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Sacramento County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
Directory of Sacramento County, CA Measures
County Results as of Jan 6 2:59pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (210/210)
17.3% Countywide Voter Turnout (39,665/229,320)

Measures
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Measure B. Utility Rate Roll Back -- City of Sacramento (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 35,674 / 30.99% Yes votes ...... 79,446 / 69.01% No votes
Shall the ordinance repealing increases in monthly water, sewer, and garbage collection/solid waste disposal service rates approved by the Sacramento City Council in June 2009, setting these monthly utility service rates at the amounts in effect on February 10, 2010, and allowing the City Council to increase these rates without voter approval beginning July 2012 only if the rates are not increased above the annual increase in a specified consumer price index, be adopted?

Measure C. Marijuana Business Tax -- City of Sacramento (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 83,986 / 71.74% Yes votes ...... 33,079 / 28.26% No votes
To help preserve essential services like fire, police, and 911 emergency response, shall City of Sacramento's business operations tax be updated by taxing businesses engaged in medical marijuana transactions, and in commercial production and sale of marijuana if legalized by California voters, at maximum rates of 4% and 10%, respectively, of gross receipts, with City Council discretion to lower tax rates or raise tax rates to the maximums, and requiring independent audits?

Measure D. Incorporation -- Proposed City of Arden Arcade (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 6,927 / 24.57% Yes votes ...... 21,266 / 75.43% No votes
Shall the order adopted June 25, 2010, by Sacramento County LAFCo, ordering the incorporation of the territory described and designated as "City of Arden Arcade" be confirmed subject to terms and conditions specified in the order, including payments to Sacramento County commencing FY 2012-2013 and terminating after $219,000,000 is paid, and for the City to levy and collect the same taxes, fees, charges, assessments and rates currently imposed by Sacramento County, as particularly described in the order?

Measure E. Utility User Tax -- City of Rancho Cordova (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,630 / 54.98% Yes votes ...... 7,068 / 45.02% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted to continue the City of Rancho Cordova's existing 2.5% utility users tax on telecommunication and video services; modernize the ordinance to treat taxpayers equally regardless of technology used; to preserve funding for general municipal services such as neighborhood improvements and safety including, but not limited to, police services, maintenance of and improvements to city streets, sidewalks, landscaping and graffiti removal?

Measure H. Cannabis Business Tax -- City of Rancho Cordova (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 10,865 / 68.22% Yes votes ...... 5,061 / 31.78% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted requiring cannabis (marijuana) businesses to pay a tax to fund general municipal services, including police and code enforcement, ranging from $120 to $150 per $1,000 of gross receipts, or $100 per square foot of space for non-profit organizations? The tax would only be effective if Proposition 19, or if any other law allowing cannabis businesses is adopted, and it would only be imposed if the City allows cannabis businesses.

Measure J. Utility User Tax -- City of Elk Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 31,093 / 76.57% Yes votes ...... 9,514 / 23.43% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted to reduce the existing Utility User Tax from 2.5% to 2.25%; modernize the current ordinance to treat taxpayers equally regardless of technology used for telecommunications and video services; to preserve funding for essential general municipal services, such as public safety?

Measure K. Elective Office of Mayor -- City of Elk Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 32,500 / 78.26% Yes votes ...... 9,030 / 21.74% No votes
Shall the electors elect a mayor and four city council members? A Yes vote means the citizens directly elect the mayor; a No vote continues the practice that the council chooses one of its members to preside as Mayor on an annual basis.

Measure L. Two Year Term of Elective Office of Mayor -- City of Elk Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 26,170 / 63.68% Yes votes ...... 14,928 / 36.32% No votes
Shall the term of office of mayor be two years?

Measure M. Four Year Term of Elective Office of Mayor -- City of Elk Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 14,194 / 35.19% Yes votes ...... 26,142 / 64.81% No votes
Shall the term of office of mayor be four years?

Measure N. Increase to a Seven Member Legislative Body -- City of Elk Grove (Advisory Vote Only)
Fail: 16,833 / 42.55% Yes votes ...... 22,727 / 57.45% No votes
Shall members of the legislative body of the City of Elk Grove be qualified by and elected from six(6) districts and the Mayor be qualified and elected on a citywide basis by the voters of the entire city; a Yes vote increases the legislative body to seven (7) members; a No vote retains the current size of the legislative body at five (5)members.

Measure O. Tax on Personal Cannabis Cultivation -- City of Rancho Cordova (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 8,777 / 55.84% Yes votes ...... 6,941 / 44.16% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted requiring individuals cultivating cannabis (marijuana) for personal use to pay a tax to fund general municipal services, including public safety and code enforcement, in an amount not to exceed the following: 1) for indoor cultivation, from $600 to $900 per year for each square foot of area cultivated; and 2)for outdoor cultivation, from $600 to $900 per year for each 12.5 square feet of area cultivated?

 
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