November 8 is the twelfth date in 2011 when local ballot measure elections took place in California.
It featured at least 90 local ballot measure contests in at least 24 of California's 58 counties, and one recall question.[1]
Compared to other years
The number of local ballot measure elections held on November 8 was a steep decline from the number of local ballot measure elections held in the previous three Novembers in California. Elections held in even-numbered years historically attract much higher numbers than those held in odd-numbered years. Comparing the number of local ballot measure elections on November 8, 2011 just to those on the November 3, 2009 ballot indicated a 30% decline in the number of measures on the ballot in these two odd-numbered years.
Local ballot measure frequency in November elections:
Bonds and taxes
56 of the 90 measures on the November 8 ballot pertained to local tax and bond measures. Of the 56 that related to local bond and tax measures, voters approved 40, or close to 72%.
The eight school bond measures added up to a total request for $1.315 billion. The six that were approved came to a total request of $711 million (or 54.6% of the total that was requested). This contrasts to 2010, when voters approved a little over $5 billion in school bond requests, and November 2008, when voters approved $22 billion of borrowing in 87 school districts.
Counties
Alameda
- See also: Alameda County ballot measures
a Measure C, Emeryville Business Tax Increase
a Measure D, Emeryville Increase in Maximum Business Tax
d Measure F, Emeryville City Attorney Services by Contract
a Measure G, Newark Unified School District bond proposition, Measure G
Calaveras
- See also: Calaveras County ballot measures
a Measure A: West Point Fire Protection District parcel tax
Contra Costa
- See also: Contra Costa County ballot measures
d Measure G: City of Lafayette parcel tax
a Measure H: City of Pittsburg Hotel Tax
a Measure I: City of Pittsburg Urban Limit Line
El Dorado
- See also: El Dorado County ballot measures
a Measure F: Pioneer Fire Protection District parcel tax
Fresno
- See also: Fresno County ballot measures
d Parlier Unified School District: Rick Maldonado recall
d Parlier Unified School District: David Torrez recall
d Parlier Unified School District: Melissa Cano recall
d Parlier Unified School District: Mary Helen Villanueva recall
Humboldt
- See also: Humboldt County ballot measures
a Measure U: Proposed Consolidation of the Fortuna Union and Rohnerville Elementary School Districts
Imperial
- See also: Imperial County ballot measures
a Measure K: City of Brawley Utility Users Tax
d Measure M: City of Holtville Utility User Tax Elimination
d Measure N: City of Holtville Utility User Tax Reduction
d Measure O: City of Holtville Utility User Tax Sunset
Kern
- See also: Kern County ballot measures
d Measure A: California City Parcel Tax
Los Angeles
The City of Vernon's approximately 100 registered voters weighted in on four governance reforms on the November 8 ballot, and six additional reform measures on the
November 22 ballot.
- See also: Los Angeles County ballot measures
a Measure A: Vernon City Council Term Limits
a Measure B: Vernon Prevailing Wages Paid on City Works Projects
a Measure C: Vernon End the Mandate of At-Will Employment of City Employees
a Measure D: Vernon Eliminate Restrictions on City Administrator's Employment
d Measure C: City of Maywood Appointed City Clerk
a Measure E: Newhall School District bond proposition
d Measure I: Las Virgenes Unified School District parcel tax (also on ballot in Ventura County)
a Measure M: Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District parcel tax
a Measure N: Hermosa Beach Business License Tax Simplification
a Measure O: Montebello Competitive Bidding Process for Solid Waste Hauling Services
a Measure P: San Marino City Council term limits
d Measure Q: Hermosa Beach Business Tax
a Measure S: San Marino Parcel Tax for Public Safety
d Measure T: City of Maywood Appointed City Treasurer
a Measure UT: South Pasadena Utility Users Tax
Marin
- See also: Marin County ballot measures
a Measure A: Larkspur School District bond proposition
a Measure B: Tamalpais Union High School District parcel tax
a Measure C: Corte Madera Paramedic Service parcel tax
a Measure D: Fairfax Sales Tax
a Measure E: Lucas Valley paramedic services parcel tax
a Measure F: San Rafael paramedic services parcel tax
a Measure G: Marinwood Community Services District parcel tax
a Measure H: Inverness Public Utility District Appropriations Limit Increase
Mendocino
- See also: Mendocino County ballot measures
a Measure A: Mendocino County Sales Tax to Support Libraries
Mono
- See also: Mono County ballot measures
a Measure S: Mammoth Unified School District parcel tax
Monterey
The Centrella Hotel, an existing source of lodging in Pacific Grove. The approval of
Measure U means that more lodging units can be added to the city.
- See also: Monterey County ballot measures
a Measure S: Del Rey Oaks Sales Tax Extension
a Measure T: Bradley Union School District bond proposition
a Measure U: City of Pacific Grove Additional Motel Guest Units Allowed
d Measure V: Pacific Grove Unified School District parcel tax
Plumas
- See also: Plumas County ballot measures
d Measure A: West Almanor Community Services District parcel tax
a Measure B: Prattville/Almanor Fire Protection District parcel tax
Riverside
- See also: Riverside County ballot measures
a Measure H: Indian Wells Hotel Tax Increase
a Measure I: Riverside Library Parcel Tax
a Measure J: Palm Springs Sales Tax Increase
d Measure K: Coachella Sales Tax Increase
a Measure L: Coachella Allocation of Sales Tax Revenues (Advisory)
San Bernardino
- See also: San Bernardino County ballot measures
d Measure F: Hesperia parcel tax
a Measure G: Phelan Pinon Hills Community Services District Appropriations Limit
San Francisco
- See also: San Francisco ballot measures
a Proposition A: SFUSD bond proposition
a Proposition B: Road Repaving and Street Repair bond proposition
a Proposition C: Pension and Healthcare Benefits
d Proposition D: the Adachi Initiative (Pension Reform)
d Proposition E: Board of Supervisors Allowed to Amend or Repeal Voter Initiatives
d Proposition F: Campaign Consultant Ordinance
d Proposition G: Sales Tax
d Proposition H: Policies for Assigning Students to Schools
San Mateo
- See also: San Mateo County ballot measures
a Measure E: Burlingame Elementary School District parcel tax
a Measure F: Menlo Park Fire Protection District Appropriations Limit
d Measure G: San Mateo Affordable Rental Housing General Plan Amendment
d Measure H: San Mateo Community College District bond proposition
a Measure I: Redwood City Hotel Tax
a Measure J: Brisbane Business Tax
a Measure K: Redwood City Rules Governing Sales of Property
a Measure L: Pacifica School District parcel tax
a Measure M: Redwood City Business Tax
a Measure N: Millbrae School District bond proposition
d Measure O: San Bruno Park School District bond proposition
a Measure P: Foster City Hotel Tax
Santa Clara
- See also: Santa Clara County ballot measures
d Measure A: Sunnyvale Elected Mayor
a Measure B: Sunnyvale Compensation for City Council Members
a Measure C: Cupertino Hotel Tax
a Measure D: Palo Alto Elimination of Binding Arbitration Requirement
a Measure E: Palo Alto Undedication of Byxbee Park Acreage for Composting Facility
Solano
- See also: Solano County ballot measures
a Measure B: Vallejo Sales Tax
a Measure C: Vallejo Marijuana Tax
Sonoma
- See also: Sonoma County ballot measures
a Measure B: Bodega Bay Fire Protection District appropriations limit
Stanislaus
- See also: Stanislaus County ballot measures
a Measure N: Modesto Utility Users Tax
a Measure O: Oakdale Sales Tax Increase
a Measure P: Modesto Extension of Sewer Service to the Rouse-Colorado Neighborhood
a Measure Q: Modesto Transition Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
a Measure R: Modesto Baseline Calculations for City Employee Retirement Benefits
a Measure S: Modesto Increase in Age of Retirement Eligibility for City Employees
Tulare
- See also: Tulare County ballot measures
a Measure X: Consolidation of the Woodlake Union Elementary and High School Districts
Ventura
- See also: Ventura County ballot measures
d Measure I: Fillmore Sales Tax
d Measure K: Las Virgenes Unified School District parcel tax (also on ballot in Los Angeles County)
- ↑ Historically, eleven county election offices -- those in Amador County, Del Norte County, El Dorado County, Glenn County, Inyo County, Kings County, Modoc County, Napa County, Nevada County, Tuolumne County and Yuba County -- do not list local ballot measure contests on their websites until after the election has taken place. See November 2, 2010 election in California.
- ↑ This does not include an approval of a purely advisory vote on how the revenues from a different sales tax measure (which failed) ought to be spent.
