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San Francisco County, CA March 2, 2004 Election
Directory of San Francisco County, CA Measures
County Results as of May 4 2:45pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (577/577)
42.5% Countywide Voter Turnout (190,828/448,948)

Measures
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Measure 2. Regional Traffic Relief Plan -- County of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano (Regional Measure - Majority Vote)
631,304 / 58.5% Yes votes ...... 448,771 / 41.5% No votes
   178,464 (59.55%) Yes / 121,206 (40.45%) No in Santa Clara County
   164,497 (55.6%) Yes / 131,098 (44.4%) No in Alameda County
   121,167 (51.4%) Yes / 114,766 (48.6%) No in Contra Costa County
   51285 (64.29%) Yes / 28487 (35.71%) No in Marin County
   115,891 (68.53%) Yes / 53,214 (31.47%) No in San Francisco County
   Yes / No in Solano County
Shall voters authorize a Regional Traffic Relief Plan that does the following:

(1) Directs revenues generated through the collection of bridge tolls to provide the following projects:
(A) Expand and extend BART.
(B) New transbay commuter rail crossing south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
(C) Comprehensive Regional Express bus network.
(D) New expanded ferry service.
(E) Better connections between BART, buses, ferries, and rail.

(2) Approves a one dollar ($1) toll increase effective July 1, 2004, on all toll bridges in the bay area, except the Golden Gate Bridge?

Measure A. Tax-deferred Transfer of Accrued Vacation and Sick Leave to Employees -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
107,690 / 62.38% Yes votes ...... 64,943 / 37.62% No votes
Shall City employees who receive a cash payment for unused vacation time and sick leave be permitted to defer this payment and defer state and federal taxes on this payment?

Measure B. Retirement Benefits for District Attorneys, Public Defenders and Public Defender Investigators -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
114,209 / 67.73% Yes votes ...... 54,418 / 32.27% No votes
May the City contract with the California Public Employee Retirement System for retirement benefits for District Attorneys, Public Defenders and Public Defender investigators if there is no change in cost to the City?

Measure C. Reduce the Minimum Police Staffing Level after Conducting a Study of Which Positions Could be Filled by Civilian Personnel -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
105,005 / 61.85% Yes votes ...... 64,773 / 38.15% No votes
Shall the City reduce the required number of uniformed Police officers if the City fills certain positions currently performed by uniformed officers with civilian staff?

Measure D. Retirement Benefits for Domestic Partners -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
113,646 / 65.07% Yes votes ...... 60,999 / 34.93% No votes
Shall domestic partners be allowed to register in the City, even if they live or work outside the City, and shall the City Employees' Retirement System treat domestic partners as spouses?

Measure E. Board of Supervisors to Respond to Orders/Requests for the Production of City Records Under State and Federal Laws -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
87,704 / 52.22% Yes votes ...... 80,236 / 47.78% No votes
Shall the Board of Supervisors, rather than individual departments and officials, respond to requests made by the federal or state government for records that may contain private information about citizens?

Measure F. Reclassify Deputy Sheriffs as Safety Employees Covered Under Charter Section A8.590-1 et seq -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
103,327 / 63.16% Yes votes ...... 60,267 / 36.84% No votes
Shall the rules that apply to labor negotiations with the uniformed members of the Police and Fire departments also apply to labor negotiations with the deputy sheriffs?

Measure G. Supplemental Compensation for Employees on Military Leave -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
99,726 / 58.90% Yes votes ...... 69,589 / 41.10% No votes
May the City provide supplemental pay for more than 180 days to City employees called for military service, and may the City provide this pay retroactively?

Measure H. Establishing a Public Education Fund -- City of San Francisco (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
123,103 / 70.77% Yes votes ...... 50,837 / 29.23% No votes
Shall the City create a fund to increase the City's spending for public education over the next eleven years?

Measure I. Healthy Air Enforcement Act of 2004 -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
118,074 / 67.49% Yes votes ...... 56,864 / 32.51% No votes
Shall Muni be required to replace diesel buses purchased before 1991, and shall any new Muni vehicles be required to meet the anti-pollution standards that apply to other City vehicles?

Measure J. Incentives to Build Below Market Rate Housing and Exceptions to Density Restrictions -- City of San Francisco (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
52,028 / 30.01% Yes votes ...... 121,352 / 69.99% No votes
Shall housing developments located downtown or along the central waterfront be subject to less-restrictive density and height rules than other housing developments if the developer builds and sells additional below-market rate housing?

 
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