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November
2008 Press Release
For Immediate Release
November 18, 2008
Contact:
John Fairbank
(310) 828-1183
Richard Maullin (310) 828-1183
Paul Maslin (608) 204-5877
Dave Metz (510) 451-9521
FAIRBANK,
MASLIN, MAULLIN & ASSOCIATES HELPS PROTECT THE
ENVIRONMENT,
REFORM GOVERNMENT, SUPPORT EDUCATION AND
FUND
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
FMM&A
RESEARCH PLAYS A KEY ROLE
IN WINNING DOZENS OF COMPETITIVE
BALLOT
MEASURE CAMPAIGNS, ELECTING CANDIDATES TO OFFICE
Fairbank, Maslin,
Maullin & Associates played a key role in this historic election,
helping to pass dozens of statewide and local ballot measures across the
country. FMM&A’s research also helped elect numerous
candidates to office in key swing districts. Among FMM&A’s critical
statewide ballot measure victories on November 4th were the
passage of the Clean Ohio ballot
measure (Issue 2), Proposition A in Missouri, and the Minnesota Clean Water Land and Legacy
Amendment, as well as helping to defeat Proposition 7 in California and the Constitutional Convention referendum in Illinois.
Despite the worst pre-election
economic conditions in decades, Minnesota voters actually increased the state sales tax to
ensure the protection of Minnesota’s natural resources. The Clean
Water Land and Legacy Amendment will provide more funding for conservation
programs -- $5.5 billion -- than any other measure in national history.
Voters in Ohio renewed hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for
conservation by passing the Clean Ohio measure by a resounding 69%. In passing Measure R, Los Angeles County voters increased the sales tax by
half a cent to fund as much as forty billion dollars in transportation
infrastructure improvements over thirty years. Proposition
A, which passed in Missouri, will reform casino gaming regulations and
create a dedicated, new public education support fund from gambling tax
proceeds.
Illinois’ Constitutional Convention referendum
would have allowed special interests to possibly rewrite the state’s
constitution, while Proposition 7 was
a poorly-drafted initiative that would have hurt small alternative energy
businesses and set back renewable energy development in California, in
spite of seeming good intentions.
Both propositions were defeated in big come-from-behind wins with FMM&A’s help.
FMM&A’s work for Advancing Wisconsin, an independent
expenditure group, helped propel President-elect Obama to a 13% point
victory in the state. FMM&A's unique targeting advice helped Obama
win a larger share of rural and small town counties than in any other
medium or large state. FMM&A’s research aided independent
groups working to mobilize the Latino community in Colorado, a growing part
of the electorate, against that state’s Amendment 46 and Amendment
48, measures that would have curtailed abortion rights and affirmative
action.
Several
Democrats in tough targeted races were successful on Election Day with FMM&A’s help.
Congressman Steve Kagen was
re-elected in Wisconsin, while Joan
Buchanan was elected to the State Assembly in California, turning the
last Republican legislative seat in the San Francisco Bay Area blue. Other
successful clients this election cycle included Congressman Rick Larsen of Washington and Carol Liu and Loni Hancock for State Senate in California, as well as Sonoma
County Supervisor Valerie Brown
and San Diego City Councilmember
Marti Emerald.
FMM&A also
helped to pass dozens of local ballot measures to fund vital services,
despite unprecedented economic turmoil:
·
FMM&A helped to pass several
key transportation measures, including Measure
A in Santa Barbara County and Measure
D in Imperial County, which both continued a half-cent sales tax to
generate revenue for road and rail improvement, and Measure R in Los Angeles County. These measures all passed with
two-thirds of the vote. FMM&A also provided research
for Sound Transit’s Proposition
1 in Washington, which increased the sales tax by half a cent to expand
light rail and other mass transit in the Tri-County Area. Proposition 1
passed with 58% of the vote. The Tri-County area includes King County
– the largest county in Washington- as well as Pierce and Snohomish.
·
FMM&A played a key role in passing
important school bond measures in both large urban districts and small
rural districts in California. These measures raised a total of over $10
billion for more than a dozen schools districts across the state, including
$2.1 billion for the San Diego USD and
$1.2 billion for the Long Beach USD,
as well as $225 million for the Colton
USD, $500 million for the Victor
Valley USD, and $130 million for the Westminster USD.
·
FMM&A also helped to pass
several important community college bond measures, including a $3.5 billion
bond for the Los Angeles Community
College District, a $389 million bond for the Southwestern Community College District, and a $350 million
bond for the Mt. San Antonio
Community College District.
·
FMM&A’s research helped
to pass over $1.5 billion in hospital bonds in California, funding that
will help renovate major hospitals in both San Francisco and Santa
Jose. These measures both required a two-thirds vote to pass.
·
FMM&A helped to pass bonds
for the Oregon Zoo in Portland
and Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City.
·
FMM&A was also able to help
pass extensions for utility user taxes in Inglewood, Lakewood, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa
Barbara, Santa Monica, and Stockton,
as well a new utility users tax in Cathedral
City.
·
FMM&A’s work helped
pass library bonds of $37 million in Gilroy
and $76 million in Palo Alto.
·
FMM&A also provided research
to help pass city sales taxes in Arvin,
Capitola, Galt, La Habra, La Mesa, and Oxnard.
Statewide
Races:
No on
Proposition 7 California
Yes on
Proposition 11 California**
No on ConCon Illinois
Clean Water
Amendment Minnesota
Yes on
Proposition A Missouri
Issue 2 –
Clean Ohio Ohio
Advancing
Wisconsin Wisconsin/Presidential
Race
Candidate Races:
Rick Larsen Washington CD 2
Steve Kagen Wisconsin CD 8
Loni Hancock California
SD 9
Carol Liu California
SD 21
Joan Buchanan California
AD 15
Valerie
Brown Sonoma Supervisor
Marti Emerald San Diego City Council
K-12
Bond Measures:
(all required 55% approval)
Measure Z $125M Beaumont USD
Measure
U $60M Ceres USD
Measure
G $225M Colton Joint USD
Measure
X $20M Helendale USD
Measure
K $1.2B Long Beach USD
Measure
Q $7B Los Angeles USD
Measure
BB $67M Manhattan Beach USD
Prop S $2.1B San Diego USD
Measure
E $150M Victor Elementary USD
Measure
V $500M Victor Valley USD
Measure
O $130M Westminster USD
Community
College Bond Measures:
(all required 55% approval)
Measure Z $125M Beaumont USD
Measure
J $3.5B Los Angeles CCD
Measure
RR $350M Mt San Antonio CCD
School
Parcel Taxes:
Measure
T* $90 Evergreen USD
Measure
U* $72 Franklin-McKinley USD
City
Sales Taxes:
Measure
L 1 cent Arvin, CA
Measure
D 1/4 cent Capitola, CA
Measure
R 1/2 cent Galt, CA
Measure
T 1/2 cent La Habra, CA
Measure
L 3/4 cent La Mesa, CA
Measure
O 1/2 cent Oxnard, CA
City
Utility Users Taxes:
Measure
L 3% Utility Users Tax Cathedral City, CA
Measure
UUT Utility Users Tax Inglewood, CA
Measure
L Utility Users Tax Lakewood, CA
Measure
U Utility Users Tax Los Angeles County, CA
Measure
O Utility Users Tax Sacramento, CA
Measure
J/K Utility Users Tax San Jose, CA
Measure
G Utility Users Tax Santa Barbara, CA
Measure
SM Utility Users Tax Santa Monica, CA
Measure
U Utility Users Tax Stockton, CA
Hospital
Bonds:
Proposition
A* $887M Hospital Bond San Francisco, CA
Measure
A* $840M Hospital Bond Santa Clara County
Library
Bonds:
Measure
F* $37M Library Bond Gilroy, CA
Measure
N* $76M Library Bond Palo Alto, CA
Zoo
Bonds:
Measure
29-96 Zoo Bond Oregon
Proposition
2 $33M Zoo Bond Salt Lake City, UT
Conservation
Taxes:
Measure
H* $30M Bond Martinez, CA
Measure
34-156 Park Bond Oregon
Measure
M Parks Amendment San Jose, CA
Measure
Y* $30M Open Space Bond San Juan Capistrano
Measure
E* Clean Beach Parcel Tax Santa Cruz, CA
Transportation
Sales Taxes:
Measure
D* 1/2 cent Sales Tax Imperial County, CA
Measure
R* 1/2 cent Sales Tax Los Angeles County, CA
Measure
A* 1/2 cent Sales Tax Santa Barbara County
Proposition
1 1/2 cent Sales Tax Washington
Development/Real
Estate Measures:
Measure
P Real Estate Transaction
Tax Alameda, CA
Measure
H Beverly Hilton/
Waldorf-Astoria
Revitalization
Referendum Beverly Hills, CA**
Measure
EE Slow Growth Initiative Redondo Beach, CA
Measure
X Open Space Initiative San Juan Capistrano
Proposition
D Pier 70 Development San Francisco, CA
No on
Prop B San Diego Port
Development San Diego, CA
Public
Safety Bonds:
Measure
A Transient Occupancy
Tax Kingsburg, CA
Measure
E* $20M Bond Larkspur/Corte
Madera, CA
Proposition
A* Gang Prevention Measure Los Angeles, CA**
Measure
OO Kids First Funding Oakland, CA
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