City of Sacramento

Shall the measure combining and extending existing parcel taxes generating approximately $9.6 million/year for library  services – including programs for children, teens, and seniors; homework assistance;​ operating hours; books; 24/7 online access; and other services – at current rates (single-family residences $54.50/year; other properties at specified amounts; adjusted annually for inflation), with independent financial audits ensuring funds are only spent on City of Sacramento libraries, until ended by voters, be adopted?​

Shall the measure amending the City of Sacramento Charter to allocate an amount of its General Fund revenue equivalent to 40 percent of the total revenue generated from the existing cannabis business operations tax towards a Children’s Fund for positive youth development and youth violence prevention programs such as mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, early prevention and intervention, after-school activities, and services for homeless youth and foster children, be adopted?

Shall the measure amending section 171 to the City of Sacramento Charter – to state that at the first election after adoption of a new redistricting map, councilmembers shall be elected for each district under the map that has the same district number as a district whose incumbent’s term is due to expire – be adopted?

Shall the measure, with no increase in tax rates, amending the city’s special transient occupancy (hotel/lodging bed) tax to allow its revenues to be used for tourism-related economic development projects that would create jobs and strengthen the local economy, subject to independent annual audits and full public disclosure of all spending, be adopted?

Shall the measure entitled The City of Sacramento Emergency Shelter and Enforcement Act of 2022 – which requires identification of a minimum number of emergency shelter spaces based on the estimated number of homeless persons; conditions enforcement of the city’s unlawful camping ordinance on shelter space availability; prohibits encampments; allows residents to bring action against the city for unlawful camping or storage on city property; and limits the city’s annual general fund budget obligation to $5,000,000 – be adopted?

Shall the measure known as the ‘Sacramento Mayoral Accountability and Community Equity Act’ – which amends the City of Sacramento charter to establish a mayor-council form of government; establish participatory budgeting for citizens’ direct input; require analysis of impacts of certain council decisions on racial, ethnic, LGBTQ, and gender groups; require a specified portion of the budget be invested in inclusive economic development and youth services; makes permanent the city’s ethics commission; and make other changes – be adopted?

Shall the measure amending section 171 of the City of Sacramento Charter, to have the Sacramento Independent Redistricting Commission establish the next council district boundaries map no later than 130 days before the 2022 primary city election so that the map could be used for the 2022 elections, be adopted?

Shall the measure adding an article to the City of Sacramento Charter to (i) create a new elected body (Rental Housing Board) with powers that include setting rents, establishing regulations, establishing its own budget, charging fees to finance its operations, establishing penalties, conducting investigations, and adjudicating rent adjustments; (ii) set a base rent for all covered rental units within the city and cap annual rent increases; and (iii) limit landlords’ ability to terminate tenancies, be adopted?

Shall the measure amending the Sacramento City Charter to (1) require that 2.5% of the city's unrestricted revenues be set aside in a newly-established Sacramento Children's Fund, for 12 consecutive fiscal years beginning in 2021-2022, to be spent only on qualifying youth and child services; (2) require that the 2.5% be in addition to that which was expended on eligible youth and children services in fiscal year 2019-2020: and (3) establish a Fund Planning and Oversight Commission, be adopted?

Shall the measure to increase the limit on campaign contribution a person may contribute in support or opposition to a candidate for the Folsom City Council in an election, including contributions to candidate-controlled committees supporting or opposing such candidate, from the current amount of $150 to $500 be adopted?

Shall the measure amending the city charter adding the city auditor as a charter officer; combining duties of the city auditor and the independent budget analyst, as may be further prescribed by ordinance; repealing the city code related to the budget analyst; and amend the charter to allow city council to set an annual meeting calendar by resolution, be adopted?

Shall the measure to protect and enhance essential public safety services, including 9-1-1 response, fire protection, community neighborhood policing, and other essential services, including homeless supportive services, affordable housing, libraries, park maintenance, high-wage job promotion, and youth programming, by enacting a one-cent sales tax generating $95 million annually that is legally required to stay in the City’s General Fund, until ended by voters, with independent annual financial audits and citizen oversight, be adopted?

Shall the City of Sacramento Charter be amended to establish a redistricting commission that is independent of the city council and that has sole authority for establishing council districts, and to establish processes for selection of commission members and for the commission’s adoption of council district maps?

To maintain/improve Police, Fire, and Paramedic/911 Emergency services, the number of police officers/firefighters, rapid response to gang violence, tracking of sex offenders/parolees; and, restore anti-gang/anti-drug units, shall the City of Hemet establish a 1 % sales tax (1 cent) for 10 years only, providing $10,000,000 annually, with annual audits, and all funds required by law to be used in Hemet for police/fire services only?

To create a funding source dedicated to children and youth services, including homeless and foster youth, shall a 5% business operations tax on gross receipts of marijuana cultivation and manufacturing businesses be imposed, generating revenues potentially in the millions of dollars annually, to be used for children and youth services in the City of Sacramento?

Shall City of Sacramento Charter section 153, relating to the day on which elected officials take office, be amended so that elected officials take office on the day of the last regularly scheduled city council meeting in December of the year of their election?

Shall the City of Sacramento Charter be revised, on a trial basis, to establish: a mayor-council governance structure wherein the elected mayor oversees city operations and a budget subject to Council approval and override; an Ethics Committee; Code of Ethics and Sunshine Ordinances; an Independent Budget Analyst Office; a Neighborhood Advisory Committee; an Independent Redistricting Commission; and a three-term limit for mayors; with most provisions subject to voter reapproval by 11/03/2020?”

Should library services for all City residents including children, teens, adults and seniors, be preserved, including after-school reading programs, homework assistance, library operating hours, 24/7 online access, programs for seniors, and other services, by enacting a new $12 per year single-family residential parcel tax for 12 years, and specified amounts for other uses, adjusted for inflation, that the State cannot take, with independent financial audits to ensure funds are spent only on City of Sacramento libraries?

Shall a charter commission be elected to propose a new charter or to revise the charter?

Relating to the deposit and collection of yard and garden refuse in the City of Sacramento, Shall the ordinance enacted by voter approval of Measure A at the City of Sacramento municipal election on September 27, 1977 be repealed, which would then allow the Sacramento City Council to require yard and garden refuse to be placed into containers for collection?

City of Sacramento Essential Services Protection Measure To restore and protect essential public safety services, including 9-1-1 response, police officers, gang/youth violence prevention, fire protection/emergency medical response, and other essential services including park maintenance, youth/senior services, and libraries, shall the City enact a one-half cent sales tax for six years with all revenue legally required to stay in the City's General Fund, none for the State, with independent annual financial audits and citizen oversight?