Election History Results

Elections
City of Oakland
The Trustees elect of the Town of Oakland assembled according to previous notice, at 8
o'clock PM at the office of Mr. Justice Adams.
Present Amedee Marier, A.W. Barrell and Edson Adams, Trustees elect.
Certificates of Election were presented by Amedee Marier, A.W. Barrell and Edson
Adams, whereupon said Amedee Marier, A.W. Barrell and Edson Adams, having
already taken a constitutional oath of office as appears by endorsement upon their
Certificates of Election, took their seats as trustees.
For the purpose of organization Amedee Marier was elected temporary President and
A.W. Barrell, Clerk.
The following Charter was thereupon read and ordered to be spread upon the Journal.
"An Act to Incorporate the Town of Oakland and to Provide for the Construction of
Wharves Thereat."
The People of the State of California represented in Senate and Assembly do enact as
follows:
SECTION ONE. The inhabitants of the District of County hereinafter described as
hereby declared to be incorporated under the provisions of "An Act to Provide for the
Incorporation of Towns," passed March 27, 1850, with the Style of the "Town of
Oakland' and by that name they shall have perpetual secession, may sue and be sued,
and may purchase, receive and hold property for their common benefit, and sell or
otherwise dispose of the same.
The boundaries of said Town shall be as follows: on the North East by a straight line at
right angles with Main Street, running from the Bay of San Francisco on the North to the
Southerly line of the San Antonio Creek or estuary, crossing Main Street at a point three
hundred and sixty rods North Easterly from "Oakland House" on the comer of Main and
First Street as represented on Portois' Map of Contra Costa on file in the Office of the
Secretary of State; thence down the Southerly line of said creek, or slough to its mouth
in the Bay: thence to Ship Channel; thence Northerly and easterly by the line of Ship
Channel to a point where the same bisects the said North Eastern boundary line.
SECTION SECOND. The Corporate powers and duties of said Town shall be vested in
Board of Trustees, to consist of five members, who shall be elected by the qualified
electors of said Town on the second Monday of May in each year, and shall hold office
for the term of one year, or until their successors are qualified, provided that they shall
receive no compensation for their services.
SECTION THIRD. The Board of Trustees shall have the power to make such by-laws
and ordinances as they may deem proper and necessary; to regulate, improve, sell or
otherwise dispose of the common property; to prevent and extinguish fires; to lay out,
make, open, widen, regulate and keep in repair all streets, roads, bridges, ferries, public
places and grounds, wharves, docks, piers, slips, sewers, wells and alleys, and 'to
authorize the construction of the same, and with a view to facilitate the construction of
wharves and other improvements, the lands lying within the limits aforesaid, between
high tide and ship channel, are hereby granted and released to said Town, provided that
said lands shall be retained by said Town; as common property or disposed of for the
purposes aforesaid; to regulate and collect wharfage and dockage; to secure the health,
cleanliness, ornament, peace and good order of said Town to organize and support
common schools; to license and suppress dram shops, horse racing, gambling houses
and houses of ill-fame and all indecent or immoral practices, shows and amusements;
to regulate the location of slaughter houses, stables and places for the storage of
gunpowder; and to pass such other laws and ordinances as in their opinion the order,
good government and general welfare of the Town may require.
SECTION FOURTH. The elections and returns under this act shall be regulated in the
same manner as is provided in the said "Act to Provide for the Incorporation of Towns",
for election when order by the Governor.
Signed May 1, 1852
Signed May 1, 1852
Approved May 4, 1852
Rich'd P. Hammond
Speaker of the Assembly.
Samuel Prudy
President of the Senate.
John Sisler
The foregoing is the meeting of the Trustees held on May 12, 1852 at which time the
Charter of the Town of Oakland was read and spread upon the minutes, which Charter
was approved May 4, 1852.
The following pages contain election data and where it is possible statistics are shown.
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1854
A. Marier - President
E. Gallager
George M. Blake
R.D. Eames
J. Kelsey
W.C. Josselyn
1855
Charles Campbell - Mayor
E. Gallager- President
Andrew Williams
A.D. Eames
William Harwood
Leonard Johnson
S.J. Lynch
1856
S.H. Robinson- Mayor
E. Gallager - President
Robert Worthington
William Hillegast
F.K. Shattuck
George H. Fogg
J. R. Kitteridge
1857
A. Williams - Mayor
R. Worthington - President
N. Gray
A. Davidson
A. Marier
William Harwood
William Hillegas
3
1858
A. Wiliams - Mayor
F. K. Shattuck - President
G.W. Fountain
J. McCann
G.W. Scribner
Thomas Gallager
James Daly
1859
F. K. Shattuck - Mayor
E. Hoskins - President
A.D. McDevitt
J. R. Rodgers
J.B. Pierce
A. Marier
1860
J.P.M. Davis- Mayor
P. W. VanWinkle - President
J.B. Pierce
R.E. Cole
J.H. Brown
A.W. White
M.M. Howe
1861
J.P.M. Davis- Mayor
E. Gibbons - President
T.D. Woolsey
D.G. Barnes
B.C. Horn
J.M. Dillon
G.M. Blake
1862
George M. Blake - Mayor
J.M. Dillon
T. D. Woolsey
F. K. Shattuck
E.D. Eames
Sam Merritt
1863
W.H. Pierce- Mayor
0. L. Shafter
F. K. Shattuck
T. D. Woolsey
Chauncey Taylor
W.W. Crane
James DeFremery
1864
E. Gibbons - Mayor
F. K. Shattuck - President
E. Jansen
J.O. Miner
D.P. Barstone
Chauncey Taylor
James DeFremery
1865
B. F. Ferris- Mayor
J.O. Miner
F. K. Shattuck
AH. Jaynes
A F. Rodgers
D.P. Barstone
Chauncey Taylor
4
1866
J.W. Dwindle- Mayor
P.S. Wilcox
D.P. Barstone
A Anderson
J.O. Miner
F.K. Shattuck
AH. Jaynes
1867
W.W. Crane - Mayor
John H. Hobart - President
W.G. Moody
W.H. Miller
P.S. Wilcox
B.F. Pendleton
D.P. Barstone
F.M. Campbell
1868
Sam Merritt - Mayor
AH. Jayne- President
W.G. Moody
W.H. Miller
B.F. Pendleton
J.A Hobart
F.M. Campbell
D.G. Barnes
1869
John B. Felton- Mayor
AH. Jayne- President
D.G. Barnes
Walter Van Dyke
N.W. Spaulding
E.H. Pardee
W.C. Little
J.A Folger
1870
John B. Felton- Mayor
Henry Durant - President
W.G. Gurnett
Charles D. Haven
Q.A. Chase
A.L. Warner
M.W. Spaulding
E.H. Pardee
1871
N.W. Spaulding- Mayor
E. H. Pardee - President
F.J. Murphy
A.L. Warner
W.S. Snook
J.V.B. Goodrich
Q.A. Chase
W.G. Gurnett
1872
N.W. Spaulding- Mayor
A L. Warner- President
B.F. Ferris
F. Warner
Mack Webber
T.J. Murphy
E.H. Pardee
W.S. Snook
1873
Henry Durant - Mayor
Mack Webber - President
N.W. Spaulding
W.S. Snook
Israel Knox
James Larue
B.F. Ferris
F. Warner
5
1874
Henry Durant - Mayor
Mack Webber - President
Wallace Everson
J.K. Mason
N.W. Spaulding
W.S. Snook
Israel Knox
James Larue
1875
Mack Webber- Mayor
Wallace Everson - President
John M. Miner
James Dods
Uriel Huntington
J.B. Ford
J.W. Shanklin
J.K. Mason
1876
E. H. Pardee- Mayor
James Dods - President
W.A. Walter
J.F.W. Sohst
H.H. Watson
J.M. Miner
U. Huntington
J.B. Ford
1877
E. H. Pardee- Mayor
W.A. Walter- President
P.W. Fonda
W.E. Grennell
J.M. Miner
W.E. Miller
J.F.W. Sohst
M.W. Fish
1878
W.R. Andrus - Mayor
W.A. Walter - President
P.W. Fonda
W.E. Grennell
J.M. Miner
S. Milbury
J.F.W. Sohst
M.W. Fish
1879
W. R. Andrus - Mayor
J.B. White- President
J.C. Millan
J.N. Corteiss
Jesse S. Wall
David Hewes
James Gill
G. W. Babcock
1880
James E. Blethen - Mayor
George W. Babcock - President
J.C. Millan
L.G. Cole
JesseS. Wall
David Hewes
James Gill
1881
J.E. Blethen- Mayor
James Dods - Clerk & Treasurer
J.M. Dillon- City Assessor
J.M. Poston- City Attorney
M.E. Clough- City Marshal
J.C. Millan
L.S. Hawkins
C.R. Lewis
Councilmen
1st Ward
2nc:t Ward
3rd Ward
6
1881 (cont'd)
Councilmen
J.H. Fish
Peter Thomson
James Gill
Henry Hayes
1882
C.K. Robinson- Mayor
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
ihward
James Dods- Clerk & Treasurer
John Yule - City Attorney
Councilmen
J.C. Millan
L.S. Hawkins
C.R. Lewis
J.H. Fish
Peter Thomson
James Gill
Henry Hayes
1883
J. West Martin- Mayor
1st Ward
2nc:tWard
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
James Dods - Clerk,& Treasurer
J.M. Dillon City Assessor
John Yule - City Attorney
Councilmen
J. T. Carrothers
S.M. Babbits
E.B. Deane
M. de Ia Montanya
M.C. Garber
James McGivney
Henry Hayes
1st Ward
2nc:tWard
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
ihward
1884
AC. Henry- Mayor
G.M. Fisher- Clerk & Treasurer
C.T. Johns- City Attorney
Geo. Atkinson - City Marshal
Councilmen
J.T. Carrothers
S.M. Babbits
E.B. Deane
M. de Ia Montanya
M.C. Garber
James McGivney
Henry Hayes
1885
E. W. Playter- Mayor
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
Galen M. Fisher- Clerk & Treasurer
Joseph M. Dillon - City Assessor
G.T. Johns- City Attorney
Geo. Atkinson - City Marshal
Councilmen
J. T. Carrothers
J.M. Smith
T.L. Barker
T.G. Harrison
John Hackett
James McGivney
Henry Hayes
1886
E.W. Playter- Mayor
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
thward
Galen M. Fisher- Clerk & Treasurer
James A Johnson - City Attorney
John W. Tompkins- City Marshal
Councilmen
J. T. Carrothers
J.M. Smith
1st Ward
2nd Ward
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1886 (cont'd)
Councilmen
T.L. Baker
T.G. Harrison
John Hackett
James McGivney
Henry Hayes
1887
W.R. Davis - Mayor
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
AC. Henry- Clerk & Treasurer
James A Johnson - City Attorney
John W. Tompkins- City Marshal
Councilmen
J. T. Carrothers
J.C. Wilson
D.C. Brown
T. G. Harrison
AW. Bishop
J.H. Pierce
O.C. Kirk
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
Special Freeholders Election - 1211011887
15 Freeholders Elected
W.C. Barlett
John L. Bromley
J.T. Carrothers
Wallace Everson
James A Folger
John R. Glascock
V.D. Moody
Warren Olney
Charles D. Pierce
H.A Parnell
Edw J. Pringle
P. Scully
John A Stanley
V.W. Spaulding
John H. Troy
1888
C. D. Pierce- Mayor
A. C. Henry- Clerk & Treasurer
James A. Johnson - City Attorney
J.W. Tompkins- City Marshal
Councilmen
J. T. Carrothers
J.C. Wilson
D.C. Brown
T. G. Harrison
A.W. Bishop
J.H. Pierce
O.C. Kirk
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
ihward
Annex Election - 1012711888
(partly in Oakland Township I partly in Brooklyn Township)
Charter Ratification Election- 111611888
Passed
1889
John R. Glascock - Mayor
Roland W. Snow - Auditor & Ex-Officio
. Assessor
Z. T. Gilpin - Treasurer & Ex-Officio
Tax Collector
James M. Brady- City Clerk
Councilmen. At-Large
W.W. Cameron
Taliesen Evans
George J. Earl
L. H. Wakefield
Councilmen
H.M. Collins
John F. Towle
J.A. C. Macdonald
Joseph C. McAvoy
John Hackett
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
8
1889 (cont'd)
Councilmen
C.H. Brosnahan
O.C. Kirk
1891
M.C. Chapman- Mayor
6th Ward
ihward
Roland W. Snow - Auditor & Ex-Officio
Assessor
Z.T. Gilpin- Treasurer & Ex-Officio
Tax Collector
James M. Brady - City Clerk
G.H. Garthorne
J.A.C. Macdonald
William Watkinson
C.W. Wilkins
Councilmen
M. K. Thornburgh
Geo. J. Earl
J.W. Nelson
W.O. Heitmann
J.E. Johnson
C.H. Brosnahan
Gee. C. Pardee
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
Annex Election- 711411891
(partly in Oakland Township I partly in Brooklyn Township)
School Bond Election - 41211892
Proposition of incurring indebtedness for
the acquisition, construction and
maintenance of certain public school
buildings: $400,000
For: 4907
Against: 1315
Total Votes Cast: 6222
1893
Geo. C. Pardee - Mayor
R. W. Snow - Auditor & Ex-Officio
Assessor
Z. T. Gilpin - Treasurer & Ex-Officio
Tax Collector
J.W. Tompkins- City Clerk
Wm. El Barnard
J.R. Capell
Richard B. Snell
John F. Towle
Councilmen
H.P. Dalton
C. Knox Marshal
Walter G. Manuel
W.D. Heitmann
Anson Barstow
William Watkinson
William Dow
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
yth Ward
Special Bond Election - 912911894
(Refunding Indebtedness - Defested)
For: 1194
Against: 806
Charter Amendment Election- 1126/1895
Amendment 1 - Creation of Dept of
Public Works For: 3255
Against: 1623
Amendment 2 - Elections time of and
Offices For: 3245
Against: 1602
Amendment 3 - City Attorney Duties
and Qualifications For: 3254
Against: 1590
9
Amendment 4 - Dept of Public Works
Duties & Powers For: 3253
Against: 1599
Annexation Election - 212711895
(Oakland Township- Defeated)
1895
John L. Davis - Mayor & Ex-Officio
Commissioner of Public Works
R. W. Snow - Auditor & Ex-Officio
Assessor
Tax Collector
J. K. Peirsol - City Attorney & Ex-Officio
A. R. Wilson - City Engineer & Ex-Officio
J.R. Capell
J.M. Bassett
John P. Towle
W.D. Heitmann
Councilmen
Frank K. Mott
C.K. Marshall
Walter G. Manuel
C.H. Brosnahan
W.O. Buckland, MD
William Watkinson
W.A. Dow
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
Special Bond Election - 8/3111895
(Refunding Indebtedness)
For: 3079
Against: 927
1898
A Fibush resigned February 18, 1898
and Mayor appointed E.W. Woodard
1899
R. W. Snow - Mayor & Ex-Officio
Arthur H. Breed -Auditor & Ex-Officio
Assessor
Tax Collector
W.A Dow - City Attorney & Ex-Officio
R.M. Clement- City Engineer & Ex-
Officio Commissioner of Public Works
Anson Barstow
Chas. H. Kramm
B. C. Cuveillier
Geo. R. Stetson
Frank K. Matt
F.R. Girard
M.W. Upton
Edwin Meese
Felton Taylor
Louis Schaffer
H.D. Rowe
Councilmen
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
thward
J.G. Lemmon appointed by the Mayor
Feb. 12th, 1900 to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Chas. H. Kramm
H. D. Rowe elected Supervisor and
resigned from the Council December 31,
1900
James A Johnson appointed by the
Mayor January 2, 1901 to fill the
vacancy
10
Special Charter Election - 1210811900
1 -Providing for time of and officials to be
voted upon at General Municipal Elections
For: 530
Against: 2068
2 - Compensation for Officials
For: 522
Against: 2025
3 - Dept of Pubic Works to be under three
commissioners For: 492
Against: 2047
4 - Police & Fire Departments under three
commissioners For: 503
Against: 2055
5- To provide for construction and repair
of bridges, etc. and dredging of Oakland
Harbor For: 689
Against: 1986
6 - To establish a garbage crematory
For: 668
Against: 1879
7 - To appropriate not to exceed $300 for
observance of any Memorial Day
For: 643
Against: 1966
8 - To appropriate not to exceed $1 , 000
for observance of any Independence Day
For: 613
Against: 1982
1901
Anson Barstow - Mayor & Ex-Officio
Assessor
Felton Taylor- Treasurer & Ex-Officio
Tax Collector
James A Johnson - City Attorney & Ex-
1901 (cont'd)
F.C. Turner- City Engineer & Ex-Officio
Rod W. Church - City Clerk and Clerk
Of the Council
George W. Domin
B. C. Cuvellier
Chas. A Bon
G. T. Burtchaell
Councilmen
AS. Ruch
J.S. Wixson
George Fitzgerald
R.J. Boyer
James A Smilie
Louis Schaffer
J. T. Wallace
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
thward
J.O. Cadman appointed Councilmen, At-
Large by the Mayor on June 25, 1902 to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Chas. A Bon.
March 11. 1901
Board of Education
Myra W. Knox
C.H. Redington
J.W. Evans
John Russ
Frederick C. Clift
Fred L. Button
George E. Randolph
Giles H. Gray
John D. Isaacs
D. R. Robertson
W.J. Wilcox
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
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March 11. 1901 (cont'd)
Board of Library Trustees
Murray Laidlow
George S. Evans
B.H. Pendelton
L.J. Hardy
Niles Searls, Jr.
March 9. 1903
Warren Olney - Mayor & Ex-Officio
Arthur H. Breed- Auditor & Ex-Officio
Assessor
Felton Taylor- Treasurer & Ex-Officio
Tax Collector
J.E. McElroy- City Attorney & Ex-Officio
Frank R. Thompson- City Clerk and Clerk
Of the Council
B. C. Cuvellier
George W. Domin
G.E. Aitken
John L. Howard
Councilmen
Alex McAdam
AH. Elliot
George Fitzgerald
Edwin Meese
B.H. Pendleton
W.J. Baccus
J. T. Wallace
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
thward
Board of Education
Lowell J. Hardy
C.H. Redington
F.M. Hathaway
Myrna Knox
March 9. 1903 ( cont' d)
Board of Education
Frederick C. Clift
A.H. Pratt
George E. Randolph
Daniel Robertson
John D. Isaacs
C.D. Rogers
W.J. Wilcox
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
George S. Evans
E.R. Eliassen
W.H. Gorrill
Wallace M. Alexander
H. P. Carlton
Water Works Bond Election- 311111905
Incurring a bonded indebtedness
amounting to $5,700,000 for the
construction of a System of Water
Works.
For: 4359
Against: 5207
March 13. 1905
Frank K. Mott - Mayor & Ex-Officio
Assessor
C. D. Bates, Jr.- Treasurer & Ex-Officio
Tax Collector
J.E. McElroy- City Attorney & Ex-
G.E. Aitken
12
Edwin Meese
Eugene Thurston
Harry T. Burns
Councilmen
Alex McAdam
A.H. Elliot
George Fitzgerald
E. Hahn
B.H. Pendleton
W.J. Baccus
W.A. Donaldson
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
Board of Education
C.H. Redington
J.B. Wood
F.M. Hathaway
C.L. lngler
Board of Education
Frederick C. Clift
A.H. Pratt
E. E. Crandall
M.C. Numan
John D. Isaacs
C.D. Rogers
W.J. Wilcox
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
W.M. Alexander
H.P. Carlton
E.R. Eliassen
Jas. A. Morrow
W.H. Gorrill
Special Bond Election - 91411906
amounting to $588,500 for the construction
of sewers.
Special Bond Election- 91411906 (cont'd)
For: 1837
Against: 27 4
Park Bond Election- 111411907
amounting to $992,000 for the purchase
of certain real property for use as public
parks.
For: 2724
Against: 541
Charter Amendment Election- 31111907
1 - Authorizing City Council to pass
ordinances for establishment, purchase
and maintenance of garbage crematory.
For: 2724
Against: 541
2 - Providing opening up streets, and
condemnation of land for that purpose.
For: 1981
Against: 690
-3 - Repealing Sections 89-1 00 of the
Charter. For: 1889
Against: 730
4 - Providing that assessment of
property within the City of Oakland or
assessable by the City made by the City
Assessor of City of Oakland and the
State Board of Equalization shall be the
basis of taxation for the City.
For: 1500
Against: 1182
March 11. 1907
Frank K. Matt- Mayor & Ex-Officio
Geo. E. Gross - Auditor & Ex-Officio
Assessor
13
Richard B. Ayer- Treasurer & Ex-Officio
Tax Collector
Harry T. Burns
Oliver Ellsworth
F.F. Jackson
Eugene Stachler
Councilmen
Harold Everhart
A.H. Elliot
John Mullins
E. Hahn
B. H. Pendleton
W.J. Baccus
G.E. Aitken
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
Board of Education
C.H. Redington
J.B. Wood
A L. Hannaford
FrankL. Gave
Board of Education
Dr. AS. Kelly
Calvin Orr
E. E. Crandall
S. T. Stevenson
F.M. Greenwood
Charles H. O'Connor
F.B. Cook
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
thward
Board of Librarv Trustees
John H. Mellon
Dr. O.T. Wilson
H. P. Carlton
Benjamin P. Kurtz
James A. Morrow
Annexation Election - 3/1411907
Piedmont to City of Oakland
Votes cast within Oakland
For: 1666
Against: 1 07
Votes cast within Proposed Territory to
be annexed
For: 653
Against: 823
Charter Amendment Election - 3/511909
1 - Appointing Park Commissioners and
defining powers and duties.
For: 4309
Against: 3682
2 - Relating to Public Libraries
appointment of Library Trustees and
defining their power and duties.
For: 4229
Against: 3652
3 - Relating to salaries of certain
officers and employees.
For:
Against:
4 - Requirements for initiative,
referendum and recall.
For:
Against:
3915
3992
3697
4164
5 - Construction and Maintenance
Wharves.
For: 4298
Against: 3624
14
Charter Amendment Election- 31511909
6 - Powers of Board of Public Works in
relation to the Waterfront.
For:
Against:
4297
3620
7 - Relating to grants of franchises to lay
and maintain tracks and to pass with
railroads along certain territory and the
right to construct freight and passenger
depots.
For: 4167
Against: 37 40
8 - Other improvements and other terminal
facilities and grants of franchises therefor.
For: 4176
Against: 3756
March 8, 1909
Frank K. Mott- Mayor & Ex-Officio
Geo. E. Gross - Auditor & Ex-Officio
Assessor
Edwin Meese - Treasurer & Ex-Officio
Tax Collector
Harold Everhart
J. R. MacGregor
Eugene Stachler
R.C. Vose
Councilmen
Oliver Ellsworth
A.H. Elliot
A. P. Steifvater
M. Bronner
B.H. Pendleton
W.J. Baccus
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
Councilmen
LN. Cobbledick
yth Ward
Board of Education
A L. Hannaford
J.B. Wood
Dr. M. L. Emerson
J.W. Evans
Board of Education
Dr. AS. Kelly
Calvin Orr
E. E. Crandall
S.A Wentworth
Leo R. Wail
Charles H. O'Connor
F.B. Cook
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
4th Ward
5th Ward
6th Ward
7th Ward
Dr. O.T. Wilson
John H. Brewer
Jas. A Morrow
Charles Quayle
Frank M. Parcells
Soecial Bond Election - 11115/1909
1 -For erection of City Hall Building.
For: 10080
Against: 826
2 - For construction of Wharves and
Docks.
For:
Against:
10083
751
3 - For erection of Fire Alarm Building.
For: 9964
Against: 853
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Special Annexation Election-1111611909
For annexing certain territory situated in
the Townships of Brooklyn and Oakland.
For Annexation
Within Territory 7923
Outside Territory 2123
Against Annexation
Within Territory 160
Outside Territory 870
Special Election for the purpose of electing
a board of 15 freeholders to prepare and
propose a Charter for the City of Oakland.
July 6, 1910
William C. Clark
Albert H. Elliott
I.H. Clay
John Forrest
George C. Pardee
Fred L. Shaw
George W. Domin
Raymond B. Felton
Charles H. Daly
Hugh Hogan
Richard M. Hamb
Harrison S. Robinson
Albert Kayser
R.H. Chamberlain
John J. McDonald
Dennis S. McCarthy
W.A Dow
Thomas 0. Crawford
R. J. Montgomery
J.C. Bullock
H.C. Ingram
Robert G. Gaylors
T.B. Holmes
T.M. Gardiner
5200*
5196*
5100*
5084*
5032*
4414*
3571*
3546*
3541*
3521*
3495*
3457*
3440*
3075*
2787*
2685
2629
1963
1867
1864
1792
1760
1737
1727
*Declared elected to the office of
Freeholder.
Consolidation Election. Oakland &
Berkeley- September 15. 1910
City of Berkeley
In Favor of Consolidation: 1401
Against Consolidation: 401 0
City of Oakland
In Favor of Consolidation: 3243
Against Consolidation 2918
Measure Failed
Charter Amendment Election -
121811910
Shall the proposed charter of the City of
Oakland be ratified?
For: 8295
Against: 2990
Shall the alternative proposition
prohibiting the sale of liquor in
residential districts take the place of
Subdivision 31 of Section 51 of Article
IX of said proposed Charter?
For Alternative: 4485
Against Alternative: 7636
Sewer Bond Election - 411411911
District 1 - Regarding incurring a
bonded indebtedness of $102,000.
For: 109
Against: 19
For: 102
Against: 7
For: 174
Against: 26
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Nominating Municipal Election
April18. 1911
Frank K. Mott
Thomas Booth
F. F. Jackson
Herbert C. Chivers
M.K. Miller
C.F. Leidecker
Mayor
Auditor
Geo. E. Gross
Robert Vincent
8941
5918
5483
134
57
51
11676
6885
Commissioner No. 1
Edwin Meese 7972
Harry S. Anderson 7506
J. Conrad Wanner 4075
Commissioner No. 2
William J. Baccus 5455
A. Hunse 3789
R. H. Chamberlain 37 45
Leo J. McCarthy 2852
J. R. MacGregor 1168
John J. Neagle 626
O.G. Newhall 614
J.H. McMenamy 535
Phillip Reilly 521
Commissioner No. 3
Frederick C. Turner 6305
Eugene Stachler 4297
H.C. Morgan 3315
RD. Holmes 2169
A G. Davis 1387
Thomas F. Marshall 1255
April18. 1911 (cont'd)
Commissioner No. 4
Peter C. Frederickson 4804
John Forrest 4383
C. H. Stocking 3276
Harold Everhart 2354
R.C. Vose 1992
G.E. Aitken 1174
E. G. Buswell, Jr. 588
Stuart W. Booth 562
G. Angeli 387
School Director No. 1
Dr. A.S. Kelly
F.N. Bamey
Frank F. Covey
9533
5952
2074
Emma Gilbert
F.B. Cook
David Rutherford
Edward E. Gehring
Leo R. Weil
Frank J. Gordon
5477
4496
2661
2270
1762
986
Thee. Radtke
Calvin M. Orr
William H. Chapman
J.J. Kennedy
Alex T. Stewart
Charles Quayle
4322
3407
2942
2536
2501
1646
Wm. Strohbach
Harry L. Boyle
J.W. Evans
W.S. Angwin
Edward Crandall
C.D. Rogers
4169
4078
2807
2666
2101
1443
17
April18, 1911 (cont'd)
Annie Florence Brown 1 0156
H.C. Tuck 6997
M.R. Bronner 4815
Archibald Wilson 4795
Charles L. lngler 3024
James B. Wood 2316
D. L. Beever 1289
J.R.D. Mackenzie 1246
General Municipal Election
May 9, 1911
Mayor
Frank K. Mott 11732
Thomas Booth 9837
Auditor
Geo. E. Gross 12665
Robert Vincent 8203
Commissioner No. 1
Edwin Meese 10078
Commissioner No. 2
William J. Baccus
A. Hunse
12454
8283
Commissioner No. 3
Frederick C. Tumer
Eugene Stachler
10351
9549
Commissioner No. 4
John F arrest 10581
May 9. 1911 (cont'd)
Commissioner No. 4
Peter C. Frederickson 10043
Dr. A.S. Kelly
F.N. Barney
12221
8169
F.B. Cook
Emma Gilbert
11845
8540
Calvin M. Orr
Theo. Radtke
11707
8076
Harry L. Boyle
Wm. Strohbach
12513
7552
Annie Florence Brown
H.C. Tuck
10156
6997
M. R. Bronner
Archibald Wilson
11124
9054
School & Auditorium Bond Election -
5116/1911
A proposition to incur a bonded
indebtedness of $2,993,900.00 for the
purpose of acquiring, constructing, etc.
certain grammar and primary schools
and certain high schools, together with
acquisition of necessary lands, also for
construction and completion of a public
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School & Auditorium Bond Election -
511611911 (cont'd)
assembly or convention hall and land
belonging to the City of Oakland.
1 - Grammar & Primary Schools, additions
to school buildings and acquisition of land:
For: 7279
Against: 2616
2- High Schools & additions to high
school buildings & acquisition of real
property:
For: 7083
Against: 2700
3 - Public assembly or convention hall:
For: 1770
Against: 2818
Recall Election - 8/511912
For removal from office of Commissioner-
William J. Baccus
In Favor:
Against:
10085
17518
For removal from office of Commissioner-
Frederick C. Turner
In Favor: 10984
Against: 16805
Candidates to succeed Frank K. Mott as
Mayor:
Frank K. Mott
Robert Vincent
John L. Davis
John W. Johnson
16558
5652
5174
202
Candidates to succeed William J. Baccus
as Commissioner:
William J. Baccus 17314
John H. Eustice 9737
Candidates to succeed Frederick C. Turner
as Commissioner:
Frederick Turner 16234
Recall Election - 81511912 ( cont' d)
Candidates to succeed Frederick C.
Turner as Commissioner:
Thomas Sheehan 5617
Dr. F.F. Jackson 5554
April15. 1913
Geo. E. Gross
William F. Serb
Auditor
11824
3285
Commissioner No. 1
Harry S. Anderson
C. Alward Tobey
11975
3313
Commissioner No. 2
Wm. J. Baccus
Cochran McCarron
Frances M. Hall
Adolf Michel
9407
3070
1829
903
Annie Florence Brown 9431
Mrs. Emma Gilbert 2197
Dr. James B. Wood 2081
R. E. Reeves 1586
M.R. Bronner 6460
Mrs., Harriet Hawes 3496
Kirby B. Smith 2826
W.F. Drury 2211
F.B. Cook 7364
Mrs. Agnes Ray 3345
J. Wilson Person 2239
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C.D. Rodgers 1750
Geo. E. Gross
William F. Serb
Auditor
13863
4352
Commissioner No. 1
Harry S. Anderson
C. Alward Tobey
13914
4314
Commissioner No. 2
Wm. J. Baccus
Cochran McCarron
11913
6233
Annie Florence Brown
Mrs. Emma Gilbert
13365
4466
Mrs. Harriet Hawes
M.R. Bronner
9069
8537
F.B. Cook
Mrs. Agnes Ray
10279
7027
An Ordinance providing for the prevention
of the indiscriminate establishment and
maintenance of any home, asylum or
institution where cats, dogs or other
animals are destroyed, excepting slaughter
houses, or where cats or dogs are boarded
or kept for pay or compensation, or in
consideration of membership of any firm,
corporation, society or association, or
where outcast, lost or stray cats or dogs
are harbored, cared for, detained or kept,
and providing a penalty for the violation
"thereof'.
For: 7380
Against: 8098
May 6, 1913 (cont'd)
An Ordinance regulating the
construction, maintenance and use of
billboards, fences or other structures to
be used as billboards in the City of
Oakland and providing a penalty for the
violation "thereof.
For: 7891
Against: 8147
Special Bond Election- 712211913
1 -To incur bonded indebtedness in the
amount of $873,684.66 for the
construction and completion of buildings
for grammar and primary schools and
construction of additions to existing
school buildings.
For: 10515
Against: 3291
2- To incur bonded indebtedness in the
construction and completion of buildings
for the high schools.
For: 10217
Against: 3531
construction, completion, equipment and
furnishing of the City Hall.
For: 9568
Against: 4204
construction and completion of the
municipal auditorium.
For: 9711
Against: 3996
amount of $343,000 for the construction
and completion of certain water front
improvements.
For: 9834
20
Special Bond Election- 712211913 (cont'd)
Against: 3728
Special Measure Election- 211711914
1 - Shall the City of Oakland retain its
powers of control over the railroad
corporations?
For: 9722
Against: 20288
powers of control over street railroad
corporations?
o ~ 10312
Against: 19370
powers of control over common carriers
other than railroad and corporations?
For: 9688
Against: 19766
4- Shall the City of Oakland retain its
powers of control over gas corporations?
For: 10241
Against: 19536
5- Shall the City of Oakland retain its
powers of control over electrical
corporations?
For: 10011
Against: 19563
powers of control over the telephone
corporations?
For: 10102
Against: 19901
powers of control over telegraph
corporations?
For: 10061
Against: 19638
Special Measure Election- 211711914
powers of control over water
corporations?
For:
Against:
10689
19199
powers of control over wharfingers?
For: 17626
Against: 12937
1 0 - Shall the City of Oakland retain its
powers of control over warehousemen?
For: 17419
Against: 13007
Initiative Ordinance
An Ordinance establishing and
regulating traffic, vending and disposal
of spirituous, malt or fermented liquors
or wines, or any admixture thereof and
providing licensing the same, and
repealing Ordinance No. 556 N.S. and
all ordinances and part of ordinances in
conflict herewith, and providing a
penalty for the violation of any of the
provisions hereof.
For: 18344
Against: 16334
Clawson School and Auditorium
Election - 511911914
1 - A bonded indebtedness in the
amount of $500,000 for the construction,
completion, equipping and furnishing of
the Municipal Auditorium.
For: 8717
Against: 5164
2 - A bonded indebtedness in the sum
of $210,000 for the construction and
completion of a new school building for
the Clawson School, together with
furnishing and equipping thereof; also
21
Clawson School and Auditorium Election -
511911914 (cont'd)
for the acquisition of land for school yard
and school house site.
For:
Against:
9972
3833
Special Municipal Bond Election -
611211914
To incur bonded indebtedness in the
amount of $500,000, with interest thereon
at a rate not to exceedS%, for the
construction, completion, equipping and
furnishing of the Municipal Auditorium now
in course of construction.
o ~ 15912
Against: 7718
April 20. 1915
John L. Davie
Frank W. Bilger
Willis E. Gibson
Thomas Booth
I.H. Clay
Chas. A. Rice
Mayor
Auditor
18472
9507
3886
2924
18814
11258
Commissioner No.1
Wm. R. Geary
W.H. Edwards
Fred W. LeBallister
Cochran McCarron
John Gelder
A.B. Connelly
11262
7036
6054
4546
3005
1208
April 20. 1915 (cont'd)
Commissioner No.2
Edwin Meese
William S. Cox
Dr. F.F. Jackson
Harold Everhart
Joseph A. Lloyd
12643
11385
8384
5717
5038
Dr. AS. Kelly
Florence L. Johnson
Mrs. Lucy Barker
16296
8543
7077
Louis Aber
Calvin M. Orr
W.F. Drury
C.D. Rogers
10351
10206
5316
4601
Harry L. Boyle 12309
Dr. Daniel Crosby 9745
Gertrude H. Warwick 6743
R.C. Addis 3018
Ma.Y..!1. 1915
M!JY..Or
John L. Davie 24949
Frank W. Bilger 17861
Auditor
I.H. Clay 21091
Chas. A. Rice 17461
Commi.sioner No. 1
W.H. Edwards 25079
Wm. R. Geary 16503
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May 11. 1915 (cont'd)
Commissioner No.2
Dr. F.F. Jackson
Edwin Meese
22941
18752
Dr. AS. Kelly
Florence L. Johnson
20862
19953
Louis Aber
Calvin M. Orr
21240
18044
Harry L. Boyle
Dr. Daniel Crosby
Initiative Ordinances
20158
18940
An ordinance regulating the holding of
public meetings on any public street, or in
any public square, park, lane, alley, court
or other public place within fire limits of the
City of Oakland and repealing Ordinance
Number 1836 of the City of Oakland.
For: 20421
Against: 14035
An ordinance amending Section 6 and
Section 12 and Section 18 of Ordinance
810 N.S. entitled An Ordinance
establishing and providing for the
regulation of the business of using,
operating and driving automobiles for hire
upon the public streets of the City of
Oakland, for the licensing of the same,
repealing Section 29 of Ordinance No.
2415, etc.
For:
Against:
23000
12185
May 11. 1915 (cont'd)
An ordinance amending Section 2 of
ordinance number 810 N.S. entitled, An
ordinance establishing and providing for
the regulation of the business of using,
operating, and driving automobiles for
hire upon the public streets of Oakland,
for the licensing of the same, repealing
Section 29 of Ordinance 2415 and
repealing Ordinance 787 N.S. and all
ordinances or parts of ordinances, in
conflict herewith, and providing a
penalty for the violation hereof.
For: 17535
Against: 18307
An ordinance to amend Ordinance 624
N.S. entitled, An Ordinance establishing
and regulating the traffic, etc. of
spirituous liquors, etc., and providing for
licensing the same.
For: 18330
Against: 14799
Referendum - on an ordinance
appropriating the sum of $1000.00 etc.
for the purpose of paying S. Livingston
for an undivided one-sixth interest in
certain real property in Oakland for the
Oakland Public Woodyard etc.
Abandoned
Recall Election- 8/111916
Commissioners Jackson
For removal from office of
Commissioner- F.F. Jackson
In Favor:
Against:
13282
13626
Candidates to succeed F. F. Jackson as
Commissioner:
F. F. Jackson
R.M. Higgins
Edwin Meese
10613
7378
5208
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Recall Election- 81111916 (cont'd)
Candidates to succeed F. F. Jackson as
Commissioner:
W. F. Drury 1254
J.H. Grande 121
Alfred H. Withoft 94
E.D. Lewis 78
Soecial Municipal Election- 812211916
Amendment providing that a portion of land
in the Key Route Basin may be leased by
the city for a term not to exceed ninety-nine
years, upon condition that lessee should
expend at least $5,000,000 during the first
six years of said term.
For: 10820
Against: 9063
Charter Amendment of subdivisions 2 and
3 of Section 140 of Article XX of the
Charter of the City of Oakland to add
Section 140 % and amend Sections 141,
145, 149 and 153.
For: 32843
Against: 11589
April17. 1917
I.H. Clay
Wm. F. Serb
Auditor
17113
3373
Commissioner No. 1
Fred F. Morse 5382
Harry G. Williams 4972
Bessie J. Wood 3074
Thomas Booth 1583
Ed. J. Vander Naillen 1188
J.B. Osborne 891
Commissioner No. 2
Wm. J. Baccus
Frederick Soderberg
Frank B. Cook
A.B. Weeks
Wm. A. Spooner
M.K. Miller
Joseph 0. Johnson
John H. Nerney
Abraham Davis
A. Hunse
9077
3545
3474
3102
2026
1040
873
828
488
280
J.A. Hill
Lotta A. Cole
Wm. Robert Reud
Reuben Wiand
George Nisbet
C.D. Rogers
D.L. Beever
6572
5044
3541
2303
1668
1519
1478
Mary J. Thompson
Floyd R. Gray
Warren F. McGowan
P. B. Cowdrey
Louis S. Smook
8455
6891
2519
2217
1734
School Director No.3
Marguerite Ogden
Edward E. Gehrig
H. Avery Whitney
Stuart W. Booth
H.W. Thomas
Charter Amendment
11251
3238
3161
2758
1850
Amendment to the Charter of the City of
Oakland providing for referendum on
leases granted by the Council of the City
of Oakland.
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For:
Against:
May 8. 1917
Auditor
15434
4254
I.H. Clay 23588
Wm. F. Serb 6000
Commissioner No. 1
Fred F. Morse
Harry S. Anderson
16624
15654
Commissioner No. 2
Frederick Soderberg
Wm. J. Baccus
16867
15250
J.A. Hill
Lotta A. Cole
17191
12795
Floyd R. Gray
Mary J. Thompson
16616
13733
Marguerite Ogden
Edward E. Gehrig
19741
10883
Ordinance prohibiting picketing:
o ~ 15973
Against: 14722
Ordinance establishing and regulating
traffic of vending, etc., of spirituous liquors,
malts, etc., determining dry and liquor
zones, fixing license tax, etc, and
prescribing penalties, etc.
Ordinance was carried by a majority
vote.
Proposed recall of Mayor John L. Davie
and Commissioner W. H. Edwards
Abandoned
Recall Election - 121411917
Mayor John L. Davie
Number of votes for recall: 9164
Number of votes against recall: 23081
Candidates to succeed John L. Davie as
Mayor:
John L. Davie
D.C. Dutton
John Calvin Taylor
A. B. Weeks
20910
5920
1237
2560
Public Utility District and Charter
Amendment- 812711918
1 - Amendment providing for and
prescribing duties of the City
Attorney:
For: 17010
Against: 16381
2 - Amendment providing for the
organization of the Fire Department
and the management of the
Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund:
For: 17565
Against: 17211
3 - Amendment providing for
appropriations for the Firemen's
Relief and Pension Fund:
o ~ 17733
Against: 16903
25
Public Utility District and Charter
Amendment- 8/2711918 (cont'd)
4 - Amendment for the compensation
vacations, sick leaves and disability
benefits of officers or members of the
Police Department.
o ~ 17308
Against: 17215
5- For organization of the East Bay Public
Utility District.
For: 13094
Against: 20850
6 - Alternative proposition for a Public
Utility District.
For: 10960
Against: 20977
April15. 1919
John L. Davie
Joseph H. King
J. C. Downey
L. F. Herrick
John C. Taylor
Howard L. Bacon
Edward B. Webster
Harry G. Williams
Fred W. LeBallister
Harry L. Boyle
William F. Serb
Mayor
Auditor
19444
8560
4956
1245
1038
148
62
10571
10428
8384
2089
Commissioner No.1
W. H. Edwards
Stanton W. Lore
Cochran McCarron
Ed L. Arnest
John H. Muller
14340
2743
2177
1247
712
April15. 1919 (cont'd) April15, 1919 (cont'd)
I. H. Spiro 5941 J. Edward Foster 3556
Bessie J. Wood 4111 Effie S. Vance 3229
Edric B. Smith 1860 John E. Snyder 2646
Mary J. Cowin 2689
Commissioner No.2 Chas. E. Fites 1477
Wm. J. Baccus 7206 School Director No.6
Dr. F. F. Jackson 6545
W. E. Gibson 6308 Mrs. Daisie L. Short 18025
Harlan Miller 5122 Hilma Caroline Bjork 5427
William B. Smith 3177
Florence Logan Johnson 2248 Amendments:
Eugene Stachler 1205
Charles A. Rice 931 1 - Providing for authority for the transfer
of the functions of certain city officials to
School Director No. 1 the county officials.
For: 11693
Mrs. Daisie L. Short 15375 Against: 11982
John T. Wentz 7407
Geo. Nisbet 6642 2 - Providing for the qualifications and
appointment of members of the Police
SchQQI Director No.2 Department.
For: 11440
Fred A Campbell 14292 Against: 11998
Louis Aber 10630
Hilma Caroline Bjork 3160 3 - Providing for the appointment of
P.B.Cowdery 2071 matrons in the Department of Public Health
and Safety.
School Director No.3 For: 16998
Against: 8549
J. F. Chandler 10557
Miss Frances Murray 8677 General MuniciQ.al
B. F. Gavica 5235
Chas. D. Woodall 2721 Mal6
1
1919
Louis S. Smook 2355
Auditor
Dr. Joseph Loran Pease 14200 Fred W. LeBallister 13266
Burton B. Brace 9979 Majority for Williams 3305
Edw. R. Alverson 4688
Commissioner No.2
Wm. Baccus 18330
Eugene A Young 7673 Dr. F. F. Jaekson 11227
Mrs. Lucy M. Kalas 6274
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Commissioner No.3
W. H. Edwards
I. H. Spiro
19762
10354
LouisAber
Fred A. Campbell
12480
4184
J. F. Chandler
Miss Francis Murray
17446
10932
Dr. Joseph L. Pease
Burton B. Brace
14588
14038
Eugene A. Young
Mrs. Lucy M. Kalas
Ordinances
16057
12517
For establishing and regulating the
traffic, vending and disposing of
spirituous etc., liquors, licensing and
establishing dry and liquor zones and
providing for a penalty for a breach of
the ordinance.
For: 20530
Against: 11151
To create a Two Platoon System in the
Fire Department of the City of Oakland
and fixing the daily hours of service
therein.
For:
Against:
20530
7790
27
Special Municipal Election- 111211920
For the intention of circulating recall
petitions, etc., for the recall of
Commissioners: F.F. Morse, W.H.
Edwards, and Frederick Soderberg
The recall was ruled out on the grounds
that not enough proper petitions were
submitted to place the recall on the ballot.
Some 5000 petitions were cast out upon
the ground that the signer did not
designate the cross streets between which
he lived. Some 1000 petitions were ruled
out upon the ground that the verification
deputy signed his initials instead of his full
name as given at the time of his
appointment.
Bond Proposition
To incur a bonded indebtedness in the sum
of $225,000.00 for the purpose of acquiring
real property for the construction of a War
Veterans' Memorial building.
Against: 27 416
For: 27114
Amendments
1 - Proposal to amend Section 80 of the
Charter of the City of Oakland designating
the officers and employees of the city to
whom the Civil Service proposition of the
Charter shall apply.
For: 15267
Against: 38462
2 - Proposal to amend Sections 81 and 82
of the Charter of the City of Oakland,
providing the method of disciplining of
delinquent civil service employees of the
City.
For:
Against:
14902
36404
Amendments (cont'd)
3 - An Ordinance amending Section 92
to 104 inclusive of Ordinance Number
1857 providing and fixing the
compensation of employees of the Fire
Department.
For:
Against:
16074
36745
April19. 1921
Auditor
Commissioner No.1
Herbert T. Hempstead 8632
Frank Colbourn 8058
Fred F. Morse 7974
Floyd R. Gray 2753
Edwin Meese 2356
Bessie Wood Gustason 11 08
J. M. Kinucan 838
Commissioner No.2
Albert E. Carter 7245
A P. Anderson 5800
Frederick Soderberg 5644
I. H. Spiro 5520
Fred A Campbell 3495
John H. Eustice 2162
William P .. Courtney 1687
Harry L. Boyle
E. A. Young
Howard L. Bacon
Mrs. May Samuels
10221
7215
7164
4538
28
Geo. W. Hatch
Dr. J. Emmet Clark
Walter D. Bunker
Mrs. Emma G. Cole
Richard M. Lyman, Jr.
Hilma Caroline Bjork
Louis S. Smook
William E. Harvent
Herman Katz
Dr. R. F. Tisdale
Mrs. Georgia C. Ormsby
V. 0. Lawrence
Leslie B. Magoon
Carolyn Reed Barry
6619
4529
4232
3493
3014
2224
1899
1495
1141
8535
6558
5857
4616
3190
A proposed amendment to the Charter
carried by a vote of 15351 to 9200.
a ~ 1921
Commissioner No.1
Frank Colbourn 26138
Herbert T. Hempstead 14836
Commissioner No.2
Albert E. Carter 27024
A. P. Anderson 13845
Harry L. Boyle 19760
E. A Young 18871
Geo. W. Hatch 22647
Dr. J. Emmet Clark 15092
May 10. 1921 (cont'd)
Mrs. Georgia C. Ormsby
Dr. R. F. Tisdale
22420
16693
Park Bonds and Charter Amendments-
812911922
1 - Proposal to amend Section 19 of the
Charter increasing the salaries of
Mayor, Commissioners and Auditor.
For: 9368
Against: 35881
(Failed)
2 - Proposal to repeal Sections 11 and
16, and to amend Subdivision 17 and 21
of Section 5 and Sections 8, 9, 12 and
187 of the Charter providing that School
Directors be appointed by the Mayor.
For: 6460
Against: 37132
(Failed)
3 - Proposal to amend Section 52, 53,
54 and 55 of the Charter and to add a
new Article to be known as Article Xa,
creating a Board of Museum Directors to
have control of the public museums and
art galleries.
For:
Against:
(Failed)
18803
23262
4 - Proposal to amend Section 57, 63,
64 and 70 of the Charter, providing that
the terms of the office of all appointive
boards shall be concurrent with term of
the Mayor making such appointments.
For: 16087
Against: 25389
(Failed)
5 - Proposal to amend Section 132 of
the Charter, adopting provisions of the
State Law as to circulation requirements
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Park Bonds and Charter Amendments-
812911922 (cont'd)
for the City's official newspaper.
For 18135
Against: 19939
(Failed)
6 - Proposal to amend Sections 88 and 98
of the Charter, providing that but one
year's residence to be required for
honorably discharged ex-service applicants
for employment in Fire and Police
Departments.
For 29530
Against: 15891
(Passed)
7 - Proposition to incur a bonded
indebtedness of $538,000.00 for the
acquisition of certain lands to provide a
public park to be known as "Oakland
Sequoia Mountain Park."
For: 25486
Against: 16188
(Passed)
April17. 1923
John L. Davie
Daniel D. Oliphant
Fred E. Reed
Mavor
Dr. David P. Meyers
Commissioner No.1
Wm. J. Moorehead
W. H. Edwards
John Chas. Downey
John Henry Nedderman
John Riordan
Ernest J. Engler
22561
16600
5427
344
11395
11169
10193
6366
2374
1671
Commissioner No.2
Wm. J. Baccus
H. T. Hempstead
George Mattis
Ed L. Amest
Leslie B. Magoon
Edward F. Fleming
John H. Muller
Fred A. Campbell
E. C. Lyon
Mrs. Nannie S. Kramer
H. S. Craig
John Gelder
E. P. Cornell
John M. Kinucan
J. F. Chandler
Nettie May Miller
Arthur T. McDonald
John J. Allen, Jr.
Maude E. Boyle
Leon C. Francis
Jas. F. Flynn
22782
7162
4833
3874
2024
1270
900
22676
18874
18167
10077
6150
5354
1435
18687
14581
8038
14826
14666
7784
4722
A proposal to increase the
compensation of the members of the
Fire and Police Departments:
For: 31013
Against: 12408
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May 8, 1923
Commissioner No.1
W. J. Moorehead 24344
W. H. Edwards 10677
Mrs. Nannie S. Kramer
H. S. Craig
J. F. Chandler
Nettie May Miller
21022
13445
20722
13925
John J. Allen, Jr. 22295
Maude E. Boyle 12567
Charter Amendment and Bond Election-
111411924
A proposal to amend Sections 19, 33, 94
and 1 00 of the Charter, providing for
increasing the salaries of the Mayor,
Commissioners and Auditor and making
these offices as full time positions; also
providing for pensioning members of the
Police Department and providing days of
rest for members of the Fire Department.
For: 28893
Against: 42356
A proposition to incur a bonded
indebtedness of $1,147,000.00 for the
acquisition of necessary right of way and
the construction of certain sewers:
For: 49428
Against: 23117
April 21 I 1925
Auditor
Harry G. Williams
Commissioner No.1
Frank Colbourn
H. T. Hempstead
Walter J. Petersen
Commissioner No.2
Leroy R. Goodrich
Fred F. Morse
Ernest J. Engler
Commissioner No.3
(unexpired term)
Leroy R. Goodrich
Fred F. Morse
Ernest J. Engler
John J. Allen, Jr.
Charles A Taggart
George W. Hatch
Nettie May Miller
Rose B. Burkhalter
Dessie E. Harding
Proposed Amendments
33780
21699
14647
65695
19061
14978
5966
17953
14246
6067
27054
9499
31241
16511
13782
6587
1 - Increasing salary and duties of the
Mayor.
For:
Against:
11654
25817
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2 - Increasing salaries of Commissioners.
For: 9800
Against: 26528
3 - Increasing salary of the Auditor.
For:
Against:
11186
24936
4 - Increasing salaries of the members of
the Police and Fire Departments.
o ~ 27737
Against: 14463
5 -Authorizing the City Council by an
ordinance to establish a procedure for
street paving.
For: 19521
Against: 14287
6 - Permitting the appointment of
Commissioners to fix damages and make
assessments therefore in street openings.
For: 17381
Against: 15753
7 - Authorizing and mailing to voters of
descriptive statements of propositions.
For: 23076
Against: 1 0333
8 - Extending Civil Service to employees
of Library, Playground and Park Boards.
For: 25658
Against: 9771
9 - Giving preference to employment of
United States citizens and local residents
on Public Works.
For: 31373
Against: 5891
1 0 - Empowering Council to grant new
franchises.
For:
Against:
25684
8918
May 12. 1925
Commissioner No.2
Leroy R. Goodrich 15600
Fred F. Morse 10013
Commissioner No.3
Leroy R. Goodrich
Fred F. Morse
Rose B. Burkhalter
Nettie May Miller
15110
9919
14682
10957
Harbor Improvement Bonds $9,960,000
(Passed)
For:
Against:
29458
3883
Proposed Amendments to the Charter
1 - Establishing a Port Department
under the control and management of a
Board of Port Commissioners and
defining the duties, powers and
functions of such Board.
For: 16158
Against: 6216
2 - Empowering Council to authorize
the transfer to and the assumption of
and performance by Alameda County of
the assessment of property and
collection of taxes for the City of
Oakland.
For:
Against:
16151
5943
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(cont'd)
3- Providing for a retirement system for
aged and disabled city employees, who are
not eligible for membership in any other
City pension system.
For: 11200
Against: 9994
4 - Increasing the salaries of the Mayor,
Commissioners, Auditor and School
Directors.
For:
Against:
April 19. 1927
John L. Davie
Frank Colbourn
Edgar M. Sanborn
Mavor
Commissioner No.1
Charles C. Young
W. J. Moorehead
Victor A. Dunn
Commissioner No.2
Wm. H. Parker
Herbert T. Hempstead
Edgar S. Hurley
Wm. J. Baccus
Montgomery K. Miller
Fred A. Campbell
NannieS. Kramer
7508
14738
29318
23386
4061
25546
17754
11159
14556
12694
10870
10800
6018
43085
40898
April 19. 1927 ( cont' d) April16. 1929 (cont'd)
School Director No.3 QQ.mmissioner No.1
Joseph F. Chandler 40245 Frank Colbourn 25026
Philip 0. Solon 6132
Prooosed Charter Amendments Bessie Wood Gustason 5089
1 -(Section 38) Permitting city James F. Loughery 3244
employees who are members of the
Organized Reserves and National Commissioner No.2
Guard to receive compensation of their
grade. Eugene K. Sturgis 17056
For: 19852 W. J. Moorehead 6508
Against: 25979 Fred E. Reed 6344
Philip Reilly 3488
2 - Providing for policewomen. James H. Boyer 3273
For: 20284 Mark Page 1449
Against: 26669 George Mattis 872
Montgomery K. Miller 465
Generl MunigQ.al Louis Smith 463
Lydia A Beardsley Spalty 347
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1
1927
Commissioner No.3
Commissioner No.1
Eugene K. Sturgis 17056
Charles C. Young 32288 Fred E. Reed 10942
W. J. Moorehead 12372 Ernest J. Engler 4561
Commissioner No.2 School Director No. 1
Wm. H. Parker 26251 George W. Hatch 24656
Herbert T. Hempstead 18416 Charles R. Gurney 11525
Recall Election - 12118/1928 School Director No.2
For removal from office of John L. Allen, Jr. 28151
Commissioner- Charles C. Young L. W. Allen 7475
In Favor: 8472
Against: 20723 School Director No.3
Nominting Mu.niciQ.al Election Rose B. Burckhalter 28061
Louis Britos 7720
April16
1
1929
Auditor
Franklin N. Kornhaus 18660
Harry G. Williams 29826 John H. Muller 4947
John K. Ritter 8127 James Cavanagh 4289
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Wm. P. Schwartz
Charter Amendment
3990
3903
1 - Providing certain qualifications for
persons employed on public contracts.
In Favor: 24267
Against: 8350
May 7. 1929
Commissioner No.2
Eugene K. Sturgis
W. J. Moorehead
Propositions To Incur Bonded
Indebtedness
24408
21788
1 - Oakland Major Street and Sewer
Proposal: $16,514,000.00
o ~ 13141
Against: 34870
2 - Oakland Park Bond Issue:
$752,000.00
For: 17486
Against: 30186
Election of 15 Freeholders to frame a
new Charter. The following persons
were elected:
Ira Abraham
George J. Band
R. R. Bellingall
Jeseph E. Caine
Wm. B. Chaplin
Dr. Jefferson J. Citron
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(cont'd)
George Durand
George Ebey
James F. Galliano
Robert P. Gillham
John D. Healy
Dr. F. F. Jackson
Wm. W. Leon
Henry A Longfellow
W. P. Scott
Proposed Amendment To Charter
1- Establishing Council- Manager Form
of Government. (Initiative Petition)
In Favor: 36032
Against: 31683
(Passed)
Special Municipal Election- 3/3111931
For the purpose of voting upon the
adoption of the Charter prepared and
proposed by the Board of Freeholders for
the City of Oakland and filed with the city
Clerk on January 9, 1931.
For: 11088
Against: 37697
(Defeated)
April 21. 1931
Commissioner No.1
Fred N. Morcom
Charles I. Anderson
R. M. McAllister
Commissioner No.2
Ernest L. Thompson
Donald Marshall
James Carter
18824
10468
3206
13855
10102
7675
April 21. 1931 (cont'd) April 21. 1931 (cont'd)
Commissioner No.3 Qouncilman District 7
Mortimer F. Withoft 10809 Arthur E. Newell 11727
G. H. Wilhelm 9367 Charles I. Anderson 9760
Alanson E. Sessions 4611 Alanson E. Sessions 3853
Clyde R. Dalzell 4251 C. A. Hoffmaster 3530
James Wesolo 1777 Howard W. Sheafer 2417
Councilman District 1 Councilman-At-Large No. 1
Herbert L. Beach 18952 Wilhelmine W. Yoakum 14483
Edward P. Talbott 6345 Wm. J. Baccus 7240
Gam Hurst 6210 Bert Bercovich 2114
James Carter 4139
Councilman District 2 Charles B. Coit 4614
Stanley J. Smith 18536 Councilman-At-Large No.2
Charles R. Gurney 5610
Clyde R. Dalzell 3630 Dr. John F. Slavich 16375
W. Reginald Jones 2018 Frank K. Matt 7718
Joseph Leo Hervieu 1681 Donald Marshall 6997
R. M. McAllister 2281
Councilman District 3
George Fitzgerald 18898
John J. Hughes 6634 Nannie S. Kramer 24938
Lew Jones 5815
CQung_ilman District 4
Fred N. Morcom 22644
Blanks Everett 3636 ~ h o o Director No.3
John M. Kinucan 2227
Mortimer F. Withoft 2235 Chas. Wade Snook 24553
Councilman District 5 School Director No.4
John L. Gresham 19054 Dr. A. M. Dinsmore 24561
Wm. P. Schwartz 7680
P. H. McMahon 3851 The following candidates having received
the highest number of votes for the office
Councilman District 6 named, shall be the candidates for each
office whose names shall appear on the
Glenn Edwin Hoover 18535 ballots at the May General Municipal
A. J. Rossi 9257 Election:
Robert Trimlett 3519
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Commissioner No. 2
(unexpired term)
Donald Marshall
Ernest L. Thompson
Commissioner No.3
C. H. Wilhelm
Mortimer F. Withoft
Councilman (District No.7)
Charles I. Anderson
Arthur E. Newell
Councilman-At-Large No. 1
Wm. J. Baccus
Wilhelmine W. Yoakum
Councilman-At-Large No.2
Frank K. Mott
Dr. John F. Slavich
May 12. 1931
Commissioner No.2
Ernest L. Thompson 24219
Donald Marshall 12329
Commissioner No.3
Mortimer F. Withoft 19967
G. H. Wilhelm 16131
Arthur E. Newell 20888
Charles I. Anderson 14610
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May 12. 1931 (cont'd)
Councilman-At-Large No. 1
Wm. J. Baccus
24406
12004
Councilman-At-Large No.2
Dr. John F. Slavich
Frank K. Mott
Proposed Charter Amendment
28230
7591
1 - A proposal to amend Section 1 00 of
the Charter of the City of Oakland.
Providing for a two-platoon system for the
Fire Department, and giving to each
member three of twenty-four hours leave of
absence each week.
For: 16469
Against: 20286
(Defeated)
Propositions To Incur Bonded
Indebtedness
1 - Shall the City of Oakland incur a
bonded indebtedness in the principal
amount of One Million Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($1 ,300,000.00) for the
acquisition, construction and completion of
the following municipal improvements, to-
wit: A sewer system including pipes,
manholes, flushing tanks, culverts, lands,
easements and other works, properties,
appliances and equipment necessary or
convenient for sewage disposal in the City
of Oakland, including certain sewer
projects or portions thereof?
For: 10778
Against: 24383
(Failed to get 2/3rd votes)
amount of Two Hundred Seventy-Five
Dollars ($275,000.00) for the acquisition,
May 12. 1931 (cont'd)
following municipal improvement, to-wit:
Public parks, recreation grounds and
playgrounds, including all lands,
improvements, fixtures, and equipment
necessary or convenient thereof?
For: 10269
Against: 24646
(Failed to get necessary 2/3rd votes)
amount of Three Hundred Seventy-Five
Dollars ($375,000.00) for the
acquisition, construction and completion
of the following municipal improvement,
to-wit: A public building to be used for
exposition purposes, including all
furniture, fixtures and equipment
necessary or convenient thereof?
For: 14069
Against: 21706
(Failed to get 2/3rd of votes)
Proposed initiative ordinance regulating
the distribution of advertising matter
upon private property.
For: 71028
Against: 27387
(Passed)
April18. 1933
Stanley J. Smith
James H. Quinn
James F. Loughery
Peter J. Boskovich
Joseph Lee Hervieu
S. Joseph Viganego
Adolph F. Wursching
23731
20650
3071
2055
1985
1832
966
37
Dr. W. J. McCracken
Wm. J. Baccus
Leslie N. Johnson
Dr. J. H. Morris
AS. Holmes
William E. Whalin
Herman G. Walker
Blanks Everett
Arthur F. Jennings
Charles A Meyers
20377
8192
7919
3449
3385
3337
1802
1636
1617
1472
Glenn Edwin Hoover
James A DePaoli
Anthony Tony Rossi
Robert Trimlett
William C. Petersen
Frank Sullivan
Lorenzo A Harrington
21937
7827
7274
6658
4302
4032
1384
Harvey D. Miller
AlexArlett
Arthur E. Newell
William F. Mullins
Alva English
Robert Montgomery
Otto A Schwartz
James B. Trevethick
Councilman-At-Large
Walter F. Jacobsen
James C. Walsh
Dr. F. F. Jackson
James Carter
Wm. D. Gilson
Bendix Miller
Earl E. Nearing
AI Marshall
James P. Sweeney
23935
11586
5592
4107
2347
2139
1792
691
19846
5894
5708
5686
5571
3437
1868
1635
1392
1279
\
J. Studevant
Allister Mackenzie
William M. Thompson
Auditor
Harry G. Williams
Glenn D. Newton
Geo. W. Hatch
James Wesolo
Constance Mugianis
John J. Allen, Jr.
Gerald A. Power
Everett E. Wilder
Eugene C. Van Noy
Rose B. Burckhalter
Carl E. Bartlett
Mamie l. Reed
951
584
557
43962
9712
38068
5028
4838
2522
40131
4014
4002
2743
35854
11023
4841
The following candidates having
received the highest number of votes for
the office named, shall be the
candidates for each office whose names
shall appear on the ballots at the May
General Municipal Election:
James H. Quinn
Stanley J. Smith
Wm. J. Baccus
Dr. W. J. McCracken
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James A. DePaoli
Glenn Edwin Hoover
AlexArlett
Harvey D. Miller
Councilman-At-Large
Walter F. Jacobsen
Charter Amendment Proposals
1- To amend Subdivision 1 of Section 6 of
the Charter of the City of Oakland to read
as follows:
General Election Regulations
Section 6. (1) The provisions of the State
law relating to the qualifications of electors,
the manner of voting, the duties of election
officers, the canvassing of returns, and all
other particulars in respect to the
management of elections so far as they
may be applicable, shall govern all
municipal elections, provided that the
Council shall meet as a canvassing board
and duly canvass the election returns
within four days after any Municipal
Election, unless such election has been
consolidated and the canvassing of returns
delegated pursuant to general law.
For: 27452
Against: 22791
(Passed)
2- To amend Subdivision 2 of Section 46
of the Charter of the City of Oakland.
(Requirements of an Ordinance)
For: 19181
Against: 48673
(Defeated)
3- To add a new subdivision to Section
51 of the Charter of the City of Oakland
to be known as Subdivision 43a.
(Exchange of Personal Property)
For: 22665
Against: 26265
(Defeated)
4- To amend Section 86 of the .Charter
of the City of Oakland to read as follows:
Penalty. Section 86. Any person holding
a position in the Classified Civil Service
violating any of the provisions of this
Article of any rule hereunder shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and for
such offense may be suspended,
reduced in grade or dismissed from the
service, subject to appeal to the Civil
Service Board in the manner provided
by Section 82 of this Charter.
For: 20801
Against: 28581
(Defeated)
5 - Amending and repealing certain
sections of the Charter pertaining to the
Police and Fire Departments.
For: 25136
Against: 35092
(Defeated)
6 - To add two new sections to the
Charter of the City of Oakland to be
known as Section 91a and Section 97a.
(Authority of Council to modify salaries
of the Police and Fire Departments)
For: 23151
Against: 31252
(Defeated)
7 - To add a new Article to the Charter
of the City of Oakland for the Police and
Fire Retirement System.
For: 25884
Against: 33844
(Defeated)
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8- To amend Subdivision 1 of Section 128
- % of the Charter of the City of Oakland to
read as follows: (1) That in every contract
for the performance of labor, that not more
than eight hours shall constitute a day's
work; that the contractor and all sub-
contractors under him shall pay their
employees on said work, a salary or wage
of at least equal to the prevailing salary or
wage for the same quality of service
rendered to private persons, firms or
corporations under similar employment in
the City of Oakland.
For: 33962
Against: 19120
(Adopted and Ratified)
9 - To amend Section 129 of the Charter
of the City of Oakland. (Progressive
Payments on Contracts)
For: 25634
Against: 23404
(Adopted and Ratified)
1 0 - To amend Section 130 of the Charter
of the City of Oakland. (Public Works to be
done by Contract)
For: 18205
Against: 33185
(Defeated)
11 -To add a new section to the Charter
of the City of Oakland. (Public Works -
Emergency)
For:
Against:
(Defeated)
23779
27324
12 - To repeal an Article and amend
certain sections of the Charter. (Board of
Recreation and Park Directors)
For: 24690
Against: 26997
(Defeated)
May 9. 1933
James H. Quinn
Stanley J. Smith
Dr. W. J. McCracken
Wm. J. Baccus
James A. DePaoli
Glenn E. Hoover
AlexArlett
Harvey D. Miller

Walter F. Jacobsen
24860
21852
24913
21598
23527
22893
23491
22754
24109
22595
Special Municipal Election - 612711933
Amend Sections 91, 961/2 and 97
(Salaries and Ranks of Police Officers
and positions of matron in the Police
Department)
For: 43673
Against: 15804
(Passed)
Amend Section 1281/2 (Public Works
Contracts)
For:
Against:
(Passed)
24837
5656
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(cant' d)
Bond Propositions
1 -The construction of the main library.
For: 22543
Against: 21217
(Failed to receive 2/3rd votes)
2 - The construction of new sanitary
sewers and storm water drainage systems.
For: 23678
Against: 19479
(Failed)
3 - Highway to Bridge.
For:
Against:
(Failed)
4 - Durant Park.
For:
Against:
(Failed)
5- High pressure water system.
27334
16539
20997
22265
For: 21898
Against: 20707
(Failed)
6 - Playgrounds.
For: 20705
Against: 22636
(Failed)
April16, 1935
Councilman (District No. 1)
Herbert L. Beach
Arthur A. Macy
E. L. Ormsby
Lee C. Welboan
23155
7086
6880
4591
April16. 1935 (cont'd) April16. 1935 (cont'd)
Councilman District 3 Wm. J. Morrison 1151
Francis H. Gonsalves 663
Dr. Thomas W. Fitzsimmons 23002 Charles X. Newman 646
James F. Galliano 10496 Geo. T. Loher, Jr. 323
W. H. Voiles 3486 Samuel A. Reeve 318
E. R. Noldin 3090
Frank Hilken 1474 School Director District1
Leon Vannier 657
Nannie S. Kramer 28178
Councilman District 3 (short term) Walter W. Patty 6975
John M. Kinucan 4169
Dr. Thos. W. Fitzsimmons 25001 Meyer Leson 1471
James F. Galliano 14072
School Director District 2
District 5
Dr. John L. Gresham 18331 Carl E. Bartlett 6501
Frank B. Shattuck 8008 Wm. H. C. Hatteroth, M.D. 4716
Joseph N. Steiner 4237 Hilma C. Bjork 3846
Thomas R. Farrell 3168
Patrick J. Tutts 2894 School Director No.3
E. W. Woodard 2839
Walter F. Kennon 2429 Charles W. Snook 26539
Robert L. Hunt 5826
Councilman District 7 John C. Stirrat 4393
Virginia Weber 3244
Alexander B. Arlett 16102
Richard W. Tutt 8860 School Director No.4
Henry B. Becker 5834
Walt. R. Bethel 4271 A. M. Dinsmore 26884
Thomas E. Gilmore 2814 John W. Hughes 13457
Edward W. Lee 2745
The following candidates having received
Councilman-At-Larfl. the highest number of votes for the office
named, shall be the candidates for each
Dr. John F. Slavich 16819 office whose names shall appear on the
Kenneth Morle 4675 ballots at the May General Municipal
Fred E. Reed 3641 Election:
Dr. J. H. Morris 3086
Herbert Schultz 2591 Councilman District 5
Robert Trimlett 2044
Ralph D. Emery 1946 Dr. John L. Gresham
Sam B. Goodman 1662 Frank B. Shattuck
Robert P. Gillham 1618
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Councilman District 7 William M. Wilkerson 2189
Alexander B. Arlett Councilman District 4
Richard W. Tutt
Dr. W. J. McCracken 35086
Councilman-At-Lame Gene Gaillac 19609
Kenneth Morle Councilman District 6
Dr. John F. Slavich
James A. DePaoli 31821
A proposal to amend by adding a new Richard Liebman 12028
article to the Chapter providing for Herry W. Forrest 7566
Police and Fire Pension Fund was voted Herbert Schultz 2491
upon by the People.
For: 17752 Councilman District 7
Against: 24548
(Defeated) George R. Peters 30096
Dan McGrath 13968
Walter R. Bethel 4577
Edward W. Lee 2982
May 7. 1935 Wallace Sherlock 1281
Councilman District 5 Councilman-At-Large
Frank B. Shattuck 16986 Walter F. Jacobsen 26216
Dr. John L. Gresham 16561 Olin W. Murrell 11621
Dr. John L. Gresham 8333
Councilman District 7 May Q. Litienthal 4011
Noble W. Davis 3373
Richard W. Tutt 17745
Alexander B. Arlett 15757 Auditor
Councilman-At-LargJJ Harry G. Williams 47044
Dr. John F. Slavich 20834 School Director No. 1
Kenneth Morle 12858
Geo. W. Hatch 36545
Nominating MuniciQal Election Vane V. Dart 13322
April 20. 1937 Qhool Director No.2
Councilman District 2 John J. Allen, Jr. 44884
James H. Quinn 33259 School Director No.3
Thomas F. Joyce, Jr. 13365
Russell P. Howard 5947 Rose B. Burckhalter 44248
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Councilman-At-Large
Walter F. Jacobsen
Olin W. Murrell
Charter Amendment Prooosals
1 -To amend Section 94 of the Charter.
(Retirement- Police Department)
For: 25895
Against: 23869
(Passed)
2- To amend Subdivision 43a to
Section 51 to provide for the exchange
of used personal property in connection
with and as a part of, the purchase of
personal property of a like or similar
nature.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
27101
14606
3 - Certification of persons for Civil
Service.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
26073
17751
4- To amend Section 84 of the Charter.
(Temporary Appointments in Civil
Service)
For:
Against:
(Passed)
26893
15989
43
April 20, 1937 (cont'd)
Proposed Initiative Ordinance
5- Repealing Section 3-3.01 of Oakland
Municipal Code regarding loitering,
picketing, etc.
For: 26824
Against: 27301
(Failed)
May 11. 1937
Councilman-At-Large
Walter F. Jacobsen
Olin W. Murrell
April 18. 1939
Herbert L. Beach
Heber James Brown
Dr. Thos. W. Fitzsimmons
Frank B. Shattuck
George R. Peters
Mrs. Bridget Gallagher
Councilman-At-Large
Dr. John F. Slavich
John A. Lee
18173
10872
27855
11454
33675
33065
26916
12087
26125
12921
April18. 1939 (cont'd) April15, 1941 (cont'd)
School Director NQJ. Councilman-At-Large
Nannie S. Kramer 32582 Walter F. Jacobsen 18069
School Director No. 2 M. Scott Weakley 14845
Alex F. Nichols 1984
Franklin N. Kornhaus 32769 Roy R. Noftz 1183
School Director No. 3 Auditor
Dr. A. M. Dinsmore 32741 Harry G. Williams 44643
School Director No. 4 School Director No. 1
Joseph C. Laney 32139 John J. Allen, Jr. 42601
School Director District 4 (short term) School Director No. 2
Joseph C. Laney 32069 Rose B. Burckhalter 41375
Charter Amendment Prooosal School Director No. 3
Adding a Section thereto for the C. Stanley Wood 13936
Maintenance of the Oakland Zoo by Jesse G. Benson 7956
Contract. Helen H. Beever 6648
For: 23121 Charles E. Chapel 4969
Against: 12510 Melville McDonough 4877
(Passed) Sara H. Carruth 4699
Genevieve H. Stetson 2914
Nominating MuniciQ.al Election
April15. 1941 the highest number of votes for the office
District 2 office whose names shall appear on the
ballots at the May General Municipal
James H. Quinn 34718 Election:
Charles Roe Becker 16571
CoY..ncilman-At-Large
Couacilmember District 4
Walter F. Jacobsen
D. Wm. J. McCracken 44603 Fred N. Morcom
Council member District 6 School Director No. 3
James A. DePaoli 27746 Jesse G. Benson
Glenn E. Hoover 23293 C. Stanley Wood
44
Charter Amendment Propositions
1 - Add Section 72a to the Charter to
read as follows: Classified Civil Service
-Office of the City Attorney.
For: 22500
Against: 20012
(Passed)
2 - Add Section 72b to the Charter to
read as follows: Classified Civil Service
- Civil Service Board.
For: 22325
Against: 19130
3 - Add Section 95a to the Charter to
read as follows: Retirement by Action of
the Board of Trustees after Disability in
the Performance of Duty in the Police
Department.
For:
Against:
24048
18958
4 - Pension to Dependents when
member dies of injury or disability
incurred in the performance of duty in
the Police and Fire Departments.
For: 24134
Against: 18982
(Passed)
5 - Amend Subdivision (3) of Section 96
of the Charter regarding Police
Pensions.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
27524
15398
6 - Compulsory Retirement at Age
Seventy.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
31438
11882
45
7 - Payment of Pension etc., as Credit on
compensation, etc. award. (Police and Fire
Pensions)
For:
Against:
(Passed)
22792
17371
8 - General Powers of the City - Municipal
Affairs.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
22790
16037
9 - City Officers and Employees not to
hold other public office of profit.
For: 22823
Against: 20332
(Passed)
10- Taxation for School Purposes.
For: 20126
Against: 21687
(Failed)
11 - Leave of Absence - Working hours -
Vacation (Fire Department)
For: 23901
Against: 26623
(Failed)
May 6, 1941
Councilman-At-Large
Fred N. Morcom
Walter F. Jacobsen
SchooiDffeqorNo.3
C. Stanley Wood
Jesse G. Benson
22822
14409
22264
14269
April 20. 1943
Councilman (District No. 1)
Herbert L. Beach
Samuel A. Reeve
27643
9512
Councilman District 2 (short term)
Francis (Frank) J. Youell
M. Scott Weakley
Henry W. Haler
23130
15554
30601
Henry W. Haler 29437
SchooiDffectorNo. 3
Carl B. Munck 29834
School Director No. 3 (short term)
Carl B. Munck
Joseph C. Laney
1 - Requirements for Bids.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
28824
29825
19939
8472
2 - Ordinances required in certain cases.
Councilman District 5 For: 15773
Frank B. Shattuck
Thomas R. Farrell
George R. Peters
Saulli J. Prunetti
Councilman-At-Lame
Dr. John F. Slavich
Auditor
Russell C. Horstmann
Nannie S. Kramer
- Franklin N. Kornhaus
24149
12172
28204
7607
32578
30556
30454
30172
46
Against: 11862
(Passed)
3 -Who may be retired?
For:
Against:
(Defeated)
14974
15370
4 - Contributions by members in Military
Service.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
23726
7514
5 - Emergency Patrolman and Hoseman.
For: 22748
Against: 9940
(Passed)
6 - Change of Titles of present officers in
the Police Department.
For: 16006
Against: 11793
(Passed)
7 - Amending certain sections of the
Charter pertaining to Police and Fire
Departments.
For: 23695
Against: 14254
(Passed)
8 - Amends certain sections of the
Charter pertaining to Police and Fire
Departments pertaining to Police & Fire
Departments.
For: 21992
Against: 13911
(Passed)
Soecial Election consolidated with State
Election- 11fl/1944
1 -To amend Charter relating to the
granting of public utility franchises.
For: 23836
Against: 67322
(Failed)
2 - Amends the Charter to provide that
Councilmen shall receive fees for 12
meetings in any one month rather than
eight.
For:
Against:
(Failed)
37551
60041
3 - Employment in the office of City
Attorney without Civil Service
Examination when authorized by the
Council and Civil Service.
For: 41627
Against: 57 446
(Failed)
4 -Increasing Mayor's salary.
For: 34408
Against: 69696
(Failed)
47
April17, 1945
Francis "Frank" J. Youell
Dr. Wm. J. McCracken
John J. Stegge
James D' Arcy
Herman Bittman
L. B. Frederick
Wm. H. Delong, Sr.
Councilman-At-Large
Fred N. Morcom
RobertS. Ash
AufJjtor
Raymond 0. Waring
School i r ~ o r No.1
Rose B. Burckhalter
J. Wells Hastings
C. Stanley Wood
SchooiDffectorNo.3
J. E. Hood
Ella Andker
46458
33641
16906
26134
13632
5441
4353
29182
20938
31100
18395
31645
17622
41673
30331
19226
School Director No.3 (short term)
J. E. Hood 39442
1 - Surplus War Materials.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
2 - Who may be retired?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
25048
11916
24780
12751
3 - Promotions in the Fire Department.
o ~ 27695
Against: 9219
(Passed)
1 - Swimming Pools.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
44769
9533
2 - Public Playgrounds and Recreation
Centers.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
3 - Hall of Justice Building.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
4 - Street Work.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
5 - Sewer System.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
45060
8903
40921
12180
45723
8029
47064
6881
48
(cont'd)
6 - Public Libraries.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
43111
10365
Special Municipal Election (Consolidated
with State Election)- 61411946
Charter Amendment Proposal
To provide 15% increase in minimum
compensation of members of Police and
Fire Departments.
For: 49044
Against: 33593
(Passed)
Special Municipal Election (Consolidated
with State Election)- 111511946
1 -To incur bonded indebtedness in the
sum of $1 ,500,000.00 for a Stadium.
For: 45755
Against: 53321
(Failed)
2 - Amends to Charter to extend interval
between Nominating Municipal Election
and the General Municipal Election from 3
weeks to 4 weeks.
For: 51989
Against: 31693
(Failed)
3- Increases salary of Auditor.
For: 30159
Against: 60721
(Failed)
4 - Residence requirement for members of
the Police Department.
For: 45311
Against: 45194
Special Municipal Election 111511946
(cont'd)
(Passed)
April15. 1947
Vernon Lantz 28166
Herbert L. Beach 25635
Richard L. Silvey 8807
Councilm.n District 3
Raymond E. Pease 28239
Henry W. Haler 23668
Carl Oscar Amberg 9621
Scott Weakley 28888
George R. Peters 22791
Edward A. Robey 9909
Councilman-At-Large
Joseph E. Smith 22472
Dr. John F. Slavich 22392
Emile J. Basso 11277
William Bercovich 3183
Darwin F. Hutchins 2558
School DirectQr No. 1
NannieS. Kramer 28720
Franklin Kornhaus 47413
SchQQI Director No.3
Joseph C. Laney 30746
Claude 0. Allen 26944
49
Carl B. Munck
Emma Stanley
34411
23620
Election:
Herbert L. Beach
Vernon Lantz
Henry W. Haler
Raymond E. Pease
Ben Goldfarb
Frank B. Shattuck
George R. Peters
Scott Weakley
Councilman-At-Large
Dr. John F. Slavich
Joseph Edward Smith
1 -Granting of Franchises.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
27413
23114
2 -Increasing the Auditor's salary.
For: 17162
Against: 36942
(Failed)
May 13.1947
Vernon Lantz
Raymond E. Pease
Frank B. Shattuck
Scott Weakley
Councilman-At-Large
Joseph E. Smith
1 - Repeals and adds certain sections
of the Charter to grant Veterans credit
for military time served in computing
retirement, promotion and seniority
rights, and in determining contributions
to retirement funds.
For: 47386
Against: 29281
(Passed)
2 - Adds Section 7 4a to Charter to allow
veteran's and veterans' widows
additional credit on civil service entrance
examinations.
For: 41525
50
May 13, 1947 (cont'd)
Against: 34833
(Passed)
3 - Adds Section 7 4b to Charter to allow
veterans and veterans' widows additional
credit on civil service promotional
examinations.
For: 29475
Against: 47336
(Failed)
4 - Adds Section 76a to Charter to provide
that Veterans shall have additional rights
regarding tenure of civil service eligibility
lists.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
April19. 1949
Harry R. Payne
George D. Leydecker
Florence I. Fletcher
Marion W. Botta
Clifford E. Rishell
Albert H. Braga
Helene Conde
Councilman_-At-Large
Fred N. Morcom
Enrico Deii'Osso
William H. Finn
39283
36594
33557
15579
12604
25625
22031
11992
33556
13686
11655
22460
9909
7001
Frank E. Linotti
Fred S. Brackenridge
Leo W. Cumbelich
Van L. Neher
Filomena M. Coelman
Clarice A. Booth
Auditor
Raymond 0. Waring
C. Stanley Wood
Dorothy N. Campau
Leila L. Thompson
5594
4987
3927
2055
2051
1960
38409
19360
40265
11867
6308
Otto H. Hieb 50243
Cora A. Riser 37921
John W. Ware 18668

Cora A. Riser 37574
John W. Ware 18393
SchooiDffectorNo. 4
Charles W. Fisher
Francis A. Roberts
34997
20652
51
Councilman-At-Large
Enrico Deii'Osso
Fred N. Morcom
Charter Amendment Prooosals
1 - Shall the proposal to add Section SOd
to the City Charter to provide that
Emergency Patrolmen in the Police
Department on January 1, 1949, and now
such service, be exempt from age
requirements for taking qualifying civil
service examination for regular position of
Patrolman in the Police Department be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
44491
13304
2 - Shall the proposal to amend Section 19
of the City Charter to provide for an
increase in the salary of City Auditor be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
May 17. 1949
22878
34121
Florence I. Fletcher 37089
Dr. Wm. J. McCracken 24831
Councilman-At-Large
May 17, 1949 (cont'd)
Enrico Deii'Osso 25709
Charter Amendment Proposals
1 - Shall the proposal to add Section
19a to the Charter to provide for an
increase in the salary of City School
Directors be ratified?
For: 25370
Against: 34606
(Failed)
2 - Shall the proposal to add Article 26
to the Charter to provide for a new
retirement system for future members of
the Police and Fire Departments be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
14942
47497
3 - Shall the proposal to add Sections to
the Charter to provide for the
establishment and operation of a
Municipal Court be ratified?
For: 34570
Against: 23986
(Passed)
Soecial Recall Election - 2128/1950
Removal of Raymond E. Pease
For: 36979
Against: 38929
Removal of Joseph E. Smith
o ~ 35515
Against: 40248
Removal of Scott Weaklev
For: 37867
Against: 37862
Number of votes cast for candidates to
succeed Raymond E. Pease should he
be removed from office:
52
Special Recall Election - 2128/1950
(cont'd)
Howard E. Rilea
Raymond E. Pease
36060
31519
succeed Joseph E. Smith should he be
removed from office:
Joseph E. Smith
Myrtle G. Goodwin
Emile J. Basso
Hans K. Hansen
William B. Collingwood
Edward Hooper
31730
21003
4771
3669
3373
2822
succeed Scott Weakley should he be
removed from office:
William H. D. Clausen
Scott Weakley
Joe W. Cumbelich
309.36
29757
6918
Names of candidates to be printed on
March 14. 1950 on ballot:
Scott Weakley
Special General Municipal Election
March 14, 1950
William H. D. Clausen 38279
Scott Weakley 34666
,
Soecial Municipal Election
rconsolidatec! with State Election)-
11fl/1950
Charter Amendment Prooosal
1 - Proposition K- Amends Section 87
of the Charter to eliminate the present
provision that every Patrolman in the
Police Department shall be appointed in
such numbers as not to exceed one
Patrolman for each 800 inhabitants of
the City.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
April17. 1951
78217
32677
Councilman District1 (short term)
Douglas C. Sweeney
Dr. Grover MacLeod
John F. A. Maguire
Douglas C. Sweeney
Dr. Grover MacLeod
John F. A. Maguire
G. R. Auguston
Raymond E. Pease
Howard E. Rilea
James E. Jones
Rev. W. L. Broussard
James Wiltz
36728
19115
16549
33130
16256
14426
6848
28761
26631
7577
6823
3973
Fred Maggiora
Carl A. Potsada
45618
21427
53
Fred Maggiora
Carl A. Potsada
Alfred J. Drummond
0. W. G. "Bill" Conn
Councilman-At-Large
Joseph E. Smith
Lester M. Grant
Mrs. Filomena Goelman
Phillip E. York
Martin R. Kilgore
Auditor
David V. Rosen
Leo Wm. Cumbelich
Henry J. Tewardt
Carl B. Munck
Frances W. Johnson
Arthur B. Green
Otto H. Heib
45000
21245
46225
15070
10394
31548
25721
6855
5602
4800
44113
15491
9926
43195
13557
11807
55837
NannieS. Kramer 55822
School Director No.4 (short term))
DavidS. Tucker 55877
David S. Tucker 55051
Homer W. Buckley 56871
Dr. Grover Macleod
Douglas C. Sweeney
Raymond E. Pease
Howard E. Rilea
Councilman-At-Lame
Lester M. Grant
Joseph E. Smith
1 - Shall the proposal to amend
Subsection (12) of Section 7 of the
Charter to increase the time elapsing
between the first and second recall
elections from two weeks to four weeks
be ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
45076
18816
2 - Shall the proposal to amend Section
19 of the Charter to permit the City
Council to increase the salary of the City
Auditor after June 30, 1953 be ratified?
For: 27803
Against: 36050
(Failed)
54
3 - Shall the proposal to amend Article 11
of and to add Section 62a to City Charter
to change the name of Board of
Playground Directors to Recreation
Commission be ratified?
For: 43773
Against: 18376
(Passed)
4 - Proposal to add Article 26 to Charter
for purpose of combining retirement
systems and retirement funds now existing
for members of the Police and Fire
Departments into one system.
For: 39777
Against: 33297
(Passed)
5 - Amend Section 11 0 of the Charter to
place employees of the Electrical
Department upon same basis, as far as
leaves of absence and vacations are
concerned as all other Civil Service
employees outside of Police and Fire
Departments.
For: 18031
Against: 43662
(Failed)
6 - Shall the proposal to repeal Section
119 of the Charter to eliminate the
provisions for the levying of taxes by the
City Council for school purposes when
requested by the Board of Education be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
18031
43662
130 of the Charter to increase the amount
of public works which can be done or
supplies and materials purchased without
necessity of competitive bidding be
increased from $500.00 to $1000.00 be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
May 15. 1951
33680
31260
Dr. Grover Macleod , 32084
Douglas C. Sweeney 30537
Howard E. Rilea 39993
Raymond E. Pease 23561
Councilman-At-Large
Lester M. Grant
Joseph E. Smith
39208
25111
Subdivision (8) of Section 15 of the
Charter to increase the fee which each
member of the Council shall receive for
attending meetings of the City Council,
be ratified?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
18915
40088
2 - Shall the proposal to add Sections
21 a and 39a to the Charter to make the
Mayor an elective officer, fixing his
salary and to provide that the Council
shall consist of the Mayor, seven
Councilmen nominated from districts
and one Councilman-At-Large
nominated at large be ratified?
For: 31380
Against: 27 425
(Passed)
55
May 15. 1951 (cont'd)
of the Charter to increase the membership
of the Board of Park Directors from three to
five members, be ratified?
For: 28935
Against: 29241
(Failed)
of the City Charter to increase the
membership of the Civil Service Board
from three to five members, be ratified?
o ~ 29091
Against: 29307
(Failed)
5 - Shall the proposal to add Section 88a
to the City Charter to provide for the rank
of Policewomen in the Police Department,
be ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
39042
19983
6 - Shall the proposal to add Section 96c
and 1 04c to the Charter to provide that no
police or fire department pensions shall be
paid on the basis of an award by the
Industrial Accident Commission, be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
April 21 I 1953
Clifford E. Rishell
Lester M. Grant
Mavor
G. R. Auguston
Thorvald "Cap" Brown
James M. Leaver
Lillian Kiezel
28775
27542
40014
16689
8373
5632
4645
2107
Festavis B. "Bob" Apperson
Ernest A Rossi
William H. (Bill) White
Beatrice J. Eveland
Glenn E. Hoover
W. Elwyn "Moose" Dunstan
Albert "AI" Braga
Sam H. Goodman
C. H. McCaslin
Robert M. Francovich
52282
20118
34785
21716
8748
6032
22825
14749
9638
7161
6815
6458
Councilman District 7(short term)
Paul E. Heisey
Margaret M. Clausen
Richard "Dick" Hilken
Auditor
David V. Rosen
29919
25258
14988
60263
Cora A Riser 36880
Robert L. Osborne 31796
Charles W. Fisher 56231
William W. Hoffman 55343
56
Marjorie M. Hirschler 54850
Election:
Ernest A Rossi
W. Elwyn "Moose" Dunstan
Glenn E. Hoover
Margaret M. Clausen
Paul W. Heisey
of the Board of Park Directors from three to
five members to serve without pay, be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
42808
22974
of the Civil Service Board from three to five
members, be ratified?
For: 39147
Against: 24977
(Passed)
3 - Shall the proposal to amend the
Charter to provide a guaranteed formula
for computing service retirement
allowances for City employees except
policemen and firemen and to change
optional normal age for service
retirement, the texts of which
subsections are set forth in Council
Resolution 29385 C. M.S. adopted by
the Council and on file in the Office of
the City Clerk, be ratified?
For: 42377
Against: 241 04
(Passed)
4- Shall the proposal to add Section to
and amend Section of the Charter to
change the maximum term of leases
made upon public bidding from 25 to 50
years, be ratified?
For: 38656
Against: 24909
(Passed)
5 - Shall the proposal to add a section
to the Charter to change the title of
Auditor-Controller and to have the salary
thereof fixed by the City Council, be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
34655
27943
15 (8) of the Charter to authorize
payment of $100.00 per month to each
councilman exclusive of meeting fees,
be ratified?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
24141
39996
57
219 of the Charter to exempt Heads of
certain Departments of the Port of Oakland
from the operation of Civil Service rules, be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
30462
33133
8- Shall the proposal to add Section 219a
to the Charter to exempt personnel
employed in handling or checking cargo
and freight at the Port of Oakland from the
operation of Civil Service rules, be ratified?
For: 30829
Against: 31616
(Failed)
9 - Shall certain sections of the Charter
relating to the powers of the Board of Port
Commissions, including control of funds
and the financing of the operations of said
Board by the issuance of revenue bonds,
be ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
34834
26287
1 0 - Bond Issue: Proposal A. - Airport
Improvements- Bonded indebtedness of
$10,000,000.00.
For: 46869
Against: 22825
(Carried)
May 19. 1953
Ernest A. Rossi
28589
28394
May 19. 1953 ( cont' d)
Glenn E. Hoover 28522
W. Elwyn "Moose" Dunstan 25788
Paul W. Heisey
Margaret M. Clausen
29329
26623
1 - Shall the proposal to add a section
to the Charter to continue to give
dependents two-thirds of pensions after
the deaths of retired firemen and
policemen prior to July 1, 1951, be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
26695
27889
2 - Shall the proposal to add subsection
to Section 33 of the Charter to increase
in the retirement allowances of City
employees, except firemen and
policemen who have retired prior to
February 1, 1950, be ratified?
For: 26828
Against: 25808
(Passed)
976e to the Charter to create the rank of
Inspector in the Fire Departments Fire
Prevention Bureau, and to fix the
minimum salary thereof, be ratified?
For 28315
Against: 23155
(Passed)
54ato the Charter to transfer control and
management of Public Museums and
Public Art Galleries from the Board of
library Directors to the City Council ,
58
May 19. 1953 (cont'd)
which shall appoint an Arts Commission to
serve without compensation, be ratified?
For: 22195
Against: 29349
(Failed)
5 - Shall the proposal to add Section to the
Charter to eliminate the positions of matron
and Substitute Matron in the Department of
Public Health and Safety and to create said
positions in the Police Department under
the designation Policewomen, be ratified?
For: 32648
Against: 19650
(Passed)
April 19. 1955
Peter M. Tripp
Dr. Grover H. Macleod
Howard E. Rilea
John F. Quinn
Earl N. Byers
34058
28736
26589
23765
11243
Fred Maggi ora 49219
John W. Holmdahl 30411
Paul W. Heisey 29483
Councilman-At-Large
lester M. Grant
lillian Kiezel
49249
9331
Carl B. Munck 38419
Rev. L. Sylvester Odom 22483
John J. King
Marjorie M. Hirschler
Mrs. (Madeline) Sunderland
W. M. Sherlock
48437
31335
13630
12472
Richard L. Grodin
Peter C. Jurs
David S. Tucker
49843
32819
25801
John F. Quinn
Howard E. Rilea
128 of the Charter authorizing the
Council or Board to extend the time
within which public works contracts shall
be performed by a two-thirds vote, be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
34510
18950
59
128-1/2 of the Charter to delete there from
the requirement that all laborers and
mechanics employed on public work
contracts shall have been residents of the
City of Oakland for a period of one year, be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
32943
21033
129 of the Charter to provide that
progressive payments under public work
contracts may be made up to ninety per
cent of the contract price before completion
and acceptance of the work, be ratified?
For: 30821
Against: 217 44
(Passed)
4- Shall the proposal to add Section 122-
1/4 to the Charter authorizing the Auditor-
Controller to pay City indebtedness without
final formal approval by the Council or
Board, be ratified?
For: 29316
Against: 23643
(Passed)
5 - Shall the proposal to repeal Section 48
of the Charter requiring that ordinances be
published in book form, be ratified?
For: 31369
Against: 20442
(Passed)
6 - Shall the proposal to repeal Section
36a to the Charter relating to the interests
of officers or employees of the City in
contracts, work or business of the City, be
ratified?
For:

(Passed)
27282
23950
87-1/2 to the Charter providing for the
appointment of the Chief of Police, an
acting Chief of Police in the absence of
the Chief and authorizing the creation of
the rank and positions of Deputy Chief
of Police which shall not be subject to
Civil Service and construing the term
"next lower rank" appearing in Section
91 c of the Charter to include Sergeant
of Police for the purpose of promotion to
Lieutenant and to include the rank of
Patrolman for the purpose of promotion
to the rank of Inspector of police, if such
rank be continued, be ratified?
For: 28307
Against: 27853
(Passed)
91 d to the Charter authorizing the
Council to create such additional ranks
or grades in the Police Department as
the needs of the service may require.
And to create promotional ranks for
female members of the Police
Department as the needs of the service
may require, all subject to Civil Service,
be ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
28307
27853
91 e to the Charter abolishing the
existing rank and positions of Captain of
Inspectors and Inspector of Police when
such positions shall become vacant, and
providing for the maintenance of
payments because of death or
retirement of the Captain of Inspectors
or Inspectors of Police, be ratified?
For: 26361
Against: 29328
(Failed)
60
May 17. 1955
Howard E. Rilea
John F. Quinn
30756
27510
of the Charter to change the qualifications
for becoming a member of the Police
Department, be ratified?
For: 33148
Against: 22511
(Passed)
2 - Shall the proposal to add Sections 96
(1 .5) and 104 (1.5) to the Charter to
continue to dependents 2/3 of pensions
after the deaths of firemen and policemen
retired prior to July 1, 1951, be ratified?
For: 37046
Against: 19490
(Passed)
to the Charter to exempt personnel
employed in handling or checking cargo
and freight to the Port of Oakland from the
operation of Civil Service rules, be ratified?
For: 31613
Against: 22542
(Passed)
to the Charter to authorize the Board of
Port Commissioners to operate Port
facilities indirectly, be ratified?
For: 30647
Against: 22424
(Passed)
Charter of the City of Oakland by adding
Section 223 ( 11 ) to Article 25 to authorize
May 17. 1955 (cont'd)
the Board of Port Commissioners of said
City to incur indebtedness to acquire,
construct, complete or improve any
facility which the Board is authorized to
operate, to lease any such facility for a
term not exceeding 50 years to any
person, and to pay such indebtedness
(which shall not be an obligation of the
City) from the income of the leased
facility and from other legally available
income of the Board pledged by the
Board for such purpose, such
indebtedness to bear interest at a rate
not exceeding 6% per annum, payable
annually or more often, and to be paid in
not to exceed 50 years, all as provided
in said Section 223 (11) the text of
which is set forth in Resolution No.
32695 C. M.S. adopted by the Council of
the City of Oakland and on file in the
Office of the city Clerk, be ratified?
For: 30455
Against: 22424
(Passed)
69a to the Charter to change the name
of the Board of Park Directors to Park
Commission, be ratified?
For: 34404
Against: 18529
. (Passed)
Charter of the City of Oakland by adding
thereto a new Article 27, consisting of
Sections 253 to 271, inclusive, relating
to the powers of the Council to provide
off-street vehicular parking facilities and
to issue revenue bonds to be secured
from revenues from on-street parking
meters and off-street parking facilities,
the text of which new Article 27 is set
forth in Resolution No. 32695 C. M. S.,
adopted by the Council of the City of
61
May 17. 1955 (cont'd)
Oakland and now on file in the Office of the
City Clerk, be ratified?
For: 30656
Against: 26624
(Passed)
8 - Shall the proposal to add Section 21 b
to the Charter authorizing the City Council
to fix the salary of the Mayor, be ratified?
o ~ 25767
Against: 28671
(Failed)
April16. 1957
Mavor
Clifford E. Rishell
Benjamin F. Marlowe
Ernest A. Rossi
Robert L. Osborne
Brice L. Woody
42724
29765
57069
34511
30522
5199
Glenn E. Hoover 57680
Auditor-Controller
David V. Rosen 57783
Richard L. Grodin 46479
Samuel D. (Sam) Hopkins 19750
April 16. 1957 ( cont' d)
Frances Phibbs Anderson 19201
Cora A. Riser
Carl A. Potstada
Mrs. Nathalie C. Fisher
35016
17250
15443
Robert L. Osborne
Ernest A. Rossi
6 ( 1 ) of the Charter to increase from four
to six days the time within which the
election returns shall be canvassed after
any municipal election, be ratified?
For: 41773
Against: 19154
(Passed)
2 - Shall the proposal to add Section 55
(a) to the Charter to change the
designation of the Board of Library
Directors to the Library and Museums
Commission, be ratified?
For: 39801
Against: 19396
(Passed)
(1.6) and Section 104 (1.6) to the
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Charter, to provide a pension for widows of
certain members of the Police Department
and of the Fire Department, be ratified?
For: 44932
Against: 19163
(Passed)
of the Charter by changing the
qualifications for appointment to the Fire
Department, be ratified?
For: 38398
Against: 21626
(Passed)
116 of the Charter by deleting the existing
requirement that the annual appropriation
ordinance shall not be finally passed prior
to the first Monday of August, be ratified?
For: 34882
Against: 21811
(Passed)
126 of the Charter by deleting the
requirement that the notice of award of
contract be posted on a bulletin board, be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
18382
39838
133 of the Charter by increasing to five
years the permissible term of City contracts
for lighting streets, public buildings, places
or offices, be ratified?
For: 36378
Against: 21143
(Passed)
(3) of the Charter by increasing to
$50,000.00, the permissible weekly
balance in the vaults of the City
Treasury, be ratified?
For: 36482
Against: 21431
(Passed)
130 of the Charter by reducing from five
to two days the length of time for which
invitations to bid on public works
contracts or furnishing City supplies
must be advertised in the official
newspaper, be ratified?
For: 18472
Against: 40789
(Failed)
1 0 - Shall the proposal to amend
Section 130 of the Charter to increase
the City's authority for expenditures
without public bidding to $2,500.00, be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
26590
32081
Section 9, 15 (1) and 39a, to add
Sections 5 (20-1/4) and 39b, and to
repeal Section 15 (6), of the Charter, to
provide for election of 7 Councilmen by
district from and after 1959, be ratified?
For: 20990
Against: 45847
(Failed)
Section 232a of the Charter to change
the title of Port Manager to Executive
Director, be ratified?
For: 33286
Against: 23542
(Passed)
63
213 of the Charter to provide for issuance
of building permits by the Port Manager in
the Port Area, be ratified?
For: 34545
Against: 23506
(Passed)
212 (16) and Section 215 of the Charter to
increase the Port Department's authority
for expenditures without public bidding to
$2,500.00, be ratified?
o ~ 26881
Against: 32162
(Failed)
126 of the Charter to authorize the use of
bidder's bonds or cashier's checks, as well
as certified checks, as security with bids for
public works or supplies, be ratified?
For: 38434
Against: 18892
(Passed)
15 (8) of the Charter, fixing the salaries of
City Councilmen, be ratified?
For: 25510
Against: 36158
(Failed)
May 14. 1957
Ernest A. Rossi 25437
Proposition C - Adds new Sections 91 e
and 97f to the Charter of the City of
Oakland, directing the City Manager
each year starting in 1959 to compute
the percentage of change in
compensation paid during the preceding
year to the workers in certain kinds of
private industry, and to apply that
percentage to the pay of officers and
members of the Police Department and
of the Fire Department so as to adjust
their pay for that year in accordance
with that percentage. "Average Hourly
Earnings of Production and Related
Workers in Manufacturing in San
Francisco-Oakland Metropolitan Area"
as reported annually by the Division of
Labor Statistics and Research of the
Department of Industrial Relations of the
State of California shall be used to
compute the percentage of change in
compensation. For the Fiscal Year
starting July 1, 1959, the pay of Firemen
and Policemen would be adjusted in
accordance with the percentage
changes for both 1957 and 1958.
For: 72481
Against: 64710
(Passed)
April 21. 1959
Edward 0. Lee
Felix F. Chialvo
Warren Dempster
Councilman District No3
Howard E. Rilea
Dr. Raymond L. Eng
John F. Quinn
26297
24838
20277
21268
12789
12183
64
Anthony "Tony'' Bilotti
Marston Campbell
Dewey F. Bargiacchi
lsidoro Calderon
Fred Maggiora
Daniel L. Kelly
Paul Hunter
9287
8423
4262
3787
36440
16512
13755
John Charles Houlihan
Robert E. Sarvey
John Charles Houlihan
Robert E. Sarvey
38412
27632
37454
27090
Councilman-At-Lame (short term)
Dan Marovich
Tom Berkley
Ernest A. Rossi
William D. Corbett
Richard J. Milner
Councilman-At-Large
Dan Marovich
Tom Berkley
Ernest A. Rossi
William D. Corbett
Richard J. Milner
Ben A. Marsh
22758
18800
12629
10058
6461
21289
17301
11770
9090
5386
2560
Auditor-Controller (short term)
Martin Huff 50936
Marjorie M. Hirschler 41400
Mrs. June L. Brumer 26836 Councilman-At-Large
School Director No.2 Tom Berkley
Dan Marovich
Carl B. Munck 52925
Barney E. Hilburn
Mathew J. Votruba
Barney E. Hilburn
Mathew J. Votruba
SchooiDffectorNo. 4
John J. King
35956
29627
34574
27645
54934
Kenneth L. Thompson 54310
Councilman District1
Felix F. Chialvo
Edward 0. Lee
Dr. Raymond L. Eng
Howard E. Rilea
Councilman-At-Large (short term)
Tom Berkley
Dan Marovich
1 - Shall the proposal to add Subsections
(3-1/4), (4-1/2), (4-3/4) and (5-1/4) to, and
to amend paragraph (a) of Subsection (4)
of Section 33 of the Charter to provide in
the Oakland Municipal Employees'
Retirement System Benefits for certain
survivors of members who die after
qualification for but before service
retirement, and for continuance to certain
survivors of one-half of retirement
allowances at deaths of present and future
retired persons, be ratified?
For: 35669
Against: 31941
(Passed)
2 - Shall the proposal to add Section 21 b
to the Charter fixing the Mayor's annual
salary to $12,000.00, be ratified?
For: 22935
Against: 43466
(Failed)
3 - Shall the proposal to add Section 91 e
to the Charter to authorize assignment of
Captains of Police to the position of
Captain of Inspectors, be ratified?
For: 34375
Against: 27036
(Passed)
4- Shall the proposal to add Section 6-1/2
to the Charter to authorize mailing with
sample ballots printed arguments for and
against measures submitted on the ballot
by the City Council, be ratified?
(Passed)
65
For: 40592
Against: 237 41
May 19. 1959
Felix F. Chialvo
Edward 0 . Lee
Howard E. Rilea
Dr. Raymond L. Eng
39501
32304
41181
29679
Councilman-At-Lame (short term)
Dan Marovich
Tom Berkley
Councilman-At-Large
Dan Marovich
Tom Berkley
44380
27446
43906
26987
Measure fA): (Fire Department)
Shall the City of Oakland incur a bonded
indebtedness in the principal amount of
$2,233,000.00 for the acquisition,
following municipal improvement to wit:
Improvement of the municipal fire
department, including the construction
and reconstruction of fire stations,
buildings, fixtures, lands, easements,
and rights of way, fire alarm circuits and
boxes of fire engines, fire fighting and
protection apparatus and equipment,
and other works, property or structures
necessary or convenient for
improvement of the municipal fire
department of the City of Oakland?
For: 48083
Against: 23762
(Passed by more than 2/3rds of vote)
66
May 19. 1959 (cont'd)
Measure (8): (Public Museums Center of
Arts. Historv and Science)
following municipal government, to wit: A
public museums center of arts, history and
science, including buildings, art galleries,
furniture, fixtures, facilities and
appurtenances necessary or convenient
for housing, safeguarding and exhibiting
historic, artistic and scientific objects and
for providing educational and cultural
activities and other works or structures
necessary or convenient for a public
museums center of arts, history and
science in the City of Oakland, said
structure or structures to be on presently
owned City property or on property
hereafter acquired by gift, devise or
bequest?
o ~ 46518
Against: 24763
(Failed to carry 2/3rds of vote)
Measure (C): (Auditorium Improvements)
$925,000.00 for the acquisition,
following municipal improvement, to wit:
Improvement of the municipal auditorium
and the exposition building and grounds,
including reconstruction and remodeling of
buildings, facilities, fixtures,
appurtenances, parking areas and
grounds, and other works, property or
structures necessary or convenient for
improvement of the municipal auditorium
and the exposition building and grounds of
the City of Oakland?
For: 44370
Against: 27069
May 19. 1959 (cont'd)
(Failed to carry 2/3rds vote)
Measure (0): (Public Ubraries)
$1 ,246,000.00 for the acquisition,
Improvement of public library system,
including enlarging of main library
building, constructing new, and
enlarging and rehabilitating existing,
branch library buildings, together with
lands, easements and rights of way,
furnishings, fixtures, apparatus and
equipment, and other works, property or
improvement of the public library system
of the City of Oakland?
45319
Against: 26901
Measure fEJ: (Public Parks)
Parks and park improvements and
facilities, including lands, easements,
buildings, roads, walks, trails, sea wall,
and sprinkling facilities, planting,
paving, grading, drainage, sewers,
picnic and camp areas and facilities,
arboretum and zoo improvements,
facilities, equipment and apparatus, and
other works, property or structures
necessary or convenient for parks and
park improvements and facilities for the
City of Oakland?
For: 45440
Against: 26622
67
May 19. 1959 ( cont' d)
Measure (FJ: (Public Plavarounds and
Recreation Centers)
Shall the city of Oakland incur a bonded
Public playgrounds, recreation grounds
and centers, including lands, easements,
buildings, improvement,
development and expansion of existing
playgrounds and recreational facilities, golf
course, Lake Merritt improvements, lighting
facilities, equipment and apparatus, and
other works, property or structures
necessary or convenient for public
playground and recreational purposes of
For:
Against:
46635
25411
Measure fGJ: (Street Ughting and Traffic
Signals)
$831 ,000.00 for the acquisition,
construction, construction and completion
of the following municipal improvement, to
wit: Installation and improvement of street
lighting facilities, traffic signals and traffic
control devices, equipment, facilities,
apparatus and other works or structures
necessary or convenient for street lighting
facilities and traffic control for the City of
Oakland?
For: 51204
Against: 2177 4
(Passed by more than 2/3rds vote)
(Passed by more than 2/3rds of the
votes)
Measure (8): (Tenth and Fallon Location
of Public Museums)
Shall the new public museums be
located at or near Tenth and Fallon
Streets, Oakland?
For: 47345
(Passed)
Measure( C): (Joaquin Miller Park
Location of Public Museums)
Shall the new public museums be
located at or near Joaquin Miller Park?
For: 22760
(Passed)
Charter Amendments
6 ( 1 ) of the Charter to provide that
Charter provisions regulating local
elections shall take precedent over
State election laws when in conflict
therewith be ratified?
For: 38404
Against: 29261
(Passed)
(4a) to the Charter authorizing a
candidate for both an unexpired and full
term for the same office to file a single
petition of nomination for both said
terms be ratified?
For: 41166
Against: 24279
(Passed)
(3) to the Charter to permit the City
Clerk to post a list of election precincts,
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polling places and officers of election in
lieu of publishing the same be ratified?
For: 33183
Against: 33822
(Passed)
(3) to the Charter to provide a method of
filling vacancies in the City Council in the
event less than a majority survives a
catastrophe be ratified?
For: 42033
Against: 23739
(Passed)
(1) to the Charter to eliminate the
requirement that an abstract of every bid
received be recorded in the minutes of the
City Council or Board be ratified?
For: 37887
Against: 27790
(Passed)
(13) to the Charter to eliminate the
necessity of publishing copies of maps or
plats in connection with the publication of
ordinances be ratified?
For: 36358
Against: 28481
(Passed)
178 of the Charter to provide that City
ordinances authorizing the acquirement,
transfer to lease of real property shall
become effective immediately upon the
adoption of the ordinance be ratified?
For: 25698
Against: 39028
(Failed)
(7) of the Charter to increase from $500.00
to $1,000.00 the limitation upon which
the Council may act by resolution rather
than by ordinance be ratified?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
34198
31835
130 of the Charter to increase from
$1,000 to $2,500.00 the limitation upon
expenditures of moneys without formal
public bids be ratified?
For: 32045
Against: 35455
(Failed)
1 0 - Shall the proposal to amend
Section 120 of, and add Section 120 (2)
to, the Charter to make changes in the
procedure governing the cash basis
fund and other funds be ratified?
o ~ 35725
Against: 30197
(Passed)
May 16. 1961
John C. Houlihan
Clifford E. Rishell
Mayor
Measure (A): (Hotel Site)
53340
36423
Shall the City-owned land located at the
corner of Harrison Street and 19th
Street, and generally known as the
"Snow Museum Site" be leased to
private enterprise for the construction
and operation of a first class hotel?
For: 30058
Against: 56300
(Failed)
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May 16.1961 (cont'd)
Measure (8): (Revenues from Hotel)
Shall the net revenues derived by the City
from the maintenance and operation of a
hotel on the Snow Museum site, if
approved under Measure A, be reserved
for acquisition, construction and
improvement of public museums, stadium
and similar capital improvement?
For: 31784
Against: 47202
(Failed)
(Consolidated with the Direct Primary
Election)
Proposition "F"
Adds Sections 55.1, 55.2, 55.3 and 55.4 to
the Charter removing the management and
control of all museums, including art
galleries, from existing Library and
Museums Commission, changing the name
of that Commission to the Library
Commission, creating a new commission
named the Museums Commission, placing
the management and control of all
museums, including art galleries, in the
Museums Commission, giving the
Museums Commission Authority to
organize and setting out its powers and
duties.
For:
Against:
(Passed)
49680
38036
Measure (A): (Rapid Transit)
Shall San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit District incur a bonded
(cont'd)
$792,000,000 for the object and
purpose of acquiring, constructing and
operating a rapid transit system for the
transportation of passengers and their
incidental baggage, including rights of
way, rail lines, bus lines, stations,
platforms, switches, yards, terminals,
parking lots and any and all other
facilities necessary or convenient for
rapid transit service within or partly
without the district, underground, upon
or above the ground and under, upon, or
over public streets, highways, bridges,
tubes, tunnels, or other public ways or
waterways, together with all physical
the access of persons and vehicles
thereto, including lands, easements,
rights to the use or joint use of any or all
of the foregoing and all other works,
property or structures necessary or
convenient to carry out the objects,
purposes and powers vested in the
District under the "San Francisco Bay
Area Rapid Transit District Act"?
County Total including Oakland:
Yes 193402
No 128726
Oakland Vote:
Yes 73928
No 52814
April16. 1963
Felix F. Chialvo
Howard E. Rilea
Atklin G. Brown
Dr. Raymond L. Eng
58576
32610
25575
15369
71
Councilman District (short term)
Harry R. Lange
Harvey C. Binns
Vernon C. Buell
31536
28073
10092
John H. Reading
John H. Reading
Councilman-At-Large
Dan Marovich
Clifford E. Rishell
Robert Bertschinger
Hector (Reno) Reyna
Paul Montauk
Carl B. Munck
R. Bryce Young
Barney E. Hilburn
Donald E. McKay
54440
53397
31796
22270
9807
5262
2786
40640
27635
41334
27133
Jane D. McCaffery 54946
Jane D. McCaffery 52875
Mel Caughell 55541
Election:
Atklin G. Brown
Howard E. Rilea
Harvey C. Binns
Harry R. Lange
Councilman-At-Large
Dan Marovich
Clifford E. Rishell
21 b to the Charter to prescribe new
duties and responsibilities for the Mayor
of the City of Oakland, to require that
the Mayor shall devote full time to his
duties as Mayor, and to provide that the
Mayor's salary shall be $20,000.00 per
year, be ratified?
For: 14886
Against: 58826
(Defeated)
A- An ordinance entitled "An Ordinance
amending Section 3-9.07 of the Oakland
Municipal Code relating to dogs running
at large and submitting this ordinance to
a referendum vote." The general nature
of said Ordinance No. 6712 C. M.S. of
the City of Oakland submitted to the
referenda vote of the electors by the
City Council by said ordinance under the
provisions of Section 179 of the Charter
is to amend Section 3-9.07 of the
Oakland Municipal Code to require dogs
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in public places in the City of Oakland to be
controlled by a leash.
For: 50248
Against: 22381
(Passed)
May 14. 1963
Howard E. Rilea
Atklin G. Brown
35458
27822
Harry R. Lange
Harvey C. Binns
Councilman-At-Lame
Dan Marovich
Clifford E. Rishell
April20.1965
Mayor
John C. Houlihan
Andrew N. MacFarlane
Fred E. Reed
Hector Reyna
Paul Montauk
31810
29243
35553
26603
49154
11817
5553
2408
1824
Joshua R. Rose
Lawrence E. McNutt
Joshua R. Rose
Lawrence E. McNutt
42487
24555
39818
23359
Paul A. Brom
Albert E. Lobello
Paul A. Brom
Albert E. Lobello
38066
25166
37426
24547
Auditor-Controller (short term)
Alan A. Brizee
Gilbert R. Castillo
Auditor-Controller
Alan A. Brizee
Gilbert R. Castillo
Lorenzo N. Hoopes
William T. Belcher, Jr.
William D. Mcintyre
Mary Lou Montauk
W. Elwyn Dunstan
Seymour M. Rose
Joseph Morozumi
Sam K. Cook, Jr.
Alan A. Lindsay
Alexander S. Jackson
50328
12158
49133
11053
36126
14826
13132
2932
25489
23057
8846
7537
42983
23067
School Director No.4 (short term
Electra Kimble Price 27077
73
Ann Root Comeille
Patricia M. Atthowe
24151
15262
Election:
W. Elwyn Dunstan
Seymour M. Rose
Ann Root Corneille
Electra Kimble Price
1 - Shall the proposal to amend Sections
51 (41a), 212 (15), 212 (17) and 214 of,
and to add Section 223 ( 12) to, the Charter
to change the authority of the Board of Port
Commissioners over Port land be ratified?
For: 38006
Against: 19803
(Passed)
May 18. 1965
Seymour M. Rose
W. Elwyn Dunstan
35462
34316
Ann Root Corneille
Electra Kimble Price
37874
32299
May 18. 1965 (cont'd)
1 - Shall the proposal to adopt a new
Charter of the City of Oakland be
ratified?
For:
Against:
(Defeated)
22864
45875
2- Shall the proposed increase in the
maximum tax rate from Two Dollars and
Seventy-seven Cents ($2. 77) to Three
Dollars and Seventy-six Cents ($3. 76)
on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
of assessed valuation within the
Oakland Unified School District of
Alameda County, State of California, be
authorized?
For:
Against:
(Defeated)
13215
56784
Special Municipal Election- 6fl/1966
K - Shall the proposed increase in the
Dollars and Seventy-six Cents ($3. 76)
on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
of assessed valuation within the
Oakland Unified School District of
Alameda County, State of California, be
authorized?
For:
Against:
(Defeated)
40479
61552
L- Shall Section 51(40) of the City
Charter be amended to provide that the
limitation therein on the appropriation
and spending of funds for the purposes
of general promotion of the City shall
only apply to revenues from ad valorem
taxes on real and personal property?
For: 49655
74
Special Municipal Election - 6n 11966
(cent' d)
Against: 36291
(Passed)
M- Shall Section 30 (2-1/2) be added to
the City Charter to repeal the requirement
that the City Attorney shall have been a
resident of the City of Oakland for five
years next preceding his appointment?
For: 52326
Against: 36183
(Passed)
E - Shall the proposed increase in the
Dollars and Thirty-one Cents ($3.31) on
each One Hundred Dollars ($1 00.00) of
assessed valuation within the Oakland
Unified School District of Alameda
County, State of California, be authorized?
For: 46656
Against: 74126
(Defeated)
F - Shall the Housing Authority of the City
of Oakland develop, construct and acquire
in the City of Oakland with Federal
financial assistance a low rent housing
project or projects of not to exceed in the
aggregate 2500 dwelling units for living
accommodations for families of low
income?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
62131
56891
Nominating Municipal Election April18. 1967 (cont'd)
April 18. 1967 Linnea M. Johnson 16837
Mayor (short term) School Director No.3
John H. Reading 57204 Carl B. Munck 34567
Sam K. Cook 5062 Arthur Roth, M.D. 28023
Paul Montauk 3154
CQuncilman District 1
Mel Caughell 35106
Felix F. Chialvo 54791 Lyman H. Penning 13570
Dorothy Hundt 7655
CQuncilman District 3 Joan M. Sparks 5757
Howard E. Rilea 29321 The following candidates having received
Dr. Raymond L. Eng 13629 the highest number of votes for the office
Edwin D. Baker, Sr. 10610 named, shall be the candidates for each
Ralph S. Williams, Sr. 6475 office whose names shall appear on the
Curtis Lee Baker 3835 ballots at the May General Municipal
Election:
Fred Maggiora 49943
Hector Reyna 11742 Dr. Raymond L. Eng
Howard E. Rilea
Councilman-At-Large
Frank H. Ogawa 52967
Harvey Binns
Councilman District 7 Dan Marovich
Frank H. Ogawa 49726 General Municipal Election
Councilman-At-Lar{}. May 16, 1967
Dan Marovich 26069 Councilman District 3
Harvey Binns 25835
Elijah Turner 12571 Dr. Raymond L. Eng 23491
Howard E. Rilea 17509
Sg_hool Director No. 1
Councilman-At-Large
Ann Root Corneille 53773
Harvey Binns 24160
School DirectQr No.2 Dan Marovich 16884
Barney E. Hilburn 45513
75
J - Shall the proposed New Charter of
the City of Oakland be adopted?
For: 65350
Against: 63609
(Passed)
K - Shall the proposed alternative to
Section 303 of the proposed New
Charter of the City of Oakland, which
alternative provides for the appointment
of the City Auditor by the City Council,
be adopted?
For: 34220
Against: 79448
(Failed)
L - Shall the proposed alternative to
Section 218 of the proposed new
alternative provides that the Mayor shall
receive an annual salary equal in
amount to the annual salary from time to
time paid to a Judge of the Alameda
County Superior Court, be adopted?
For: 47500
Against: 69932
(Failed)
M - Shall the proposed alternative to
Section 203 of the proposed New
alternative provides that seven
Councilmen shall be nominated from
districts, that each shall be elected by
the qualified electors of the district from
which he was nominated, and that one
Councilman shall be elected by the
qualified electors at large, be adopted?
o ~ 47053
Against: 7 4027
(Failed)
76
April15. 1969
May_or
John H. Reading 42088
Lawrence A. Joyner 18257
Henry H. Haight Ill 5561
Joshua R. Rose 53711
George J. Vukasin 50966
George J. Vukasin 49564
Paul A. Brom 50275
City_ Auditor
Alan A. Brizee 51477
Charles W. Goady 34249
SchQol Director No. 1
Charles W. Goady 33252
Seymour M. Rose 50200
Lorenzo N. Hoopes 40329
Edward Valenzuela 18732
received a majority of the votes cast are
hereby declared elected:
Mayor
John H. Reading
Joshua R. Rose
George J. Vukasin
Councilman Districf6
Paul A. Brom
City Auditor
Alan A. Brizee
Charles W. Goady
Charles W. Goady
Seymour M. Rose
Lorenzo N. Hoopes
Special Municipal Election 1113/10
Charter Amendments
Proposition L - Shall the proposed
amendment to Sections 618(7) and
618( 11) of the Oakland City Charter,
77
Special Municipal Election 1113fl0
(cent' d)
increasing to 9% the maximum permissible
rate of interest on revenue bonds and
certificates of indebtedness of the Port of
Oakland, be adopted?
For: 54750
Against: 45627
April 20, 1971
Felix F. Chialvo
Betty Ann Bruno
Dr. Raymond L. Eng
PaulL. Cobb
Curtis Lee Baker
'
Fred Maggiora
Antonio Rodarte
Dr. Kenneth B. Hoh (write-in)
Lula M. Albert (write-in)
Frank H. Ogawa
Doug Jones
Councilman-At-Large
Harvey C. Binns
John Sutter
Stephen V. Brooks
Rev. Frank Pinkard, Jr.
Jack Summerfield
Josephine M. Jimenez
Booker T. Emery
Tito A. Lucero
Charles Gaynor Morphy
44861
42872
48552
36296
3017
50921
25057
6719
67
49564
36940
32654
16899
16045
10105
5056
2005
1256
1088
570
Mel J. Caughell
Florancio Medina
Ann Root Corneille
Jesse C. Gutierrez
Ellison W. Brown, Jr.
David S. Tucker, Jr.
Richard L. Doughty
53591
26763
52077
28877
34505
30419
16025
Councilman-At-Large
Harvey C. Binns
John Sutter
Charter Amendment Measures
1 - Shall the proposed amendment to
Sections 2001 and 2003 of the Oakland
City Charter, changing the basis on
which retirement benefits for non-
uniformed City employees are computed
from the average compensation for the
highest five consecutive years to the
78
highest three consecutive years, and
limiting the actuarial equivalent interest
rate to one-fourth percentage point below
the current interest rate on assets, be
adopted?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
48569
29767
2601 of the Oakland City Charter to
provide that the Police and Fire Retirement
Board shall be increased from 5 members
to 7 members, to specify eligibility for
board membership and how such board
members shall be designated, and to
provide that an affirmative vote of at least 4
board members shall be required for board
action, be adopted?
For: 54157
Against: 25635
(Passed)
2619 of the City Charter to provide such
additional or improved benefits to members
of the Police and Fire Retirement System
as shall be determined exclusively by the
Police and Fire Retirement Board with the
approval of 55% of the active members of
the Police and Fire Departments, proposed
to be financed from the existing
contingency reserve of the Police and Fire
Retirement Fund, from anticipated surplus
resulting from a fixed interest assumption
and from the freezing of contributions at
the present rates from both the City and
each member, be adopted?
For: 45909
Against: 31872
(Passed)
May 18. 1971
Councilman-At-Large
Harvey C. Binns
John Sutter
34991
37337
32222
36925
Sections 218 and 219 of the Oakland
City Charter, providing that the Mayor
shall devote his entire time to the duties
of his office and shall receive
compensation as fixed from time to time
by the Council, not to exceed the annual
compensation of Members of the State
Legislature, nor to be Jess than
$7,500.00, be adopted?
For: 33592
Against: 38159
(Defeated)
Section 2005(b) of the Oakland City
Charter reducing the vesting
requirement from the present 1 0 years
of service to 5 years of service for
members of the Oakland Municipal
Employees' Retirement System, be
adopted?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
35413
33247
Sections 2003 and 2004, and the
addition of Section 2004.5 to the
Oakland City Charter reducing
qualifications for disability retirement
from 1 0 years to 5 years for non-
79
May 18, 1971 (cont'd)
uniformed City employees and providing
for set-off of Workmen's Compensation
benefits under the Labor Code of California
awarded as a result of the injury, illness or
death resulting in disability retirement
allowances paid to non-uniformed City
employees, be adopted?
For: 34048
Against: 33127
(Passed)
4 - Initiative Ordinance Measure: Shall an
ordinance of the City of Oakland providing
for the allocation of two (2) per cent of
each annual City budget to the Oakland
Economic Development Council, Inc. to
develop programs for the elimination of
poverty in the City of Oakland with said
allocation delivered in the same manner as
are other items in the annual City budget,
be adopted?
For: 24741
Against: 45916
(Defeated)
A - Oakland Unified School District Bond
Measure: Shall the Oakland Unified School
District of Alameda County incur a bonded
indebtedness in the sum of $51 ,985,000.00
to bear interest at a rate or rates not
exceeding 7% per annum, to provide
earthquake safety funds to repair,
reconstruct or replace by the construction
of new school facilities, as the case may
be, the unfit school building units listed in
the Board of Education's Order of Election
dated February 26, 1971?
For: 39003
Against: 33822
(Passed)
(Consolidated with the Primary Election)
J - Shall the proposal to amend
Oakland City Charter Section 2619 (6)
to provide that an interest assumption of
not less than of 1% below the net rate
currently earned on the City's
accumulated contributions held by the
System shall be used in determining the
City's contribution rate to the Police and
Fire Retirement System, and to delete
the provision that the contingency fund
monies shall be used to provide
improved benefits for the members, be
adopted?
For:
Against:
(Defeated)
39895
58266
K - Shall the proposal to amend
Oakland City Charter Section 218 to
provide that the Mayor shall receive an
annual salary of $15,000.00, be
adopted?
For:
Against:
(Defeated)
45552
50921
L - Shall the proposal to amend
annual salary of $20,000.00, be
adopted?
For:
Against:
(Defeated)
29526
66797
(Consolidated with the General Election)
Advisory Measure for Open Space
Advisory Measure G - Should the City
Council appropriate $450,000.00 per
80
(cont'd)
year for a period of six (6) years for the
purpose of acquiring open space,
developing new facilities and renovating
existing park and recreation areas, said
appropriation to be in addition to the
current annual level of expenditures for
capital improvements for parks and
recreation and in addition to any available
state or federal funds?
For: 73448
Against: 49337
(Passed)
April17. 1973
John H. Reading
Bobby Seale
Mavor
Otho J. Green
John Sutter
Alphonso J. Zapata
Mack Martin
Lothario Lotho
Larry E. Moore
David Burns, Jr.
Joshua R. Rose
Elaine Brown
Joe Sullivan
George J. Vukasin
Eduardo F. Garcia
Paul A. Brom
Joe Coto
Carter Gilmore
55434
21329
17469
15354
529
425
170
166
107
55811
34866
15836
67726
28699
45978
33701
21709
City Auditor
Alan A. Brizee
Dean Madsen
William W. Walls
Karl Leipnik
Seymour M. Rose
Michael G. Bradley
James Lewis
Ann Swan
Charles Goady
Lorenzo N. Hoopes
Russell Bruno
Rev. L. H. Murphy
Josephine M. Pfeffer
47768
32935
15116
5998
65303
17486
10104
8987
(
80699
44958
27583
19337
9087
John H. Reading
Bobby Seale
Mayor
Paul A. Brom
Joe Coto
Alan A Brizee
Dean Madsen
City Auditor
81
Lorenzo N. Hoopes
Russell Bruno
1 - Shall the proposed amendment to the
Oakland City Charter, providing for
compulsory and binding arbitration if an
impasse is reached in negotiations
between the City and uniformed members
of the Police and Fire Departments
concerning their wages, hours, and other
terms and conditions of employment, be
adopted?
For:
Against:
(Passed)
64969
33885
2 - Shall the proposal to amend Oakland
City Charter Section 218 to provide that the
Mayor shall receive an annual salary of
$15,000.00, be adopted?
For: 52420
Against: 45428
(Passed)
May 15, 1973
John H. Reading
Bobby Seale
Mayor
Joe Coto
Paul A. Brom
Alan A Brizee
Dean Madsen
City Auditor
77634
43749
62740
52095
58165
53709
May 15. 1973 (cont'd)
Lorenzo N. Hoopes
Russell Bruno
58830
53685
Charter Amendment Measure
A - Shall the Oakland Unified School
District of Alameda County incur a
bonded indebtedness in the sum of
$43,775,000.00, to bear interest at a
rate or rates not exceeding 7% per
annum, to provide funds to repair,
reconstruct or replace by the
construction of new school facilities, as
the case may be, the unfit school
building units listed in the Board of
Education's Order of Election dated
February 20, 1973?
For: 72682
Against: 3641 0
(Passed)
Special Municipal Election - 6141197 4
K - Shall the proposal to amend
provide to provide for an actuarial
review of the Oakland Municipal
Employees Retirement System at least
every three (3) years be adopted?
For: 50415
Against: 17350
(Adopted)
L - Shall the proposal to amend
provide for the participation of retired
and deferred members of Oakland
Municipal Employees Retirement
System in the election of three (3)
members of the Board of Administration
be adopted?
For: 42770
Against: 21676
82
(cont'd)
M - Shall the proposed amendment to
akland City Charter Section 2601 (e)
providing for the expansion of authority of
the Police and Fire Retirement Board to
invest retirement funds be adopted?
For: 43561
Against: 22965
(Adopted)
April15, 1975
Council Member District 1
Felix F. Chialvo
Marie B. Converse
28968
28152
Dr. Raymond L. Eng
Elaine Brown
Gene Louis Hazzard
30221
24154
4434
Fred Maggiora
Dr. Allen D. Franklin
Bemard Klevens
Elbert Alexander
Hector (Reno Cannon) Reyna
Ray Roybal (Write-in)
25710
17332
7725
3370
2590
3
Frank H. Ogawa
Mary I. Meredith
Margarita L. Murillo
31556
18745
6532
Council Member-At-Large
John Sutter
Laurence D. Balling
Judy L. Dunn
Richard J. Trujillo
36039
16262
3270
2182
Michael Kan
Barney E. Hilburn
George Rothman
Rev. L. H. Murphy
Dr. Ken Hoh
Edgar Dunn
Peter Oanes
Peggy Stinnett
Darlene A. Lawson
Mel Caughell
8707
27785
7805
11507
18783
5545
29208
1884
33373
19738
38493
Fred Maggiora
Barney E. Hilburn
Rev. L. H. Murphy
Mav 13. 1975
83
May 13, 1975 (cont'd)
Fred Maggiora
16954
21384
Rev. L. H. Murphy 12642
Special Municipal Election- 618/1976
R -Amends Sections 2602, 2607, 2608,
2610, 2618 and 2619 of the Oakland City
Charter relating to the Police and Fire
Retirement System: (a) by limiting
membership in the System to police
officers and fire fighters employed before
July 1, 1976 by eliminating additional City
contributions required by a 4% limit on
assumed investment earnings of the
System; by providing a maximum of one
year from the date of disabling injury to
date of service-connected disability
retirement; by setting a maximum of 13%
of salary on member's contributions; by
increasing members' connected disability
retirement after five years of service, for
limited bonuses for years of service and for
retirement after twenty years of service
regardless of age, by requiring actuarial
valuation at least once every three years
instead of every five years; by making
certain technical changes; and (b) by
allowing unfunded City contributions to be
amortized over a 40-year period.
For: 64020
Against: 21003
(Adopted)
S - Repeals Section 2100 and 2102 of the
Oakland City Charter which presently
provide that salaries of police officers and
fire fighters are automatically adjusted
each year by the percentage change in the
(cont'd)
wages of manufacturing workers in the
San Francisco Bay Area.
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
55060
29761
P - Should public entities be authorized
to develop, construct, or acquire no
more than 600 units of rental housing for
low-income persons in the City of
Oakland through the use of financing
provided by state, federal or private
sources, or by tax increments, for the
following projects: Not more than 300
units for Grove-Shafter Replacement
Housing, and not more than 300 units
for City Center Replacement Housing?
For: 66120
Against: 33996
(Adopted)
Q - Should public entities be authorized
more than 1,850 units of rental housing
for low-income persons in the City of
provided by the California Housing
Finance Agency for the following
projects: Not more than 850 units for
privately sponsored California Housing
Finance Agency projects, and not more
than 1,000 units for the state's
neighborhood preservation program?
For: 61042
Against: 36008
(Adopted)
R - Should public entities be authorized
more than 2,250 units of rental housing
for low-income persons in the City of
84
(cont'd)
provided by state, federal or private
sources, or by tax increments, for the
following projects: Not more than 1,750
units for the City's Community
Development-Home Maintenance and
Improvement Project, and not more than
500 units for senior citizens' housing
projects?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
April19, 1977
Lionel J. Wilson
Dave Tucker
Joe Coto
Mavor
Victor V. James, Jr.
Larry E. Moore
Paul B. Boutelle
Terry B. Seaborn
Jon S. Pike
George P. Russell
Hector Reyna
61075
36110
31297
25727
9806
2141
705
367
309
194
121
103
Mary Moore
John Bee
Joe Sullivan
Jude A. Coren
32012
18109
11466
2053
George Vukasin
Clifton DeBerry
47412
12999
Carter Gilmore
Peter Eng
Manuel Alvarado
28571
27066
8261
Norma Ng Lau
Sam Lazar
Citv Auditor
Warren A. Moorehead
Neil Golden
Lorenzo Hoopes
Russell Bruno
George Rothman
Seymour Rose
Charles Goady
James Norwood
Fred Papendick
28972
16085
15132
3782
28934
22949
8163
49121
25218
21090
13860
Lionel J. Wilson
Dave Tucker
Mavor
Carter Gilmore
Peter Eng
Norma Ng Lau
Sam Lazar
Citv Auditor
85
Lorenzo Hoopes
Russell Bruno
Charles Goady
James Norwood
May 17. 1977
Lionel J. Wilson
Dave Tucker
Mavor
42961
37060
Council Member. District 6
Carter Gilmore
Peter Eng
Norma Ng Lau
Sam Lazar
Citv Auditor
Lorenzo Hoopes
Russell Bruno
James Norwood
Charles Goady
37064
34425
40255
28682
34967
31613
34586
32096
A - Shall the proposal to amend the
annual salary of $19,800, be adopted?
o ~ 30901
May 17. 1977 (cont'd)
Against: 35624
(Failed)
April17. 1979
Marge Gibson 15267
Marie Converse 12155
Frank Pinkard 9618
Sam Lazar 6438
Raymond L. Eng
Elijah Turner
Jerry Jackson
19804
17221
6602
Council Member District 4 (short term)
Richard Spees
Kaya Apaydin
Fred Maggiora
Wilson Riles, Jr.
Gene Hazzard
Margaret Anne Sheffield
Frank H. Ogawa
Mary I. Meredith
Council Member-At-Lame
John Sutter
Hector Reyna
Eva Lynn Masterson
26545
13144
19123
18895
4113
1798
26025
16940
32714
4863
3203
Ken Martin
Mel Caughell
Elizabeth F. Laurenson
Larry Hansen
George Rothman
Peggy Stinnett
A. Edward Bell
Dave Tucker
Susan Duncan
Sylvester Hodges
Robert Desverney
6259
18115
14882
5069
2975
31024
10621
20487
13230
5666
1911
A- Shall Sections 2601 and 2615 of the
Charter of the City of Oakland be amended
to eliminate the active police-fire member
of the Police and Fire Retirement Board,
replacing that member by a retired member
from the police-fire retirement rolls and to
authorize said retired member to hold that
position?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
24252
13020
The following named persons having
received the highest number of votes cast
will appear on the ballots at the May
School Director No. 1 Marge Gibson
Marie Converse
Barney Hilburn 20891
Tennye F. Johnson 14139
86
Raymond L. Eng
Elijah Turner
Fred Maggiora
Wilson Riles, Jr.
Mel Caughell
Elizabeth Laurenson
David Tucker
Susan Duncan
May 15. 1979
Marge Gibson 23908
Marie Converse 15585
Raymond L. Eng 21249
Elijah Turner 19024
Wilson Riles, Jr. 21298
Fred Maggiora 19213
Mel Caughell
20875
17292
87
May 15. 1979 (cont'd)
David Tucker
Susan Duncan
19603
19011
B - Shall Oakland City Charter Section 303
be amended to provide that to be eligible to
hold the Office of City Auditor, a person
must be certified by the California State
Board of Accountancy as a Certified Public
Accountant or by the Institute of Internal
Auditors as a Certified Internal Auditor, be
adopted?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
29052
6417
H - Shall Oakland City Charter Section
203 be amended to provide that district
Council members be nominated and
elected by the qualified electors of their
respective districts?
For: 45605
Against: 28656
(Adopted)
I - Shall the Oakland City Charter be
amended so as to eliminate the use of
exclusively masculine gender pronouns in
references to City officers?
For: 34174
Against: 35731
(Defeated)
J - Shall Oakland City Charter Sections
618 (7) and 618 (11) be amended so as
to delete the interest ceiling on Port of
Oakland bonds and other forms of
indebtedness?
(cont'd)
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
41059
24322
E - Shall Oakland City Charter be
amended to provide for a Rent
Stabilization r o g r ~ m administered by a
Board elected by the voters; controlling
evictions, rents, and the registration of
rental units?
For:
Against:
(Defeated)
46296
61858
F - Shall Section 304 of the Oakland
City Charter be amended to require the
seven members of the Board of
Education to be elected by and within
districts?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
56892
32758
G - Shall the people of Oakland adopt a
declaration of policy which demands
that the Federal Government cease its
inflationary policy of steadily increasing
the military budget, and that it redirect
our tax money to improving the
domestic economy through support for
the jobs and services we so desperately
need, thereby creating jobs with peace?
For: 59176
Against: 38854
(Adopted)
88
April 21. 1981
Mavor
Lionel J. Wilson
Hector (Cannon) Reyna
Terry Seaborn
Zakiya N. T. Somburu
34944
6315
4924
1566
Council member District 2
Mary Moore 5535
Ezell Ware, Jr. 3770
Councilmember District 4
Dick Spees
Cliff Leo Tillman
8620
885
Carter Gilmore 5119
City Auditor
Norma Ng Lau 35576
James Norwood
Edmond Lee
Hugh E. Bassette
Seymour M. Rose
Russell Bruno
J. Alfred Smith, Sr.
Sylvester Hodges
2346
1105
1040
5573
3395
4280
1135
Ballot Measure
A- Shall the City of Oakland impose a
special tax to provide funds necessary
to increase the number of personnel in
the Oakland Police Department?
For: 22322
Against: 26621
(Defeated)
received a majority of the votes cast are
hereby declared elected:
Mayor
Lionel J. Wilson
Mary Moore
Dick Spees
Carter Gilmore
City Auditor
Norma Ng Lau
James Norwood
Seymour M. Rose
89
No Election Held in May 1981
EE- Fair Rent and Eviction Practices.
Shall the Charter of the City of Oakland be
amended to add regulations and guidelines
governing rent and eviction practices for
certain residential units on the City of
Oakland?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
April19. 1983
40965
67337
Marge Gibson
Cassandra "Cassie" Lopez
5429
4429
Aleta Cannon
Paul Cobb
Kent Jones
Hector Reyna
Henry L. Robinson
3092
2180
569
183
78
Wilson Riles, Jr.
Larry Hansen
Marcelino (Mark) Domagas
Gene Hazzard
Ken Price
Fred B. Lehmkuhl
Laurence Donelson
3858
686
395
276
276
206
136
Leo Bazile
Jacquee Castain
Mary J. Meredith
3953
1167
962
Council Member-At-Lame
Frank H. Ogawa
Frederick John James
Terry Seaborn
Jan Gangel
Martha A. Phillip
Chris A. Goodey
Susan Duncan
Peggy Stinnett
Leon H. Rountree, Jr.
Miguel Zarate
James Norwood
Hugh E. Bassette
El Tyna Dixon McCree
Johnnie Bimbo
30423
5683
2399
1906
1548
1364
3770
3584
4483
712
194
3039
1439
753
317
School Director District 4 (short-term)
Dave Tucker
Andrew Robinson
Paul J. Makela
Terry Seaborn
Noel Gallo
Darlene Lawson
Frank Matarrese, Jr.
Tennye F. Johnson
3534
2405
409
289
1878
1494
1453
822
Barney E. Hilburn
Rudy Johnson
3045
1553
90
J. R. Randolph
4446
1396
will appear on the ballots at the May
Susan Duncan
Noel Gallo
Darlene Lawson
A - Shall Section 2601-E and subsections
6, 7, 7 A, 7B, 7C, 7D and 7E of the City
Charter be amended to: Allow the Police
and Fire Retirement Board to make
investments other than those listed in the
Charter; Eliminate specific reference to and
specific restrictions on conventional
mortgage loans; remove restrictions on
real property investments and on
investments in substantially completed
property where the Board has an interest in
the real and/or improved property; remove
all lease requirements, including the
requirement for leases not less than 20
years?
For: 23419
Against: 15710
(Adopted)
May 17. 1983
Elizabeth F. Laurenson 2476
Susan Duncan 2134
Darlene Lawson 1799
Noel Gallo 1752
N - Shall the City of Oakland establish
the Mayor-Council form of government,
effective July 1 , 1985, by adding new
sections 223, 405-409 and 2819 to the
City Charter, and by amending Section
107, 200-222, 300-306, 400-404, 500-
501, 701 and 705-707 and 710, 801-802
and 807, 1101 and 1110, 1417 and
1421, 1516 and 2601 of the City
Charter?
Municipal Nominating Election
April16. 1985
Mavor
Lionel J. Wilson
Wilson Riles, Jr.
Hector Reyna
32602
17656
Armand Leo Chouinard
Christopher Reed
Chuck Johnson
Derrick Adams
Mary Moore
George Troy
Mary Emily Lintner
Dick Spees
George Hislop
Carter C. Gilmore
1507
949
866
687
168
8301
1118
526
9005
837
6158
For:
52223 Citv Auditor
Against: 69609
(Defeated)
0 - Shall the Charter of the City of
Oakland be amended to add Article 12
thereto, establishing regulations and
guidelines governing rent and eviction
practices for certain residential units in
o ~ 25576
Against: 1 03808
(Defeated)
91
Norman Ng Lau 40798
Kathleen Crawford
Susan Rosenthal
Rita Sklar
El Tyna Dixon-McCree
lyana Amayani
Patricia Monson
Andrew Robinson
Herbert J. Paine
Dorothy Dias
4360
3100
2286
350
217
7130
2503
268
242
Alfreda Abbott
Lloyd Vann, Jr.
Rudy Johnson
Sylvester Hodges
John Randolph
Antonio Sanchez, Jr.
Beatrice Jones
3970
1999
950
2283
1552
1506
1072
received the highest number of votes
cast will appear on the ballots at the
May General Municipal Election:
Kathleen Crawford
Susan Rosenthal
School Director District 7 (short term)
Sylvester Hodges
John Randolph
May 14. 1985
Kathleen Crawford
Susan Rosenthal
4310
2240
School Director District 7 (short term)
Sylvester Hodges
John Randolph
1388
757
92
H - Shall the Charter of the City of
thereto, establishing regulations and
guidelines governing rent and eviction
practices for certain residential and
commercial units in the City of Oakland?
For: 13181
Against: 51624
(Defeated)
I - Shall the Charter of the City of Oakland
be amended to provide for the continuation
of retirement allowances to eligible
surviving spouses of retirees of the Police
and Fire Retirement and Oakland
Municipal Employees' Retirement
Systems?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
April21.1987
41151
18160
Frank H. Ogawa
Ignacio De La Fuente
Malcolm Kelly
Carlson A. Bobino
Mary Emily Lintner
Don Mackie
20167
8500
3524
1860 .
903
962
Marge Gibson
Cassie Lopez
Annette Floystrup
Pauline E. Provinse
Aleta Cannon
Chappell Hayes
4772
4393
598
90
2000
1000
Clinton Killian
Wilson Riles, Jr.
Frank Matarrese
Hector Reyna
Leo Bazile
Sheila Jordan
Patricia Hirota
Charles Aikens
Oscar C. Wright
TayWm. McArthur
809
2181
1496
303
3125
5664
2 2 ~
673
650
500
David Anderson 2909
James Norwood 1787
Darlene Lawson 2020
Lois McCardell 1883
Sylvester Hodges
John R. Randolph
Diane Raulston
2145
896
607
cast will appear on the ballot at the May
Marge Gibson
Cassie Lopez
93
May 19. 1987
Marge Gibson
Cassie Lopez
5642
5515
Special Municipal Election - 6nl1988
L - Shall the Charter of the City of Oakland
be amended to provide for Municipal
Nominating Elections to be held in the City
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November in each even-numbered
year?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
52156
22125
M - Shall the City of Oakland impose a tax
to provide funds necessary to maintain and
enhance neighborhood and general city
services by increasing revenues to the
City's General Fund?
For: 39073
Against: 38380
(Adopted)
N - Shall an ordinance submitted by the
City Council of the City of Oakland to the
Electors of the City of Oakland be
approved in order to increase the City's
appropriations limit as allowed by Article
138 of the California Constitution to
provide for general revenue received from
potential tax proceeds for municipal
services pursuant to the proposed
"Neighborhood Services Retention Act of
1988?"
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
39859
31974
(cont'd)
0- Shall the Charter of the City of
Oakland be amended to provide for an
extension of the contribution period for
funding Police/Fire retirement liabilities
from the year 2016 to 2026 provided
actuarial reports support such
extension?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
50948
19113
(Consolidated with the Presidential
Election)
S - Shall Section 201 of the Charter of
the City of Oakland be amended to
comply with State law to a thirty-day
residency requirement for eligibility to
hold office for Mayor or
Council member?
For: 84506
Against: 201 05
(Adopted)
T - Shall an ordinance be adopted
which would, in Oakland, prohibit
nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons
production; limit transportation of
nuclear weapons and hazardous
radioactive materials; ban the storage of
hazardous radioactive materials; and
limit municipal contracts with nuclear
weapons makers?
For: 63470
Against: 48243
(Adopted)
U - Shall the Charter of the City of
Oakland be amended to provide for the
modernization of permissible Port of
Oakland financing techniques regarding
the issuance of debt which is payable
94
(cont'd)
from Port-generated revenues and which is
not payable from tax revenues of the City;
the allowance of certain equity instruments
on newly acquired Port personal property;
and the expansion of the Port's residential
housing and commercial development
authority?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
70932
27017
V - Shall the Charter of the City of Oakland
be amended to provide for a Full-Time
Mayor?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
57141
49432
June 5. 1990 (Consolidated with the
Primary Election)
Elihu M. Harris
Wilson Riles
Lionel J. Wilson
Leo Bazile
Mavor
Michael Joseph Kinane
Dezi Woods-Jones
Hector Reyna
Philip N. "General" Haymon
Chuck Johnson (Write-In)
34733
18505
13158
3387
3287
1342
1255
321
53
Mary Moore
John A Russo
Ivy Cohen
8012
5341
1644
Dick Spees 7775
June 5. 1990 (cont'd)
Carter Gilmore
Nate Miley
Nancy S. Sidebotham
Sylvester Grisby
City Auditor
Norma Ng Lau
Wilma Chan
Patricia Kernighan
Jean Quan
David Siegel
Toni Cook
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gilmore
Carroll Troy Richardson
Christopher Dobbins
Haywood Douresseau
3923
3273
1151
835
47379
9058
5415
8151
5764
4641
2573
662
659
653
cast will appear on the ballot at the
November General Municipal Election:
Elihu M. Harris
Wilson Riles
Mayor
Carter Gilmore
Nate Miley
95
E - Shall Section 404 of the Charter of the
City of Oakland be amended to prohibit an
Oakland School District Director from
interfering with the duties vested in or
delegated to the Superintendent of the
District by statute or by act of the Board of
Education; to designate such interference
and other acts previously codified as
official misconduct and to provide a
process for removal?
For: 42867
Against: 16942
(Adopted)
F - Shall Section 203 of the Charter of the
City of Oakland be amended to change the
time for redrawing City Council boundaries
from 1984 and every six years thereafter to
1993 and every ten years thereafter?
For: 38131
Against: 21705
(Adopted)
November 6. 1990 (Consolidated with the
General Election)
Elihu M. Harris
Wilson Riles
Mayor
54529
40586
Nate Miley
Carter Gilmore
7355
4624
K- Shall the City of Oakland be authorized
to issue general obligation bonds in the
principal amount of sixty million dollars
($60,000,000) to acquire land for open
November 6, 1990 (cont'd)
space and to expand, develop and
rehabilitate park and recreational
facilities?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
56,216
27,947
L - Shall a permanent Rockridge Library
be financed in part by authorizing the
City Council of the City of Oakland, by
and through the Rockridge Community
Facilities District No.1, to levy a special
tax of an amount up to and not to
exceed $25.00 per taxable living unit per
year for a period of up to 30 years within
~ s u h District, all set forth in its
Resolution No. 67202 C. M. S., adopted
on June 12, 1990 (as amended by
Resolution No. 67359 C. M. S., adopted
July 24, 1990); and shall the annual
appropriations limit of such District for
fiscal year 1991-1992 be set at $25.00
in accordance therewith?
For: 4776
Against: 1 077
(Adopted)
Primary Election)
Frank H. Ogawa
Gene Hazzard
Hector Reyna
Armand Chouinard
Sheila Jordan
Marge Gibson Haskell
Carla Dillard Smith
Tracy Marlene Reyna
37999
15234
9734
3937
7521
4332
2845
376
96
Aleta Cannon
Natalie E. Bayton
Clinton Killian
Chappell Hayes*
Naomi Dell Pete
("Write-In Candidate)
2816
1302
1270
377
368
Frank Matarrese
Louis Cornelius, Sr.
4018
1365
418
Dezie Woods-Jones
Leo Bazile
4765
3896
School Director District No. 1
Carol Lee Tolbert
Robert Eller-Isaacs
6838
6643
Lucella T. Harrison
Don Smith
David Lee Anderson, Sr.
2439
2439
1300
Noel Gallo
Darlene Lawson
4251
1690
Sylvester Hodges
Shannon F. Reeves
3937
3552
I - Shall the City of Oakland be authorized
to issue general obligation bonds in a
principal amount not to exceed Fifty Million
Dollars ($50,000,000.00) to provide for
enhancement of emergency response
capabilities and seismic reinforcement
of essential public facilities and
infrastructure?
For: 51444
Against: 17751
(Adopted)
cast will appear on the ballot at the
November General Municipal Election:
Sheila Jordan
Marge Gibson Haskell
Natalie E. Bayton
Aleta Cannon
Lucella T. Harrison
Don Smith
November 3. 1992 (Consolidated with
the General Election)
Sheila Jordan 18485
Marge Gibson Haskell 4000
Natalie E. Bayton 6589
Aleta Cannon 6128
97
Lucella T. Harrison
Don Smith
6379
5347
N - Shall the City of Oakland impose a
special tax to provide funds necessary to
maintain and enhance library services?
For: 7975-s
Against: 41132
(Failed) (Needed 213 vote)
0 - Shall the Charter of the City of
Oakland be amended to reflect the election
of the Police and Fire Retirement System
Board to exempt such retirement plan from
the annual pension benefit limits of the
United States Internal Revenue Code
Section 415 and thereby maintain the
current tax treatment of such plan
members' pension benefits?
For: 52190
Against: 47717
(Adopted)
P - Shall the Charter of the City of Oakland
be amended to provide that administrative
costs of the Police and Fire Retirement
System ("PFRS"), which currently are paid
out of the City's general fund, be paid from
the PFRS fund?
For: 68182
Against: 35614
(Adopted)
Q - Shall the Charter of the City of
Oakland be amended to provide that
administrative costs of the Oakland
Municipal Employees' Retirement System
("OMERS"), which currently are paid out of
the City's general fund, be paid from the
OMERS fund?
For: 69496
Against: 34896
Municipal Nominating.Eiection
Statewide Primary Election)
Mavor
Elihu Mason Harris 22785
TedW. Dang 18255
Mary V. King 13067
Yusuf Bey 3177
Hugh E. Bassette 1079
Cliff Sherman 914
Michael Joseph Kinane 777
Arthur R. Bone 761
General Philip Haymon 440
i t ~ Auditor
Norma Ng Lau 31551
Cesar Guerrero 16067
John A. Russo 5070
Lily Hu 2504
Dick Spees 8004
Sharon Ball 2836
Dorothy King 993
Nate Miley 4504
Carter C. Gilmore 1171
Deborah D. Muse 1111
Warren Moorehead 865
Nancy Stuart Sidebotham 846
Bob Spencer 4869
Dorothy C. Parrish 2407
98
Jean Quan 9508
Toni Cook 5571
will appear on the ballot at the November
Mavor
Elihu Mason Harris
TedW. Dang
0 - Shall the City of Oakland impose a
special tax to provide funds necessary to
maintain and enhance library services?
For: 43328
Against: 15891
(Adopted)
November. 1994 (Consolidated with the
Statewide General Election)
Mavor
Elihu Mason Harris
TedW. Dang
64831
35786
S - Shall the City of Oakland Dissolve the
Landscaping and Lighting Assessment
District?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
24721
61507
T - Shall Sections 1100 and 11 01 of the
amended so that the dates of Municipal
Nominating and Municipal General
Elections can be consolidated by
ordinance with the Statewide Primary
and Statewide General Elections?
For: 63268
Against: 15220
(Adopted)
March 26. 1996 (Consolidated with the
Councilmember-At-Large
Henry Chang, Jr.
Rena Rickles
Joseph Debro
Larry H. .Atkins
Richard Mellor
Louis Castillo
Harold Peter Smith
Jane Brunner
Larry Shoup
John Bliss
Kathleen M. Grady
25147
17353
7189
4713
3480
2962
4839
3589
2628 .
2066
816
Natalie E. Bayton
Nancy J. Nadel
Clinton 0. Killian
Gene Hazzard
2488
2246
1273
1089
Ignacio De La Fuente 3228
99
Larry E. Reid 3520
Joseph A. Newman, Sr. 1931
Sylvester Hodges 1750
Anita Gums 1 082
Ken Rice
Carol Lee Tolbert
7135
6300
Lucella T. Harrison
Gerald Sanders
3762
2984
Noel Gallo
AI Loera
2731
896
Jason Hodge 2714
Diane L. Raulston 2243
Felix 0. Gillory 1440
Alice Adrienne Spearman 1230
The following named persons have
will appear on the ballot at the November
Henry Chang, Jr.
Rena Rickles
Harold Peter Smith
Jane Brunner
March 26. 1996 ( cont' d)
Natalie E. Bayton
Nancy J. Nadel
Larry Reid
Joseph Anthony Newman, Sr.
Jason Hodge
Diane L. Raulston
E - Shall Section 2601 (e) of the
amended to provide that the maximum
of fifty percent (50%) of all invested
funds of the Police and Fire Retirement
System may be invested in common
stocks and mutual funds; and that the
Police and Fire Retirement Board may
approve, on a case by case basis, the
purchase of common stocks that have
not paid cash dividend for the five years
next preceding the date of investment?
For: 35192
Against: 19912
(Adopted)
F - Shall Section 2601 of the Charter of
the City of Oakland be amended to
provide in the event that no active
member of the Police or Fire
Department is willing to serve on the
Police and Fire Retirement Board in the
positions designed for such members,
the retired and active membership of the
Police or Fire Department, as the case
may be, shall elect a retired member of
such department to serve in such
position?
For: 40772
100
Against: 14830
(Adopted)
G- Shall Sections 710, 808 and 900 of the
to provide appropriate remedies for race
and gender discrimination and imbalances
in contracting and hiring practices?
For: 37192
Against: 20581
(Adopted)
H - Shall Section 2002 of the charter of
the City of Oakland be amended to provide
that in the event that less than three
members of the Oakland Municipal
Employees' Retirement System Board
designated for such members, the
retirement system members by elect
widows, widowers and beneficiaries to the
vacant seats designated for active,
retirement and deferred members of the
retirement system?
For: 33736
Against: 19053
(Adopted)
I - Shall the City of Oakland impose a
Special Tax to provide funds necessary for
services to the elderly?
For: 38939
Against: 23149
(Failed) (needed 2/3rds)
J - Shall Section 1205 of the Charter of the
City of Oakland be amended to provide
that the City Council shall annually
designate the official newspaper of the City
of Oakland?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
22462
34131
the Statewide General Election)
Henry Chang, Jr.
Rena Rickles
55611
45840
Jane Brunner 11721
Harold "Peter'' Smith 9594
NancyJ. Nadel 6404
Natalie E. Bayton 5653
Larry E. Reid 7722
Anthony A. Newman, Sr. 4995
Jason Hodge
Diane L. Raulston
8003
5157
F - Shall Oakland's current Council-
Manager form of government be
replaced with the Mayor-Council form
which: puts the Mayor in charge of the
day-to-day administration of the City and
the implementation of Council policy;
removes the Mayor from the Council
and adds an additional Councilmember-
At-Large?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
48041
54398
G - Shall the Charter of the City of
Oakland be amended at Sections 11 00
and 11 01 to provide, beginning in 1998,
for municipal nominating elections to be
held on the first Tuesday following
101
the first Monday in November in even-
numbered years and for general municipal
elections to be held on the second
Tuesday, following the second Monday in
December in even-numbered years?
For: 34298
Against: 52838
(Failed)
H - Shall the Oakland City Charter be
amended at Section 403 to provide for
additional duties and responsibilities for the
City Auditor which would include, but not
limited to, the conduct of surveys, reviews
and audits regarding internal accounting
and financial controls, policy compliance
and departmental performance audits, and
to require quarterly public reports?
For: 68700
Against: 22437
(Adopted)
I - Shall the City of Oakland, in order to
enrich the live of its citizens, be authorized
to issue $42,420,000 of general obligation
bonds, at interest rates not to exceed the
legal maximum, to repair, construct,
acquire and improve libraries, museums
and other cultural and recreational facilities
throughout the City of Oakland?
For: 80430
Against: 23113
(Adopted)
J - Shall the Oakland City Charter be
amended to establish a Public Ethics
Commission that shall advise or respond to
certain City regulations and policies
intended to assure fairness and openness
in government and set City Councilmember
compensation?
For: 50350
Against: 43347
(Adopted)
November 5. 1996 (cont'd)
K- Shall the City Charter of the City of
thereto, establishing a Kids
FirsUOakland Children's Fund by
requiring annually, for a twelve year
period, that two and one-half percent of
the City of Oakland's unrestricted
general fund revenues be set aside for
the Kids FirsUOakland Children's Fund?
For: 71947
Against: 24445
(Adopted)
M - May a special tax be imposed for
Emergency Medical Services Special
Tax, at a rate of $9.00 per single family
residential parcel, to replace an existing
assessment of the same rate, adjusted
according to the Consumer Price Index
for the San Francisco Bay Area or five%
whichever, is lower, as proposed in
Resolution No.73311 C.M.S., a copy of
which is in the Voter Information
Pamphlet?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
17069
7263
N - May a special tax be imposed for
paramedic Services, at a rate of $7.18
per single family residential parcel
adjusted according to the Consumer
Price index for the San Francisco Bay
Area or five%, whichever is lower, as
proposed in Resolution No.73312
C.M.S., a copy of which is in the Voter
Information Pamphlet?
For: 16487
Against: 7728
102
Mavor
Jerry Brown
Ed Blakely
Shannon F. Reeves
Mary V. King
Ces Butner
Audrey Rice Oliver
Leo Bazile
Hugh E. Bassette
Maria G. Harper
Hector Reyna
City Auditor
Roland Smith
Warren A. Moorehead
48923
12444
5777
5600
4698
2254
1264
1014
532
532
215
24150
23189
John Russo (Unopposed) 5941
Dick Spees (Unopposed) 8746
Councilmember District 6)
Nate Miley
Carole Ward Allen
Nancy Stuart Sidebotham
Bruce Kariya (Unopposed)
5226
4243
667
5788
Jean Quan (Unopposed) 9835
David Creque
Dan Siegel
Wandra J. Boyd
Enrique E. Palacios
3478
2814
2159
1851
D - Shall the Oakland Municipal Code
be amended to impose on Firearms
Dealers a higher tax rate of $24.00 per
$1,000.00?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
53583
19658
E - Shall Oakland City Charter Section
202 be amended at paragraph (b) to
allow appointments to vacancies in the
four (4) non-Mayoral appointee seats on
the Public Ethics Commission by a vote
of at least four ( 4) of the members of the
Public Ethics Commission and to
provide for staggered terms for both
Mayoral and non-Mayoral appointees?
39337
23353
(Adopted)
For:
Against:
cast will appear on the November
General Municipal Election Ballot:
Dan Siegel
David Creque
103
November 3, 1998 (Consolidated with the
Dan Siegel 7 429
David Creque 5486
X - Shall the City Charter of the City of
Oakland be amended at Sections 200, 202
(c), 216, 302, 305 (e), 400, 401, 500, 501
and 1213 to create a Mayor-Council form
of government, provide a two-term limit for
the Mayor, require voter approval for
increases to City Council compensation,
and provide for an elected City Attorney?
For: 68846
Against: 22994
(Adopted)
Y - (Advisory Measure Only): Shall it be
the policy of the City of Oakland to request
the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission and CaiTrans to include
passenger rail service as part of the
redesign of the Bay Bridge in order to
reduce regional traffic congestion, promote
regional mass transit use, and protect the
environment?
For 55870
Against: 29350
(Adopted)
Z - Shall the Oakland Municipal Code be
amended to maintain on Electric Business
a higher tax rate of $6.00 per $1 ,000.00?
For: 25574
Against: 57307
(Failed)
March 7. 2000 {Consolidated with the
Councilmember At-Large
Henry Chang, Jr.
Rebecca Kaplan
Geoffrey Pete
Selwyn Whitehead
Omari Musa
Jane Brunner {Unopposed)
Nancy J. Nadel
Hugh E. Bassette
David Hilliard
Gene Hazzard
Heidi Manfroi
Frank Lamont Allen
Sylvia D. Howard
Charles P. Crowder
Beverly F. Blythe
Alfonso Loera
Chris Muhammad {write-in)
Councilmem!l.er District 7
Larry E. Reid
Jacquee Castain
City Attornev
John Russo
Jayne Williams
Kerry Hamill
34078
19992
12522
6954
2751
12649
4540
2429
1521
413
347
230
212
105
3363
1436
665
14
6505
2334
39037
35850
9511
104
March 7, 2000 (cont'd)
Tania Kappner
Arthalia Ray
Gregory E. Hodge
Gilda Gonzales
David L. Anderson, Sr.
Bob Laurent
7428
3009
2951
2859
522
451
Noel Gallo (Unopposed) 4645
Jason Hodge
Sylvester Hodges
Michael V. Johnson
Earl R. Johnson
4527
2983
1066
637
D- Shall Section 404(a) and (b) of the
to add to the Board of Education three
District School Directors who shall be
appointed by the Mayor during the period
May 1, 2000 to May 1, 2004?
For: 41209
Against: 37816
(Adopted)
E- Shall voters endorse the Mayor's
Education Commission's call for Oakland
achieving statewide test averages for
elementary schools by 2002, and middle
and high schools by 2004, by establishing
a system of diverse and excellent public
schools that: provides safe, modern
facilities; requires each school to adopt a
successful reading program; allows each
school to select and remove its teachers
and staff; sanctions and rewards schools
based on performance; and initiates
City/County collaborations to support
education?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
55578
21165
cast will appear on the November
General Municipal Election Ballot:
Henry Chang, Jr.
Rebecca Kaplan
Nancy J. Nadel
Hugh E. Bassette
Arthalia Ray
Gregory E. Hodge
Jason Hodge
Sylvester Hodges
the Statewide General Election)
Councilmember At-Larae
Henry Chang, Jr.
Rebecca Kaplan
Nancy J. Nadel
Hugh E. Bassette
64310
50291
10235
4269
105
Gregory Hodge
Arthalia Ray
10928
2933
Jason Hodge 9026
Sylvester Hodges 4243
H - Shall Oakland City Charter section 205
be amended to provide for special
elections to fill City Council vacancies
occurring before June 15 of the second
year of the four year term and to otherwise
provide for appointment by a majority of
the remaining members of the Council?
For: 45020
Against: 58071
(Failed)
I - Shall Oakland City Charter sections 205
and 206 be amended to provide for special
elections to fill City Council vacancies and
to further define vacancy?
For: 72537
Against: 277 49
(Adopted)
J - Shall the Oakland City Charter be
amended to permit active members of the
Police and Fire Retirement System
("PFRS") to terminate their PFRS
membership and become members of the
California Public Employees' Retirement
System (hereinafter referred to as "transfer
to "PERS") if (1) the City Council
authorizes the transfer toPERS; and (2)
the PFRS Board authorizes transfer to
PERS of PFRS funds that represent the
active members' employee and employer
contributions to PFRS?
For: 74996
Against:
(Adopted)
25647
K- Shall the Oakland City Charter be
amended to permit retired members of
the Police and Fire Retirement System
("PFRS") to hold employment with the
City pursuant to a City authorized
Deferred Retirement Option Plan
("DROP")?
o ~ 71283
Against: 29865
(Adopted)
L - Shall the Oakland City Charter be
amended at Section 107, 207, 218, 405,
710, 809, 906, 1208 and 1213 to
eliminate inconsistencies, clarify existing
charter text, and harmonize previous
charter sections with more recently
enacted mayor -council provisions?
For: 68901
Against: 29728
(Adopted)
Fill Council District 6 Vacancy
Moses L. Mayne, Jr
Carole Ward Allen
Toni R. Cook
Nancy S. Sidebotham
1863
1742
1238
712
Jerry Brown
Wilson Riles
Mayor
Auditor
Roland Smith (Unopposed)
42892
24611
37280
106
Danny Wan (Unopposed)
David Stein
Jean Quan
Melanie Sweeney-Griffith
Nedir Bey
Desley Brooks
Moses L. Mayne, Jr.
Nancy S. Sidebotham
David Kakishiba
Bruce Kariya
Gary D. Yee
Susanne Lea
Daniel Siegel
Jeffrey Thomas (write-in)
Ballot Measures
5962
6207
5893
1299
282
4577
2938
1056
4463
3561
7085
5988
6840
5
D - Shall Oakland City Charter section
205, which requires elections to fill Council
vacancies, be amended to provide that the
Vice Mayor of the Council shall not be
required to run for his/her Council seat and
shall be entitled to retum to his/her office
by virtue of his/her assumption of the office
of Mayor due to a mayoral vacancy?
For: 35621
Against: 17476
(Adopted)
E - Shall the City Charter be amended
to specify the qualifications, terms, and
powers of the office of the elected City
Attorney, to provide for the filling of
vacancy of the office of the elected City
Attorney and, to provide that, if the
voters decide not to retain the changes
related to Measure X, the City Attorney
elected in 2004 will serve a full four-year
term?
o ~ 35510
Against:
145664
(Adopted)
F - Shall the salaries of Oakland City
Council members be increased ten ( 1 0)
percent?
For: 21525
Against: 34236
(Failed)
G - In order to expand learning
opportunities at the Oakland Zoo,
Oakland Museum and Oakland's
Chabot Space and Science Center,
shall the City of Oakland issue
$59,000,000 in general obligation bonds
at interest rates within the legal limit, to
acquire, renovate, improve, construct,
and finance existing and additional
facilities and to qualify for private
matching funds, with all funds raised by
this measure staying in Oakland to
expand programs and facilities at these
institutions?
For: 43431
Against: 14386
(Adopted)
H - Shall the City Charter be amended
to provide: ( 1) elections to fill any
vacancy of one year or more in the
Office of Mayor, (2) that the Vice-Mayor
of the Council shall fill any vacancy of
less than one year; (3) that the Council
107
shall appoint an individual to fill a vacancy
of less than one year if the Vice-Mayor
declines to serve for such unexpired term?
o ~ 40114
Against: 12713
(Adopted)
I - Shall the Charter be amended to:
require certain Port of Oakland contractors
ar'ld tenants with over 20 employees and
contracts/leases with the Port over $50,000
to: Pay employees at least what Oakland's
living Wage Ordinance requires (currently
$9.13 per hour with health benefits; $10.50
without benefits); and if replacing a
previous contractor/tenant, retain the prior
employer's non-management employees
for at least 90 days unless there is cause
for discharge or layoff?
For: 44543
Against: 12701
(Adopted)
will appear on the November General
Municipal Election Ballot:
David Stein
Jean Quan
November 5. 2002 (Consolidated with the
Jean Quan
David Stein
10073
8367
Ballot Measures
CC - Shall the Oakland City Charter be
amended to specify the date Mayor's
term commences following election to fill
a mayoral vacancy; provide that no
person shall be elected Mayor more
than twice, except to fill a mayoral
vacancy of two years or less; eliminate
Measure X's sunset provision (Charter
section 1213), thereby permanently
retaining Measure X, which provides for
a "strong mayor", elected city attorney
and requires voter approval of salary
increases?
For:
Against:
(Failed)
41196
41613
DD- To improve water quality; provide
educational and recreational facilities for
children; clean up Lake Merritt; restore
Oakland's creeks, waterfront and
Estuary; preserve and acquire open
space; renovate parks; provide safe
public spaces; and provide matching
funds to qualify for state and federal
funding for these projects, shall the City
of Oakland issue $198,250,000 in bonds
creating an Oakland Trust for Clean
Water, Safe Parks to ensure money will
be spent only on approved projects?
For: 70691
Against: 17613
(Adopted)
EE - Shall an ordinance be adopted that
provides that landlords of specified
residential properties may evict a tenant
only for reasons specified in the
measure, such as non-payment of rent,
breach of lease, damaging premises,
disorderly conduct, drug or other illegal
activity, rehabilitation of unit, landlord or
relative occupancy, except in certain
circumstances where the tenant is
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November 5, 2002 (cent' d)
disabled, elderly or catastrophically ill, and
provides for damages, penalties and
attorney's fees against landlords who
violate this law?
For: 45362
Against: 43820
(Adopted)
FF - Shall all new revenues received form
Ballot Measures GG, HH, and II be spent
on violence prevention programs?
For: 42525
Against: 37821
(Adopted)
GG - Shall the Oakland Municipal Code be
amended in order to provide for a ten
percent (10%) temporary (five year)
surcharge to the City's parking tax rate?
For: 35984
Against: 46301
(Failed)
HH - Shall the Oakland Municipal Code be
amended in order to provide for a one-half
of one percent (1/2%) temporary (five year)
surcharge to the City's alternate fuel,
cable, electricity, gas and telephone users
tax rates and to impose the telephone
users tax on all calls regardless of the
origination or termination of the call, and
regardless of whether the call is included
within a "package" or is billed as a
separately listed call?
For: 27184
Against: 54996
(Failed)
II - Shall the Oakland Municipal code be
amended in order to provide for a three
percent (3%) temporary (five year)
surcharge to the City's transient occupancy
tax rate?
For: 34733
Against: 45299
(Failed)
JJ - Shall the Oakland Municipal Code
be amended to Ensure that businesses,
regardless of location, are subject to
equal business tax treatment by 1)
Reducing eligible manufacturers' tax
liability by providing raw materials'
deduction, 2) Clarifying Oakland
manufacturers' right to an additional tax
deduction for business activity occurring
outside of Oakland, 3) Clarifying that
businesses with administrative
headquarters in Oakland will be taxed
under the applicable business category
for each business activity at the
headquarters?
For: 50427
Against: 26147
(Adopted)
Henry Chang, Jr.
Melanie M. Shelby
Hector Reno Reyna
Jane Brunner (Unopposed)
Nancy J. Nadel (Unopposed)
Beverly F. Blythe (write-in)
39965
27606
6709
15123
8719
4703
64
109
Larry E. Reid
Jason Hodge
Michael B. Hudson
5487
1624
916
City Attorney
John Russo (Unopposed) 62899
Kerry Hamill (Unopposed) 13797
Gregory Hodge (Unopposed) 7883
Noel Gallo (Unopposed) 4805
Alice A. Spearman
Bob Jackson
Ballot Measure
4210
3239
0 - Shall the Oakland Municipal Code be
amended to require wireless telephonic
service providers to change the
methodology of computing the current City
of Oakland Utility User's Tax ("UUr) to be
consistent with the Federal Mobile
Telecommunications Sourcing Act of
2000?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
43450
27492
P- Shall the City Charter be amended to
retain the Mayor-Council form of
government ("Strong Mayor") and elected
City Attorney and provide (1) that no
person may be elected Mayor for more
than two consecutive terms; (2) Mayor
must annually hold four public meetings;
(3) that Council make appointments to
boards and commissions when
vacancies are unfilled; (4) limitations
and voter-approval requirements for
Councilmember salary increases; and
(5) formula setting City Attorney and
Auditor salary increases?
For: 54604
Against: 23705
(Adopted)
Ballot Measures
Q- For the purpose of: (1) Maintaining
and expanding neighborhood branch
library services, days, and hours; (2)
maintaining after school programs; (4)
increasing librarian services to schools;
(5) increasing computer and technology
access and (6) acquiring new books and
materials; shall the City of Oakland
extend and increase the existing library
parcel tax, subject to independent audits
and citizen's oversight commission?
o ~ 62253
Against: 18437
(Adopted)
R- For the purpose of providing (1) job
training and employment opportunities
for young adults; (2) counseling and
mentoring for at-risk youth; (3) after-
school, parent involvement, and
violence prevention programs in
schools; (4) early childhood intervention
for children exposed to violence in the
home; and (5) community-based
policing programs; shall the City of
Oakland authorize a special parcel tax,
subject to audit by a citizen's oversight
committee?
For:
Against:
(Failed- required 2/3rds)
51581
26743
110
November 2, 2004 (Consolidated with the
Ballot Measures
Y- To reduce violent crime and increase
public safety, shall the City of Oakland
increase successful after school,
counseling, truancy, and job training
programs, early intervention programs for
children who witness violence, programs to
prevent child abuse and domestic violence,
and increase community police officers,
paramedics and emergency fire personnel
in each neighborhood by authorizing a
surcharge on parking in commercial
parking lots and parcel tax subject to
annual performance and financial audits by
a citizens oversight committee?
For:
Against:
(Adopted)
96473
42048
Z - Shall the ordinance requiring the City
of Oakland (1) to make law enforcement
related to private adult cannabis
(marijuana) use, distribution, sale,
cultivation and possession, the City's
lowest law enforcement priority; (2) to
lobby to legalize, tax and regulate cannabis
for adult private use, distribution, sale,
cultivation and possession; (3) to license,
tax and regulate cannabis sales if
California law is amended to allow such
actions; and (4) to create a committee to
oversee the ordinance's implementation,
be adopted?
(Adopted)
For:
Against:
87446
46669
May 17, 2005 (Council District Two,
Special Municipal Election)


Patricia Kernighan 2551
David Kakishiba 1876
Shirley Gee 1466
Aimee Allison 1261
Paul E. Garrison 697
J ustin Horner 475
Margaret Peggy Moore 289
Pamela A. Drake 206
Todd Plate 32

June 6, 2006 (Consolidated with the

Mayor

Ronald V. Dellums 42108
Nancy J . Nadel 10954
Ron "Oz" Oznowicz 1835
Arnie L. Fields 858
Hector "Reno" Reyna 348

City Auditor

Courtney Ruby 23578
Roland E. Smith 18620
Michael J . Kilian 9440
Stewart Bolinger 8340


Aimee Allison 4002
Shirley Gee 1471


J ean Quan (Unopposed) 12925


Desley A. Brooks 5058
Marcie Hodge 3315
Nancy S. Sidebotham 1111


David Kakishiba (Unopposed) 7169


Gary Yee (Unopposed) 11088


Chris Dobbins 4426
Wandra J . Boyd 4073

November 7, 2006


Aimee Allison 6090

City Auditor

Courtney Ruby 52850
Roland E. Smith 26850


M - Shall section 2601(e) of the Charter
of the City of Oakland be amended to
provide that the Police and Fire
Retirement Board shall make
investment decisions regarding
common stocks and mutual funds in
accordance with the prudent person
standard as established by court
decisions and as required by the
California Constitution?
For: 59105
Against: 26924
(Adopted)
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Ballot Measure

N - To construct a new Main Library at
the Henry J . Kaiser Convention Center
and to acquire land and construct new
branch library facilities and to renovate
and expand branch library facilities,
shall the City of Oakland issue
$148,000,000 in bonds?
For: 62126
Against: 34712

(Adopted)


O - Shall the City Charter be amended
to require the use of ranked choice
voting, known sometimes as instant
runoff voting, to elect city offices by a
majority vote at a November election
without holding a prior J une election?
For: 64093
Against: 29299

(Adopted)

June 3, 2008 (Statewide Direct Primary
Election)

City Attorney

J ohn Russo 46594


Rebecca Kaplan 22403
Kerry Hamill 12128
Clinton Killian 10631
Frank Rose 6035
Charles Pine 4173

June 3, 2008 (cont'd)


J ane Brunner 10040
Patrick McCullough 3740


Nancy Nadel 4503
Sean Sullivan 2378
Gregory Hodge 1847


Mario J uarez 1881
Beverly Blythe 418
David Wofford 302


Larry Reid 3797
Clifford Gilmore 2250


J ody London 7410
Brian Rogers 4574
Tennessee Reed 1098


J umoke Hinton Hodge 3799
Olugbemiga Oluwole, Sr. 3438


Noel Gallo 4434


Alice Spearman 2844
Doris Limbrick 1821
Beverly Williams 935

112

Ballot Measure

J - Without raising current tax rates,
shall Oakland's existing telephone
utility user tax be modernized so that
tax payers are treated equally
regardless of technology used?
For: 44694
Against: 11460
(Adopted)


November 4, 2008


Kerry Hamill 50387

Ballot Measure

NN - To provide more police services to
neighborhoods and businesses for the
purpose of preventing crime and
enhancing resources for investigation
of crimes, shall the City of Oakland
authorize a parcel tax to fund the cost
of (1) adding a total of 105 police
officers and 75 police services
technicians; (2) a crime data
management system for crime
analysis; and (3) mandatory
independent annual audits and
evaluations with performance
standards?
For: 81859
Against: 68598
(Adopted)


OO - To increase existing mandatory
funding for children's and youth
services, shall the City Charter be
amended to (1) increase the annual set
aside for grants to organizations
serving children and youth to 1 1/2 %
for two years and 2 1/2 % thereafter of
the City's annual total revenues, with
audits and an oversight committee, and
(2) in addition to the set aside, increase
the annual amount that the City is
required to spend on children and
youth?
For: 78896
Against 69642
(Adopted)

Special Vote By Mail Municipal
Election - July 21, 2009

Ballot Measure

C - To provide additional funding to the
Oakland Zoo, the Oakland Museum of
California, the Chabot Space and
Science Center, cultural arts programs
and festivals and the Oakland
Convention and Visitor Bureau, shall
the City of Oakland add a three percent
(3%) surcharge to the current eleven
percent (11%) Transient Occupancy
Tax (Hotel Tax) that persons who stay
in Oakland hotels pay?
For: 38907
Against: 11757
(Adopted)


D - Shall the City Charter be amended
to require that the City (1) set aside
3.0% of its annual unrestricted General
Purpose Fund revenues for grants to
children's and youth services,
113
Special Vote By Mail Municipal
Election - July 21, 2009 (cont'd)

(2) in addition to the set aside, continue
to spend the amount that the City
already spends on children and youth,
and (3) every twelve years extend
these requirements for twelve more
years or seek voter approval of the
extension?
For: 36097
Against: 14145
(Adopted)

Ballot Measure

F - Shall City of Oakland's business
tax, which currently imposes a tax rate
of $1.20 per $1,000 on "cannabis
business" gross receipts, be amended
to establish a new tax rate of $18 per
$1,000 of gross receipts?
For: 40439
Against: 10107
(Adopted)

Special Vote By Mail Election -
November 15, 2011


H - Shall the Oakland City Charter be
amended to return the City Attorney to
an appointed position?
For: 13287
Against: 36365
(Failed)

Ballot Measure

I - Shall the City of Oakland establish a
five year temporary fiscal emergency
parcel tax to preserve essential city
services, including fire, police services,
and police technology, youth violence
prevention, library, services, parks and
Special Vote By Mail Election -

recreation, and street repair, by
establishing an $80 parcel tax for
single-family homes and specified
amounts for multi-family and
commercial properties with an
exemption for low-income households?
For: 19011
Against: 31353
(Failed)


J - Shall the Charter be amended to
allow the City of Oakland to change the
deadline for fully funding its Police and
Fire Retirement Plan to a new
financially responsible deadline?
For: 22946
Against: 26164
(Failed)

General Election

November 6, 2012


Carol Lee Tolbert 0
Mick Storm 0
Theresa Anderson 0

City Attorney

Barbara Parker 90222
J ane Brunner 40577

114


Dan Kalb 12293
Amy Lemley 11448
Gordon "Don" Link 0
Craig Brandt 0
Richard Raya 0
Len Raphael 0
Donald Macleay 0


Lynette Gibson-McElhaney 9397
Sean Sullivan 8030
Larry Lionel Young, J r. 0
Derrick Muhammad 0
Nyeisha Dewitt 0
Alex Miller-Cole 0


Noel Gallo 5716
Mario J uarez 4744
Dawn McMahan 0
Aracely "Shelly" Garza 0


Larry E. Reid 8733
Sheryl Walton 4742
Beverly Williams 1507


J ody London 19860
Thearse Pecot 6310


J umoke Hinton Hodge 11725
Richard Fuentes 7486
Benjamin Lang 0



Rosie Torres 6014
Mike Hutchinson 4958


J ames Harris 8008
Alice A. Spearman 5977

Community Facilities District No.
2013-1 (Wildfire Prevention District) All
Mail Ballot Special Election -
November 13, 2013

Ballot Measure

A - To continue services preventing
wildfires and the spread of fire,
including: goat grazing to clear
brush/weeds; maintaining firebreaks;
fire patrols on high fire danger days;
roadside mowing; dead tree removal;
and brush cutting, including along
streets and emergency escape routes,
shall the City replace the expiring
assessment with an annual parcel tax
for 10 years (undeveloped $39;
condominium/multifamily $58.50;
others $78), with citizen's oversight,
annual spending limits and audits?
For: 8150
Against: 4140
(Failed)

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