Of the measures voted on yesterday in Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito Counties… Santa Cruz’s City Utility Tax, Measure H. passed with nearly 63-percent of the vote. Measure M passed in The City of Marina. The Measure will impose a 1-percent sales tax in the city, which will expire in 5 years. The measure passed, 62 to 38 percent, with 100-percent of those votes recorded. Measure N, is also a tax-measure in Marina, and that also passed. Measure N will raise the hotel tax in the City from 10 to 12-percent (for a period of 5-years). It received the support of 70 percentrecorded votes. With all the votes counted in King City, Measure O is likely to pass, which will adopt the City Charter that was proposed in June. Measure P was approved with 70-percent voting in favor of the Measure, which will allow the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District to issue 1-hundred-10-million dollars in bonds. Measure Q, in Pacific Grove, was defeated. It would have imposed a parcel tax on property owners in the city, to create funds for the Pacific Grove Public Library. The measure needs 2-thirds of voters to support it for it to pass, and it only garnered 61-percent of the vote. Also in Pacific Grove, Measure R was up for consideration. That measure would amend the City’s charter and Municipal Codes to reflect voter restrictions on retirement benefits for city employees. Measure R easily passed, with 74 voting in favor. Measure Z, which was included on ballots in parts of all-3 counties, passed. That allows the Aromas-San Juan Unified School District to issue 9.7-million dollars’ worth of bonds.
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In other races around the central coast, Assemblyman Bill Monning has been re-elected, to serve the 27th Assembly District, and Watsonville Mayor Luis Alejo will head to Sacramento to represent the 28th Assembly District. Both candidates won by wide margins. The race to represent the 14th State Senate District swung in favor of Republican Anthony Canella, who defeated Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, capturing 53-percent of the vote to Caballero’s 44-percent. Monterey County Sheriff Mike Kanalakas was defeated in his bid for re-election. Scott Miller captured more than 56-percent of the vote, to Kanalakis’s 44 percent. Mary Mangels Zeeb has been elected to be Monterey County’s Treasurer and Tax Collector, garnering 53-percent of the vote.
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In state-wide races, Jerry Brown defeated Meg Whitman to become California’s next governor, while San Francisco MayorGavin Newsom has been elected to be the state’s Lieutenant Governor, defeating current Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado. A few Democratic Incumbents have been re-elected to their posts by wide margins, including Secretary of State Debra Bowen, Treasurer Bill Lockyer, and Controller John Chiang. The race for California Attorney General remains too close to call. With 93-percent of precincts reporting, Democrat Kamala Harris has overtaken Republican Steve Cooley, however less than 1-percentage point separates the 2. Democrat Dave Jones will be the state’s next Insurance Commissioner, and Tom Torlakson has defeated Larry Aceves to become the next Superintendent of Public Instruction. Also on the state wide ballot was the race for U.S. Senate. Democrat Barbara Boxer will return to her seat, defeating Republican Carly Fiorina. And Sam Farr was re-elected to the 17th Congressional District, while Anna Eshoo will return to Washington to represent the 14th Congressional District.
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County Supervisors
In the 4th District Supervisors race, with 100% of the precincts reporting, Greg Caput has beaten out incumbent Tony Campos with 51% of the vote, while Tony Campos received just less than 48% of the vote.
City Councils
Hilary Bryant, David Terrazas, and incumbent Lynn Robinson were the 3 candidates that voters elected to serve on the Santa Cruz City Council for 4 years; ….while in Capitola, Michael Termini, Stephanie Harlan, and incumbent Sam Storey were chosen to serve on the Capitola city council for the next 4 years.
In Watsonville, William “Bill” Neighbors ran un-opposed to become the new 3rd District City Councilman, while Eduardo Montesino won the 4th district seat with 41% of the vote, Daniel Dodge won the 5th District seat with nearly 58% of the vote, and incumbent Nancy Bilicich received 96% of the vote in her unopposed race for the 7th District seat.
Fire Districts
Rudy J. Cabigas and Joshua D. Warren were the top 2 vote getters for fire director in the Scotts Valley Fire Department; while in Ben Lomond that job will go to Morgan Scarborough and incumbent Dave Bingham. In the Central Fire Protection District incumbents Ron Pederson, Chantal Rose, and Gene Benson will keep doing their jobs. In the Aptos/La Selva incumbents Vincent Hurley and Jim B. Abendschan retained their jobs as Fire Directors.
Water Districts/Agencies
In the Lompico Water District Sherwin Gott and Shannar Abraham beat out incumbent Rob Hansel, while in the Central Water District, incumbents William “Doug” Sharp, Christy Leach Marani, and Carol H. Monkerud will continue doing their jobs, with no one added to (or subtracted from) that District. Incumbent Tess E. Fitzgerald handily beat out challenger John Wirth, to stay the Director of the Boulder Creek Parks and Recreation Department.
Education - Santa Cruz County +
In the Santa Cruz County Board of Education races Aaron Hinde appears to have won the trustee Area 1 seat, beating out George L. Martinez by just 21 votes, while in Trustee Area 7 Gina Locatelli handily beat out Robert Chacanaca.
In Scotts Valley, Art Bubb and John Abel won seats on the Scotts Valley Unified School District Governing Board
Donna Ziel beat out Robert Tosto to become the next Cabrillo College Governing Board Member for Trustee Area 1, while incumbent Alan J. Smith picked up 70% of the vote for the Trustee Area 6 seat.
In the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Kimberly A. de Serpa won the Trustee Area 1 seat, while incumbent William “Willie” Yahiro beat out challenger Connie M. Sauer for the Trustee Area 4 seat. In Trustee Area 5, incumbent Leslie L. de Rose maintained her place.
James D. Bresnahan , as well as incumbents Karen Palmer, and Michael Pisenti, won seats on the Live Oak Elementary School Board; while Jennifer Straw, Shannon Hickock and incumbent Mario Montana were chosen to be part of the Loma Prieta Joint Union School district.
Magdalena Medina and Jeffrey Hancock have been elected to 4-year-terms as Trustees of the Aromas/San Juan Unified School District, which includes portions of Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties. Bill Hunter was also elected to the District’s Board of Trustees, to serve a 2-year-term.
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