Solano County

To provide general County services, such as enhancing fire protection to reduce wildfire risk, preventing spread of wildfires from wildland areas to residential neighborhoods, improving 9-1-1 response times, adding rural and city firebreaks/reducing flammable vegetation, adding firefighters/paramedics, and improving early wildfire detection shall Solano County’s ordinance enacting a 1/8% sales tax until ended by voters be adopted, requiring independent oversight, audits, and all revue controlled locally?

Shall voters authorize a plan to reduce auto and truck traffic, relieve crowding on BART, unclog freeway bottlenecks, and improve bus, ferry, BART and commuter rail service as specified in the plan in this voter pamphlet, with a $1 toll increase effective in 2019, a $1increase in 2022, and a $1 increase in 2025, on all Bay Area toll bridges except the Golden Gate Bridge, with independent oversight of all funds?

Shall the people of Solano County enact a one-quarter of one percent sales tax for general governmental purposes such as improving children’s services to homeless children, preventing child abuse, improving access to high quality childcare and preventative child health care programs, providing employment opportunities for youths and other essential services for ten years and assure public accountability by means of a citizens’ oversight committee and annual audits?

(ADVISORY) Shall the Board of Supervisors provide prevention oriented children's services promoting and improving Solano County children's health, safety and educational success and require oversight and accountability by allocating 100% of the tax revenue collected from any transactions and use tax measure authorized in the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Solano County on the November 8, 2016 ballot?

Shall the people of Solano County adopt Ordinance No. 2016 – 1773 to amend Article XII of Chapter 11 of the Solano County Code to establish a general business license tax on marijuana businesses within the County of no more than 15% of annual gross receipts of the business, and which will continue until repealed by the Board of Supervisors or County voters?

To protect San Francisco Bay for future generations by reducing trash, pollution and harmful toxins, improving water quality, restoring habitat for fish, birds and wildlife, protecting communities from floods, and increasing shoreline public access, shall the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority authorize a parcel tax of $12 per year, raising approximately $25 million annually for twenty years with independent citizen oversight, audits, and all funds staying local?

(ADVISORY) Shall Solano County allocate 100% of proceeds of any new voter approved taxes on the June 2016 ballot to transportation improvements, including road safety repairs, filling potholes, maintaining local streets and roads, and protecting transportation for seniors and disabled persons, keeping revenues in local communities and requiring that a citizen oversight committee approve all projects before funds are spent?

Shall the people of Solano County enact a one-half percent sales tax for general governmental purposes such as maintenance and repair of local streets and roads, pothole repairs, road safety projects, senior and disabled mobility and other essential services within the seven cities and unincorporated area for 5 years with annual audits made available to the public showing how all revenue was spent the previous year?

Shall Ordinance No. 2011-1724 to extend the 1998 countywide library retail transactions and use tax at the rate of one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) for a maximum of 16 years, which provides local library funding; prevents library closures; maintains collections of books, databases, and other materials; preserves library hours and children, teen, adult, senior programs, including computer training, homework help, family literacy and children's storytimes, with all revenues staying in Solano County, be adopted?