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            November 05, 2024
Measure CA
Pass
                      
                          Charter Amendment
                      
                      
                          Governance: Organization
                      
                      
                          Threshold: Majority
                      
                      
                    
                    
                      Shall the Compton City Charter be amended to make the City Attorney an appointed position and possess at least ten years of municipal law experience?
                    
                    
                    | Option | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                   
                                      Yes
                                      
                                   
                                   | 
                              13,094 | 58.7% | 
                                 | 
                            
| 
                                   
                                      No
                                   
                                   | 
                              9,204 | 41.3% | 
                                 | 
                            
| Total Votes | 22,298 | ||
November 08, 2022
Measure AM
Fail
                      
                          Ordinance
                      
                      
                          Governance
                      
                      
                          Threshold: Majority
                      
                      
                    
                    
                      Shall the measure amending the Compton City Charter to reduce the number of required monthly regular City Council meetings from four to two be adopted?
                    
                    
                    | Option | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                   
                                      No
                                      
                                   
                                   | 
                              7,112 | 62.4% | 
                                 | 
                            
| 
                                   
                                      Yes
                                   
                                   | 
                              4,292 | 37.6% | 
                                 | 
                            
| Total Votes | 11,404 | ||
Measure ED
Pass
                      
                          Charter Amendment
                      
                      
                          Governance: Elections
                      
                      
                          Threshold: Majority
                      
                      
                    
                    
                      Shall the measure amending the Compton City Charter to change the City’s general municipal election date to coincide with the statewide primary election, change the date of the City’s primary nominating election to an established election date, and make other related and technical changes to the City’s election procedures and terms of office, be adopted?
                    
                    
                    | Option | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                   
                                      Yes
                                      
                                   
                                   | 
                              7,196 | 63.5% | 
                                 | 
                            
| 
                                   
                                      No
                                   
                                   | 
                              4,137 | 36.5% | 
                                 | 
                            
| Total Votes | 11,333 | ||
January 23, 2018
Measure C
Fail
                      
                          Ordinance
                      
                      
                          Land Use: Zoning
                      
                      
                          Threshold: Majority
                      
                      
                    
                    
                      Shall a ballot measure be approved permitting commercial cannabis activity (except outdoor cultivation and indoor cultivation for other than personal use) only in the commercial manufacturing zones of the City in conflict with any other ballot measure of the same subject?
                    
                    
                    | Option | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                   
                                      No
                                      
                                   
                                   | 
                              2,244 | 76.3% | 
                                 | 
                            
| 
                                   
                                      Yes
                                   
                                   | 
                              698 | 23.7% | 
                                 | 
                            
| Total Votes | 2,942 | ||
Measure I
Fail
                      
                          Business Tax
                      
                      
                          Land Use: Zoning
                      
                      
                          Threshold: Majority
                      
                      
                    
                    
                      (INITIATIVE) Shall an ordinance be adopted by voter initiative to allow commercial cannabis businesses to operate in the City’s Limited commercial, and Commercial Manufacturing Zones, including retail dispensaries, research and development and delivery businesses, with a business license tax not to exceed 5% percent of gross receipts and $10/per square foot of canopy on cannabis for indoor cultivation facilities?
                    
                    
                    | Option | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                   
                                      No
                                      
                                   
                                   | 
                              2,198 | 75.9% | 
                                 | 
                            
| 
                                   
                                      Yes
                                   
                                   | 
                              698 | 24.1% | 
                                 | 
                            
| Total Votes | 2,896 | ||
November 07, 2017
Measure A
Fail
                      
                          Charter Amendment
                      
                      
                          Governance: Personnel/Labor Relations
                      
                      
                          Threshold: Majority
                      
                      
                    
                    | Option | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                   
                                      No
                                      
                                   
                                   | 
                              2,418 | 73.2% | 
                                 | 
                            
| 
                                   
                                      Yes
                                   
                                   | 
                              887 | 26.8% | 
                                 | 
                            
| Total Votes | 3,305 | ||
June 07, 2016
Measure P
Pass
                      
                          Sales Tax
                      
                      
                          Revenues: Tax Creation/Incr./Contin.
                      
                      
                          Threshold: Majority
                      
                      
                    
                    
                      To repair local streets/sidewalks; retain/hire firefighters/paramedics; increase sheriff's staffing to improve response times; expand gang/drug prevention, economic development and youth job training programs; improve parks; and provide other general fund services in Compton, shall an ordinance be adopted to increase the sales tax by one percent on an ongoing basis to raise approximately $7 million in local annual funding, requiring citizens' oversight?
                    
                    
                    | Option | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                   
                                      Yes
                                      
                                   
                                   | 
                              6,833 | 50.8% | 
                                 | 
                            
| 
                                   
                                      No
                                   
                                   | 
                              6,608 | 49.2% | 
                                 | 
                            
| Total Votes | 13,441 | ||
April 16, 2013
Measure I
Pass
                      
                          Ordinance
                      
                      
                          
                      
                      
                          Threshold: Majority
                      
                      
                    
                    
                      Shall the "Police Powers" that can be provided in the City of Compton by a municipal Police Department be provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department?
                    
                    
                    | Option | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                   
                                      Yes
                                      
                                   
                                   | 
                              3,779 | 60.9% | 
                                 | 
                            
| 
                                   
                                      No
                                   
                                   | 
                              2,428 | 39.1% | 
                                 | 
                            
| Total Votes | 6,207 | ||
June 05, 2012
Measure B
Pass
                      
                          Charter Amendment
                      
                      
                          Governance: Organization
                      
                      
                          Threshold: Majority
                      
                      
                    
                    
                      Shall the City Charter be amended to provide that each member of the City Council (except for the mayor) be elected by his or her home district and only by the registered voters of that district?
                    
                    
                    | Option | Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 
                                   
                                      Yes
                                      
                                   
                                   | 
                              3,563 | 64.4% | 
                                 | 
                            
| 
                                   
                                      No
                                   
                                   | 
                              1,970 | 35.6% | 
                                 | 
                            
| Total Votes | 5,533 | ||