Yucca Valley Sales Tax Increase, Measure U (November 2012)

A Town of Yucca Valley Sales Tax Increase, Measure U ballot question was on the November 6, 2012, ballot for voters in the Town of Yucca Valley in San Bernardino County, where it was defeated.

If Measure U had been approved, it would have imposed a one-cent sales tax on the purchase of goods and services within Yucca Valley for thirty years.

Election results

Measure U
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		3,594	51.73%
Yes		3,354	48.27%

Final certified results from the San Bernardino County elections office.

Support

Supporters

The arguments in the official voter guide supporting Measure U were signed by:

• Jennifer Collins, president, Yucca Valley Chamber of Commece
• Mike Kelliher, senior volunteer
• Ellin Loveless, senior volunteer
• Cynthia Kraemer, real estate agent
• Richard Gham, resident
• Bob Dunn, resident and businessman
• Jack Rarick, businessman
• Bob Connors, senior volunteer
• John Babrowski, Yucca Valley Rotary volunteer

Arguments in favor

The arguments in the official voter guide supporting Measure U included:

• The state has ordered Yucca Valley to convert to a centralized sewer system by 2016 and the proceeds of Measure U will help pay for that.
• The funds from Measure U will help support police and 911 staffing levels.
• Measure U funds will help maintain and repair streets and alleys.
• The funds will stay local.

Opposition

Opponents

The arguments in the official voter guide opposing Measure U were signed by:

• Curt Duffy, MfA, EdD, instructional designer
• Bob Leone, a past mayor of Yucca Valley
• Rae Packard, president, Morongo Basin Property Association
• Claude Short, teacher/candidate, HDWD Board of Directors
• Margo Sturges, a past planning commissioner in Yucca Valley

Arguments against

The arguments in the official voter guide opposing Measure U included:

• Every consumer good sold in Yucca Valley will cost more.
• There is no guarantee that the funds raised by a Measure U sales tax would actually go to pay for the sewer system.
• Local residents may stop paying gas for their cars in town and instead go to gas stations in Joshua Tree or Morongo Valley.
• Measure U would transfer money from struggling families into the hands of government.
• The town manager is on a spending spree and voting "No on U" will help stop that.

See also

• Sales tax in California

External links

Suggest a link

• Text of Measure U
• Argument in favor
• Argument against (dead link)
• The "Yes on U" website
• The "No on U" website

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