The bond would have provided $750 million for grants and loans to developers of affordable housing and $250 million for home-purchase assistance. A $1 billion housing bond failed to receive two-thirds approval.About 70% of the tax would have paid for bonds to finance construction. A proposed special tax of $89 per house and $65 per multi-family unit to fund construction and operation of a new 24,500-square-foot library failed badly.The bonds will cost property owners about $33 per $100,000 of assessed value for 30 years. The property owner wants to sell the pastureland, and developers had expressed interest. A $12.5 million bond to pay for the purchase of the 183-acre Johnson’s Pasture in the hills adjacent to the city’s existing wilderness park won approval.Measure P (free parking): Yes, 51.1% (slow growth-yes) Measure N (billboards): Yes, 50.3% (slow growth-yes) One measure bans most billboards on the race track property the second prohibits charging for parking in large commercial centers. Two initiatives backed by the Westfield Santa Anita mall - and aimed at developer Rick Caruso’s plan for a lifestyle center at Santa Anita race track, adjacent to the Westfield mall - won very narrow approval.A half-cent sales tax for 20 years that would have raised about $1 billion for transportation projects failed to receive super-majority support.Measure C: Yes, 77.7% (2/3 vote required) The county’s existing half-cent tax was approved by only a majority of voters in 1986 and was scheduled to expire in 2007. The renewal of a half-cent sales tax for transportation for 20 years won approval.A $59.1 million bond that would have paid for road, storm drain and water main improvements failed.A countywide urban growth boundary that is similar to existing limits won easy approval.A half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements and road maintenance failed to receive even majority support.The plan calls for open space, sports fields, a community center and cultural facilities, and indoor and outdoor theaters. Voters backed the “grand park” design approved by the City Council for the 300-acre Bernal property. ![]() Kaiser Convention Center into a library and built new branch libraries.
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