Fresno County, CA Ballot

Proposition 46 Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002
3,895,071 / 57.5% Yes votes ...... 2,880,506 / 42.5% No votes: Should the state create a trust fund by selling two billion one hundred million dollars ($2,100,000,000) in general obligation funds to fund twenty-one types of housing programs--including multifamily, individual and farmworker housing?
Proposition 47 Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002
4,044,743 / 59.0% Yes votes ...... 2,809,844 / 41.0% No votes: Should the state sell thirteen billion fifty million dollars ($13,050,000,000) in general obligation bonds for construction and renovation of K-12 school facilities and higher education facilities?
Proposition 48 Court Consolidation
4,642,292 / 72.8% Yes votes ...... 1,735,074 / 27.2% No votes: Should the California Constitution be amended to delete references to the municipal courts?
Proposition 49 Before and After School Programs. State Grants
3,857,409 / 56.6% Yes votes ...... 2,958,458 / 43.4% No votes: Should funding for before and after school programs be substantially increased, and starting in 2004-05, should general funds be permanently earmarked for this program?
Proposition 50 Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection
3,727,561 / 55.4% Yes votes ...... 3,006,792 / 44.6% No votes: Should the state borrow three billion four hundred forty million dollars ($3,440,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for a variety of water projects including coastal protection, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, integrated regional water management, safe drinking water, and water quality?
Proposition 51 Distribution of Existing Motor Vehicle Sales and Use Tax
2,712,675 / 41.4% Yes votes ...... 3,839,788 / 58.6% No votes: Should the sales and use taxes raised from the sale or lease of motor vehicles be permanently allocated to specific transportation projects?
Proposition 52 Election Day Voter Registration
2,745,473 / 40.6% Yes votes ...... 4,019,211 / 59.4% No votes: Should legally eligible California residents presenting proof of current residence be allowed to register to vote on Election Day?

Local Measures

Measure A Election of CIty Council Members from Districts; District Boundaries -- City of Reedley
2244 / 68.5% Yes votes ...... 1030 / 31.5% No votes: Shall members of the City Council of the City of Reedley be elected from districts described by Ordinance No. 2002-04?
Measure B Adding Two Members to the Retirement Board -- City of Fresno
30102 / 45.8% Yes votes ...... 35668 / 54.2% No votes: Shall the Charter be amended to add two members to the Retirement Board of the Fresno City Employees Retirement System, to include a member elected by and from the retirees of the Fresno City Employees Retirement System, and a member appointed by the Mayor with approval by Council from the qualified electors of the City?
Measure C Transportation Sales Tax -- County of Fresno (2/3%)
76527 / 53.9% Yes votes ...... 65471 / 46.1% No votes: Shall Fresno County voters authorize an extension of up to thirty years of the current one-half percent sales tax to be used in accordance with the Expenditure Plan adopted by the Authority to provide countywide transportation improvements which will contribute to increased mobility, less traffic congestion, improved air quality and increased safety? The Authority is authorized to issue bonds payable from the proceeds of that tax and establishes the appropriations limit of the Authority in the amount of 482 million dollars ($482,000,000).
Measure D Should City Treasurer be appointive? -- City of Firebaugh
265 / 46.4% Yes votes ...... 306 / 53.6% No votes: Shall the office of City Treasurer of the City of Firebaugh be appointive? If passed, this measure would take effect immediately. In that event, no candidate for the City Treasurer elected on this ballot would take office.
Measure E School Bond -- State Center Community College District (55% Approval Required)
76879 / 57.8% Yes votes ...... 56031 / 42.2% No votes: To prepare students at Fresno City/Reedley College (Clovis, Madera, Oakhurst Centers) for transfer to four-year collegesand careers, including public safety, firefighting, healthcare technology and business, by upgrading equipment, lighting, wiring, fire safety; replacing portables; repairing plumbing, heating/ventilation; repairing/constructing/equipping classrooms, libraries, computer labs, buildings, parking, acquiring land, shall State Center Community College District issue $161,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, with a Citizens Oversight Committee, annual financial audits and no money for administrator salaries?
Measure G School Bond Measure -- Dos Palos-Ora Loma Unified School District
173 / 62.5% Yes votes ...... 104 / 37.5% No votes: To improve the quality of education, shall the Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District be authorized to modernize classrooms, make health and safety improvements,expand and upgrade school facilities, update inadequate electrical systems to improve student access to classroom computers and modern technology, renovate schools and qualify the District to receive $4,000,000 in State-matching funds by issuing $4,400,000 of bonds, within legal interest rates, with annual audits, a citizens' oversight committee and NO money for administrators' salaries?
Measure H Advisory Vote Only - On use of existing utility tax -- City of Fowler
493 / 76.9% Yes votes ...... 148 / 23.1% No votes: This measure is not a tax. It is an advisory measure which states the Fowler City voters' preference that any voter approved continuation of the existing utility users tax be used only to fund the City of Fowler Fire and Police Departments to help ensure that these services will continue to be provided at the current level.
Measure I Extenstion of Utility Users Tax -- City of Fowler
337 / 52.3% Yes votes ...... 307 / 47.7% No votes: Shall the City of Fowler be authorized to extend, for a period of four (4) years, the existing utility users tax of five percent (5%) upon residential users of electricity and gas, three percent (3%) upon commercial, industrial, and agricultural users of electricity and gas, and five percent (5%) of the base service rate upon all users of telephone service in the City of Fowler, with the tax terminating on January 1, 2007, instead of January 1, 2003, as set forth in Ordinance No. 1999-06 and extension ordinance No. 2002-04?
Measure J School Bond Measure -- Merced Junior College District
78 / 37.0% Yes votes ...... 133 / 63.0% No votes: To establish a new permanent Los Banos area campus of Merced Community College on land that has been donated to the College, by financing construction of buildings for classrooms, laboratories,libraries, technology and vocational education programs; development of the physical site; and other specified projects; shall Merced Community College District issue $11,930,000 in bonds at interest rates within the legal limit payable from taxes levied only in the Los Banos campus service area, and establish a citizens' bond oversight committee?
Measure K School Bond Measure -- Dinuba Unified School District
10 / 100.0% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.0% No votes: To improve the quality of education, shall the Dinuba School District be authorized to modernize classrooms, make health and safety improvements, expand and upgrade school facilities, including constructing new classrooms and library/media centers, upgrading inadequate electrical systems to improve student access to classroom computers and modern technology, renovate schools and qualify the District to receive $11,400,000 in State-matching funds by issuing $14,915,000 of bonds, with annual audits and oversight by a citizens' oversight committee?
Measure L Should there be a mayor and four councilmembers -- City of Huron
264 / 73.7% Yes votes ...... 94 / 26.3% No votes: Should the electors of the City of Huron elect a mayor and four councilmembers?
Measure M Shall Mayor term be two years? -- City of Huron
252 / 69.4% Yes votes ...... 111 / 30.6% No votes: Shall the term of office for Mayor be two years?
Measure N Shall Mayor term be four years? -- City of Huron
95 / 35.8% Yes votes ...... 170 / 64.2% No votes: Shall the term of office for Mayor be four years?

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