Los Angeles County, CA Ballot

Shall an ordinance be adopted to modernize the City’s Utility Users’ Tax, at the existing rate: to preserve funding of general City services, such as Police, Fire, Streets, trees and parks; to reflect technological advances in communications; or to treat taxpayers equally regardless of technology used; to retain existing exemptions for low-income seniors and the disabled; and to require an annual independent audit?

Measure Lancaster-A Consolidation of Municipal and School District Elections in 2009 -- City of Lancaster (Advisory)
5895 / 72.8% Yes votes ...... 2205 / 27.2% No votes

Should the City of Lancaster adopt an ordinance providing for the consolidation of the Lancaster General Municipal Election with the countywide school district election to be held in November of odd numbered years commencing November 2009?

żDebería la Ciudad de Lancaster adoptar una ordenanza que se encargue de la consolidación de la Elección Municipal General de Lancaster con la elección de los distritos escolares de todo el condado que ha de efectuarse en noviembre de los ańos impares a partir de noviembre de 2009?

Measure Lancaster-B Consolidation of Municipal and School District Elections in 2011 -- City of Lancaster (Advisory)
2743 / 51.3% Yes votes ...... 2601 / 48.7% No votes

Measure Lawndale-A Community Center -- City of Lawndale (Majority Approval Required)

Shall the City of Lawndale be authorized to build a new community center to house after-school youth programs; senior programs; increase opportunities for recreational, arts and cultural programs; and provide space for community meetings, special events, staffing and other community purposes; by spending more than one million dollars of City funds with no increase in City taxes and subject to citizens' oversight and annual independent audits?

żDebería la Ciudad de Lawndale ser autorizada para construir un nuevo centro comunitario, con el fi n de alojar los programas para los jóvenes después de la escuela; los programas para las personas mayores; aumentar las oportunidades a fi n de ofrecer programas para la recreación, las artes y la cultura; y disponer de un espacio para las reuniones de la comunidad, para los eventos especiales, para la dotación de personal y para otros propósitos propios de la comunidad; mediante el gasto de más de un millón de dólares de los fondos de la Ciudad, pero sin tener aumentos en los impuestos municipales y sujeto a la supervisión de los ciudadanos y a auditorías independientes anuales?

Measure Malibu-D Communications Tax -- City of Malibu
1,565 / 63.6% Yes votes ...... 895 / 36.4% No votes

Shall an Ordinance be adopted that 1) reduces the tax rate from 5% to 4.5%, 2) adds modern communication technologies to the activities taxed, 3) preserves the local telephone tax against changes in federal law, and 4) retains the existing exemptions for seniors?

Measure Malibu-E View Maintenance -- City of Malibu (Advisory Vote Only)
1,532 / 60.3% Yes votes ...... 1,009 / 39.7% No votes

Should the Malibu City Council adopt an ordinance that would require the removal or trimming of landscaping in order to restore and maintain primary views from private homes?

Measure Sierra-Madre-P Minimum Police Wages and Benefits -- City of Sierra Madre
537 / 21.4% Yes votes ...... 1,971 / 78.6% No votes

Shall an ordinance be adopted to: 1) prohibit paying City police officers less than the lowest of 10 San Gabriel Valley police departments; 2) prohibit providing benefits for the City police officers at less than the average of benefits to police officers in those 10 departments; and 3) prohibit reducing the number of police department positions from the number budgeted in the 2004-2005 fiscal year or contracting our general police services without voter approval?

Measure Sierra-Madre-U Utility User Tax Increase and Modernization -- City of Sierra Madre (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)

Shall an Ordinance be adopted increasing the City's existing Utility Users' Tax by up to 6% in order to maintain general City services such as public safety services, including police and paramedic programs, and to reflect technological advances in communications, expand existing exemptions to low and very low income households, and establish a citizen's oversight committee?

Measure Sierra-Madre-UA Utility User Tax Advisory Measure -- City of Sierra Madre
1,629 / 64.0% Yes votes ...... 917 / 36.0% No votes

If Measure 'U', the increase in the Utility Users' Tax, is approved by the voters, should the additional revenue generated by that increase be used to fund public safety services including paramedic programs, police salaries and benefits and additional safety staffing?

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