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June 6th P&F Results in Santa Barbara County

Local Candidates and Measures

There are no local Peace and Freedom Party candidates for public partisan offices in Santa Barbara County, and the webmaster for this website is not aware of any endorsements by the local Peace and Freedom Party organization of ballot measures or other candidates that were on the June 6th ballot.

Regional Candidates

Though there are no local Peace and Freedom Party candidates in Santa Barbara County, there are candidates in both of the Board of Equalization districts within the county.

Dave Campbell of San Francisco is running for Board of Equalization in the 1st Board of Equalization District, which includes costal portions of Santa Barbara County (specifically, Guadalupe, Santa Maria (but not Orcutt), Isla Vista, Mission Oaks, and Santa Barbara (but not Goleta or Montecito)), as well as the rest of the coast north to the Oregon border. He received 17 votes in Santa Barbara County, of 1,508 in the entire district.

Richard Perry of Sacramento is running for Board of Equalization in the 2nd Board of Equalization District, which includes inland and eastern portions of Santa Barbara County (specifically, Orcutt (but not Santa Maria), Vandenberg Village, Mission Hills, Lompoc, Los Alamos, Buellton, Solvang, Santa Ynez, Goleta and Montecito (but not Santa Barbara) and other points north or east of these cities and towns), as well as Ventura County, northern Los Angeles County, part of the southwestern corner of San Bernardino County, and inland areas north to the Oregon border. He received 25 votes in Santa Barbara County, of 866 in the entire district.

Statewide Candidates

The slate of Peace and Freedom Party candidates for statewide partisan public offices are:

  • Governor: Janice Jordan (3,849 statewide, 45 in Santa Barbara County)
  • Lieutenant Governor: Stewart Alexander (3,549 statewide, 45 in Santa Barbara County)
  • Secretary of State: Margie Akin (3,929 statewide, 41 in Santa Barbara County)
  • Treasurer: Gerald Sanders (3,681 statewide, 42 in Santa Barbara County)
  • Controller: Liz Barrón (4,047 statewide, 43 in Santa Barbara County)
  • Attorney General: Jack Harrison (3,736 statewide, 46 in Santa Barbara County)
  • Insurance Commissioner: Tom Condit (3,850 statewide, 41 in Santa Barbara County)
  • U.S. Senator: Marsha Feinland (4,109 statewide, 46 in Santa Barbara County)

The Peace and Freedom Party also recommended a vote for Sarah Knopp for Superintendent of Public Instruction. She is a teacher and a socialist, though not a P&F member, who came in second of five candidates with 695,372 votes (17.3%) statewide for this nominally non-partisan position. In Santa Barbara County, she got 6,253 votes (7.9%).

Statewide Measures

There were two propositions on the statewide ballot June 6th, assigned proposition numbers 81 and 82. At its April 1st-2nd State Central Committee meeting, the Peace and Freedom Party took a position on one of measures.

  • Proposition 81 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and rebuttal, arguments against and rebuttal, and the full text are available as PDFs): "California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2006." This measure would have issued $600 million of bonds to renovate existing library buildings and build new libraries. Because we are generally opposed to bond measures, but in favor of building more libraries, the Peace and Freedom Party neither supported nor opposed Proposition 81. The bonds were defeated by a statewide vote of 2,326,305 (47.3%) to 2,590,954 (52.7%). In Santa Barbara County, the vote was 39,859 (46.7%) to 45,373 (53.3%).
  • Proposition 82 (the voter pamphlet's summary, analysis, arguments for and rebuttal, arguments against and rebuttal, and the full text are available as PDFs): "Preschool Education. Tax on Incomes Over $400,000 for Individuals; $800,000 for Couples. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute." This measure would have raised the income tax on the rich by 1.7% and used the money raised to fund universal preschool programs for four-year olds. The Peace and Freedom Party urged that you vote YES on 82. The measure was defeated by a statewide vote of 1,958,200 (39.2%) to 3,036,217 (60.8%). In Santa Barbara County, the vote was 33,465 (39.1%) to 52,029 (60.9%).

 

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