105 2ND ST, 95060

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Member of the State Assembly; District 28

California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

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School

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Trustee; Cabrillo Community College District; Trustee Area 2

• Adam Spickler
  11244 votes 80.28%
• Bob Kittle
  2639 votes 18.84%
• (123 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.88%, 4070 Under Votes, 9 Over Votes)

County

Supervisor; County of Santa Cruz; Supervisorial District 3

• Justin Cummings
  10359 votes 51.08%
• Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson
  9754 votes 48.1%
• (165 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.81%, 1754 Under Votes, 12 Over Votes)

City

Council Member; City of Santa Cruz; Council District 4

• Scott Newsome
  1710 votes 50.32%
• Hector Marin
  1180 votes 34.73%
• Bodie Shargel
  248 votes 7.3%
• Gregory A. Hyver
  240 votes 7.06%
• (20 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.59%, 518 Under Votes, 11 Over Votes)

Mayor; City of Santa Cruz

• Fred Keeley
  16215 votes 70.3%
• Joy Schendledecker
  6645 votes 28.81%
• (207 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.9%, 1981 Under Votes, 10 Over Votes)

District

Commissioner; Santa Cruz County Port District (2 Elected)

• Toby Goddard
  22150 votes 42.58%
• Reed Geisreiter
  20553 votes 39.51%
• Dick Starr
  8970 votes 17.25%
• (341 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.66%, 33286 Under Votes, 38 Over Votes)

Proposition 1 Reproductive Freedom
Pass: 7,176,888 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 3,553,564 / 33.1% No votes

Amends California Constitution to expressly include an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This amendment does not narrow or limit the existing rights to privacy and equal protection under the California Constitution. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect because reproductive rights already are protected by state law.

Proposition 26 Sports Betting in Casinos
Fail: 3,514,597 / 33.0% Yes votes ...... 7,129,127 / 67.0% No votes

Also allows: sports wagering at certain horseracing tracks; private lawsuits to enforce certain gambling laws. Directs revenues to General Fund, problem-gambling programs, enforcement. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly reaching tens of millions of dollars annually. Some of these revenues would support increased state regulatory and enforcement costs that could reach the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 27 Online Sports Betting
Fail: 1,906,342 / 17.7% Yes votes ...... 8,849,206 / 82.3% No votes

Allows Indian tribes and affiliated businesses to operate online/ mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands. Directs revenues to regulatory costs, homelessness programs, nonparticipating tribes. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly in the hundreds of millions of dollars but not likely to exceed $500 million annually. Some revenues would support state regulatory costs, possibly reaching the mid-tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 28 Funding Arts and Music Education
Pass: 6,924,618 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 3,827,971 / 35.6% No votes

Provides additional funding from state General Fund for arts and music education in all K+12 public schools (including charter schools). Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $1 billion annually, beginning next year, for arts education in public schools.

Proposition 29 Kidney Dialysis Clinics
Fail: 3,364,407 / 31.6% Yes votes ...... 7,281,201 / 68.4% No votes

Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on site during treatment. Requires clinics to: disclose physicians' ownership interests; report infection data. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 30 Income Tax on Millionaires for Electric Cars
Fail: 4,560,488 / 42.4% Yes votes ...... 6,203,810 / 57.6% No votes

Allocates tax revenues to zero-emission vehicle purchase incentives, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention. Fiscal Impact: Increased state tax revenue ranging from $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, with the new funding used to support zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire response and prevention activities.

Proposition 31 Yes or No to Banning Flavored Tobacco Products
Pass: 6,803,431 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 3,923,385 / 36.6% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, a 2020 law prohibiting retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state tobacco tax revenues ranging from tens of millions of dollars annually to around $100 million annually.

Measure K School Bond -- Santa Cruz City School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 33156 / 66.76% Yes votes ...... 16508 / 33.24% No votes

To repair/upgrade local middle and high school classrooms/facilities to support achievement in science, math, technology, arts, and skilled trades; build affordable teacher-staff rental housing; install solar/reduce environmental impacts; fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing and electrical; remove asbestos/lead; shall Santa Cruz City High School District's measure authorizing $249 million in bonds at legal rates be adopted, levying an estimated 3₵ / $100 assessed value ($12 million annually) while bonds are outstanding, with citizen oversight and all money staying local?

Measure L School Bond -- Santa Cruz City Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 17856 / 71.21% Yes votes ...... 7219 / 28.79% No votes

To repair/upgrade local elementary schools/classrooms to support achievement in science, math, reading, technology, and arts; fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing and electrical; remove asbestos and lead; build affordable teacher-staff rental housing; and install solar/reduce environmental impacts; shall the Santa Cruz City Elementary School District measure authorizing $122 million in bonds at legal rates be adopted, levying an estimated 3₵ / $100 assessed value ($6 million annually) while bonds are outstanding, with citizen oversight and all money staying local?

Measure N Empty Home Tax -- City of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 11202 / 46.04% Yes votes ...... 13130 / 53.96% No votes

Shall the City of Santa Cruz establish an "Empty Home Tax" on residences that are in use less than 120 days per calendar year in the amount of $6,000 per single-family residence, $6,000 per parcel with six or fewer units, and $3,000 per year on condominiums and residential units with seven or more units, with revenue allocated toward affordable housing projects, 15% for administration, and 5% for homeless sanitation services, with administration overseen by a community oversight committee?

Measure O General Plan Amendment -- City of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 9656 / 40.52% Yes votes ...... 14174 / 59.48% No votes

Shall the City of Santa Cruz General Plan and Downtown Plan be amended to: (1) prohibit construction of the proposed Downtown Library and Affordable Housing Project and relocation of the Downtown Farmers Market; (2) require development of affordable housing on certain Downtown City-owned surface parking lots; and (3) designate the use of surplus parking district revenue for Downtown affordable housing development projects, alternative transportation programs for downtown workers and other non-parking related expenditures?

Measure P Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Santa Cruz (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 19437 / 80.61% Yes votes ...... 4675 / 19.39% No votes

To fund essential City services, including wildfire prevention; public safety; emergency response; creeks/steams protection; clean parks and public restrooms; street and sidewalk maintenance; affordable housing for working families and the homeless; creating local jobs, shall City of Santa Cruz Municipal Code be amended to increase the Transient Occupancy Tax, paid by tourists and others staying overnight at lodging facilities, from 11% to 12% for hotels/motels/inns, and from 11% to 14% for short-term residential vacation rentals, providing approximately $1,380,000 annually?