Santa Cruz County Elections

August 26, 2008
Santa Cruz City
All Mail Ballot Special Election
Local Ballot Measure

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.
Click Here to View Voter Pamphlet Information Now Available
Click here to view Agenda for Santa Cruz City Council
Click here to view Resolution passed by Santa Cruz City Council

 

 

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