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NOVEMEBER 8TH
, 2016: SANTA CLARA COUNTY’S 2016 MEASURES
MEASURE A: Santa Clara County
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
$950 Million bond for affordable
housing in Santa Clara County:
o $700 million towards
housing for homeless &
low income individuals
o $100 million towards
family housing
o $150 million towards
first-time homebuyers
programs
Money comes from small
increase in property taxes based
on the value of the property
Will require citizen oversight and
routine audits to make sure the
county sticks to the spending plan
Property tax will not be raised
and more housing will NOT be
created for Santa Clara County’s
low income, homeless, families
and individuals
Requires 2/3 majority vote
MEASURE B: Santa Clara County
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Sales taxes would increase by
0.25% for the next 15 years.
Money from this measure can be
used for any governmental
purpose: including improving
police response; improving 911/
emergency medical/ fire response
times; repairing potholes and
streets; expanding gang
prevention; and more
Measure includes a built-in
citizen watchdog committee to
keep an eye on spending
Sales tax would remain at 8.75%
and the city would not receive
extra funds for city maintenance
MEASURE C: Cupertino
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Limits Cupertino’s
redevelopment plan of the Vallco
Shopping District
o Requires voter approval for
changes to mall remodels
Voter approval will NOT be
required towards Cupertino’s
Vallco Shopping District’s
remodeling plans
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MEASURE D: Cupertino
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
In Cupertino’s Vallco Town
Shopping Center, Measure D
requires:
o Up to 800 residential units
with a 20% set-aside for
seniors
o 2 million square feet of
office space; 640,000
square feet of retail and
room for a hotel, a park,
and educational uses
o There will be no required land
allotment for housing, office
space, retail, hotel, and/or park
space
MEASURE E: Santa Clara County
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Requires businesses with 35+
employees to offer additional
work hours to current qualified
part-time workers BEFORE
hiring new employees (and/or
additional temps or
subcontractors)
o This excludes government
jobs and allows companies
to apply for a “hardship”
exemption if they can
prove they cannot offer
full-time to their
employees
There will be NO regulations on
how or when a business must
offer full-time positions to staff
MEASURE F: San Jose
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
City of San Jose employees will:
o Lose funding for retiree
healthcare for new
employees
o Potentially reduce costs of
supplemental pension
payments
o Reinstate disability
retirement provisions for
injured police officers,
firefighters and other City
employees
o Continue to require voter
approval for benefit
increases
Funding for City of San Jose
employees will stay the same
Voter approval will still be
required for City of San Jose
employee benefit increases
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MEASURE G: San Jose
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Increases the minimum tax a
business owner pays based on:
o # of employees
o Sq. footage of leased space
Measure allows for adjustment of
tax according to inflation
Nonprofits and smaller businesses
are not affected by this measure
Money earned from measure will
be put in San Jose’s general fund
for emergency response, road
repair, and city services
Minimum taxes a business owner
has to pay do not change
MEASURE H: Gilroy
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Limits available land for
commercial and industrial
development
Will NOT allow housing and/or
business buildings to be created
in certain open spaces in Gilroy
Changes to this land use measure
cannot be made until 12/2040
Allows the City of Gilroy to
expand city limits for business
and housing developments
MEASURE I: Milpitas
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Limits development within
Milpitas to the valley floor and
the base of the foothills
Will NOT allow housing and/or
business buildings to be created
in certain open spaces in Milpitas
Changes to this land use measure
cannot be made until 12/2038
without voter approval
Voter approval for city growth
boundaries will expire 12/2018.
This means that the city growth
boundary can be changed at any
time by the City Council of
Milpitas
MEASURE J: Milpitas
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Voters will be asked to vote on
park rezoning, the use of open
spaces, residential vs. commercial
land use and more regarding the
growth boundary lines in Milpitas
Votes from the public will not be
as intensely required as Milpitas
continues to grow
MEASURE K: Milpitas
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A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Any attempt to rezone parks,
parklands or open space to
residential, commercial or
industrial, or any proposal for
residential, commercial or
industrial development in parks,
parkland or open space, must be
placed before Milpitas voters and
secure 2/3 voter’s support in the
City’s next general election
Votes from the public will not be
as intensely required as Milpitas
continues to grow
MEASURE L: Milpitas
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Gives Milpitas voters the power
to confirm or deny the city’s
decision to send its trash to
Guadalupe Recycling and
Disposal Facility in San Jose
starting next year
The city will continue to send its
trash to Newby Island Resource
and Recovery Park.
The contract with Waste
Management, Inc., was originally
approved by the City Council
earlier this year but quickly
suspended by a petition from
Republic Services of Santa Clara
County
MEASURE M: Sunnyvale
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Requires a majority vote of
Sunnyvale Voters before the City
Council can approve the sale,
lease, swap or transfer of certain
types of city land which has been
used as either 1) a public park, or
2) a community service amenity
City Council has the authority to
sell, lease or even trade, swap or
transfer city land with no more
than a majority Council vote. The
residents of Sunnyvale have no
direct control over these
decisions. A “no vote” keeps it
that way
MEASURE N: Sunnyvale
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
The measure would NOT raise
tax rates
Sunnyvale residents already pay a
Utility Users Tax (UUT) this
measure would update the tax
Funds would be drawn from all
technology and
telecommunication users
UUT $ goes into the city’s
general funds
Taxes would NOT rise but the
Utility Users Tax (UUT) will
remain “outdated” and will
continue to apply to electricity,
natural gas, and to telephone calls
made from landline and cell
phones.
MEASURE O: Santa Clara
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A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Santa Clara will have the option
of giving their part-time mayor a
raise from $1,387 to $2,500 a
month and the City Council
members a pay bump from $832
to $2,000 a month
Also creates a Salary Setting
Commission to review and adjust
those pay raises every two years
The mayor and the City Council
will NOT receive a raise
No Salary Setting Commission
will be created
MEASURE P: Santa Clara
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Limits the Santa Clara City
Council to no more than two full
terms per office
Designed to prevent council
members taking a two-year hiatus
before running for office again
There will be no term limit on
Santa Clara City Council
members
Council members will be allowed
to take a 2 year break and then
run for office again
MEASURE Q: Santa Clara
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Vacancies in any elective office
of the City must be filled by a 4/5
vote of the City Council should a
Council member abruptly leave
their position
Vacancies in City Council will
continue to be filled based on a
majority vote by City Council
members
MEASURE R: Santa Clara
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Santa Clara would be unable to
sell public parkland or open space
without voter approval
Any applicable land transactions
would require 2/3 voter approval
before the land is sold
Currently, the only restriction on
the sale of city owned property is
that the city must follow a
particular bidding procedure. A
“no vote” will keep that rule in
place and nothing else will stand
in the way of selling city owned
property
MEASURE S: Morgan Hill
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Establishes a population ceiling
of 58,200 people
Improves policies to encourage
the conservation of water and the
preservation of land
The population ceiling will not be
issued and improvement to land
use, water conservation, and land
preservation will have to be
written and/or voted via a
different initiative
MEASURE T: Los Gatos
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A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Rental tax paid only by
hotel/lodging guests: Measure T
increases short-term rental tax by
2%
Could raise up to $400,000 per
year to be used in the city’s
general funds
Will continue to publish annual
audits & provide fiscal oversight
All funds spent locally for Los
Gatos
The 2% increase tax for
hotel/lodging guests in Los Gatos
will not occur
MEASURE U: San Benito High School District (Hollister)
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Issues $60 million in bonds to the
San Benito High School District
strictly for school improvements,
classroom sizes, facility upgrades
NO money will go to
administrator salaries
Measure includes citizen
oversight and annual audits of $
No bond money will be given to
San Benito High School District
MEASURE V: Mountain View
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Measure would tie rental
increases to inflation within the
economy—allowing increases to
range from 2-5% with only one
rent increase allowed a year in
Mountain View
Applies only to apartments built
before 1996 and certain
affordable housing units
Landlords can “bank” from years
with no rent increase, but with a
cap of 10% rent increase in any
given year
Requires that landlords can only
evict a tenant due to “just” cause
The City of Mountain View does
not currently regulate the amount
of rent a landlord may charge
A no vote on Measure A would
allow landlords to increase rent
according to CA law and allow
them to evict tenants as landlords
see fit
MEASURE W: Mountain View
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A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Tenants of Mountain View could
challenge rent hikes over 5% a
year by pulling landlords into
mediation
If evicted from a Mountain View
rental, Measure W requires
relocation assistance for renters &
includes a binding-arbitration
clause for disputes between
tenants and landlords
Mountain View residents will not
have access to meditation through
the city
There will be no city supportive
programs if a tenant feels they are
wrongfully evicted
MEASURE X: San Jose-Evergreen Community College District
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Issues a $748 million bond to
expand and renovate both
community college’s campuses
No money would go to salaries or
pensions
All funds would be subject to
citizen oversight
No bond money will be given to
the San Jose-Evergreen
Community College District
MEASURE Y: San Jose Unified School District
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
$72 parcel tax, which would raise
$5 million a year for eight years
until it expires.
independent citizen oversight and
would restrict funds from paying
district salaries.
No bond money will be given to
the San Jose-Evergreen
Community College District
MEASURE Z: East Side Union High School District
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Issues a $510 million bond to
upgrade school facilities and
classroom technology
No money would go to
employees’ salaries or pensions
All funds would be subject to
citizen oversight
No bond money will be given to
the East Side Union High School
District
MEASURE AA: Campbell Union High School District
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A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Issues a $275 million bond to
upgrade school facilities and
classroom
District will take on the new bond
debt, which it plans to pay off by
collecting a $30 parcel tax for
every $100,000 in assessed value
No bond money will be given to
the Campbell Union High School
District
MEASURE BB: Sunnyvale Union School District
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Sunnyvale School District will be
authorized to renew its existing
$59 per parcel tax
o The parcel tax will provide
$1 million annually for
seven years beginning July
1, 2018, with exemptions
for senior citizens
Funds for school improvement
Money spent will be audited and
reviewed by a citizens’ oversight
committee
No funds will be spent on
administrators
The parcel tax will not be
renewed and Sunnyvale Union
School District will not receive
funding in this form
MEASURE CC: Campbell Union School District
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Issues $72 million in bonds to
improve school facilities and
upgrade classroom equipment
Includes citizens’ oversight and
financial audits of spending
No funds for administrator
salaries
No bond money will be given to
the Campbell Union School
District
MEASURE EE: Oak Grove School District
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A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Oak Grove School District will be
authorized to renew its existing
$132 per parcel tax
o The parcel tax will provide
$3.1 million annually for
nine years with exemptions
for senior citizens
Money spent will be audited &
reviewed by a citizens’ oversight
committee
Funds spent on school
improvement
The parcel tax will not be
renewed and Oak Grove School
District will not receive funding
in this form
A Parcel tax is a form of property
tax assessed at a rate based on the
characteristics of a "parcel" (aka
one chunk of the land), rather
than on the assessed value of the
whole property, which is the
standard method of levying
property taxes
MEASURE GG: Los Altos School District
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Los Altos School District will be
authorized to renew its existing
$223 per parcel tax
o The parcel tax will provide
$2.8 million annually for
eight years with
exemptions for senior
citizens
Funds spent on school
improvement
Money spent will be audited &
reviewed by a citizens’ oversight
committee
No money spent on
administrative salaries
The parcel tax will not be
renewed and Los Altos School
District will not receive funding
in this form
MEASURE HH: Franklin-McKinley School District
A Yes Vote: A No Vote: Notes:
Franklin-McKinley District will
be authorized to renew its
existing $72 parcel tax
o The parcel tax will provide
$2.8 million annually for
nine years with exemptions
for senior citizens
Funds spent on school
improvement
Money spent will be audited &
reviewed by a citizens’ oversight
committee
The parcel tax will not be
renewed and Franklin-McKinley
School District will not receive
funding in this form