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- Measure A.
Telecommunications Tax Calculation/Reduction
-- City of El Monte
(Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
 Pass:
2,940 /
62.65% Yes votes ......
1,753 /
37.35% No votes
- Shall an ordinance be adopted to reduce the telecommunications portion of the City of El Monte’s
utility users’ tax from 7% to 6.5% and modernize the method for calculating and collecting the
telecommunications portion of the tax to reflect technological advances and changes so that all
taxpayers are treated in the same manner?
- Measure C.
Amendments to Storm Drain User Fee
-- City of Rancho Palos Verdes
(Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
3,881 /
55.53% Yes votes ......
3,108 /
44.47% No votes
- C – Shall an ordinance be adopted that would amend the City’s existing Storm Drain User Fee (which
provides a dedicated funding source to repair, reconstruct and maintain the citywide storm drain
system and install filtration devices that reduce polluted runoff and protect coastal water quality) by: (1)
shortening the duration of the Fee from thirty years to ten years and (2) establishing a resident
oversight committee?
- Measure D.
Repeal of Storm Drain User Fee
-- City of Rancho Palos Verdes
3,046 /
43.93% Yes votes ......
3,887 /
56.07% No votes
- Shall an ordinance be adopted that would repeal the City’s existing Storm Drain User Fee?
- Measure E.
Parcel Tax Retention
-- Las Virgenes Unified School District
(2/3 Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
4,753 /
78.43% Yes votes ......
1,307 /
21.57% No votes
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To support high academic achievement in science, math, reading, and the arts, provide needed
textbooks and instructional materials and student counseling/support services, shall the Las
Virgenes Unified School District maintain its expiring school parcel tax of $98/year, without
increase, per parcel for eight years with exemptions available for seniors and disabled persons, an
independent fiscal oversight committee, with no funds used for administrator’s salaries and every
dollar staying in this community to preserve quality education?
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Para apoyar altos éxitos académicos en ciencias, mate, lectura, y las artes, proporcionar los necesarios
libros de texto/materials para la instrucción y asesoramiento para el alumno/servicios de apoyo, ¿deberá
el Distrito Escolar Unificado Las Virgenes mantener su caducado impuesto por parcela escolar de
$98/año, sin aumento, por parcela por ocho años con exenciones disponibles para personas de la tercera
edad y para personas con discapacidades, un comité independiente para la supervisión fiscal, con nada
de fondos usados para los salarios de los administradores y cada dólar permaneciendo en esta
comunidad para conservar la calidad de educación?
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- Measure H.
Telecommunications/Cable Television Tax Reduction/Modernization
-- City of Hermosa Beach
(Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
2,243 /
72.12% Yes votes ......
867 /
27.88% No votes
- Shall an ordinance be adopted that 1) reduces the local telephone/cable television tax rate from 6%
to 5½%, 2) protects the tax against changes in federal law, 3) includes new communication
technologies, and 4) retains existing exemptions for seniors and the disabled, with revenue
continuing to be used exclusively in Hermosa Beach for essential services such as 911 emergency
response, fire, police, and sewer and street repairs, with continued public review of the City
budget?
- Measure L.
School Improvement
-- Lennox Elementary School District
(School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass:
682 /
77.41% Yes votes ......
199 /
22.59% No votes
- To acquire, construct, repair, and improve Lennox charter high school facilities, including
classrooms, science labs, and support facilities and improve student access to computers and
modern technology, shall the Lennox School District be authorized to issue $10,700,000 in bonds
at legal interest rates, with annual audits, a citizens’ oversight committee, no money for overhead
or administrator salaries, and provided all funds are spent locally and cannot be transferred to the
State?
- Measure S.
Walnut Valley School Academic Facilities Measure
-- Walnut Valley Unified School District
(School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass:
4,159 /
61.19% Yes votes ......
2,638 /
38.81% No votes
- To attract/retain quality teachers, improve
instruction, student health and safety, and classroom facilities, qualify for $25,000,000 in State
matching funds, shall Walnut Valley Unified School District repair, renovate, acquire, construct, and
equip classrooms, science labs, sites, school facilities, including upgrading outdated bathrooms,
plumbing, roofs, computer technology, fire safety equipment, and earthquake retrofit classrooms, by
issuing $64,600,000 of bonds at legal rates, with mandatory audits, citizen oversight, and no money for
administrators’ salaries?
- Measure W.
Antelope Valley Quality Education Facilities Measure
-- Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District
(School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
 Fail:
10,518 /
50.76% Yes votes ......
10,205 /
49.24% No votes
- To relieve severe school overcrowding,
build two new high schools, upgrade facilities at existing high schools, and acquire, repair,
construct and equip classrooms, labs, schools, sites and facilities, shall the Antelope Valley Joint
Union High School District issue $240 million in bonds at legal interest rates and appoint a Citizens’
Oversight Committee to ensure that bond monies are used for voter-approved purposes only and
that no monies are used for administrator salaries?
- Measure Y.
Walnut Valley School Physical Education Facilities Measure
-- Walnut Valley Unified School District
(School Bond - 55% Approval Required)
Pass:
3,859 /
56.88% Yes votes ......
2,925 /
43.12% No votes
- To provide a healthy learning
environment and improve student health and safety, shall Walnut Valley Unified School District issue
$15,200,000 in bonds at legal rates to improve school grounds, fields and facilities, including upgrading
unsafe tracks, gyms and equipment, adding tennis courts, constructing a Diamond Bar High School
pool, and completing necessary upgrades to athletic facilities; with mandatory audits, independent
citizen oversight, and no money for administrators’ salaries?
- Measure AV.
Utility User Tax
-- City of South Pasadena
(Advisory Vote Only)
2,234 /
75.47% Yes votes ......
726 /
24.53% No votes
- If the 3% increase in the Utility User’s Tax is approved, should not less than
65% of the funds generated by the increase be expended for infrastructure improvements, such as
repair, replacement and improvement of water lines, reservoirs, sewer facilities, streets, sidewalks,
parks, public buildings and other such infrastructure facilities and not more than 35% of such funds be
expended for employee salaries?
- Measure UT.
Utility User Tax
-- City of South Pasadena
1,690 /
53.45% Yes votes ......
1,472 /
46.55% No votes
- UT – Shall an ordinance be adopted increasing the existing Utility User’s Tax by 3% for the limited period of
February 1, 2008 to March 5, 2013?
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