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Los Angeles County, CA March 5, 2013 Election
Directory of Los Angeles County, CA Measures
Measures
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Measure BUSD-S. School Improvement Funding -- Burbank Unified School District (School Bonds - 55% Approval Required)
Election Night Results (Unofficial)
Pass: 4,053 / 61.5% Yes votes ...... 2,542 / 38.5% No votes
To improve the quality and safety of Burbank school facilities, to upgrade classrooms, computers and technology, to replace aging portable classrooms, electrical systems, plumbing and sewer lines, roofs and play areas, to improve student safety and security including upgraded fire protection, increase energy efficiency and to provide accessibility for students with disabilities, shall Burbank Unified School District be authorized to issue $110,000,000 in bonds, at legal rates, with independent citizens oversight and annual audits?

Measure Car-M. Selection of Mayor -- City of Carson (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Election Night Results (Unofficial)
Fail: 1628 / 16.8% Yes votes ...... 8042 / 83.2% No votes
Shall the City of Carson eliminate the direct election of a mayor and return to selection of a mayor by the city council, on a rotating basis, with the mayor to be compensated the same as all other members of the City Council, the same to be effective commencing in 2017?

Proposition LA-A. Neighborhood Public Safety and City Services
Funding and Accountability Measure -- City of Los Angeles
(General Tax Measure - Majority Approval Required)
UNOFFICIAL results as of March 6, 2:00 p.m.
Fail: 117820 / 44.8% Yes votes ...... 145049 / 55.2% No votes
To offset severe and repeated State cuts and provide funding for: 911 emergency response services; maintaining firefighter, paramedic, and police officer staffing levels; continuing community policing, senior services, after-school gang and drug prevention programs; repairing potholes and sidewalks; and other general municipal services; shall the City of Los Angeles enact a one-half cent transactions and use (generally referred to as sales) tax, with required independent audits, public review of expenditures, and all funds used locally?

Charter Amendment LA-B. Fire and Police Pension Plan -- City of Los Angeles (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
UNOFFICIAL results as of March 6, 2:00 p.m.
Pass: 145721 / 58.0% Yes votes ...... 105386 / 42.0% No votes
Shall the Charter be amended to authorize the City Council to allow sworn police personnel who are transferred from the Department of General Services to the Police Department to purchase, at their own expense, retirement credit for prior sworn City service after they become members of the Fire and Police Pension Plan?

Measure LHH-A. Remove Spending Limit on Fire Tax Monies -- City of La Habra Heights (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Election Night Results (Unofficial)
Pass: 647 / 59.9% Yes votes ...... 434 / 40.1% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted to renew the City's authority to spend existing revenues from the special fire tax, approved by two-thirds of the City's voters in 1997, to provide essential fire and life-safety services, by renewing the voter-approved amendment to the City's appropriation limit?

Measure LHH-B. Oil and Natural Gas Extraction and Wellhead Tax Increase -- City of La Habra Heights (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Election Night Results (Unofficial)
Pass: 546 / 50.5% Yes votes ...... 536 / 49.5% No votes

Measure MP-DD. Telephone Tax Code Amendment -- City of Monterey Park (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Election Night Results (Unofficial)
Pass: 2279 / 60.1% Yes votes ...... 1514 / 39.9% No votes
Shall the ordinance that does not increase the City's telephone utility user tax rate but rather amends the City's telephone utility tax code to reflect changes in electronic communication equipment, methods and regulations be adopted?

Measure MP-EE. Term Limits -- City of Monterey Park (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Election Night Results (Unofficial)
Pass: 3200 / 80.4% Yes votes ...... 779 / 19.6% No votes
Shall the ordinance implementing term limits for the City Council, City Treasurer, and City Clerk be adopted?

Measure RB-A. Redondo Beach Power Plant Phase-Out Initiative -- City of Redondo Beach (Charter Amendment - Majority Approval Required)
Official Results
Fail: 6295 / 49.0% Yes votes ...... 6552 / 51.0% No votes
Shall Redondo Beach Phase-Out Existing Power Generation and Power Transmission from an Approximately 50-Acre Site and Set New Land Use and Development Standards by Amending the General Plan, Coastal Land Use Plan, Harbor/Civic Center Specific Plan, Coastal Zoning, Zoning, and City Charter; the new land use would be allocated between 60-70% to parks and open space and the remaining 30-40% allocated between commercial, institutional or marine related light industrial/boatyard uses?

Measure RH-A. Zoning of Stables -- City of Rolling Hills (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Official Election Results - Updated 3/6/13
Fail: 359 / 44.4% Yes votes ...... 450 / 55.6% No votes
Shall an Ordinance be adopted amending the zoning ordinance to allow stables constructed prior to July 12, 2010 to be used for residential purposes?

Measure RH-B. View Preservation -- City of Rolling Hills (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Official Election Results - Updated 3/6/13
Pass: 408 / 50.3% Yes votes ...... 403 / 49.7% No votes
Shall an Ordinance be adopted amending the current view preservation regulations by limiting protection only to views that existed at the time the owner acquired the property, exempting trees that were mature when the property was acquired, and establishing a higher burden of proof to show the existence of a protected view?

Measure SD-A. Transient Occupancy Tax Increase -- City of San Dimas (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Election Night Results (Unofficial)
Pass: 1420 / 56.2% Yes votes ...... 1107 / 43.8% No votes

Measure SG. Transient Occupancy Tax Increase -- City of San Gabriel (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Semi-Official Results posted 3/6/13
Pass: 2143 / 77.3% Yes votes ...... 631 / 22.7% No votes
To provide funding for general city services, including public safety, repairing, paving and maintaining local streets, keeping public areas and landscape clean and well maintained, and preserving fire and paramedic emergency response times, shall the City of San Gabriel approve an ordinance amending the San Gabriel Municipal Code to increase the transient occupancy tax rate charged to hotel guests staying within the City from ten percent (10%) to twelve percent (12%), to be effective April 1, 2013?

Measure WH-C. Term Limits for City Council Members -- City of West Hollywood (Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
UNOFFICIAL results as of March 6, 2:00 p.m.
Pass: 2690 / 61.9% Yes votes ...... 1653 / 38.1% No votes
Shall an ordinance be adopted limiting the number of terms a person may serve on the West Hollywood City Council to no more than three terms, including partial terms, whether or not consecutive, commencing with terms served by persons elected at or after the March 2013 election?

 
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