Below is information regarding the Santa Cruz City measure qualified
for the August 26, 2008 All-Mail Ballot Special Election.
Pursuant to the Elections Code, the county elections official shall
make a copy of arguments, analyses, rebuttals and ballot materials for measures on the
August 2008 ballot available for public examination in the county elections official's
office for a period of 10 calendar days immediately following the deadline for submission
of those materials. Original documents will be on public display at the Elections
Department, 701 Ocean St., Room 210, Santa Cruz.
Any person may obtain a copy of the materials from the county elections
official for use outside of the county elections official's office. The county elections
official may charge a fee to any person obtaining a copy of the material. The fee may not
exceed the actual cost incurred by the county elections official in providing the copy.
During the 10-calendar-day public examination period provided by this
section, any voter of the jurisdiction in which the election is being held, or the county
elections official, himself or herself, may seek a writ of mandate or an injunction
requiring any or all of the materials to be amended or deleted. The writ of mandate or
injunction request shall be filed no later than the end of the 10-calendar-day public
examination period.
A peremptory writ of mandate or an injunction shall be issued only upon
clear and convincing proof that the material in question is false, misleading, or
inconsistent with this chapter, and that issuance of the writ or injunction will not
substantially interfere with the printing or distribution of official election materials
as provided by law.
The county elections official shall be named as respondent and the
person or official who authored the material in question shall be named as real parties in
interest. In the case of the county elections official bringing the mandamus or injunctive
action, the board of supervisors of the county shall be named as the respondent and the
person or official who authored the material in question shall be named as the real party
in interest.
Lettering of Measures
Letters designating measures are assigned
by the elections official pursuant to Elections Code �13116. Letters are assigned after
the close of consolidations, which occurs 88 days before the election. Measures are
assigned in alphabetical order beginning with the letter following the last letter
assigned in the previous election and continuing through Z, or as close to the end of the
alphabet as possible to accommodate all measures filed for the current election. For
example, if the previous election ended with measure V, and five measures are on the next
ballot, the measures will be assigned A, B, C, D, E rather than W, X, Y, Z, A.
For districts that overlap into other counties, the lead county will
assign a letter designation for the measure. The letter assigned to these measures may not
be in alphabetical order.
Measures will appear on the ballot in the following order pursuant to
Elections Code �13109: County Board of Education, College,
Unified Schools, High Schools, Elementary Schools, County, Cities, Districts. In order to
allow for the most efficient use of space, the county elections official may vary the
order of the measures.
Measure Letter |
Subject |
Vote Req |
T |
Public Safety Communications Tax � City of Santa Cruz |
Majority |
Measure: |
T |
10-day public
inspection: |
May 28 to June 6, 2008 |
Sponsoring Group: |
Santa Cruz City Council |
Address: |
809 Center St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 |
Contact: |
Lorrie Brewer, City Clerk |
Telephone: |
831-420-5038 |
FAX: |
831-420-5031 |
E-Mail: |
LBrewer@ci.santa-cruz.ca.us |
Tax Rate
Statement Due: |
NA |
10-day
Public Inspection Period: |
NA |
Arguments
(300 words) Due: |
June 9, 5
p.m., to the Santa Cruz City Clerk |
10-day Public
Inspection: |
June 10 to June 19,
2008 |
Rebuttals (250
words) Due: |
June 20, 5 p.m., to the
Santa Cruz City Clerk |
Impartial Analysis
(500 words) Due: |
June 20, 5 p.m., to the
Santa Cruz City Clerk |
Fiscal Analysis (500
words) Due: |
June 20, 5 p.m., to the
Santa Cruz City Clerk |
10-day Public
Inspection: |
June 21 to June 30,
2008 |
Argument in Favor
Filed by: |
Santa Cruz City
Council
Cynthia Mathews, Vice Mayor
831-423-8977 |
Argument Against
Filed by: |
No argument against was filed. |
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Santa Cruz City Council |
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Santa Cruz City Council |
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