November 3, 2015 ballot measures in California

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November 3 was the biggest election date in 2015 for local ballot measure elections in California.

The outcomes of the measures were:

• Approved: 42
  
• Defeated: 18
  
• Withdrawn: 1
  

San Francisco's Proposition F was the most notable and hotly contended local measure on the ballot in California. The defeated measure was known as the "Airbnb Initiative" because it was designed to restrict short-term rentals and impose penalties on websites such as Airbnb for posts that violated Prop. F provisions. Aibnb spent over $8 million to defeat Proposition F. Proponents, including the hotel and service unions that financially backed the initiative, spent about $300,000 in support of the measure.

The stats below drill down into the more common ballot measure topics:

Nine measures concerned zoning and development

• Approved: 4
  
• Defeated: 5
  

Eight sales tax measures

• Approved: 7
  
• Defeated: 1
  

Ten parcel tax measures

• Approved: 5
  
• Defeated: 5
  

Three hotel tax measures

• Approved: 3
  
• Defeated: 0
  

Twelve bond issue measures

Nine in school districts

• Approved: 8
  
• Defeated: 1
  

Three city bond issues:

• Approved: 1
  
• Defeated: 2
  

Over $1.771 billion in new local debt was proposed through bond measures—$1.351 billion in local school bonds and $420 million in proposed city bond issues. Voters approved $1,143,025,000, in new school debt and $310 million in new debt in San Francisco. Voters rejected $208 million in proposed school debt. Voters also rejected $110 million in new city debt. In Compton Unified School District, the 51st-largest school district by enrollment in California, election night results showed Measure S, the district's proposed $350 million bond issue, ahead by just 32 votes, amounting to 0.83 percent of votes counted. Certified results showed the measure was approved by a margin of 46 votes, which was less than 1 percent of the votes cast on the measure.

Compton Unified School District served 24,710 students in 2015, but a total of 4,937 residents cast votes on Measure S.

See below to find out what other issues were addressed through local measures in California on November 3, 2015.

Local ballot measures

Contra Costa

See also: Contra Costa County, California ballot measures

a Measure B: City of Hercules Sales Tax Continuation
a Measure C: City of Hercules Utility User Tax Continuation

El Dorado

See also: El Dorado County, California ballot measures

a Measure B: Placerville Union School District Bond Issue
d Measure D: Cosumnes River Community Services District Parcel Tax Increase
d Measure E: El Dorado Hills Community Services District Former Golf Course Rezoning Advisory Question

Imperial

See also: Imperial County, California ballot measures

a Measure J: Heber Elementary School District Bond Issue

Inyo

See also: Inyo County, California ballot measures

d Measure E: Southern Inyo Fire Protection District Parcel Tax Increase

Los Angeles

Legend

a = This measure was approved. d = This measure was defeated. = Results are not yet available or are currently too close to call. = This measure did not go on the ballot.

See also: Los Angeles County, California ballot measures

d Measure PS: City of Claremont Public Safety Parcel Tax
a Measure S: Compton Unified School District Bond Issue
a Measure H: City of Hermosa Beach Hotel Tax Increase
a Measure E: Las Virgenes Unified School District Parcel Tax (also in Ventura County)
d Measure W: City of Malibu Shopping Center at Cross Creek and Civic Center Way

Measure S opposition campaign image

a Measure SA: City of San Marino Public Safety Parcel Tax
a Measure U: City of San Marino Utility User Tax Update and Extension
a Measure L: City of South Pasadena Library Parcel Tax
d Measure O: Walnut Valley Unified School District Bond Issue
a Measure C: City of West Covina City Manager Rules

Marin

See also: Marin County, California ballot measures

a Measure A: San Rafael City Elementary School District Bond Issue

a Measure B: San Rafael City High School District Bond Issue

Fate of San Anselmo's Memorial Park in hands of voters

a Measure C: City of Novato Sales Tax Extension and Reduction
a Measure D: Town of San Anselmo Memorial Park Citizen Initiative
d Measure E: Town of San Anselmo Council-Referred Memorial Park Ordinance
a Measure F: City of Sausalito Advisory Vote on Leasing the MLK Public School Site
a Measure G: Inverness Public Utility District Appropriations Limit Gann Override
a Measure H: Marinwood Community Services District Appropriations Limit Gann Override
a Measure I: Marinwood Community Services District Parcel Tax

Mendocino

See also: Mendocino County, California ballot measures

a Measure T: Potter Valley Community Unified School District Bond Issue
City of Fort Bragg Initiative to Ban Homeless Services in Business District (November 2015) - This initiative failed to reach the 2015 ballot. Proponents announced they would try again in 2016.
Mendocino County “Mendocino Cannabis Commission” Initiative (November 2015)

Monterey

See also: Monterey County, California ballot measures

a Measure V: City of Greenfield Sales Tax Continuation
a Measure W: City of Greenfield Sales Tax Increase

San Bernardino

See also: San Bernardino County, California ballot measures

d Measure A: City of Rancho Cucamonga West-Side Community Facilities District No. 1 Parcel Tax
d Measure B: Running Springs Water District Parcel Tax
d Measure CC: Helendale Community Services District Police Services Advisory Question

San Francisco

See also: San Francisco City and County, California ballot measures

a Proposition A: City of San Francisco Housing Bond Issue
a Proposition B: City of San Francisco Paid Parental Leave for City Employees
a Proposition C: City of San Francisco Registration Fee and Monthly Reports for Expenditure Lobbyists
a Proposition D: City of San Francisco Mission Rock Development Initiative
d Proposition E: City of San Francisco Requirements For Public Meetings of Local Policy Bodies Initiative
d Proposition F: City of San Francisco Initiative to Restrict Short-Term Rentals
d Proposition G: City of San Francisco "Disclosures Regarding Renewable Energy" Initiative
a Proposition H: City of San Francisco Referred Measure Defining "Clean, Green and Renewable Energy"
d Proposition I: City of San Francisco Mission District Housing Moratorium Initiative
a Proposition J: City of San Francisco Legacy Business Historic Preservation Fund
a Proposition K: City of San Francisco Housing Development on Surplus Public Lands
City of San Francisco Ballot Measure Law Reform Question (November 2015)
City of San Francisco 16 Years Voting Age Charter Amendment (November 2015)

Santa Clara

See also: Santa Clara County, California ballot measures

d Measure A: City of Los Altos Hillview Community Center Bond Issue
a Measure B: Union Elementary School District Parcel Tax Renewal

San Mateo

See also: San Mateo County, California ballot measures

a Measure R: City of San Bruno Appointed Treasurer
a Measure U: City of San Bruno Appointed Clerk
a Measure S: City of San Mateo Sales Tax Continuation
a Measure T: Redwood City Elementary School District Bond Issue
d Measure V: City of San Carlos Black Mountain Park Bond Issue
a Measure W: City of South San Francisco Sales Tax
a Measure X: San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District Bond Issue
a Measure Y: Menlo Park Fire Protection District Appropriations Limit Gann Override

Siskiyou

See also: Siskiyou County, California ballot measures

a Measure P: City of Dunsmuir Sales Tax

Stanislaus

See also: Stanislaus County, California ballot measures

a Measure D: City of Ceres Council District Elections
a Measure E: City of Ceres Hotel Tax Increase

• Measure F: City of Modesto School Board Elections
  

d Measure G: City of Modesto General Sales Tax Increase
a Measure H: City of Modesto Sewer Service Extensions Advisory Vote
d Measure I: City of Modesto "Stamp Out Sprawl" Voter Approval of Development Initiative

Trinity

See also: Trinity County, California ballot measures

a Measure W: Trinity County Hotel Tax Increase

Ventura

See also: Ventura County, California ballot measures

a Measure E: Las Virgenes Unified School District Parcel Tax (also in Los Angeles County)

Other elections

• San Francisco, California mayoral election
• San Francisco, California board of supervisors election, District 3

See also

• Local ballot measure elections in 2015
• Notable local measures on the ballot