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- Measure A.
Communication Users' Tax
-- City of Gilroy
(Majority Approval Required)
 Pass:
3,578 /
63.07% Yes votes ......
2,095 /
36.93% No votes
- Shall an Ordinance be adopted to reduce the rate of the City of Gilroy's Communications Users' Tax
from 5% to 4.5%; to revise the method for calculating and collecting the Utility Users' Tax to reflect
technological advances and changes in state and federal law; and to ratify and approve the past
collection of the Tax?
YES NO
- Measure B.
Library Bond
-- City of Sunnyvale
(2/3 Vote Required)
 Fail:
9,917 /
59.12% Yes votes ......
6,858 /
40.88% No votes
- To upgrade and expand Sunnyvale Library to support enhanced educational opportunities for local
children and students, to support an increase of the library's collection of books and other materials,
to ensure adequate reading space and expanded computer labs for seniors, children and the general
public, shall the City of Sunnyvale issue $108 million in general obligation bonds for design and
construction of a new, energy efficient, green-designed, environmentally sustainable library to support
Sunnyvale's growing community?
YES NO
- Measure C.
Charter Section 602 Bonds - Council Term Limits
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
12,570 /
78.29% Yes votes ......
3,485 /
21.71% No votes
- Shall Charter Section 602 be amended to limit a Councilmember to serving eight years in any
twelve-year period, not including appointment to an unexpired term of less than two years? ?
YES NO
- Measure D.
Charter Section 1002 - Board and Commission Terms
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
11,078 /
69.82% Yes votes ......
4,788 /
30.18% No votes
- Shall Charter Sections 1002 and 1003 be amended to clarify that a board or commission member
can serve two terms on the same board or commission without a break, can serve on a different
board or commission prior to expiration of his/her term with Council approval, and to clarify members
of all boards and commissions may serve two successive terms? ?
YES NO
- Measure E.
Charter Section 1007 - Personnel Board Vacancies
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
9,374 /
61.08% Yes votes ......
5,973 /
38.92% No votes
- Shall Charter Section 1007 be amended to add a provision that if two employee-nominated
members of the Personnel Board are not nominated and elected within six months of a vacancy then
the City Council may fill the vacancies by direct appointment and delete the prohibition against
officers in any local, state or national partisan political organization from serving on the Personnel
Board? ?
YES NO
- Measure F.
Charter Section 802 - Budget Review
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
12,084 /
78.19% Yes votes ......
3,371 /
21.81% No votes
- Shall Charter Sections 802, 1012 and 1014 be amended to add new language that provides for
budget review and recommendations by all boards and commissions and to delete the budget review
provisions limited to only the Library Board and Parks and Recreation Commission? ?
YES NO
- Measure G.
Charter Section 603 - Excused Leave
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Fail:
7,472 /
47.77% Yes votes ......
8,168 /
52.23% No votes
- Shall Charter Section 603 be amended to allow the City Council to permit, by resolution, additional
excused leave beyond the four personal leave days currently permitted, and to determine whether
any additional excused leave days will be paid or unpaid leave? ?
YES NO
- Measure H.
Charter Section 605 - Mayor and Vice Mayor
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
11,237 /
71.35% Yes votes ......
4,512 /
28.65% No votes
- Shall Charter Sections 605 and 606 be amended to select the Mayor and Vice Mayor at the first
regular meeting in January and to change the term of the mayor from one year to two years? ?
YES NO
- Measure I.
Charter Section 800 - City Manager's Residence
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
12,165 /
77.15% Yes votes ......
3,603 /
22.85% No votes
- Shall Charter Section 800 be amended to add language that strongly encourages the City Manager
to reside in the City of Sunnyvale and to remove the City Manager residency requirement that is in
conflict with the State Constitution? ?
YES NO
- Measure J.
Charter Section 1302 - City Budget
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
12,596 /
82.09% Yes votes ......
2,749 /
17.91% No votes
- Shall Charter Sections 1302 and 1305 be amended to add language that requires the annual
submission of a ten-year balanced budget that includes level of service information, historical
financial trend data, and charts for ease of understanding the budget and provides that approved
appropriations for capital improvement projects will not lapse at the end of the fiscal year, unless
completed, closed out or Council takes action to modify? ?
YES NO
- Measure K.
Charter Section 601 - Outdated Material
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
12,280 /
80.28% Yes votes ......
3,017 /
19.72% No votes
- Shall Charter Sections 601, 610, 612, 613, 703 and 708 be amended to delete outdated material,
to provide for certification of election results at the first meeting in January, to reflect current practice
of study sessions and closed sessions in locations other than Council Chambers, to certify election
returns, to provide for sanctions for disorderly conduct, to clarify the City Clerk reports to the City
Manager, and to allow for publication on the Internet?
YES NO
- Measure L.
Charter Section 803 - Outdated Material
-- City of Sunnyvale
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
11,600 /
75.52% Yes votes ......
3,760 /
24.48% No votes
- Shall Charter Sections 803, 804, 806, 903, 908 and 1309 be amended to delete outdated material,
clarify that a City Manager pro tem is appointed for an absence of more than two weeks, that the City
Manager and City Attorney can be removed without cause, that the City Manager appoints the City
Clerk, require City Attorney approval for outside counsel, and specify that the lowest bidder for public
works contracts must be responsive and responsible? ?
YES NO
- Measure M.
Increase in Transient Occupancy Tax
-- City of Palo Alto
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
11,253 /
80.59% Yes votes ......
2,710 /
19.41% No votes
- Shall the Palo Alto Municipal Code be amended to increase the transient occupancy tax
(commonly called "hotel tax") charged to persons who occupy hotel or motel rooms in the City for 30
days or less from 10% to 12% in order to help maintain the City's ability to fund basic City services? ?
YES NO
- Measure N.
Emergency Underground Water Storage and Equipment Replacement
-- City of Palo Alto
(Advisory Vote Only)
12,478 /
91.84% Yes votes ......
1,109 /
8.16% No votes
- Should an area under El Camino Park be used for an underground water storage reservoir and
well to supply the City of Palo Alto with water during an emergency, the existing pump station
replaced with modern equipment in its same location, and all existing park facilities fully restored
upon completion of construction??
YES NO
- Measure O.
Communications Users' Tax
-- City of Los Altos
(Majority Approval Required)
Pass:
5,958 /
84.21% Yes votes ......
1,117 /
15.79% No votes
- Shall an Ordinance be adopted to reduce the rate of the City of Los Altos's Communications Users'
Tax from 3.5% to 3.2%; to revise the method for calculating and collecting the Utility Users' Tax to
reflect technological advances and changes in state and federal law; and to ratify and approve the
past collection of the Tax??
YES NO
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