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Municipal elections in Orange County, California (2016)
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| 2016 Orange County elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 11, 2016 & August 12, 2016 |
| Primary election: June 7, 2016 General election: November 8, 2016 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: County commission and special district |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2016 |
The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in the general election was August 12, 2016. The county commission races and six ballot measures were on the June 7 primary ballot with a filing deadline of March 11, 2016. Elections for county offices were officially nonpartisan.
Elections
County boards
Board of Education
Note: All three incumbents up for election in 2016 were unopposed and won re-election at the June 2016 primary.
District 1
- ☑ Rebecca Gomez (i)
District 3
- ☑ Ken Williams Jr. (i)
District 4
- ☑ John Bedell (i)
County Commission
District 1
- ☑ Andrew Do
(i) - ☐ Michele Martinez
Defeated in primary
- ☐ Phat Bui
- ☐ Steve Rocco
District 3
- ☑ Todd Spitzer (i) (won re-election in primary)
Special districts
Irvine Ranch Water District (Two seats)
- ☑ John Withers (i)
- ☑ Mary Aileen Matheis (i)
- ☐ Margaret Brown
- ☐ Mike Dalati
Municipal Water District of Orange County
District 4
- ☑ Joan Finnegan (i)
- ☐ Kelly Rowe
- ☐ Tim Beaman
District 6
- ☑ Jeffery Thomas (i)
- ☐ Frank Ury
District 7
North Orange County Community College District
District 2
District 4
Note: McClanahan did not appear on the ballot because she won re-election without opposition in the primary.
- ☑ Molly McClanahan (i)
District 5
Note: Rodarte did not appear on the ballot because she won re-election without opposition in the primary.
- ☑ Jacqueline Rodarte (i)
District 7
Orange County Water District
District 3
District 4
- ☑ Philip Anthony (i)
- ☐ Danny Thomas
District 6
- ☑ Cathy Green (i)
- ☐ Clem Dominguez
Rancho Santiago Community College District
District 1
District 3
District 5
- ☑ Claudia Alvarez (i)
- ☐ Steven Nguyen
- ☐ Cecilia Aguinaga
District 7
- ☑ Arianna Barrios (i)
- ☐ Rudy Diaz
South Orange County Community College District
District 1
Note: Lang did not appear on the ballot because he won re-election without opposition in the primary.
- ☑ David Lang (i)
District 3
- ☑ Barbara Jay (i)
- ☐ Peter Espinosa
- ☐ Kimberly Clark
- ☐ Gary Miller
District 4
- ☑ Terri Whitt (i)
- ☐ John Alpay
- ☐ Jim Leach
District 6
- ☑ James Wright (i)
- ☐ Mike Dalati
District 7
Note: Jemal did not appear on the ballot because he won re-election without opposition in the primary.
- ☑ Timothy Jemal (i)
Ballot measures
• Measure A: Orange County Ethics Commission Establishment 
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of establishing a campaign finance and ethics commission. |
| A no vote was a vote against establishing a campaign finance and ethics commission. |
• Measure B: Orange County Fiscal Impact Statement Requirement
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of requiring the county auditor-controller to provide fiscal impact statements for countywide ballot measures. |
| A no vote was a vote against requiring the county auditor-controller to provide fiscal impact statements for countywide ballot measures. |
• Measure E: Irvine Unified School District Bond Issue
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of increasing the district's debt by $319 million through inissuing general obligation bonds in that amount. |
| A no vote was a vote against increasing the district's debt by $319 million through inissuing general obligation bonds in that amount. |
• Measure G: Orange Unified School District Term Limits
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of implementing a limit of three four-year terms for school board trustees. |
| A no vote was a vote against implementing a limit of three four-year terms for school board trustees. |
• Measure H: Dana Point Town Center Plan and Parking Citizen Initiative
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of enacting a citizen initiative to regulate development of the town center area, including a strict building height limit of 40 feet and other building restrictions, restrictions designed to ensure certain levels of available parking, and the requirement that voters approve any changes to the Town Center Plan. |
| A no vote was a vote against enacting a citizen initiative to regulate development of the town center area, including a strict building height limit of 40 feet and other building restrictions, restrictions designed to ensure certain levels of available parking, and the requirement that voters approve any changes to the Town Center Plan. |
• Measure I: Dana Point Town Center and Public Parking City Council Referral 
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of approving a city council ordianance designed to compete with the Measure H citizen initiative and allow the city council flexibility regarding development restrictions in the Town Center Plan, such as height limits and parking regulations. |
| A no vote was a vote against approving a city council ordianance designed to compete with the Measure H citizen initiative and allow the city council flexibility regarding development restrictions in the Town Center Plan, such as height limits and parking regulations. |
About the county
- See also: Orange County, California
The county government of Orange County is located in Santa Ana, California. The county was first established in 1889. It covers a total of 790.5 square miles in southern California.[1]As of 2010, its population was 3,010,232.
County government
- See also: Government of Orange County, California
Orange County is overseen by a five-member board of supervisors. Each supervisor is elected by district to a four-year term. Residents also elect a county assessor, county auditor, county clerk-recorder, district attorney, county sheriff-coroner, and county treasurer-tax collector.
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Orange County, California | ||
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| Orange County | California | |
| Population | 3,010,232 | 37,253,956 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 792 | 155,857 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 61% | 59.7% |
| Black/African American | 1.8% | 5.8% |
| Asian | 20.5% | 14.5% |
| Native American | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Other (single race) | 11.9% | 14% |
| Multiple | 4.1% | 4.9% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 34.1% | 39% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 85.5% | 83.3% |
| College graduation rate | 40.6% | 33.9% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $90,234 | $75,235 |
| Persons below poverty level | 10.9% | 13.4% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
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