carson (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 22,018 / 53.92% Yes votes ...... 18,819 / 46.08% No votes
To maintain City services, such as public safety, natural disaster/public health emergency preparedness; 9-1-1 emergency response, protect local drinking water/environment; assist local small businesses/retain jobs; repair streets/potholes; and other general City services, shall the measure establishing a ¾-cent general transaction and use (sales) tax providing Carson approximately $12,000,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring public spending disclosure, all funds for Carson, be adopted?

Measure L. Sales Tax -- City of Lomita (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5,510 / 60.56% Yes votes ...... 3,589 / 39.44% No votes
To protect Lomita's long-term financial stability; maintain City services; improve local drinking water quality; repair streets/potholes; keep parks and public areas clean/safe; maintain emergency/public safety response; help retain local businesses; and provide other City services, shall a measure be adopted establishing a ¾ cent local sales tax providing approximately $1,300,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring annual independent financial audits with all funds benefitting Lomita residents?

Measure M. Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Bellflower (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 18,251 / 66.69% Yes votes ...... 9,115 / 33.31% No votes
Shall the "Ordinance to maintain Bellflower's long term financial stability; fund emergency and safety responses; keep public areas clean/safe; ensure the supply of clean drinking water; retain local businesses; address homelessness; repair streets; maintain afterschool/youth, disabled/Senior Programs; and fund other General Municipal Services by establishing a ¾ cent transactions and use(sales) tax, raising approximately $4,500,000 annually to maintain Bellflower's General Municipal Services, with audits and public disclosure of spending," effective unless voter terminated be adopted?

Measure N. Term Limits -- El Rancho Unified School District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 15,669 / 67.54% Yes votes ...... 7,529 / 32.46% No votes
Shall a measure be adopted adding Section 9115 to the District's Bylaws to limit elected Board of Education service to two consecutive four-year terms with the ability to again serve as a member of the Board of Education after being off the Board for no less than four (4) years, applying said limits to newly elected, seated or appointed terms at the November 3, 2020 Election and at future elections?

Measure O. School Bonds -- Pasadena Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 65,275 / 63.02% Yes votes ...... 38,296 / 36.98% No votes
To upgrade schools, improve equitable access to technology, attract/retain quality teachers by repairing deteriorating classrooms, bathrooms, roofs, science labs; removing hazardous materials; providing safe drinking water; acquiring, constructing, repairing sites, facilities, equipment, shall Pasadena Unified School District's measure authorizing $516,300,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying $45/$100,000 assessed value (averaging$28,504,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, be adopted, requiring annual independent audits/citizens' oversight, all funds only for local schools?

Measure P. Charter Amendment -- City of Pasadena (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 55,909 / 83.57% Yes votes ...... 10,990 / 16.43% No votes
Shall the measure maintaining 911 response, fire, paramedic,public health, senior and homeless services, street repairs, and other services by amending the City Charter to continue collecting in electric rates and maintain the longstanding transfer,limited to 12%gross revenue, providing $18,000,000 annually to Pasadena's General Fund that does not increase taxes or utility rates until ended by voters, requiring financial audits with all funds locally controlled benefitting Pasadena residents, be adopted?

Measure Q. Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Artesia (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,930 / 67.36% Yes votes ...... 1,904 / 32.64% No votes
To improve general City services, such as law enforcement, parks, youth/senior services, and street repair, shall a measure enacting a tax on cannabis or hemp businesses up to $20.00 per square foot for cultivation, and 15% of gross receipts for all other cannabis or hemp businesses, estimated to generate approximately $200,000 -$400,000, annually, until ended by voters, be adopted?

Measure R. Sales Tax -- City of Signal Hill (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 2,664 / 51.49% Yes votes ...... 2,510 / 48.51% No votes
Shall a measure establishing a ¾ (three-quarter) cent sales tax providing an estimated $5,000,000 annually to the City's general fund to maintain city programs such as: street,pothole, and infrastructure repair, clean public areas, 9-1-1 emergency response, crime prevention, and other general services until ended by voters, with independent audits, all money used locally for Signal Hill, be adopted?

Measure S. School Bonds -- Duarte Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 6,782 / 57.30% Yes votes ...... 5,053 / 42.70% No votes
To upgrade all neighborhood schools, provide safe drinking water, remove asbestos/lead paint, improve fire safety, leaky roofs, natural disaster/emergency preparedness, retain/attract qualify teachers by acquiring, constructing, repairing sites, facilities, equipment, shall Duarte Unified School District's measure authorizing $79,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, levying 5 cents per $100 assessed valuation, raising on average $4,475,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, be adopted, requiring citizens oversight, all funds for local schools?

Measure T. Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Malibu (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,427 / 56.18% Yes votes ...... 2,673 / 43.82% No votes
Shall a measure be adopted increasing the transient occupancy tax paid by hotel and other lodging guests from 12% to 15% of rent charged, raising approximately $775,000 annually until ended by voters, with revenue to be controlled and used locally for general municipal services in Malibu?

Measure U. Utility Users Tax -- City of South Pasadena (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11,018 / 75.83% Yes votes ...... 3,512 / 24.17% No votes
To maintain City services, such as Public Safety, Paramedic and Library services, shall an Ordinance be adopted to:Extend the City's Utility User Tax at its current rate of 7.5% for all utilities, to be effective on January 1, 2021 and remain in effect until otherwise terminated by majority vote of the electorate in South Pasadena?

Measure V. Charter Amendment -- City of Alhambra (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 21,218 / 76.23% Yes votes ...... 6,618 / 23.77% No votes
Shall an Ordinance be adopted which amends the Alhambra City Charter to include restrictions on campaign finance in local elections and which establishes by-district elections for the Alhambra City Council?

Measure W. Appropriations Limit -- Wrightwood Community Services District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,882 / 73.6% Yes votes ...... 675 / 26.4% No votes
   71 (73.20%) Yes / 26 (26.80%) No in Los Angeles County
   1,811 (73.62%) Yes / 649 (26.38%) No in San Bernardino County
Shall an appropriations limit, as defined by Subdivision (h) of Section 8 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, be established for the Wrightwood Community Services District, Counties of San Bernardino and Los Angeles, State of California, in the amount of $660,612?

Measure Y. School Bonds -- Citrus Community College District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 54,504 / 57.67% Yes votes ...... 40,011 / 42.33% No votes
To retain qualified teachers/improve education by: upgrading job training, science, technology classrooms, laboratories; meeting earthquake/fire/clean drinking water safety; providing resources for students/veterans preparing for university transfer/jobs; removing leaky roofs, mold, lead paint; shall Citrus Community College District issue $298,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levy on average $25 per $100,000 assessed valuation, generating $16,300,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, requiring audits, oversight, all funds staying local?

Measure Z. Parcel Tax -- Altadena Library District (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 18,027 / 72.35% Yes votes ...... 6,891 / 27.65% No votes
Shall the measure to keep local Altadena libraries clean, safe, well maintained; improve access for seniors/people with disabilities; replace leaky roofs; remove hazardous materials; continue literacy programs; by authorizing Altadena Library District Community Facilities District No. 2020-1 (Facilities and Services) to levy $0.10/square foot for single-family residences annually, with different rates for other property types, raising approximately $2,600,000 annually until ended by voters; bond issuance/appropriation limit of $24,000,000; requiring oversight/audits, low-income exemptions, and all funds staying local be adopted?

Measure AA. School Bonds -- Whittier Union High School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 62,880 / 67.91% Yes votes ...... 29,718 / 32.09% No votes
To upgrade neighborhood schools, which retain/attract quality teachers; upgrading career education, science/computer classrooms, removing asbestos, improving school safety, constructing, acquiring, repairing, classrooms, facilities, sites/equipment, shall the Whittier Union High School District measure authorizing $183,500,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying 3¢per $100 assessed value, averaging $14,900,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, be adopted, requiring audits/citizen oversight, without increasing current tax rate limits, all funds for local schools?

Measure AB. Charter Amendment -- City of Santa Monica (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 27,768 / 60.18% Yes votes ...... 18,371 / 39.82% No votes
Shall the City Charter be amended to repeal provisions setting rules for appointing candidates and promoting employees into the Civil Service, to enable the City Council to advance equity-based hiring within the appointment and promotional processes and strengthen the City's workforce?

Measure AC. City Clerk -- City of Sierra Madre (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,931 / 64.95% Yes votes ...... 2,121 / 35.05% No votes
Shall the office of the City Clerk be appointive?

Measure AE. Ordinance Amendment -- City of Commerce (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,994 / 43.43% Yes votes ...... 2,597 / 56.57% No votes
City of Commerce Ordinance No. 741: Shall Ordinance No. 741 of the City Council of the City of Commerce approving and adopting First Amendment to Development Agreement No. 733between the City of Commerce and A&E Investment Group, LLC for the change of membership and ownership of A&E Investment Group, LLC, previously approved to operate a commercial cannabis business be adopted?

Measure AV. Sales Tax -- City of Palmdale (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 34,355 / 60.37% Yes votes ...... 22,554 / 39.63% No votes
Shall an ordinance protecting Palmdale's long-term financial stability; maintaining essential city services; repairing streets/potholes; addressing homelessness; maintaining 911 emergency response; keeping public areas safe/clean for all; retaining local businesses; protecting local water sources; maintaining veterans, senior, mental health, community programs; by establishing a ¾-cent sales tax, providing approximately $12,000,000 annually until ended by voters; requiring citizen oversight, public spending disclosures; all funds used locally in Palmdale, be adopted?

Measure BB. School Bonds -- Bassett Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 5,946 / 69.94% Yes votes ...... 2,556 / 30.06% No votes
To improve school facilities, by replacing leaking roofs, improving student access to technology, repairing and upgrading security/fire/earthquake systems, modernizing, acquiring, constructing, repairing classrooms, restrooms, and facilities, shall Bassett Unified School District issue $50 million of bonds, within legal interest rates, averaging $2.66 million annually for 36 years (estimated), at projected rates of 6 cents per $100 assessed value while bonds are outstanding, be adopted, with all funds staying local?

Measure CC. Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Hawthorne (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 18,304 / 61.49% Yes votes ...... 11,464 / 38.51% No votes
Shall the City of Hawthorne Cannabis Business Tax Ordinance of 2020 be approved, imposing a 5% cannabis business tax on the gross receipts of cannabis businesses, until ended by voters (This tax will generate no revenues initially, but would generate revenue if, in the future, cannabis businesses are permitted or exist in the City)?

Measure CO. Ordinance Amendment -- City of Commerce (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 2,069 / 44.69% Yes votes ...... 2,561 / 55.31% No votes
City of Commerce Ordinance No. 738: Shall Ordinance No. 738 of the City Council of the City of Commerce approving and adopting First Amendment to Development Agreement No. 715between the City of Commerce and Commerce Concentrates, LLC for the change of membership and ownership of Commerce Concentrates, LLC, the addition of cultivation and non-storefront retail delivery as license types, and the relocation of a previously approved commercial cannabis business to 2700 Yates be adopted?

Measure DB. Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Diamond Bar (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 8,272 / 33.25% Yes votes ...... 16,606 / 66.75% No votes
Shall the Ordinance to increase the Transactions and Use Tax ¾ cents providing approximately $3,800,000 annually, with no expiration date to be used for essential city services such as street maintenance and public safety and other city services such as parks and recreation facilities and programs be adopted?

Measure ES. Sales Tax -- City of South El Monte (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,904 / 70.90% Yes votes ...... 1,602 / 29.10% No votes
To protect South El Monte's long term financial stability; maintain 911 emergency response/neighborhood patrols, gang prevention; help prevent thefts/burglaries; maintain streets; improve safe routes to school; keep public areas/parks safe/clean; maintain afterschool programs, youth/senior services, other general services, shall the measure establishing a 1/4¢sales tax generating approximately $1,000,000 annually until ended by the voters, subject to independent financial audits, all funds benefiting South El Monte residents, be adopted?

Measure HH. Special Tax -- Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 36,030 / 82.37% Yes votes ...... 7,711 / 17.63% No votes
To improve local wildfire prevention/ protection services including clearing dry brush/ fire hazards; protect local open space and wildlife corridors; park ranger patrols for wildfires and to prevent arson, vandalism and responsibly remove illegal encampments; and to protect local water quality, shall the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority measure establishing a $68 special tax for ten years only be adopted, providing $1,940,000 annually with independent citizen oversight and all money spent in the Santa Monica Mountains/ Hollywood Hills east of 405 freeway?

Measure HN. Affordable Housing -- City of El Monte (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 17,989 / 69.30% Yes votes ...... 7,971 / 30.70% No votes
To remove impediments to federal and state housing funding for the City of El Monte without increasing local taxes, shall affordable, decent, and safe rental housing projects be constructed, developed, acquired, or converted by low-income housing providers, as designated by the City of El Monte, for low-income persons, including families, the elderly, and veterans, as applicable, for up to 500 units annually for 17 years, with an annual carryover for unused units?

Measure JJ. Land Use -- City of Monterey Park (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 9,021 / 52.00% Yes votes ...... 8,326 / 48.00% No votes
Shall the Revised Monterey Park 2040 Land Use Element Proposition be adopted?

Measure LC. Sales Tax -- City of Lancaster (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 32,445 / 54.86% Yes votes ...... 26,695 / 45.14% No votes
Shall an ordinance protecting Lancaster's long-term financial stability; maintaining essential city services; repairing streets/potholes; addressing homelessness; maintaining 911 emergency response; keeping public areas safe/clean for all; retaining local businesses; protecting local water sources; maintaining veterans, senior, mental health, community programs; by establishing a ¾-cent sales tax, providing approximately $12,000,000 annually until ended by voters; requiring citizen oversight, public spending disclosures; all funds used locally in Lancaster, be adopted?

Measure LH. Tax on For-Profit Hospitals -- City of Lynwood (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 8,549 / 46.21% Yes votes ...... 9,953 / 53.79% No votes
To protect, maintain and enhance vital public safety services, infrastructure needs including streets, utility maintenance, park and recreation services including programs for youth and seniors, and other essential services, shall the City of Lynwood impose a three percent (3%) privilege tax on the gross receipts of for-profit hospitals operating within the City of Lynwood? All funds to be deposited in Lynwood general fund.

Measure LL. Term Limits -- City of Hawthorne (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 22,041 / 75.01% Yes votes ...... 7,344 / 24.99% No votes
Shall the ordinance limiting the number of future full conservative four-year terms that may be served by an individual as Mayor of Hawthorne and as Member of the Hawthorne City Council to two terms in each office be adopted?

Measure PA. Utility Users Tax -- City of Pomona (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 6,677 / 14.65% Yes votes ...... 38,889 / 85.35% No votes
An initiative measure to enact a three-quarter percent (0.75%) increase in the City's Utility Users Tax for a period of ten years unless extended by the city council and establish an exemption of the Utility Users Tax for legally handicapped residential rate payers.

Measure PM. Cannabis Business Zones -- City of Pomona (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 23,824 / 51.25% Yes votes ...... 22,665 / 48.75% No votes
Shall the measure "Pomona Regulate Cannabis Act of 2018" be adopted?This measure will amend the Pomona Zoning Code to allow commercial cannabis uses by creating the "Safe Access Cannabis" (SAC) and "Industrial Cannabis" (IC) overlay zones. It prohibits cannabis businesses within 600 feet of a school, daycare, or youth center.

Measure PO. Cannabis Business Zones -- City of Pomona (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 27,016 / 59.11% Yes votes ...... 18,690 / 40.89% No votes
Shall the Commercial Cannabis Businesses and Commercial Cannabis Permit Program Overlay District Ordinances adopted by the City Council be adopted?This measure will adopt and affirm the City's existing four-phase, merit-based Commercial Cannabis Permit Program (Ordinance No.'s 4257/4273), which may result in the award of up to eight commercial cannabis permits. Permits may only be located within the approved overlay, guaranteeing a 1,000-foot buffer from K-12 schools, day care centers, and youth-serving facilities (including City parks). The overlay excludes parcels within Downtown Pomona, east of Reservoir Street, and within 600 feet of neighboring City boundaries.

Measure RC. Rent Stabilization Ordinance -- City of Burbank (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 17,994 / 36.21% Yes votes ...... 31,697 / 63.79% No votes
Shall the measure adding an ordinance with just cause eviction provisions and relocation fees, rent regulations applicable to units built before February 1, 1995 with exemptions, limits of 0 to 7% increase in annual rent based on CPI, an updated five member Landlord Tenant Commission to implement provisions and administration including establish a budget, assess fees, hire staff including attorneys, and initiate lawsuits while acting independently of Burbank City Council, Burbank City Manager and Burbank City Attorney be adopted?

Measure RD. Ordinance Amendment -- City of Commerce (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 2,002 / 43.62% Yes votes ...... 2,588 / 56.38% No votes
City of Commerce Ordinance No. 743: Shall Ordinance No. 743 of the City Council of the City of Commerce approving and adopting Development Agreement No. 743 between the City of Commerce and RD Commerce, LLC [a California Limited Liability Company] for a commercial cannabis business be adopted?

Measure RE. Property Tax -- City of Culver City (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11,510 / 51.89% Yes votes ...... 10,671 / 48.11% No votes
Shall the measure to maintain essential services, including deferred parks/facilities/street maintenance, addressing homelessness, after-school/senior services, and economic recovery, by increasing the one-time 0.45% tax on real property sales, adding 1.5% on amounts from $1,500,000 to $2,999,999, 3% on amounts from $3,000,000 to $9,999,999, and 4% on amounts $10,000,000 and above, except for sales under $1,500,000, affordable housing, and first transfer of new multi-family properties, and providing $6,000,000 annually until repealed, be adopted?

Measure RP. Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Beverly Hills (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 11,143 / 72.63% Yes votes ...... 4,200 / 27.37% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted which provides that if, and only if, another local governmental entity seeks to increase the transaction and use tax (sales tax) in Beverly Hills, then the City may prevent this tax increase and instead impose a Beverly Hills transaction and use tax by up to ¾% (approximately $28.06 million annually, indefinitely) so that the tax revenues will flow to Beverly Hills rather than the other governmental entity?

Measure RR. School Bonds -- Los Angeles Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1,206,406 / 71.10% Yes votes ...... 490,365 / 28.90% No votes
To update classrooms/labs/technology for 21stcentury learning; implement COVID-19 facility safety standards; address school facility inequities; reduce asbestos, earthquake and water quality hazards; and replace/renovate aging school classrooms/buildings, shall Los Angeles Unified School District's measure be adopted authorizing $7,000,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying approximately $0.02174 per $100 of assessed valuation, generating an estimated $329,528,000 annually until approximately 2055, with independent audits, citizens' oversight, no funds for administrative salaries?

Measure RS. Ordinance Amendment -- City of Commerce (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 1,981 / 43.68% Yes votes ...... 2,554 / 56.32% No votes
City of Commerce Ordinance No. 744: Shall Ordinance No. 744 of the City Council of the City of Commerce approving and adopting Development Agreement No. 744 between the City ofCommerce and RS Innovations, Inc. [a California Corporation] for a commercial cannabis business be adopted?

Measure SB. Ordinance Amendment -- City of Commerce (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 2,222 / 47.54% Yes votes ...... 2,452 / 52.46% No votes
City of Commerce Ordinance No. 737: Shall Ordinance No. 737 of the City Council of the City of Commerce approving and adopting First Amendment to Development Agreement No. 717between the City of Commerce and 2SBK, Inc. [a California Corporation] for the relocation of a previously approved commercial cannabis business to 6445 Bandini Boulevard be adopted?

Measure SC. Ordinance Amendment -- City of Commerce (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 2,040 / 44.13% Yes votes ...... 2,583 / 55.87% No votes
City of Commerce Ordinance No. 740: Shall Ordinance No. 740 of the City Council of the City of Commerce approving and adopting First Amendment to Development Agreement No. 720between the City of Commerce and Summit Manufacturing, LLC [a California Limited Liability Company] for the addition of cultivation as a license type to a previously approved commercial cannabis business be adopted?

Measure SF. Transactions and Use Tax -- City of San Fernando (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 4,628 / 56.43% Yes votes ...... 3,574 / 43.57% No votes
To ensure that the maximum amount of sales tax revenues generated in San Fernando remain in San Fernando, and to increase funding for street and sidewalk improvements; public infrastructure; local business reinvestment; public Wi-Fi; long-term debt reduction; wage and other general municipal purposes, shall the existing transactions and use tax rate be increased from the current rate of ½% to a new rate of ¾% to raise approximately $1,100,000 annually?

Measure SM. Property Transfer Tax -- City of Santa Monica (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 36,465 / 71.88% Yes votes ...... 14,268 / 28.12% No votes
To protect essential services including addressing homelessness, cleaning beaches/parks, public safety/ fire/ emergency response, protections for tenants and seniors, supporting libraries, small business recovery, food for the hungry, and after-school/ mental health services for youth, shall the City of Santa Monica increase the one-time real estate transfer tax paid on each sale of property for $5 million or more by $3.00 per $1,000 of sales price, exempting affordable housing projects, providing $3 million annually for local services?

Measure TT. Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Pico Rivera (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 10,671 / 42.31% Yes votes ...... 14,550 / 57.69% No votes
To provide additional funding for general city services such as maintaining streets, roads, sidewalks, public safety services, pedestrian and bicyclist safety, safe routes to schools, and for other critical purposes; Shall the City of Pico Rivera increase the Transit Occupancy Tax that applies only to the guests of hotels, motels, and short-term rentals, and other lodging from 10% to 15%?

Measure US. Oil Production Tax -- City of Long Beach (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 107,040 / 57.08% Yes votes ...... 80,473 / 42.92% No votes
To provide funding for community healthcare services; air/water quality and climate change programs; increase childhood education/ youth programs; expand job training opportunities; and maintain other general fund programs, shall a measure be adopted increasing Long Beach's general oil production tax from 15¢to maximum 30¢per barrel, subject to annual adjustments, generating approximately $1,600,000 annually, until ended by voters, requiring audits/ local control of funds?

Measure UU. Utility Users Tax -- City of Hawthorne (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 14,240 / 48.10% Yes votes ...... 15,365 / 51.90% No votes
To fund general municipal services such as 911 emergency response, fire/paramedic/public safety, homeless reduction programs, senior/youth programs, disaster preparedness, and repairing/maintaining streets/roads/potholes/storm drains, shall an ordinance creating an additional 2.5% locally-controlled tax on utility bills be adopted, providing approximately $3,200,000 annually in new funds until ended by voters, exempting senior citizens/disabled-headed households, and requiring independent audits and transparency?

Measure VS. Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Commerce (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,260 / 70.49% Yes votes ...... 1,365 / 29.51% No votes
To maintain Commerce's long-term financial stability and public safety, including police/fire/911emergency response; protect parks and library services; maintain transportation services;protect local drinking water sources; repair streets; protect youth, senior, and other general services; shall an ordinance establishing a one-quarter of one percent (1/4%) transaction and use (sales) tax, providing approximately $8,000,000 annually until ended by voters be adopted;requiring independent audits, public disclosure of spending, all funds benefitting Commerce residents?

 
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