San Diego, California, Financial Operation Amendments, Proposition F (June 2016)
| Proposition F: San Diego Financial Operation Amendments |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| June 7, 2016 |
| Status: |
 Approved
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| Topic: |
| City budget |
| Related articles |
| City budget on the ballot June 7, 2016 ballot measures in California San Diego County, California ballot measures Local charter amendments on the ballot |
| See also |
| San Diego, California Municipal elections in San Diego, California (2016) |
A charter amendment measure related to financial operations in the city was on the ballot for San Diego voters in San Diego County, California, on June 7, 2016. It was approved.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of amending the city charter in accordance with the San Diego Charter Review Committee's recommendation to update and clarify the city's processes and requirements for the managment of funds. |
| A no vote was a vote against amending the city charter in accordance with the San Diego Charter Review Committee's recommendation to update and clarify the city's processes and requirements for the managment of funds. |
Election results
| San Diego, Measure F | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 218,384 | 81.13% | ||
| No | 50,807 | 18.87% | ||
- Election results from San Diego County Elections Office
Overview
Seven of the nine measures San Diego voters decided on June 7, 2016, (Propositions A through G) were recommended by the San Diego Charter Review Committee and were designed, for the most part, to update the charter to be consistent with other city law, state law, and the city's government structure, which changed to the strong mayor form of government in 2004. No formal opposition to these ballot measures was found by Ballotpedia, and no official arguments in opposition to them were filed for inclusion on the ballot.
Voters also voted on Proposition H, which was put on the ballot by the city council upon the recommendation of the city council's Infrastructure Committee and was designed to create a restricted fund for the city's capital improvements and maintenance, instead of providing for infrastructure spending through the city's general fund. A taxpayer advocate group and certain providers of other city services, such as police officers, fire safety officers, and emergency medical services providers, opposed this measure.
Proposition I, a veto referendum targeting a city council ordinance to raise the city's minimum wage to $11.50 per hour by 2017 was also on the ballot. Senate Bill 3, approved by the California State Legislature in March 2016, was designed to increase the state's minimum wage to $10.50 in 2017, $11 in 2018, and by a dollar a year after that until it reached $15 per hour in 2022, making the minimum wage increase provisions of Proposition I largely irrelevant after 2019.
City voters also saw Proposition 50, a statewide ballot measure concerning the suspension of state legislators on the primary election ballot.
Text of measure
Ballot question
The following question appeared on the ballot:[1]
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CHARTER AMENDMENTS REGARDING FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. Shall the City Charter be amended to update the City’s financial operations, including amendments regarding the certification of funds, the authorization and payment of claims, the management of funds, the disposition of proceeds of the sale of City-owned real property and the establishment of reserves?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the San Diego City Attorney:
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The San Diego Charter sets forth, in several sections, requirements for how the City manages City funds. These sections include requirements for the certification of the availability of funds prior to the approval and execution of contracts, the use of proceeds from the sale of City-owned real property, the approval process for payment of claims against the City, the requirement that the City maintain certain cash reserves, and the way the City accounts for cityowned real property. If approved, this proposition would amend the Charter to update and clarify these processes and requirements, as follows: The proposition would revise and clarify the language setting forth the requirement that the availability of funds be certified prior to the approval and execution of City contracts. The amendments would not change substantive legal requirements. The proposition would eliminate the City’s Capital Outlay Fund, which was previously used to fund City capital projects but no longer receiving sufficient tax revenues. The requirement that the sale proceeds of City-owned real property be used for capital projects would remain. The use of these proceeds would be expanded to allow the proceeds to be used for financing costs related to capital projects. The proposition would clarify the process for approval of the payment of claims against the City and would allow for payments to be accepted by the City in any form authorized under state law. These amendments would not change substantive legal requirements. The proposition would clarify provisions requiring the City to have sufficient General Fund cash on hand to pay obligations coming due in any fiscal year before major property tax revenues are received. This amendment removes contradictory language in the Charter but does not change substantive legal requirements. The proposition would require the City to establish General Fund Stability and Emergency Reserves. It would provide that the Emergency Reserve may only be accessed by a two-thirds vote of the City Council. The Council is also required to establish policies for the use of the Stability Reserve. The proposition would eliminate the Charter requirement that the City appraise and depreciate City-owned real property. Similar requirements already apply to the City through government accounting and auditing standards. The City Council’s Charter Review Committee approved sending this measure to the ballot, and the City Council voted to place the measure on the ballot. If approved, the Charter amendments would become effective after they are chaptered by the California Secretary of State.[2] |
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| —San Diego City Attorney[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of San Diego City Council, upon the recommendation of the San Diego Charter Review Committee.
Other elections
Voters also decided between Republican-affiliated incumbent Mayor Kevin Faulconer and his two Democratic-affiliated opponents, Ed Harris and Lori Saldaña at the election on June 7, 2016. Five city council seats were also up for election on June 7, 2016, with two out of the five incumbents running for re-election. Incumbents Mark Kersey and Scott Sherman in Districts 5 and 7 faced two challengers each, while voters in districts 1, 3, and 9 decided between newcomers. All three incumbents, Faulconer, Kersey, and Sherman, won re-election. The races for council members representing districts 1 and 9 advanced to a runoff election in November.
While the June election was called a primary, it was functionally a general election. Only races where no candidate won a majority (50 percent plus one) of the votes cast in the primary advanced to the election on November 8, 2016. The November election was called a general election, but it was functionally a runoff election. This election system, which the city first used in 1989, has been challenged by local voters, who are planning a ballot initiative to change the system.
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Diego City Government, "Ballot measures for election on June 7, 2016," accessed April 15, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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