City of Hayward

To continue providing essential City of Hayward services, including firefighting, emergency-medical response, police protection, pothole repair, street improvements, general City maintenance, and modernization of aging City facilities, including for police, public works, and South Hayward community and library services; shall a City of Hayward measure to continue (without increasing) an existing half-cent sales tax for 20 years, providing $20,000,000 annually that cannot be taken by the State, requiring annual audits and public disclosure, be adopted?

To support City of Hayward services, including: repairing streets and sidewalks; 911 emergency and firefighter response times; disaster preparedness; extended library hours and after-school programs; and other general City services with revenue that cannot be taken by the State; shall the City of Hayward increase the transient occupancy tax paid only by hotel and motel guests from 8.5% to no more than 14%, providing and estimated $3,000,000 annually, until repealed by voters, all funds benefiting Hayward?

To create more opportunities for residents to volunteer, and to honor Hayward's commitment to diversity, shall the Charter of the City of Hayward be amended to eliminate the requirement of being a qualified elector/registered voter to serve on City Council-appointed advisory commissions, and shall the Charter be amended to eliminate gender-based designations and titles and instead use neutral, gender-free designations and titles?

To support City of Hayward services, with revenue that cannot be taken by the State, including: repairing streets and sidewalks; 911 emergency and firefighter response times; neighborhood police patrols; disaster preparedness; extended library hours and after-school programs; and unrestricted general revenue purposes; shall Hayward increase the rate of its real property transfer tax, collected once upon purchase of real estate, from $4.50 to $8.50 per $1,000, providing $13,000,000 annually, until repealed by voters, all funds benefiting Hayward?

To assure local control and close on-going deficits, shall the City of Hayward be authorized to enact a general tax ordinance not exceeding 15% of gross sales for all products associated with medical or adult use of cannabis, from cultivation, distribution, manufacturing, and retailing of cannabis or products derived therefrom, if the City of Hayward permits cannabis business activities, such tax to be in addition to any other taxes imposed by the City of Hayward or the State of California?

Shall the charter and municipal code of the City of Hayward be amended to change general municipal elections from June of even-numbered years to November of even-numbered years, to be effective in 2018; and, if approved, to extend temporarily by five months the terms of the mayor and council members elected in 2014 and 2016, respectively, and whose terms expire in 2018 and 2020?

To maintain City of Hayward services including: neighborhood police patrols, fire stations/911, firefighter, paramedic response times; preserving youth/anti-gang programs; emergency/disaster preparedness; city streets, sidewalks and lighting; shall the City of Hayward renew the existing Utility Users Tax at the current 5.5 percent rate on gas, electricity, video, telecommunications services, providing $16 million annually for 20 years from the current end date, with exemptions for low-income lifeline users; and all money used for City of Hayward services?

To restore and maintain Hayward city services and facilities, including firefighting/emergency medical services; improving police protection for neighborhoods; replacing the aging library with a 21st century facility including safe space for after-school homework and tutoring; repairing potholes and streets; updating aging neighborhood fire stations; and other city services; shall the City of Hayward increase the sales tax by ½ percent, for twenty years only, providing locally controlled funding that cannot be taken by the State?