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In local contests, Jeff Drozd and Robert Lombardo and are the early winners for the Yucca Valley Town Council, each with 29 percent (29.68 and 29.01). In Twentynine Palms, Steve Bilderain and Joel Klink and are the leading candidates, with 30.66 percent and 27.01 percent, respectively. For the Morongo Unified School District, Denise Cohen (26.90 percent) and Karalee Hargrove (25.79 percent), are the early winners, with Ronald Palmer edging out Darin Sanden by 13 votes (23.61 to 23.54 percent). The winners of the Joshua Basin Water District board of directors are Geary Hund (29.39 percent), Mickey Luckman (21.10 percent), and Buck Buckley (18.74 percent). For the Hi-Desert Medical Center Healthcare District, Joseph Sullivan (27.67 percent), Bob Armstrong (22.87 percent), and Dianne Markle-Greenhouse (20.23 percent) are the early winners.
Measures Y and Z in Yucca Valley passed overwhelmingly, with 73.04 and 81.65 percent of the vote.
Proposition winners:
Prop 51: YES Borrows $9 billion in school bonds
Prop 52: YES Restricts diverting funds away from Medi-Cal
Prop 53: NO Forces statewide vote on bonds bigger than $2 billion
Prop 54: YES Requires legislation to be published online before final vote
Prop 55: YES Extends income tax rates for wealthy
Prop 56: YES Raises tobacco tax by $2 a pack
Prop 57: YES Makes new parole rules for nonviolent felons
Prop 58: YES Repeals bilingual education ban
Prop 59: YES Instructs California officials to work for Citizens United repeal
Prop 60: NO Requires condoms for porn actors
Prop 61: NO Puts price limits on prescription drugs for state agencies
Prop 62: NO Repeals the death penalty
Prop 63: YES Institutes a number of gun controls
Prop 64: YES Legalizes marijuana
Prop 65: NO Redirects plastic bag fees to environmental programs
Prop 66: YES Speeds up death penalty process
Prop 67: YES Ratifies or overturns single-use plastic bag ban
Congressman Paul Cook and Assemblyman Chad Mayes have retained their seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and California Assembly, with 65 percent and 66 percent, respectively.
In local contests, Robert Lombardo and Jeff Drozd are the early winners for the Yucca Valley Town Council, each with 29 percent (29.68 and 29.01). In Twentynine Palms, Joel Klink and Steve Bilderain are the leading candidates, with 27.06 percent and 29.96 percent, respectively. For the Morongo Unified School District, Denise Cohen (26.90 percent), Karalee Hargrove (25.79 percent), and Darin Sanden (23.72 percent) are the early winners. The winners of the Joshua Basin Water District board of directors are Geary Hund (29.56 percent), Mickey Luckman (21.31 percent), and Buck Buckley (18.68 percent). For the Hi-Desert Medical Center Healthcare District, Joseph Sullivan (27.68 percent), Bob Armstrong (23.04 percent), and Dianne Markle-Greenhouse (20.10 percent) are the early winners.
Measures Y and Z in Yucca Valley passed overwhelmingly, with 73.04 and 81.65 percent of the vote.
Proposition winners:
Prop 51: YES Borrows $9 billion in school bonds
Prop 52: YES Restricts diverting funds away from Medi-Cal
Prop 53: YES Forces statewide vote on bonds bigger than $2 billion
Prop 54: YES Requires legislation to be published online before final vote
Prop 55: YES Extends income tax rates for wealthy
Prop 56: YES Raises tobacco tax by $2 a pack
Prop 57: YES Makes new parole rules for nonviolent felons
Prop 58: YES Repeals bilingual education ban
Prop 59: YES Instructs California officials to work for Citizens United repeal
Prop 60: NO Requires condoms for porn actors
Prop 61: NO Puts price limits on prescription drugs for state agencies
Prop 62: NO Repeals the death penalty
Prop 63: YES Institutes a number of gun controls
Prop 64: YES Legalizes marijuana
Prop 65: NO Redirects plastic bag fees to environmental programs
Prop 66: YES Speeds up death penalty process
Prop 67: YES Ratifies or overturns single-use plastic bag ban
