City of Stockton

Shall the Stockton City Charter be revised to assign the City of Stockton Public Information Office to the City Manager and provide the Mayoral Public Information Office access to the information necessary to fulfill their role?

Shall the Stockton City Charter be revised to impose impartial and binding arbitration for Sworn Police and Fire Department Employee Disputes including procedures for impasse resolution for all terms and conditions of employment?

Without increasing local taxes, and only by using existing affordable housing funding, shall public or publicly assisted housing providers within the City of Stockton, according to the City’s General Plan, construct, develop, acquire, and/or convert housing project(s) into decent, safe, sanitary, and uncrowded units for low-income, elderly, or handicapped persons, up to 500 units annually for twenty years, with any unused units carried over each year?

Shall the Ordinance 2016-06-07-1212 to enhance Stockton’s library and recreation services, including safe after-school and summer programs for children and teens, homework centers, children’s story times, increased public computer access/wireless connectivity, and enhanced evening and weekend hours at libraries and recreation centers, funded by a 1/4-cent transaction and use (sales) tax, generating $9 million annually for 16 years, with all funds staying local and expenditures subject to an annual audit be adopted?

Shall the Stockton City Charter be revised to establish an advisory redistricting commission; require City Council approval of City Council district boundaries; provide for the election of City Council exclusively by district and to rephrase existing term limit provisions?

Shall the Stockton City Charter be revised to alter the process for adjusting compensation of the Mayor and Council, amend the required notice for sale or lease of City property, provide for annual funding of three positions in the Mayor’s Office, require adoption of a fiscal reserve policy and amend procedures applicable to the adoption, administration and auditing of the City budget?

Shall the Stockton Municipal Code be revised to overturn the ban on medical cannabis dispensaries; to allow within the city four medical cannabis dispensaries in certain commercial and industrial zones and four cultivation sites in certain industrial zones subject to locational restrictions and the issuance of a use permit, an operators permit, and employee permits?

Shall Ordinance 2016-06-28-1503 be adopted to amend provisions of the City of Stockton Municipal Code governing businesses subject to the marijuana business license tax and to increase the rate for the medical cannabis business license tax to a minimum of $35.00 and a maximum of $50.00 per $1,000 of the annual gross receipts of medical cannabis businesses, estimated to raise $672,000-$1,000,000 annually for general City services, which tax shall continue until repealed by the City Council or City voters?

Shall the Stockton City Charter be amended to revise the Introduction; amend criteria for determining the Mayor’s compensation; revise certain restrictions on, and benefits of, officers and employees; delete certain requirements as to the qualifications and process for selection of certain Fire Department and other employees; revise certain public bidding procedures and delegate to the City Council the determination of the administrative spending authority of the City Manager?

To pay for law enforcement and crime prevention services such as those described in Stockton’s Marshall Plan on Crime, to help end the bankruptcy and restore other City services; and provided it shall sunset in ten years or when economic recovery occurs, a Citizen’s Oversight Committee reports on the use of proceeds, and independent audits are done annually; shall Ordinance 2013-07-09-1601 be adopted to impose a 3/4-cent transaction and use (sales) tax?

If Measure A is approved by the voters, shall (i) 65% of its proceeds be used only to pay for law enforcement and crime prevention services in the City such as those described in the City’s Marshall Plan on Crime and (ii) 35% of its proceeds be used only to pay for the City’s efforts to end the bankruptcy and for services to residents, businesses, and property owners?