Mendocino County

Should the Mendocino County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program and associated fees (one dollar ($1) per vehicle and an additional two dollars ($2) for certain commercial vehicles) be renewed for a ten­year term for purposes of removal and disposal of abandoned and wrecked vehicles?

(INITIATIVE) Shall the Citizens of Mendocino County amend Chapter 5.170 of Title 5 of Mendocino County Code, adopting a permanent one-quarter cent (0.25%) sales tax, raising approximately $4.2 million annually, for the specific purpose of maintaining and improving library services in Mendocino County; and reate a special fund to ensure these funds cannot be used for any other purpose. At least 40% is reserved for capital investments such as builing improvements.

Shall Ordinance No. 4510 be adopted to impose as general tax, an additional transactions (sales) and use tax of one quarter cent (0.25%) within Mendocino County to fund essential services, including fire protection and prevention? Such tax is estimated to raise $4,000,000 annually for ten (10) years, after which it will expire.

Shall Mendocino County Code Chapter 5.20 be amended to authorize collection of a transient occupancy tax on short-term visitor accommodations of 30 days or less in private campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks, estimated to raise $1,000,000 annually? The transient occupancy tax has a rate of ten percent (10%) and is effective until repealed?

(ADVISORY) If Mendocino County amends Chapter 5.20 to extend the Transient Occupancy Tax to private campgrounds and recreational vehicle parks, should the additional funds from the extended tax be used to fund the recognized fire agencies in Mendocino County as follows: 75% distributed evenly to the recognized Mendocino County; and 25% spent based on the recommendation of the fire chiefs of the recognized fire agencies in Mendocino County?

(INITIATIVE) Shall an Initiative of the People of the County of Mendocino to Regulate Medical Cannabis Cultivation, Processing, Testing, Distribution, Transportation, Delivery and Dispensing be approved?

(INITIATIVE) Shall an initiative of the people of the County of Mendocino to add a temporary half-cent sales tax to fund facilities in Mendocino County to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health and drug dependence be approved?

Shall an ordinance be adopted containing specific enactment language that will allow for the collection of taxes pursuant to the initiative to add a temporary half-cent sales tax to fund facilities in Mendocino County to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health and drug dependency, if said initiative is passed by the voters at the November 8, 2016 election, without which, no taxes will be collected pursuant to said initiative?

Shall Chapter 6.32 be added to the Mendocino County Code, placing a business tax on cannabis cultivation and dispensaries (not to exceed 10% of gross receipts) and cannabis distribution, delivery, manufacturing, nurseries, testing laboratories and transportation businesses ($2,500.00 per year, to be adjusted in accordance with consumer price index increases) of medical and nonmedical cannabis where legalized by state law, potentially generating millions of dollars annually to help fund county services be approved?

(ADVISORY) If Mendocino County adopts business license taxes on cannabis businesses by the adoption of the measure adopting Chapter 6.32, Measure AI, should the County use a majority of that revenue for funding enforcement of marijuana regulations, enhanced mental health services, repair of county roads, and increase fire and emergency medical services?

Shall the people of Mendocino county declare intentionally killed and left standing trees a public nuisance?

(INITIATIVE) Shall a charter commission be elected to propose a Mendocino County charter?

(INITIATIVE) Shall the ordinance, which is titled An Initiative to Assert the Right of Residents of Mendocino County in Order to Secure Clean Water, Air and Soil and Freedom From Chemical Trespass, Which Would Ban Hydraulic Fracturing, Directional and Horizontal Drilling, and Waste Injection Wells in the County of Mendocino and Invalidates Any and All Laws Contrary to this Purpose to the Extent They Effect the County of Mendocino, be adopted?

Should the Mendocino County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program and associated fees (one dollar per vehicle and an additional two dollars for certain commercial vehicles) be renewed for a ten year term for purposes of removal and disposal of abandoned and wrecked vehicles?

Should the elected representatives of Mendocino County be instructed to enact resolutions calling for amendment to the United States Constitution to establish that 1) only human beings and not corporations are endowed with constitutional rights, and 2) that money does not constitute speech and therefore political contributions can be regulated?

Shall Ordinance No. 144 of the Brooktrails Township Community Services District, amending Ordinance Nos. 29 and 126 and increasing the Special Tax for Fire Protection and Prevention commencing with the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2012, be approved?