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President of the United States

• John F. Kerry/John Edwards, Democratic
  6,737,355 votes 54.4%
• George W. Bush/Dick Cheney, Republican
  5,501,496 votes 44.4%
• Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna, Libertarian
  50,101 votes .5%
• David Cobb/Pat LaMarche, Green
  40,598 votes .3%
• Leonard Peltier/Janice Jordan, Peace and Freedom
  27,548 votes .2%
• Michael Anthony Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin, American Independent
  26,580 votes .2%
• Ralph Nader (Write-in)
• John Joseph Kennedy (Write-in)
• James Alexander-Pace (Write-in)
• John Parker (Write-in)
• Anthony Jabin (Write-in)

US Senate

United States Senator

• Barbara Boxer, Democratic
  6,947,021 votes 57.8%
• Bill Jones, Republican
  4,548,931 votes 37.8%
• Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom
  243,407 votes 2.1%
• James P. "Jim" Gray, Libertarian
  216,236 votes 1.7%
• Don J. Grundmann, American Independent
  81,084 votes .6%
• Dennis Richter (Write-in)
• Howard Johnson (Write-in)
• John Emery Jones (Write-in)

US House

United States Representative; District 1

• Mike Thompson, Democratic
  185,214 votes 67%
• Lawrence R. Wiesner, Republican
  77,975 votes 28.2%
• Pamela Elizondo, Green
  13,394 votes 4.8%

United States Representative; District 6

• Lynn Woolsey, Democratic
  226,423 votes 72.7%
• Paul L. Erickson, Republican
  85,244 votes 27.3%

State Senate

State Senator; District 3

• Carole Migden, Democratic
  258,166 votes 68.2%
• Andrew D. Felder, Republican
  98,332 votes 26%
• Ian J. Grimes, Peace and Freedom
  12,013 votes 3.1%
• David Rhodes, Libertarian
  10,234 votes 2.7%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 1

• Patty Berg, Democratic
  116,613 votes 61.7%
• Ray Tyrone, Republican
  62,166 votes 32.8%
• Ken Anton, Libertarian
  10,521 votes 5.5%

Member of the State Assembly; District 6

• Joe Nation, Democratic
  148,556 votes 72.6%
• Carolyn F. Patrick, Republican
  56,311 votes 27.4%

Member of the State Assembly; District 7

• Noreen Evans, Democratic
  101,130 votes 60.2%
• Pat Krueger, Republican
  62,035 votes 36.8%
• F. Aaron Smith, Libertarian
  5,051 votes 3%

School

Board Member; Sonoma County Junior College District - Santa Rosa Area (2 Elected)

• Richard "Rick" Call
  40,802 votes 37.1%
• Marsha Vas Dupre
  39,327 votes 35.7%
• Frank Briceno
  29,995 votes 27.2%
• (140 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Board Member; Cloverdale Unified School District (3 Elected)

• Dick W. Johnson
  2,190 votes 23.1%
• Daniel Bunting
  2,009 votes 21.2%
• Rita S. Robinson
  1,888 votes 19.9%
• Steven Barrow
  1,875 votes 19.7%
• Kay Kneisler
  1,535 votes 16.2%
• (5 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Board Member, Dunbar Area; Sonoma Valley Unified School District

• Nicole Abate Ducarroz
  8,543 votes 52.3%
• Reginald Y. Alexander
  7,783 votes 47.7%
• (53 Writein Votes 0.4%)

Board Member, Prestwood Area; Sonoma Valley Unified School District

• Helen Marsh
  9,542 votes 58.3%
• Bill Hammett
  6,839 votes 41.7%
• (51 Writein Votes 0.4%)

Board Member; Windsor Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Ted Seche
  5,053 votes 31.3%
• Shari Kirichenko-Egan
  4,758 votes 29.5%
• Lauren E. Osborne
  4,101 votes 25.4%
• Jeffrey Duplicki
  2,227 votes 13.8%
• (13 Writein Votes 0.1%)

City; City of Santa Rosa High School District (4 Elected)

• Jim Leddy
  38,956 votes 18.4%
• Donna M. Jeye
  35,939 votes 17.0%
• Larry Haenel
  35,523 votes 16.8%
• Noreen N. Carvolth
  31,688 votes 15.0%
• Steven Straessler
  23,381 votes 11.1%
• Omar A. Medina
  23,196 votes 11.0%
• Lindann McPheeters
  22,524 votes 10.7%
• (151 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Board Member; West Sonoma County Union High School District (2 Elected)

• Diane Landry
  11,268 votes 31.3%
• Nick Lucia
  9,649 votes 26.8%
• Jim Deis
  7,778 votes 21.6%
• David Stecher
  7,361 votes 20.4%
• (43 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Board Member; Bellevue Union School District (2 Elected)

• Katherine Holden
  2,180 votes 28.2%
• Yvonne L. Kennedy
  2,154 votes 27.9%
• Robert Muelrath
  1,808 votes 23.4%
• Patricia Sheehan
  1,580 votes 20.5%
• (17 Writein Votes 0.3%)

Board Member; Forestville Union School District (2 Elected)

• Steve Pearson
  2,304 votes 43.0%
• Ron Abler
  1,621 votes 30.2%
• Leone Manni
  1,434 votes 26.8%
• (11 Writein Votes 0.3%)

Board Member; Fort Ross Elementary School District

• William Seymour
  216 votes 63.7%
• Marci Aileen Hoard
  123 votes 36.3%
• (2 Writein Votes 0.7%)

Board Member; Gravenstein Union School District (2 Elected)

• Kay N. Crocker
  1,510 votes 36.3%
• Dennis Andersen
  1,423 votes 34.2%
• Jackie Moreira
  1,229 votes 29.5%
• (6 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Board Member; Guerneville School District (2 Elected)

• Elaine Sundberg
  1,482 votes 40.6%
• Nancy Saxe
  1,291 votes 35.3%
• Pamela Kruse
  881 votes 24.1%
• (9 Writein Votes 0.3%)

Board Member, 4 Year; Harmony Union School District (2 Elected)

• Fawn A. Nekton
  1,389 votes 38.8%
• Henry E. Goff
  1,154 votes 32.2%
• Geoffrey Mac Millan
  1,038 votes 29.0%
• (5 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Board Member; Kashia School District

• Mylette M. Marrufo
  11 votes 50.0%
• Violet Chappell
  11 votes 50.0%

Board Member; Mark West Union School District (2 Elected)

• Deanna "Dee" Wallace
  3,202 votes 38.2%
• Mark Wheeler
  2,565 votes 30.6%
• Leslie "Sarge" Milldrum
  1,945 votes 23.2%
• Heather Payne
  673 votes 8.0%
• (6 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Board Member, 4 Year; Piner-Olivet Union School District (2 Elected)

• Melinda Ryan Wahl
  2,416 votes 26.0%
• Lisa E. Anderson
  2,416 votes 26.0%
• Christopher R. Nugent
  2,304 votes 24.8%
• Victoria Fabela
  2,155 votes 23.2%
• (14 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Board Member; Sebastopol Union School District (2 Elected)

• Laurie Rubin
  4,117 votes 51.1%
• Guy Wilson
  2,408 votes 29.9%
• Jim Schuster
  1,536 votes 19.1%
• (11 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Board Member, 4 Year; Waugh School District (2 Elected)

• Karen Bergin
  1,171 votes 36.6%
• Fred Stoll
  1,091 votes 34.1%
• James Edward Peavey
  938 votes 29.3%
• (4 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Board Member; Waugh School District

• Matthew Thomas
  1,052 votes 55.3%
• K. Gordon Kirkland
  852 votes 44.7%
• (8 Writein Votes 0.5%)

Member, City Council; City of Santa Rosa (4 Elected)

• Jane Bender
  27,634 votes 14.3%
• Mike Martini
  27,345 votes 14.2%
• John Sawyer
  27,193 votes 14.1%
• Lee Pierce
  22,186 votes 11.5%
• Veronica Jacobi
  21,634 votes 11.2%
• Don Taylor
  20,995 votes 10.9%
• Caroline Banuelos
  17,909 votes 9.3%
• Joseph "Joe" Romano
  15,516 votes 8.0%
• Harry Troutt
  12,622 votes 6.5%
• (94 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Member, City Council; City of Cloverdale (2 Elected)

• Jessalee Raymond
  1,522 votes 28.4%
• Augustine A. Wolter
  1,451 votes 27.1%
• Robert Dailey
  1,193 votes 22.3%
• Craig Clark
  1,187 votes 22.2%
• (3 Writein Votes 0.1%)

City Clerk; City of Cloverdale

• Michele Penirian Winterbottom
  2,639 votes 100.0%
• (25 Writein Votes 1.2%)

Member, City Council; City of Cotati (3 Elected)

• Janet Orchard
  1,739 votes 21.4%
• Patty Minnis
  1,332 votes 16.4%
• Geoff Fox
  1,208 votes 14.8%
• Andrew L. Hutchins
  871 votes 10.7%
• Mark D. Firestone
  840 votes 10.3%
• Eric Kirchmann
  830 votes 10.2%
• George Barich
  693 votes 8.5%
• Tanya Boone-Alva
  625 votes 7.7%
• (9 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Member, City Council; City of Healdsburg (3 Elected)

• Mike McGuire
  3,894 votes 30.3%
• Gary W. Plass
  2,821 votes 22.0%
• Lisa W. Schaffner
  2,746 votes 21.4%
• Mark T. Gleason
  2,462 votes 19.2%
• Tod Brilliant
  928 votes 7.2%
• (4 Writein Votes 0.0%)

Member, City Council; City of Petaluma (3 Elected)

• Pamela Torliatt
  16,470 votes 26.7%
• Karen Nau
  14,507 votes 23.5%
• Mike O'Brien
  13,517 votes 21.9%
• Cindy Thomas
  11,852 votes 19.2%
• Spence F. Burton
  5,255 votes 8.5%
• (52 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Member, City Council; City of Rohnert Park (3 Elected)

• Jake Mackenzie
  6,540 votes 16.2%
• Vicki Vidak-Martinez
  6,452 votes 16.0%
• Tim Smith
  5,223 votes 12.9%
• Gregory A. Nordin
  4,945 votes 12.2%
• Dan Hubley
  4,455 votes 11.0%
• Keith Roberts
  3,253 votes 8.1%
• Anthony Piazza
  3,068 votes 7.6%
• Matt Rogina
  2,919 votes 7.2%
• John Mendribil
  2,176 votes 5.4%
• John Borba
  1,349 votes 3.3%
• (28 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Member, City Council; City of Sebastopol (2 Elected)

• Sam Pierce
  2,546 votes 39.9%
• Craig Litwin
  2,461 votes 38.5%
• Rudy Seidler
  1,380 votes 21.6%
• (8 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Member, City Council; City of Sonoma (2 Elected)

• Stanley Cohen
  2,095 votes 22.4%
• Joanne B. Sanders
  1,998 votes 21.3%
• Patrick L. Wofford
  1,938 votes 20.7%
• Tom Anderson
  1,866 votes 19.9%
• Thomas A. Haeuser
  748 votes 8.0%
• Chris Elms
  726 votes 7.7%
• (9 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Member, Town Council; Town of Windsor (2 Elected)

• Debora Fudge
  6,910 votes 40.7%
• Warin Parker
  4,028 votes 23.7%
• Bill Patterson
  3,424 votes 20.2%
• Jeff Leasure
  2,629 votes 15.5%
• (12 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Special District

Board Member; Cloverdale Fire Protection District (3 Elected)

• James Hill
  2,843 votes 31.4%
• Carol Giovanatto
  2,274 votes 25.1%
• Stephen C. Brown
  2,076 votes 22.9%
• Gary De Rosier
  1,871 votes 20.6%
• (2 Writein Votes 0.0%)

Board Member; Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District (4 Elected)

• Robert "Bob" Dunne
  5,286 votes 23.7%
• Harold Griffith
  5,000 votes 22.4%
• Jim Ford
  4,093 votes 18.4%
• Brian Proteau
  3,780 votes 17.0%
• Carla Grube
  2,170 votes 9.7%
• Gary Scheppelmann
  1,949 votes 8.7%
• (30 Writein Votes 0.2%)

Board Member; Russian River Fire Protection District (2 Elected)

• Frank Lambert, Jr.
  2,023 votes 49.5%
• Edward H. Smith
  1,072 votes 26.2%
• John Uniack
  989 votes 24.2%
• (11 Writein Votes 0.3%)

Board Member, 4 Year; North Sonoma County Hospital District (3 Elected)

• Kurt Hahn
  11,179 votes 25.2%
• Herbert F. Polesky
  10,572 votes 23.8%
• Ruth M. Olson
  8,798 votes 19.8%
• Jack Air
  8,790 votes 19.8%
• Floyd S. Coakley
  5,108 votes 11.5%
• (33 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Board Member; Sweetwater Springs Water District (2 Elected)

• Victoria Wikle
  2,035 votes 40.5%
• Phil E. Guidotti
  1,527 votes 30.4%
• Jim Quigley
  1,468 votes 29.2%
• (4 Writein Votes 0.1%)

Proposition 1A Protection of Local Government Revenues
9,398,045 / 83.6% Yes votes ...... 1,837,430 / 16.4% No votes

Should local property tax and sales tax revenues remain with local government thereby safeguarding funding for public safety, health, libraries, parks, and other local services? Provisions can only be suspended if the Governor declares a fiscal necessity and two-thirds of the Legislature concur.

Proposition 59 Public Records, Open Meetings
9,322,156 / 83.3% Yes votes ...... 1,867,161 / 16.7% No votes

Shall the Constitution be amended to include public's right of access to meetings of government bodies and writings of government officials while preserving specified constitutional rights and retaining existing exclusions for certain meetings and records?

Proposition 60 Election Rights of Political Parties
7,217,315 / 67.5% Yes votes ...... 3,473,838 / 32.5% No votes

Shall the general election ballot be required to include candidate receiving most votes among candidates of same party for partisan office in primary election?

Proposition 60A Surplus Property
7,765,107 / 73.2% Yes votes ...... 2,839,572 / 26.8% No votes

Shall the sale proceeds of most surplus state property pay off specified bonds?

Proposition 61 Children's Hospital Projects. Grant Program
6,620,176 / 58.3% Yes votes ...... 4,743,459 / 41.7% No votes

Shall $750 million general obligation bonds be authorized for grants to eligible children's hospitals for construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping children's hospitals?

Proposition 62 Elections. Primaries
5,111,627 / 46.2% Yes votes ...... 5,960,889 / 53.8% No votes

Should primary elections be structured so that voters may vote for any state or federal candidate regardless of party registration of voter or candidate? The two primary-election candidates receiving most votes for an office, whether they are candidates with "no party" or members of same or different party, would be listed on general election ballot. Exempts presidential nominations.

Proposition 63 Mental Health Services Expansion, Funding. Tax on Personal Incomes above $1 Million
6,183,119 / 53.7% Yes votes ...... 5,330,052 / 46.3% No votes

Should a 1% tax on taxable personal income above $1 million to fund expanded health services for mentally ill children, adults, seniors be established?

Proposition 64 Limit on Private Enforcement of Unfair Business Competition Laws
6,562,861 / 58.9% Yes votes ...... 4,572,383 / 41.1% No votes

Should individual or class action "unfair business" lawsuits be allowed only if actual loss suffered? Only government officials may enforce these laws on public's behalf.

Proposition 65 Local Government Funds, Revenues. State Mandates
3,895,621 / 37.6% Yes votes ...... 6,461,927 / 62.4% No votes

Should reduction of local fee/tax revenues require voter approval? Permits suspension of state mandate if no state reimbursement to local government within 180 days after obligation determined.

Proposition 66 Limitations on "Three Strikes" Law. Sex Crimes. Punishment
5,596,077 / 47.3% Yes votes ...... 6,230,122 / 52.7% No votes

Should the "Three Strikes" law be limited to violent and/or serious felonies? Permits limited re-sentencing under new definitions. Increases punishment for specified sex crimes against children.

Proposition 67 Emergency Medical Services. Funding. Telephone Surcharge
3,238,537 / 28.4% Yes votes ...... 8,154,515 / 71.6% No votes

Should the telephone surcharge be increased and other funds for emergency room physicians, hospital emergency rooms, community clinics, emergency personnel training/equipment, and 911 telephone system be allocated?

Proposition 68 Non-Tribal Commercial Gambling Expansion. Tribal Gaming Compact Amendments. Revenues, Tax Exemptions
1,894,183 / 16.2% Yes votes ...... 9,788,161 / 83.8% No votes

Should tribal compact amendments be authorized? Unless tribes accept, should casino gaming be authorized for sixteen non-tribal establishments? Percentage of gaming revenues fund government services.

Proposition 69 DNA Samples. Collection. Database. Funding
7,183,917 / 62.0% Yes votes ...... 4,395,343 / 38.0% No votes

Should collection of DNA samples from all felons, and from others arrested for or charged with specified crimes be required with submission to state DNA database? Provides for funding.

Proposition 70 Tribal Gaming Compacts. Exclusive Gaming Rights. Contributions to State
2,759,558 / 23.7% Yes votes ...... 8,868,324 / 76.3% No votes

Upon tribe's request, should the Governor be required to execute a 99-year compact? Tribes contribute percentage of net gaming income to state funds, in exchange for expanded, exclusive tribal casino gaming.

Proposition 71 Stem Cell Research. Funding. Bonds
7,009,814 / 59.1% Yes votes ...... 4,859,401 / 40.9% No votes

Should the "California Institute for Regenerative Medicine" be established to regulate and fund stem cell research with the constitutional right to conduct such research and with an oversight committee? Prohibits funding of human reproductive cloning research.

Proposition 72 Health Care Coverage Requirements
5,681,863 / 49.1% Yes votes ...... 5,881,886 / 50.9% No votes

Should legislation requiring health care coverage for employees, as specified, working for large and medium employers be approved?

Measure K Maintaining Excellence Act 2004 Tax -- Petaluma Joint Union High School District (Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required)
22,119 / 68.0% Yes votes ...... 10,386 / 32.0% No votes
   21,989 (68.0%) Yes / 10,330 (32.0%) No in Sonoma County
   130 (69.89%) Yes / 56 (30.11%) No in Marin County

To keep school libraries open, restore smaller class sizes grades 7-12, restore and maintain computer and technology programs, maintain music and fine art programs, and provide necessary educational programs and materials to the extent funds are available, shall the Petaluma Joint Union High School District be authorized to levy a $50 annual parcel tax for four years, beginning July 1, 2005 with annual citizens' oversight committee, exempting parcels owned and occupied by persons 65 years of age or over?

Measure L Improvement Bond of 2004 -- Liberty School District (55% of the Voters Who Vote Approval Required)
618 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 341 / 35.6% No votes

To provide funds to construct a multi-purpose room for use by the school and the Liberty Valley community, including for assembly, dining and athletics, and to upgrade technology and communications at Liberty Elementary School, shall the Liberty School District issue $1,920,000 in bonds at interest rates within the legal limit, with no money for teacher or administrator salaries or operating expenses, and shall the District establish a Citizens' Oversight Committee to monitor all expenditures?

Measure M Quarter Cent Sales Tax -- County of Sonoma (2/3 of Voters Voting Aprroval Required)
140,557 / 67.2% Yes votes ...... 68,671 / 32.8% No votes

To maintain local streets, fix potholes, accelerate widening Highway 101, improve interchanges, restore and enhance transit, support development of passenger rail, and build safe bike/pedestrian routes, shall the Sonoma County Transportation Authority be authorized to levy a 1/4 cent retail transactions and use tax for a period not to exceed 20 years, spend money raised by the tax on the projects proposed, and issue bonds to finance the projects?

Measure N Article XXXIV Housing -- Unincorporated Area (Majority Approval Required)
34,462 / 51.7% Yes votes ...... 32,177 / 48.3% No votes

Without increasing local taxes, and in a manner consistent with Sonoma County's General Plan and zoning ordinance, shall public bodies be authorized to develop, construct, or acquire housing units affordable to low income persons, including elderly and disabled persons, within the County's unincorporated area, either directly or by assisting private projects, in an annual amount not exceeding one-half of one percent (1/2%) of the housing units existing in the unincorporated area in that year?

Measure O Quarter Cent Sales Tax -- City of Santa Rosa (2/3 Approval Required)
41,315 / 70.2% Yes votes ...... 17,513 / 29.8% No votes

To 1) improve and expand Santa Rosa Fire, Police and Paramedic services; 2) combat gang violence, and 3) expand crime prevention and after-school youth programs, shall Santa Rosa voters approve a 1/4 cent public safety sales tax, expiring in twenty years, with annual public reports by a citizen oversight committee assuring that funds are expended only for these purposes?

Measure P Retail Business Uses -- City of Cotati (Majority Approval Required)
1,301 / 38.7% Yes votes ...... 2,057 / 61.3% No votes

Shall the voters of the City of Cotati adopt a measure to restrict retail business uses in Cotati?

Measure Q Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Healdsburg (Majority Approval Required)
3,674 / 71.7% Yes votes ...... 1,452 / 28.3% No votes

Shall the City of Healdsburg be authorized to increase the existing hotel tax, paid by guests and collected by hotel operators, from the current rate of 10% of the room rate to amaximum of 12% of the room rate, with the revenue from said increase being placed in the City's general fund, approximately 95% of which is allocated to police and fire protection services in the current budget year?

Measure R Campaign Finance -- City of Petaluma (Majority Approval Required)
15,458 / 66.4% Yes votes ...... 7,833 / 33.6% No votes

Shall the Petaluma Municipal Code Chapter 1.30 be amended to revise existing mandatory limits on campaign contributions to City Council and City Mayor candidates and revise the existing mandatory public disclosure requirements?

Measure S Advisory Measure -- City of Petaluma (Advisory Vote Only)
17,759 / 72.1% Yes votes ...... 6,877 / 27.9% No votes

Do you support urging the City Council to pursue the design, environmental analysis, funding and construction of a cross-town connector and interchange connecting Petaluma Boulevard North with the intersection of Rainier Avenue and North McDowell Boulevard?

Measure T Community Sales Tax -- City of Sebastopol (Approval of a Majority of the Electorate Required)
2,779 / 68.0% Yes votes ...... 1,306 / 32.0% No votes

Shall the City increase the Sales Tax by 0.125% with the proceeds of the tax to be deposited in the General Fund, to be used for all general governmental needs of the City including, but not limited to, capital equipment requirements, fire protection, street maintenance, park maintenance, and police services?

Measure U Special Tax -- Gold Ridge Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
5,489 / 65.7% Yes votes ...... 2,864 / 34.3% No votes

Shall Ordinance No. 04-05-1-R of the Gold Ridge Fire Protection District (i) authorizing it to impose and levy a new special tax having a maximum rate of $40.00 per first dwelling and $20 per additional dwelling for residential property and $80 per first business and $40 per additional business for commercial property to assist in meeting costs of providing services and exercising other rights and powers, and (ii) increasing appropriations limit to permit spending tax revenues be approved?

Measure V Special Tax -- Windsor Fire Protection District (2/3 Approval Required)
6,342 / 59.1% Yes votes ...... 4,384 / 40.9% No votes

Shall Windsor Fire Protection District Ordinance No. 2004-01 be approved (i) authorizing the District to impose and levy a new special tax having a maximum rate (subject to adjustment for inflation) of $112.00 per unit of risk to assist in meeting the costs of providing authorized services and exercising other rights and powers of the District, (ii) increasing the District's appropriations limit to permit spending of all proceeds of the new special tax, and (iii) repealing the District's existing special tax?

Measure W Parcel Tax -- Palm Drive Health Care District (2/3 Approval Required)
19,614 / 69.4% Yes votes ...... 8,659 / 30.6% No votes

To ensure survival of Palm Drive Hospital and access to local emergency, acute care, medical and physician services, and provide for ongoing expenses, repair and improvements to equipment and technology, shall Palm Drive Health Care District repeal its existing tax and levy a special tax of up to $155.00 on each taxable parcel in the District (excluding low value parcels) while assuring independent fiscal oversight and financial accountability?