Nevada County Voter Information Guide Local Races and Measures Are in This Guide

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In early October, you will receive a ballot in the mail for the November 3, 2020 Presidential General Election. Candidates for President/Vice-President of the United States and your Representatives in Congress will be on the ballot, as will candidates for statewide office including State Senate and State Assembly. Also, on the ballot there will be candidates for Municipal Nonpartisan Offices, Special Districts, and state and local measures. Details about state measures are found in the state voter information guide. This County voter information guide is designed to impart information to help you make informed decisions. It includes text of measures, impartial analyses, fiscal impact statements, arguments for and against the ballot measures, candidate’s statements of qualifications, guide to accessible voting, list of Vote Centers in Nevada County, list of ballot Drop Boxes in Nevada County and other important information. Please take the time to read the information in this guide carefully. If you would like information on who is financing campaigns, you may search campaign finance information at http://nf4.netfile.com/pub2/?AID=nev for local campaigns; http://powersearch.sos.ca.gov/ for state campaigns. If you have already registered to vote, you do not need to re-register unless you change your name, change your residential or mailing address, or if you want to change or select a political party. I strongly encourage voters to stay home and vote-by-mail in this election. It is the first General Election to be conducted during a dangerous pandemic of this magnitude. If you use the USPS to return your ballot, I urge voters to put their completed ballots in the mail by October 27, 2020, seven days prior to Election Day on November 3, 2020. News reports indicate the postal service may be stretched to accommodate a large surge of mail-in ballots. Nevada County voters have a ready alternative: 22 election ballot drop boxes located across the county. If you do not use one of our drop boxes, you may use any official drop box in California. For those voters using the USPS, you have the option to sign up for BallotTrax. Learn more and sign up: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-status/wheres-my-ballot/ If you have questions, or if you believe you are registered and do not receive a ballot by October 12, 2020, contact the Elections Office as soon as possible at (530) 265-1298. Be sure to cast your vote in this Presidential General Election. All elections are vital for maintaining our participatory democracy, as each vote counts. Please vote! Your vote counts and will be counted! Sincerely,

Gregory J. Diaz Nevada County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters

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Section 1 – Ways to Vote

Voter Bill of Rights

General Election Calendar

Vote-by-Mail

Ballot Drop-Box Locations

Early Voting

Vote Center Locations

Section 2 – How to Vote

Voting in a General Election

Voting a Paper Ballot

Voting a Touch Writer Ballot

Accessible Voting

Language Assistance

Section 3 – Candidate Statements

Information for Voters

About the Candidates

Paid Candidate Statements

Section 4 - Measures

Measure K - Town of Truckee

Measure L - City of Nevada City

Measure M - City of Nevada City

Measure N - City of Grass Valley

Measure O – Byers Lane Community Service District

Section 5 -Sample Ballot

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You have the right to:

The right to vote if you are a registered voter. You are eligible to vote if you are:

• a U.S. citizen living in California • at least 18 years old • registered where you currently live • not currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony • not currently found mentally incompetent to vote by a court

The right to vote if you are a registered voter even if your name is not on the list. You will vote using a provisional ballot. Your vote will be counted if elections officials determine that you are eligible to vote. The right to vote if you are still in line when the polls close. The right to cast a secret ballot without anyone bothering you or telling you how to vote. The right to get a new ballot if you have made a mistake, if you have not already cast your ballot. You can:

• Ask an elections official at a polling place for a new ballot, • Exchange your vote-by-mail ballot for a new one at an elections office, or at your polling place, or • Vote using a provisional ballot.

The right to get help casting your ballot from anyone you choose, except from your employer or union representative. The right to drop off your completed vote-by-mail ballot at any polling place in California. The right to get election materials in a language other than English if enough people in your voting precinct speak that language. The right to ask questions to elections officials about election procedures and watch the election process. If the person you ask cannot answer your questions, they must send you to the right person for an answer. If you are disruptive, they can stop answering you. The right to report any illegal or fraudulent election activity to an elections official or the Secretary of State’s office. On the web at www.sos.ca.gov By phone at (800) 345-VOTE (8683) By email at [email protected]

If you believe you have been denied any of these rights, call the Secretary of State’s confidential toll-free voter hotline at (800) 345-VOTE (8683).

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November 3, 2020 Presidential General Election

Early voting begins at the Eric Rood Administration Center Elections October 5, 2020 Office, 950 Maidu Ave. Suite 210, NC 8am – 5pm Monday – Friday

Vote-by-mail ballots mailed on this day

October 5, 2020 Elections office may start processing returned ballots

October 12, 2020 Registered voters can request a replacement ballot online at http://mynevadacounty.com/replacementballot

October 19, 2020 Register to vote before this date http://registertovote.ca.gov

October 27, 2020 Last day for election officials to mail out vote-by-mail ballots

October 31, 2020 4 – Day Vote Centers Open - 8am – 5pm including weekends Eric Rood Administration Center, 950 Maidu Ave., NC Gold Miners Inn Ballroom, 121 Bank St., GV Sierra College Gymnasium, 250 Sierra College Dr. GV Nevada County Fairgrounds, 11228 McCourtney Rd., GV Bear River High School Gymnasium, 11130 Magnolia Rd., GV Tahoe Truckee Unified School Gymnasium, 11603 Donner Pass Rd., TR Truckee Public Works Bay, 10969 Stevens Ln., TR

November 3, 2020 Election Day Vote Centers open 7am – 8pm

ONE-DAY VOTE CENTER – North San Juan Community Center, 29190 State Hwy., 49 NSJ

November 20, 2020 Last day to accept postmarked vote-by-mail ballots

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Every registered voter will receive a vote-by-mail ballot. Ballots will be mailed on October 5, 2020. When you receive your vote-by-mail ballot mark your choice and put your ballot in the postage- paid return envelope. Be sure you sign the back of the return envelope. You can mail it back, put it in a secure ballot drop-box, or drop it off at any vote center.

Overseas voters, military personnel and their dependents can get a vote-by-mail ballot by completing the application at: https://www.mynevadacounty.com/704/military-overseas-voter- information.

How to vote your vote-by-mail ballot

Follow the instructions on the official envelope to sign and seal your ballot.

Mail your ballot, so that it is postmarked on or before Election Day, November 3, 2020. Make sure your post office is open to receive and postmark your ballot. The Elections Office must receive your postmarked ballot no later than seventeen days after the election date, November 20, 2020.

Hand deliver your ballot to any official ballot drop-box no later than November 3rd at 8pm. A list of secure drop-boxes can be found in this guide. They are also listed on our website at https://mynevadacounty.com.

Drop off your ballot at any of 8 vote centers located throughout Nevada County prior to 8pm on Election Day. A list of vote center locations and hours can be found in this guide or visit our website https://mynevadacounty.com.

If you have not received your vote-by-mail ballot by October 12th, use the online replacement ballot request form at http://mynevadacounty.com/replacementballot, visit our office or call (530) 265-1298. Check if your vote-by-mail ballot has been received at https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.

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Grass Valley BriarPatch Food Co-op 290 Sierra College Dr., Daily 7am - 10pm Grass Valley, CA. 95945 Election Day Nov 3, 7am – 8pm Chicago Park Store 19077 Colfax Hwy., Daily 7am - 7pm Grass Valley, CA. 95945 Election Day Nov. 3, 7am – 8pm Grocery Outlet 616 Sutton Way, Daily 7am – 9pm Grass Valley, CA. 95945 Election Day Nov. 3, 7am – 8pm Gold Miners Inn 121 Bank St. Daily 24 hrs. Lobby Grass Valley, CA. 95945 Election Day Nov. 3, 8pm Hills Flat Lumber Co. 380 Railroad Ave. M - F 8am - 6pm, S – S 8am – 5pm Grass Valley, CA. 95945 Election Day Nov. 3, 8am – 6pm SPD Market 129 W McKnight Way, Daily 7am - 9pm Grass Valley, CA. 95949 Election Day Nov. 3, 7am – 8pm Save Mart 12054 Nevada City Hwy., Daily 6am – 10pm Grass Valley, CA. 95945 Election Day Nov. 3, 6am – 8pm Nevada City Eric Rood Center 950 Maidu Ave., Daily 24 hrs. Parking Lot Nevada City, CA. 95959 Election Day Nov. 3, 8pm Penn Valley Holiday Market 11324 Pleasant Valley Rd., Daily 7am - 10pm Penn Valley, CA. 95946 Election Day Nov. 3, 7am – 8pm South County Holiday Market 21656 Higgins Rd, Daily 6am - 11pm Auburn, CA. 95602 Election Day Nov. 3, 6am – 8pm North San Juan Sweetland Garden 29435 CA-49 M – F 9am – 5pm Sat 9am – 4pm Mercantile North San Juan, CA 95960 Election Day Nov. 3, 9am – 5pm Truckee Grocery Outlet 11213 Donner Pass Rd. Daily 7am - 10pm Truckee, CA. 96161 Election Day Nov. 3, 7am – 8pm Truckee Town Hall 10183 Truckee Airport Rd., Daily 24 hrs. Truckee, CA. 96161 Election Day Nov. 3, 8pm Save Mart 11399 Deerfield Dr., Daily 6am – 10pm Truckee, CA. 96161 Election Day Nov. 3, 6am – 8pm

Ballot drop boxes also available at every vote center in Nevada County

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Vo Nevada County offers early voting 29 days before Election Day. The Elections Office will open for early voting on Monday, October 5, 2020, Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm, Election Day 7am to 8pm.

How to vote early

Come into the Elections Office located at 950 Maidu Ave. Ste. 210, Nevada City CA 95959 Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm October 5, 2020 – October 23, 2020. Beginning October 24, 2020 – October 30, 2020 we will be open 7 days a week.

Made a mistake on your ballot or just need to get a replacement vote-by-mail ballot to take home? We can help! Just remember all mailed ballots must be postmarked by 8:00pm on Election Day, March 3, 2020. Make sure your post office is open to receive and postmark your ballot.

You may also vote in our office

Have your ballot ready to go? There are two drop boxes located at the Eric Rood Administration Center. A drive-up ballot box is in the parking lot and a secure ballot drop-box is in our lobby.

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4-Day Vote Centers October 31 – November 3

Nevada County Fairgrounds Main Event Hall, 11228 McCourtney Rd., Grass Valley, CA 95949

Easily accessible location, ample parking, curbside voting, drive-thru will call replacement ballot pickup

Sierra College Gymnasium, 250 Sierra College Dr., Grass Valley, CA 95945

Located across from Briar Patch Food Co-op, ample parking, curbside voting, exterior will call replacement ballot pickup

Bear River High School Gymnasium, 11130 Magnolia Rd., Grass Valley, CA 95949

Convenient south county location, ample parking, curbside voting, will call replacement ballot pickup

Gold Miners Inn Ballroom, 121 Bank St., Grass Valley, CA 95945

Convenient downtown location, will call replacement ballot pickup, curbside voting

Eric Rood Admin. Ctr. Providence Mine Conf. Rm, 950 Maidu Ave., Nevada City, CA 95959

Exterior will call replacement ballot pickup, curbside voting

Tahoe Truckee Unified School Gymnasium, 11603 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, CA 96161

Central Truckee location, ample parking, curbside voting, will call replacement ballot pickup

Truckee Public Works Bay, 10969 Stevens Lane, Truckee, CA 96161

Easy access from the freeway, will call replacement ballot pickup, curbside voting Election Day Only Nov. 3, 2020 7am – 8pm

North San Juan Community Center, 29190 State Hwy. 49, NSJ., CA 95960

One-day vote center serving North San Juan, curbside voting, will call replacement ballot pickup

All vote center and drop box locations are Accessible

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4: Centros de votación diurnal 31 de octubre – 3 de noviembre

*Salón de eventos principales del parque de diversiones del condado de Nevada 11228 McCourtney Rd., Grass Valley, CA 95949

Ubicación de fácil acceso, amplio estacionamiento, votación en la acera, drive-thru llamará a recoger la boleta de reemplazo

*Gimnasio de Sierra College, 250 Sierra College Dr., Grass Valley, CA 95945

Ubicado frente a Briar Patch Food Co-op, amplio estacionamiento, votación en la acera, el exterior llamará la recolección de la boleta de reemplazo

*Gimnasio de la preparatoria de Bear River, 11130 Magnolia Rd., Grass Valley, CA 95949

Conveniente ubicación en el sur del condado, amplio estacionamiento, votación en la acera, llamará a la recolección de la boleta de reemplazo

Salón Gold Miners, 121 Bank St., Grass Valley, CA 95945

Conveniente ubicación en el centro, llamará a la recogida de boletas de reemplazo, votación en la acera

Centro Rood, 950 Maidu Ave., Nevada City, CA 95959

Exterior pedirá recogida de boletas de reemplazo, votación en la acera

*Gimnasio del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tahoe Truckee, 11603 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, CA 96161

Ubicación central de Truckee, amplio estacionamiento, votación en la acera, solicitará la recolección de la boleta de reemplazo

*Obras publicas del pueblo de Truckee, 10969 Stevens Lane, Truckee, CA 96161

Fácil acceso desde la autopista, llamará a recoger la boleta de reemplazo, votar en la acera Solo ed dia de las elecciones 3 de noviembre de 2020 7am – 8pm

Centro comunitario North San Juan 29190 State Hwy. 49, NSJ., CA 95960

El centro de votación de un día que atiende al norte de San Juan, votaciones en la acera, solicitará la recolección de la boleta de reemplazo * Nueva ubicación del centro de votación

Todos las ubicaciones de los centros de votación y los buzones de boletas son accesibles.

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Grass Valley BriarPatch Food Co- 290 Sierra College Dr., De 7 a. m. a 10 p. m., los 7 días de la op Grass Valley, CA. 95945 semana Tienda Chicago Park 19077 Colfax Hwy., De 7 a. m. a 7 p. m., los 7 días de la Grass Valley, CA. 95945 semana Abierto hasta las 8 p. m. la noche de la Elección Grocery Outlet 616 Sutton Way, De 7 a. m. a 9 p. m., los 7 días de la Grass Valley, CA. 95945 semana Gold Miners Inn 121 Bank St. Las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la Lobby Grass Valley, CA. 95945 semana Hills Flat Lumber Co. 380 Railroad Ave. De lunes a viernes, de 8 a. m. a 6 p. m. Grass Valley, CA. 95945 Sábado y domingo, de 8 a. m. a 5 p. m. SPD Market 129 W McKnight Way, De 7 a. m. a 9 p. m., los 7 días de la Grass Valley, CA. 95949 semana Save Mart 12054 Nevada City Hwy., De 6 a. m. a 10 p. m., los 7 días de la Grass Valley, CA. 95945 semana Nevada City Centro Administrativo 950 Maidu Avenue Las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la Eric W. Rood Nevada City, CA 95959 semana Penn Valley Holiday Market 11324 Pleasant Valley Rd., De 7 a. m. a 10 p. m., los 7 días de la Penn Valley, CA. 95946 semana South County Holiday Market 21656 Higgins Rd, De 6 a. m. a 11 p. m., los 7 días de la Auburn, CA. 95602 semana North San Juan Sweetland Garden 29435 CA-49 De lunes a viernes, de 9 a. m. a 6 p. m. Mercantile North San Juan, CA 95960 Sábado de 9 a. m. a 5 p. m. (cerrado el domingo) Truckee Grocery Outlet 11213 Donner Pass Rd. De 7 a. m. a 10 p. m., los 7 días de la Truckee, CA. 96161 semana Ayuntamiento de 10183 Truckee Airport Rd., Las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la Truckee Truckee, CA. 96161 semana Save Mart 11399 Deerfield Dr., De 6 a. m. a 10 p. m., los 7 días de la Truckee, CA. 96161 semana

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En el condado de Nevada se realizará una elección completamente median el voto por correo y cada elector elegible recibirá una boleta electoral para votar por correo. Usted puede votar mediante la boleta electoral por correo en persona, en cualquiera de los centros de votación que se mencionan en sección 1, cuando estén abiertos.

Consulte Sección 1 para obtener la lista de los centros de votación y lugares para entregar la boleta electoral en el condado de Nevada, incluidas las fechas y horarios de atención.

A más tardar el 23 de octubre de 2020, a las 5 p.m., podrá solicitar a la Oficina Electoral del condado de Nevada que le envíen por correo una boleta electoral en español.

Solicitar a la Oficina Electoral del condado de Nevada que le envíen una boleta electoral que los electores con discapacidades puedan leer y marcar de forma privada e independiente.

Puede llenar la tarjeta con franqueo pagado al reverso de este folleto para solicitar una boleta electoral por correo en inglés.

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In the November General Election, all voters receive the same ballot, no matter what political party you are registered with (or if you have no party preference). The address where you are registered to vote determines which contests are on your ballot.

Presidential California Top-Two Primary County or Local Offices Nominated by party Nominated by voters Non-partisan primary

• The candidates • The top two • These offices may nominated by each candidates (the ones appear on your political party are on with the most votes) ballot, depending on the ballot are on your ballot where you live

• You can write in a • There is no write in for • You can write in a candidate for these offices candidate for these President and Vice offices President • The candidate’s party preference (or • Candidates for • The parties “None”) is listed with nonpartisan offices nominating the their name do not have a party candidate are listed preference listed on with the candidate’s • Both candidates on the ballot name. A candidate the ballot may have may be nominated the same party by more than one preference party.

On June 8, 2010, California voters approved the Top-Two Open Primary Act (Prop 14). For more information see sos.ca.gov/elections/primary-elections-california/.

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Mark your ballot Completely darken in the rectangle to the left of your choice. Use only a blue or black ballpoint ink pen. Do not use red ink pen or pencils. Do not sign your name on your ballot. To vote for a qualified write-in candidate, write his or her name on the line at the end of the list of candidates. Then darken in the rectangle next to the name.

Check Your Ballot Carefully If you make a mistake on your mail in ballot, write “no” next to the incorrect box and darken the correct box. If you are at a vote center, staff can issue you a replacement ballot.

Don’t vote for too many Vote for the number allowed Always darken the box, ………………………………………………………………………………………….even on a write-in vote Damaged ballots If you damage or make a mistake on your ballot, it can be replaced if it has not already been submitted to the Elections Department. Registered voters can use the online replacement ballot request form at http://mynevadacounty.com/replacementballot, visit our office or call (530) 265- 1298.

Ballot Tracking Tracking your vote-by-mail ballot—when it is mailed, received, and counted—has never been easier. The California Secretary of State is now offering Where’s My Ballot? Where’s My Ballot? lets voters know where their ballot is, and its status, every step of the way. Sign-up at WheresMyBallot.sos.ca.gov to receive automatic email, SMS (text), or voice call notiﬁcations about your ballot.

Check if your vote-by-mail ballot has been received at https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.

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At the vote center, you can choose to vote on the new accessible touch-writer voting equipment

With accessible voting equipment, all voters can vote privately and independently.

1. Tell vote center staff you would like to vote on the touch-writer • Vote center staff will give you a ticket to take to the staff member at the voting equipment. • When it is your turn, give your ticket to the vote center staff member. • The staff member will pull up your ballot for you and verify that you have been given the proper ballot type based on your residential address.

2. Ready, Set, Vote • The Verity touch writer accessible ballot marking device allows for audio only voting, audio and touchscreen or touchscreen only. • You can adjust the contrast colors and text size of the screen. • You may also attach sip & puff devices if needed. • Follow the screens which will orient you to voting with the touch-writer or select Skip instructions.

3. Mark Your Ballot • Before you begin voting you will have the option to learn to mark the ballot and view the contests on the ballot. • You can mark your ballot choices by using the touchscreen, or by using the Move wheel and Select button. • A selected choice will display a green box with a check mark to the left of the choice. • You can review your ballot choices by selecting “Review your choices” in the bottom left corner of the screen. • The Next or Skip button advances to the next contest on the ballot.

4. Review Your Ballot • When you have reached the end of your ballot, the “Review your ballot” screen appears. You can select a specific contest to return to that contest or select “Return to ballot” to go to the last contest visited.

5. Print Your Ballot • When you are done voting, select the Print button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen using the move wheel or touch the screen. • You will then be prompted to select “Yes, print my ballot” or “No, go back”. • Your ballot will print on the laser printer next to the touch-writer. • Retrieve your ballot from the laser printer and take it to the scanner to be scanned. • Your ballot has been scanned and counted when you see the American Flag.

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Remote Accessible Vote-By-Mail Ballot • A digital vote-by-mail ballot can be sent to you directly by email by contacting the Nevada County Elections Office: (530) 265-1298 or [email protected]. You may mark the ballot on a computer and then print it or mark it after it has been printed. • Place your completed ballot in the envelope provided with your vote-by-mail packet, or print the envelope included with the digital ballot you received via email. • The ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the Nevada County Elections Office at 950 Maidu Ave., Suite 210 Nevada City, CA 95959 or dropped off at any of the 22 drop boxes throughout the county. • You may fill out the post card on the back cover of this Voter Information Guide to request a ballot.

At the Vote Center Each vote center and ballot drop-box location are surveyed to confirm that they are ADA accessible. Vote centers may use temporary thresholds, ramps, signage, cones, and door props to improve access to the facility. Handheld 10x lighted magnifying glasses are also available at each vote center.

Curbside Voting If a vote center is not accessible to you, or if you need in person assistance, you may vote a paper ballot from your car. A vote center staff member will qualify you to vote and return the voted ballot back to the vote center. To request curbside voting assistance, you can: • Call in advance to coordinate a time and place • Have an assistant make the request inside the Vote Center • Press the button on the call bell outside the vote center to inform the vote center staff that you need assistance

Accessible Voting System Each vote center in the county has a minimum of 3 accessible ballot marking devices called touch-writers. Touch-writers can accommodate tactile switches and sip and puff devices. Each touch-writer features: • Audio options that read the ballot to you, with volume controls as well as 3 settings for the speed at which the ballot is read to you • 3 different screen contrast options: full color, high contrast black with white text or high contrast white with black text • A variety of text sizes • The option to use the touch screen only or the touch screen and audio

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Voting Information Large print versions of the Voter Information Guide may be picked up at the following locations: • FREED Center for Independent Living 435 Sutton Way, Grass Valley, CA 95945

• Sierra Services for the Blind 546 Searls Ave., Nevada City, CA 95959

• Eric Rood Administration Center Suite 210 950 Maidu Ave., Nevada City, CA 95959

Audio versions of the information printed in the State Voter Guide are available on request. The recordings are available approximately four weeks before the election.

How to Request Assistance To request any of these options for assistance with accessible voting please call our office.

Phone: 530-265-1298 TTY: 530-265-1335

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Over 200 languages and American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters are available at each vote center in Nevada County! We are proud to be among the first counties in California to adopt LanguageLine Solutions as our partner for the upcoming November 3rd Election. Offering state of the art on-line video interpreting services at each vote center, we can help you vote in any language.

Additionally, Spanish Facsimile ballots are available at each of the 8 vote centers located throughout Nevada County.

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Voter Information in Two Guides

You will receive two voter information guides for this election with information about your ballot.

1. Nevada County Voter Information Guide Local races and measures are in this guide

Offices on the ballot – Nevada County

City/Town Non-Partisan* Nevada City, City Council Grass Valley, City Council Town of Truckee, Town Council

School/Fire/Special District* Nevada County Board of Education, Trustee Area 1 Nevada County Board of Education, Trustee Area 2 Nevada County Board of Education, Trustee Area 3 Nevada City Elementary School District Nevada Joint Union High School District, Trustee Area 4 Nevada County Consolidated Fire District Nevada Irrigation District, Division 3 Nevada Irrigation District, Division 5 Truckee Donner Recreation and Park district Truckee Tahoe Airport District Truckee Donner Public Utility District

Local Measures* Measure K – Town of Truckee Measure L – City of Nevada City Measure M – City of Nevada City Measure N – City of Grass Valley Measure O – Byers Lane Community Service District

*May not be applicable to your ballot if residence address is not located in the district.

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2. California State Guide Federal races, state races and State propositions are in this guide

Offices on the ballot – California

President of the United States

United States Representative in Congress, Districts 1 and 4

State Senate, District 1

State Assembly, District 1

Propositions Proposition 14 – Authorizes bonds continuing stem cell research. Initiative Statute. Proposition 15 – Increases funding sources for public schools, community colleges, and local government services by changing tax assessment of commercial and industrial property. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Proposition 16 – Allows diversity as a factor in public employment, education, and contracting decisions. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Proposition 17 – Restores right to vote after completion of prison term. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Proposition 18 – Amends California constitution to permit 17-year-olds to vote in Primary and Special Elections if they will turn 18 by the next General Election and be otherwise eligible to vote. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Proposition 19 – Changes certain property tax rules. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. Proposition 20 – Restricts parole for certain offences currently considered to be non-violent. Authorizes felony sentences for certain offenses currently treated only as misdemeanors. Initiative Statute. Proposition 21 – Expands local governments’ authority to enact rent control on residential property. Initiative Statute. Proposition 22 – Exempts app-based transportation and delivery companies from providing employee benefits to certain drivers. Initiative Statute. Proposition 23 – Establishes State requirements for kidney dialysis clinics. Requires on-site medical professional. Initiative Statute. Proposition 24 – Amends consumer privacy laws. Initiative Statute. Proposition 25 – Referendum on law that replaced money bail with system based on public safety and flight risk.

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Who is running for office? A complete list of the candidates on your ballot, including their contact information and campaign financial disclosure statements, is available online:

Local candidates: www.mynevadacounty.com/elections Statewide candidates: www.sos.ca.gov

Voters passed Proposition 34 in November 2000. This law says we must tell voters the names of candidates who agree to campaign spending limits. Candidates who agree are allowed to pay for and publish a candidate’s statement of qualifications. That statement is printed in this section.

The following State Legislative candidates have accepted the voluntary campaign spending limits.

State Senate, District 1 Expenditure Limitations: $1,395,000

Pamela Dawn Swartz Democratic Brian Dahle Republican

State Assembly, District 1 Expenditure Limitations: $1,085,000

Elizabeth L Betancourt Democratic Megan Dahle Republican

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Parties have the option of submitting candidate endorsements for printing in this pamphlet. Not all parties participate and parties may endorse a candidate from another party. The candidate’s party preference does not necessarily mean that they have that political party’s support.

Peace American Green Office and Democratic Republican Independent Party Freedom United States Rep., Congressional Doug LaMalfa - Audrey Denney Doug LaMalfa - District 1 United States Rep., Congressional Tom McClintock - Brynne Kennedy Tom McClintock - District 4 State Senate - - Pamela Swartz Brian Dahle - District 1 State Assembly Elizabeth - - Megan Dahle - District 1 Betancourt

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Candidate statements are provided by the candidate and printed at his or her own expense.

United States Representative, Congressional District 1 Doug LaMalfa Audrey Denney Farmer/ Member United States House of Agricultural Educator Representatives I believe that with hard-working, responsive This has been a year like no other. The economic leadership, the North State can rebuild our fallout from COVID-19 and the state's shutdown economy and communities from the devastation policies have left many families, small businesses COVID-19 and wildfires have caused our families and farms struggling to stay afloat. and businesses. With all of the divisions in Washington, I've kept the I learned the value of hard work as the daughter of focus on our recovery. I cosponsored legislation to a Vietnam veteran, growing up on a small farm, ensure that every county, regardless of size, teaching agriculture at Chico State, and training receives funds to support critical services that have the next generation of farmers. been impacted by the pandemic and voted to For too long, our district has been without effective give small business and workers financial relief to representation in Washington. I'm running because help them get through the crisis. we can break the gridlock by having a COVID-19 is not the only crisis we have faced. I've representative who answers to the working people worked across party lines to ensure the full support and small businesses of our district - not political of the federal government to support post-Camp parties, special interests, lobbyists or corporations. I'll and Carr fires, with over $3 billion in recovery efforts do this by fighting to get money out of politics, for firefighting, infrastructure restoration, home site making health care and prescription drugs clearing, and census restructuring that brought affordable for all, and working to improve our additional aid. schools, infrastructure, and fire protection. I passed a law to speed up the bureaucratic delays We need to fire self-dealing career politicians who to clear near power lines and worked successfully look out for themselves. We need to find solutions to bring crucial funding to local airports, rural that will restore our jobs and our communities and broadband, water storage projects and veterans' protect veterans, Medicare, and Social Security - programs. solutions that respect families by assuring family sick I stand firm against efforts to defund the police and leave and fair treatment of women at work. throw open prison doors. The flaws in our criminal We need to end the partisan bickering and the justice system will not be fixed by eliminating the political games and focus instead on the right police and burning our system to the ground. solutions for everyone. My commitment to the First While this has been a difficult year, I have faith that District is to stand up to both parties when they're together we will recover and emerge even wrong, put people first, and to work for solutions to stronger. With your support I will continue to bring get things done for you. common sense to government. Thank you. Please I would be honored to have your vote. visit www.DougLaMalfa.com or call 530-712-3675. www.AudreyforCongress.com

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United States Representative, Congressional District 4 Tom McClintock United States Representative

Last year we were enjoying the most prosperous economy in our lifetimes because of policies Republicans enacted to reduce the tax and regulatory burdens that were crushing working families. Today, heavy-handed lockdowns have destroyed the livelihoods of millions of Americans while mob law has ravaged our cities and threatened our safety. In this election, we will decide which course our country will take. Will we restore the principles of freedom and rebuild our nation, or replace them with promises to "fundamentally transform" it into just another failed socialist society? Will we restore the integrity of our borders and enforce our immigration laws, or turn a blind eye to millions of foreign nationals illegally entering our country? Will we restore the rule of law, or surrender to mob rule? Will we restore our fundamental rights of free speech, religious practice, self-defense and due process that our Bill of Rights guarantees, or succumb to ever more controlling and restrictive edicts from woke politicians? Will we restore fiscal responsibility, or bankrupt our nation and rob our children of their earnings and their futures? Will we allow our children to go back to school and allow our citizens to go back to work? The principles of freedom produced the era of plenty we enjoyed only months ago. The principles of authoritarianism have produced the dystopian and dysfunctional world that has followed. We have arrived at a crossroads, and it is time to choose. You know where I stand. You can help at TomMcClintock.com.

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United States Representative, Congressional District 4 Brynne Kennedy Brynne Kennedy Businesswoman Empresaria

COVID 19 has tested our nation and strained our El COVID-19 puso a prueba a nuestra nación y economy. To get America back on track and our afectó nuestra economía. Para que Estados Unidos communities back to normal, we need to put recupere el rumbo y nuestras comunidades partisan politics aside and put our country first. vuelvan a la normalidad, debemos dejar de lado la I built a successful business by helping workers in política partidista y poner a nuestro país en primer communities like ours access good paying jobs. I lugar. didn't care about Republican or Democratic Creé una empresa exitosa ayudando a que los solutions, but finding the right solution. trabajadores en comunidades como la nuestra I'm not a career politician. I'm a pragmatic tuvieran acceso a empleos bien remunerados. No businesswoman guided by core American values me importaban las soluciones republicanas ni like hard work and personal responsibility. I learned demócratas, sino encontrar la solución correcta. them being raised in a small town where plants No soy política de carrera. Soy una empresaria were closing, and families that had worked hard to pragmática que se guía por los valores reach the middle class were struggling to stay estadounidenses fundamentales como el trabajo there. arduo y la responsabilidad personal. Los adquirí al My father served in the military and was the first in crecer en una ciudad pequeña donde las fábricas our family to attend college. My mother runs a cerraban, y las familias que habían trabajado small-town store. Both fought tough battles against arduamente para alcanzar la clase media cancer, fueling my commitment to lower luchaban por permanecer ahí. healthcare costs, ensure people with prior Mi padre trabajó en el ejército y fue el primero de conditions don't lose their insurance, reduce nuestra familia en asistir a la universidad. Mi madre prescription drug prices and protect Social Security administra una tienda en una ciudad pequeña. and Medicare. Ambos libraron duras batallas contra el cáncer, lo To recover and rebuild our nation, I'll reject the blind que impulsó mi compromiso para reducir los costos partisanship that's set us back and work with any de la atención médica, garantizar que las personas party or President on the solutions we need now-- con afecciones previas no pierdan su seguro, supporting frontline workers and small businesses, reducir los precios de los medicamentos recetados cutting taxes, expanding high-speed internet, fixing y proteger la Seguridad Social y Medicare. roads and bridges, protecting communities from Para recuperar y reconstruir a nuestra nación, wildfires, eliminating wasteful spending and taking rechazaré el partidismo ciego que nos hizo on special interest corruption. retroceder y trabajaré con cualquier partido o I will always put our community and country first-to presidente en las soluciones que necesitamos create American jobs, stand up to America's ahora: apoyar a los trabajadores de primera línea y adversaries, and support and protect our troops. las pequeñas empresas, reducir los impuestos, Join us at www.BrynneforCongress.com. expandir la Internet de alta velocidad, arreglar las carreteras y los puentes, proteger a las comunidades de los incendios forestales, eliminar los gastos innecesarios y hacerse cargo de la corrupción de intereses especiales. Siempre pondré a nuestra comunidad y a nuestro país en primer lugar para generar empleos en Estados Unidos, enfrentar a los adversarios de Estados Unidos, y apoyar y proteger a nuestras tropas. Únase a nosotros en www.BrynneforCongress.com.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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State Senate, District 1 Pamela Dawn Swartz Brian Dahle Small Business Owner Farmer/Businessowner/Senator Age: 55 I am your neighbor, not a politician. I am running to represent the North State because we need leaders Repairing our damaged economy, tackling the in Sacramento who answer to us, instead of big- COVID-19 health crisis and returning lives to normal donor corporations. I'm fiercely loyal to our District, is how we move California forward. and will introduce creative policies to help our I am a small business owner and farmer who is communities move into the future. working to rebuild our economy. We are at a crossroads where cracks in our health Protecting local jobs, keeping small businesses care, fire resiliency, connectivity and education afloat, retraining unemployed workers, and systems have been laid bare. We have a choice: ensuring our farms have enough is essential a will we continue to try to rework old systems, or will stronger economy. we work on bold solutions? I’m also working hard to ensure legislators We need to get serious about managing our understand the unique problems facing Nevada watersheds and forests, creating opportunities in County so we craft solutions that work for us. new job sectors, providing affordable health care By working across party lines, I helped save lives by and housing, and improving schools and improving the state’s health care response to infrastructure. We need to use our leverage as the COVID-19, provided masks to essential workers and supplier of 2/3 of California residents' drinking water expanded hospital space. to get more support in Sacramento. I am a natural I stood up to the special interests to make health problem solver and will think outside the box to find care more affordable by passing bipartisan solutions for our District. legislation to end the gouging of hospital patients I'm no stranger to hard work, having started and with surprise out-of-network bills, improved successfully maintained for 31 years a small skincare preventative care and made pharmaceutical business, treating individuals with chronic acne. companies more accountable for rising drug prices. Many of you know me personally from my second Defeating $29 billion in new taxes, protecting Prop job as a farrier, specializing in barefoot horse 13 and keeping property taxes down helped keep trimming. I also hold a degree in Forestry with an more money in your pockets during these tough emphasis in Wildlife Management, which makes me times. the perfect fit for our rural District. I held agencies accountable for wildfire and I share your values; I'm going to roll up my sleeves increased funding to prevent more deadly wildfires. and stand up for what we need. My record has earned me 100% ratings from the www.pamelaforsenate.com/endorsements_2020 California Police Chiefs Association and the California Taxpayers Association. As your Senator, I’ll continue fighting to make Nevada County safer and healthier while rebuilding our economy. Please call me at (530) 251-3888 or visit www.briandahle.com if you have questions or need assistance.

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State Assembly, District 1 Elizabeth Betancourt Megan Dahle Small Business Owner, Farmer, and Rural Advocate Farmer/Businesswoman/Mother Age: 40 Age: 45

We have been neglected by institutional politicians Stopping the spread the coronavirus, rebuilding our and the corporate interests that support them. economy and getting our lives back to normal are If you're like me, you believe it's time for my top priorities. Sacramento to pay attention to our North State To help deal with COVID-19, I worked to improve needs. My family owns a small farm and the state’s health care responses, pushed to add understands the hard work that goes into making a nurses and worked to prevent price gouging for small business work ... and the failure of food and essential supplies. Sacramento's one-size-fits-all approach. As a small business owner and farmer, I am using my I'm also a scientist with broad experience in forest experience to help our economy recover by management, balancing ecosystem health and protecting existing jobs and working to create new economic realities. I live here, work here, and have ones. We need to focus on rebooting the tourism been a tireless advocate for our North State economy when the time is right. communities for nearly 20 years. I will work for: My focus is on getting state government to pay Science-based forest management and attention to the unique needs of Nevada County investment; and not impose one size fits all solutions that hurt Locally-driven water policy; the North State to help Los Angeles. Decreasing the red tape for our small businesses Making health care more affordable and ensuring and family farms; we have access to care during these tough times is Real rural economic development, including rural a priority. broadband; The coronavirus showed America is dangerously Addressing the growing risk of catastrophic wildfires dependent on China for prescription drugs. To fix and holding insurance companies accountable; that problem, I’m working to ensure America make and more of the pharmaceuticals our families need. A world-class education for all of our students, I’ll continue my efforts to improve forestry ensuring that more of our tax dollars for education management and ensure power lines are properly actually make it to the classroom. maintained to help prevent catastrophic wildfires. The government has ignored us. Even our own Ensuring students learn the skills needed to succeed elected officials disappear into Sacramento and in tomorrow’s economy and that parents can only return when they want our votes. I'm not a choose the best educational opportunities for their politician. I say what I mean and I mean what I say. child is critical. I commit to a real and active presence, responsive Firefighters and law enforcement officers support to your concerns, and have shown this commitment me. I hope you do too. through years of service to our communities; I'll If you have questions, please call me at (530) 251- continue to do so as your next Assemblymember. 6757 or visit www.votemegandahle.com. On November 3rd, I'd like the opportunity to earn I’d be honored to have your vote. your trust. www.BetancourtForAssembly.com

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Nevada County Board of Education – Trustee Area 1 Peggy Delgado Fava Susan E Clarabut CEO/Coach/Facilitator I’m running for school board because it’s the right Today we have insurmountable challenges for thing to do. students, schools and families including the COVID I’m running for the Nevada County Board of pandemic, economic pressures and mental health Education because I know how important it is to crises. To meet these challenges, we need a have calm, collected and committed board different perspective for NCBOE. I bring a unique members working for our students. I believe that my set of skills to meet these challenges. 30+ years as a teacher and administrator in I will be the voice for students, parents/guardians Nevada County schools make me uniquely and especially for the underserved and the qualified to meet that criteria. That’s why I’m asking unheard. you to help me to continue to serve our community. This seat oversees the same demographic in which I My husband and I have lived in Nevada County for currently love and excel in serving. I am the 35 years. We raised our family here. Our children Founder and Executive Director for a nonprofit attended school here. This is our home. I can’t organization that has received numerous awards think of anything that is more important for me to for community work with marginalized and do than to help ensure that our schools are safe, underserved families. secure, well-run and our students have access to an I have AS Pre-Nursing Degree from ARC; a BS excellent education. Degree in Business Management from William Working as a teacher and school administrator in Jessup University. I am Certified as a Health Coach, our County gave me the experience and in Youth Mental Health First Aid, Human Trafficking knowledge necessary to lead in these extraordinary awareness trainer. times. As your representative, I will continue to In 2018, I received the Woman of the Year award ensure that students and staff are safe in our from the California’s Legislative Women’s Caucus. I schools and that our children continue to have am bi-lingual in Spanish, and my prior work access to an excellent education. experience was 25 years in the healthcare industry. I respectfully ask for your vote on November 3rd. My family and I moved to Nevada County in 2004 based on academic performance at Bear River High School and their football program; my contact information: 530-637-8360, [email protected].

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Nevada County Board of Education – Trustee Area 1 Louise B Johnson

It is my honor and privilege to continue to serve our educational community as a member of the Nevada County Board of Education. A lifelong educator, I served 34 years as a high school science teacher, an elementary school principal, a district Director of Curriculum, an Assistant Superintendent and a 15-year California School District Superintendent. My most recent assignment was Superintendent of the Nevada Joint Union High School district from which I retired in 2018. I believe that education is the best force for equity and equality for people. My lifelong mission is, “To bring the gift of school to the children who need it most.” All children need it. I believe that our schools must serve the whole child through robust programs not only in academics but also in arts, activities and athletics. I believe that high school is the place where young people learn what makes their hearts sing and what they will pursue for both for work and leisure for their own lives. I am fiscally conservative and fiscally responsible. If elected, I promise to continue to lead with honesty, integrity, grace and compassion. That you for your vote. Louise Johnson, Ed.D. Nevada County Board of Education Member

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Nevada County Board of Education – Trustee Area 2 Ashley Neumann Timothy May Incumbent/Businesswoman/Parent Age: 51 As a board member, my primary concern will be for the health and safety of our students, faculty, and It has been an honor to serve on the Nevada staff. School openings and closings must be based on County Board of Education! I look forward to medical facts, not ideology. My forty-five years of serving another term, eager to utilize my experience as a school high school and community experience post-Covid as a former educator, college instructor have taught me that in times of CDC certified in multiple infectious diseases and fiscal and social crisis, we all need to be flexible and my experience with trauma-bonded-youth from thoughtful in arriving at solutions that are best for our my years teaching at our local juvenile halls. I students, our teachers, our staff, our parents, and our have taught over 30,000 students with the goal of community. I will champion our State curriculum helping our youth make healthy personal standards, advocate strongly for enhanced choices. I substitute taught locally, from lunch/nutrition programs, and be devoted to helping preschool to AP History at Bear River HS. I am the our special needs students. I will advocate for the only board member with teaching experience in support and improvement of our evolving distance our schools. I served on Site Council after learning programs. I have lived In Nevada County for homeschooling our children, teaching them to 30 years, and I am deeply grateful for the education read by age 4. my children received in our local public schools; I will During my first term I have advanced education in turn promote a K-12 system that prepares our options while also advocating for at risk youth, current students to meet the very formidable campus safety, child sex-trafficking prevention, challenges of the 21st Century. vaping prevention, STD prevention, and correcting historic omissions in textbooks. As a Latina, I am the only minority on our board which gives me insight into fighting racism and pushing for historic accuracy in our textbooks. I have kept my promise to be a voice for students, parents and teachers. I will continue to speak for marginalized and underserved students and families. I would appreciate your vote! Email:[email protected]

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Nevada County Board of Education – Trustee Area 3 Julie Baker Grace Hudek

In 1998, I moved to Nevada County with my Grace Hudek has experience with budgets, public husband whose family has been here for six health and education. She has been a CEO of her generations. The focus of my work has been in arts own company and an educator for over 30 years. and nonprofits including owning Julie Baker Fine Art She is an RN and has her BA in Public Health Nursing and as the Executive Director of Center for the Arts from Fresno State. and California Worldfest. I'm currently the Executive Grace and her husband have four children that Director of the statewide advocacy nonprofit, have attended public, private and charter schools Californians for the Arts. In 2019, I was elected to the in Nevada County. Both sports and the arts are Nevada Union High School site council. I've served important to her family. She also has experience on the Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation working with kids with special needs. She has and Friendship Club boards and on committees for homeschooled for many years. Economic Resource Council and Grass Valley Grace understands the struggles parents are going Downtown Association. I a member of the through currently trying to provide an income for Community Advisory Council for Nevada County their families while giving their children an excellent Relief Fund and the recipient of the Peggy Levine education. She has passion about helping parents Arts & Community service award. access the best possible education for their My business and nonprofit experience, as well as children, as well as giving teachers the leeway to raising three sons in Nevada County public schools teach. Grace is a listener and a doer. and working in advocacy in state government, are Grace’s top priority is providing an outstanding assets to the Nevada County Board of Education. I education for all youth and getting kids back to am an involved community member who wants to school in a safe environment. build a holistic and high quality educational Grace’s family has owned a home in Nevada foundation for our children. A successful school County for over 50 years. system is critical not only for the future of our Give kids Grace for excellence in education! Vote students but for the viability of our community. for kids, vote for quality education, vote for Grace Hudek. Please visit www.Grace-Hudek.com [email protected]

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Nevada Joint Union High School District – Trustee Area 4 Leslie Lattyak Leslie Lattyak

My name is Leslie Lattyak. I have served as a Trustee Mi nombre es Leslie Lattyak. Me he desempeñado for the Union Hill School District since 2017. I have a como fideicomisaria del Distrito Escolar de Union Hill strong background in finance and accounting. After desde 2017. Tengo una sólida experiencia en graduating from university with a Bachelor of finanzas y contabilidad. Después de graduarme de Commerce degree, I worked in fields of public la universidad con una licenciatura en Comercio, accounting, finance, and corporate banking. trabajé en los campos de la contabilidad pública, I believe that it is important for a Trustee to take the las finanzas y la banca corporativa. time and effort needed to gather information, distill Considero que es importante que un fiduciario se what is most pertinent, and make informed tome el tiempo y el esfuerzo necesarios para reunir decisions. Trustees should attend each información, extraer lo más pertinente y tomar meeting with an open mind and be prepared to decisiones informadas. Los fideicomisarios hear a multitude of opposing views. The needs of deben asistir a cada reunión con la mente abierta students and teachers must also be balanced with y estar preparados para escuchar una infinidad de the financial health of the district to weather puntos de vista en contra. Las necesidades de los economic instability. My strong financial estudiantes y maestros también deben equilibrarse background in economics and accounting allows con la salud financiera del distrito para enfrentar la me to use that expertise at the Board level, as I inestabilidad económica. Mi sólida trayectoria have done at Union Hill School District for the last 3 financiera en economía y contabilidad me years. Having two children attending schools in the permite usar esa experiencia al nivel de la Junta, district enables me to assess challenges at the como lo hice en el Distrito Escolar de Union Hill classroom level from the view of the students, durante los últimos 3 años. Al tener dos hijos que teachers, and concerned parents. I have the asisten a las escuelas del distrito, puedo evaluar los experience, dedication, and objectivity required to desafíos al nivel del salón de clases desde la ensure Nevada Union’s continued growth and perspectiva de los estudiantes, los maestros y los prosperity in these challenging times. padres preocupados. Tengo la experiencia, la dedicación y la objetividad necesarias para garantizar el crecimiento y la prosperidad continuos del Distrito Escolar Secundario Unificado de Nevada durante estos momentos difíciles.

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Nevada Joint Union High School District – Trustee Area 4 DuWaine Ganskie

I have chosen to run for the NJUHSD School Board because I believe it is my turn to serve. I retired from the NJUHSD two years ago after working thirty years in the District as a Teacher, Coach, Athletic Director, and the Teacher’s Association President. I am ready to use my background and qualifications to empower current and future generations of students, staff, and parents to participate in an exceptional educational experience. I have a degree in Social Sciences from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, a Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from the United States Sports Academy, and thirty-three years’ experience as an educator. I worked at both Nevada Union and Bear River High Schools, teaching Economics, Government, and Math. I successfully coached varsity sports at both high schools, and served as Athletic Director at Bear River HS. In addition, I served as President of the NJUHSD Teacher’s Association. My experience brings a unique perspective in understanding the needs of our students, parents, staff, and the community. I understand how to put students’ best interests at the forefront of all decision making. I will work hard as a board member to continue excellence in our schools and community. I would appreciate your vote.

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Grass Valley, City Council Bob Branstrom Bob Branstrom Retired Business Analyst Analista de negocios jubilado Age: 69 Edad: 69

Thank you for caring about our community by Gracias por preocuparse por nuestra comunidad al voting. We need democracy now more than ever. votar. Ahora más que nunca, necesitamos The past few years have seen unexpected democracia. Durante los últimos años se han challenges, like severe housing shortages, power presentado desafíos inesperados, como las graves shutoffs, and COVID-19. They make living and escaseces de viviendas, los cortes de energía y el working (or not working) here more difficult and COVID-19. Estos ocasionan que vivir y trabajar (o no stressful. Other challenges include fire risk, and long trabajar) aquí sea más difícil y estresante. Otros term threats to our water supply, both made worse desafíos incluyen el riesgo de incendios y las by climate change. We need intelligent, amenazas a largo plazo a nuestro suministro de compassionate leadership focused on solving agua, que empeoran debido al cambio climático. problems for our people, families, and businesses. Necesitamos un liderazgo inteligente y compasivo My commitment to you and our community is just que se enfoque en resolver los problemas de that. I will promote public health and safety, nuestra gente, familias y empresas. Mi compromiso protect our historical and environmental legacy, con usted y nuestra comunidad es precisamente and develop more living wage jobs based on our eso. Fomentaré la salud y seguridad públicas, existing strengths in technology, small protegeré nuestro legado histórico y ambiental, y manufacturing, and cannabis. I’ll support the best desarrollaré más empleos con salarios dignos solutions for the residents and businesses of Grass basados en nuestras fortalezas existentes en Valley by working with our many talented tecnología, pequeños fabricantes y cannabis. community members, seeking diverse and Apoyaré las mejores soluciones para los residentes innovative ideas, and giving everyone a fair y las empresas de Grass Valley trabajando con el hearing. gran número de miembros talentosos de nuestra I ask for your vote so I can serve you and our comunidad, buscando ideas diversas e community. Visit branstrom4gvcouncil.com and innovadoras y brindando una audiencia justa a learn about my career in business and government, todos. volunteer service, education, endorsements, and Le pido su voto para poder trabajar para usted y vision for Grass Valley. para nuestra comunidad. Visite branstrom4gvcouncil.com y obtenga más información sobre mi trayectoria en las empresas y el gobierno, el servicio voluntario, la educación, las personas que me respaldan y la visión para Grass Valley.

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Grass Valley, City Council Janet Arbuckle Grass Valley Councilmember Age: 69

Our city faces the harsh reality of declining revenue necessary to support critical services. As a retired Deputy Sheriff, I share the dedication and commitment of Grass Valley’s first responders – police and fire – to keep our streets safe and our families protected. Streamlining our budget and finding new revenue sources are critical. More than ever, our City needs experienced, steady leadership. I have long worked to create a diversified economy with sustainable jobs that pay a living (not minimum) wage. I will continue to support prudent funding of our infrastructure, road maintenance, parks that appeal to varied interests, and historical preservation. I advocate only sensible, responsible development. I carefully evaluate each proposed project based on its own merit and what it can contribute to Grass Valley’s economy, without negatively impacting our local businesses and the homey, small-town atmosphere of our area. I am fiscally responsible, independent, and readily accessible and responsive to all residents of Grass Valley. We solve our problems best from optimism, not pessimism; through cooperation and unity, not divisiveness. Together we can make Grass Valley the BEST place to live, work, and raise a family. I respectfully ask for your vote.

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Grass Valley, City Council Thomas Ivy Thomas Ivy Plumber Plomero Age: 36 Edad: 36

I was born and raised locally, walked to grade Nací y crecí en la región, caminaba a la escuela school in Grass Valley, am a Nevada Union alum, primaria en Grass Valley, soy exalumno del Distrito and graduated UCSC in ‘06. In 2008 I started Escolar Secundario Unificado de Nevada y me working in my family’s local plumbing business, gradué de la Universidad de California en Santa which I continue to this day. I enjoy mountain Cruz (University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC) en biking, gardening, and volunteering with the Wolf 2006. En 2008 comencé a trabajar en la empresa Creek Community Alliance. As a Grass Valley local de plomería de mi familia, que es lo que hago Planning Commissioner I have engaged with actualmente. Disfruto del ciclismo de montaña, la important issues facing our community, including jardinería y el voluntariado en la Alianza affordable housing, development, and energy use. Comunitaria de Wolf Creek. Como comisionado de As your City Councillor, I will work to preserve the planificación de Grass Valley, me comprometí con historic and friendly small-town elements that make los problemas importantes que enfrenta nuestra Grass Valley a great home, while taking a practical comunidad, incluidas las viviendas asequibles, el approach to making this community work for all of desarrollo y el uso de energía. us. We can make housing economically feasible Como su concejal de la ciudad, trabajaré para and prioritize the missing middle. We can preservar los elementos históricos y amigables de encourage smart growth by looking at what has ciudad pequeña que hacen de Grass Valley un worked locally. We must continue to take steps that gran hogar, y a su vez adoptaré un enfoque ensure our power grid is safe and our local práctico para hacer que esta comunidad esté al economy is protected. servicio de todos nosotros. Podemos hacer que las I would like to represent you on the Grass Valley viviendas sean económicamente viables y priorizar City Council and I appreciate your support. las viviendas intermedias faltantes. Podemos fomentar el crecimiento inteligente al observar lo que ha funcionado a nivel local. Debemos seguir tomando medidas para garantizar que nuestra red eléctrica sea segura y nuestra economía local esté protegida. Me gustaría representarlo en el Concejo de la Ciudad de Grass Valley y agradezco su apoyo.

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Nevada City, City Council Catalina Llanos Catalina Llanos Geographer/GIS (Geographic Information Geógrafa/Analista de Sistemas de Información Systems) Analyst Geográfica (SIG) Age: 26 Edad: 26

I want to listen to you and elevate your voice Quiero escucharlo y elevar su voz y visión para nuestra and vision for our community. comunidad. I am fearless, altruistic, honest, fast, respectful, Soy intrépida, altruista, honesta, rápida, respetuosa, civil, passionate, humble, and determined. civilizada, apasionada, humilde y decidida. I want to represent your input in the following - Quiero representar su opinión sobre lo siguiente: Economic Development: historic district Desarrollo económico: revitalización del distrito revitalization, tourism, commercial and histórico, turismo, cambio del uso comercial y residential infill, business retention, sustainability. residencial, retención de empresas y sustentabilidad. Environment: Wildfire preparedness, water Medio ambiente: preparación ante incendios quality and quantity, securing local and organic forestales, calidad y cantidad del agua, protección food sources, cannabis, litter. Community Well- de las fuentes de alimentos locales y orgánicas, Being: Mental health, coping with power cannabis, residuos. Bienestar de la comunidad: salud shutoffs, adjusting to quarantine/physical- mental, afrontar los cortes de energía, adaptarse a la distancing, social equity, ability to express cuarentena/distanciamiento físico, equidad social, yourself and be heard by an unbiased leader. capacidad de expresarse y ser escuchado por un líder Born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents, I came neutral. north at 17 to pursue my education, leading my Nací en Los Angeles y soy hija de padres inmigrantes; career to the private and public sectors. I llegué al norte a los 17 años para continuar con mis studied Environmental Geography, Rural-Town estudios y orienté mi carrera hacia los sectores público Planning, and Geographic Information Systems y privado. Estudié Geografía Ambiental, Planificación Technology at CSU-Chico. I lived in Redding and Urbana Rural y Tecnología de los Sistemas de my home was a quarter mile from burning in the Información Geográfica en la California State Carr Fire. I assisted with academic research of University (CSU), Chico. Viví en Redding y mi casa fire behavior and effects of indigenous land estaba a un cuarto de milla de distancia del incendio management techniques in California and de Carr. Ayudé con la investigación académica del Cape York, Australia. I am dedicated to comportamiento del fuego y los efectos de las strengthening our ecosystem and want to be in técnicas de manejo de tierras indígenas en California a position to use all of my skills for the betterment y Cabo York, Australia. Me dedico a fortalecer nuestro of the community’s health. Voting for me is a ecosistema y deseo estar en un puesto en el que vote for you. pueda usar todas mis habilidades a fin de mejorar la salud de la comunidad. Votar por mí es votar por usted.

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Nevada City, City Council Gary Petersen Groundwater Management Planner

Twenty years ago, I acquired my home at 320 Park Ave and was excited to live here full time, restore the house and make new friends. I also managed the Grass Valley Airport, helped reorganize Nevada County government, and worked on the local United Way Community Report Card. In 2005, I relocated to Monterey County to take employment with the City of Salinas. For Salinas, I reorganized the Permit Center, operated the Salinas Municipal Airport, and became Public Works Director. I also produced one of the first Groundwater Sustainability Plans in California, completed innovative energy and water programs and dealt extensively with neighborhood viability, homelessness and racial equity. My wife Christine Bottaro (Retired RN) and I met in Monterey and have been married nearly 12 years. We are both thrilled to live in Nevada City, back home since 2018. I am seeking the Council position because I care deeply about this city and have for a long time. City financial matters are about to get really tough. I believe my 40 years of local government leadership strongly emphasizing unity and collaboration will help. We need to do this together, and together I believe we can.

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Nevada City, City Council Amy Cobden Amy Cobden Scientist, Ecologist Científica y ecologista Age: 39 Edad: 39

I love this town. I was born and raised here and Amo esta ciudad. Nací y crecí aquí y regresé hace returned after completing graduate school five cinco años, después de terminar la escuela de years ago. My intention in running for council stems posgrado. La intención de postularme para el from my personal experiences as a scientist, who’s concejo surge de mis experiencias personales struggled to find work and to be of service in a como una científica, que ha tenido problemas town that has limited opportunities for science para encontrar trabajo y ser útil en una ciudad con professionals. My primary interests are to ensure that oportunidades limitadas para los profesionales de we maintain a healthy economy and cultural life, la ciencia. Mi interés principal es garantizar que while honoring our historical charm and unique mantengamos una economía saludable y una vida character. It is also crucial that we work tirelessly to cultural, al tiempo que honramos nuestro encanto maintain healthy forests in our community, both for histórico y carácter único. También es fundamental the forests themselves and for our own safety during que trabajemos incansablemente para mantener fire season. I want to do what I can to make sure los bosques de nuestra comunidad en buen that those who were born and raised here will estado, tanto por los bosques como por nuestra always be able to live, work, and thrive here that propia seguridad durante la temporada de those who want to move here to live and incendios. Quiero hacer lo posible para contribute on a full time basis will also have asegurarme de que aquellos que nacieron y opportunities to do so. I want to make sure that our crecieron aquí puedan vivir, trabajar y prosperar local businesses remain local and successful. As an siempre aquí que aquellos que deseen mudarse ecologist, a scientist, and an area native I want to aquí para vivir y contribuir de tiempo completo support the health of our economy, our forests, también tengan oportunidades para hacerlo. while honoring and preserving our collective Quiero asegurarme de que nuestras empresas heritages. locales permanezcan locales y sean exitosas. Como ecologista, científica y nativa de la zona, deseo apoyar la salud de nuestra economía y nuestros bosques, mientras honramos y preservamos nuestros patrimonios colectivos.

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Town of Truckee, Town Council Frank J Bernhard

Truckee is a special place like no other in the Tahoe region of California. With inclusive leadership, we protect the core values of community, education, environment and small business across all facets of local government. Over the past decade as a Truckee resident, I witnessed firsthand the decisions that impact our ability to strengthen protection of natural resources while balancing an agenda for responsible economic growth. Vital to our community is the thriving entrepreneurial spirit that remains alive in artisans, educators, healthcare and pioneers of a culture that serve generations to come. It reminds us to be custodians of public policy that elevate individual passions bonding over an unmatched quality of life. My agenda for Town Council is simply to keep Truckee on a path where it belongs, recognizing that the future of this community rests on those making a difference everyday and not catering to the interests of outside corporations. We need political courage to resist becoming the next commercial enterprise and stand united in making our lives better through smart infrastructure. With my passion for the mountains as a professional ski instructor and a life philosophy for influencing a catalyst of change, I humbly ask for your vote.

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Town of Truckee, Town Council Carla Embertson Carla Embertson

For 23 years I have been fortunate enough to call He tenido la suerte de llamar hogar a Truckee Truckee home. I have watched children grow, durante 23 años. Vi niños crecer, graduarse y graduate and return to raise their children in this regresar para criar a sus hijos en esta comunidad unique and special community. I have worked with única y especial. Trabajé con organizaciones sin non-profits and service organizations to help our fines de lucro y de servicios para ayudar a nuestra community achieve its goals and our residents to comunidad a lograr sus objetivos y a nuestros live better lives. residentes a vivir una vida mejor. As President of the Glenshire Devonshire Residents Como presidenta de la Asociación de Residentes Association and a member of its Short-Term Rental de Glenshire Devonshire y miembro de su comité committee, I have listened to our residents, heard de Alquileres a Corto Plazo, atendí a nuestros their issues and worked to come to the best residentes, escuché sus problemas y trabajé para solutions for all. I will do the same as a member of encontrar las mejores soluciones para todos. Como the Truckee Town Council without personal miembro del Concejo de Truckee, haré lo mismo y agenda. sin intereses propios. As we enact the policies that will shape Truckee for A medida que promulgamos las políticas que the next 20 years, I will work to build a community darán forma a Truckee durante los próximos 20 where families and those who work here are able to años, trabajaré para construir una comunidad live affordably without erasing the past and the rich donde las familias y las personas que trabajan aquí history that makes Truckee unique. puedan vivir de manera asequible, sin borrar el Truckee has always been a place where small pasado y la rica historia que hace que Truckee sea business owners and entrepreneurs can set down único. roots and achieve their dreams. They are an Truckee siempre ha sido un lugar donde los important and integral part of Truckee that I will propietarios y empresarios de pequeñas empresas work to support and help succeed. pueden echar raíces y realizar sus sueños. Ellos son With your vote I will work to preserve our past while una parte importante e integral de Truckee con la building our future. que trabajaré para apoyarlos y ayudarlos a tener Carlaembertson2020.com éxito. Con su voto, trabajaré para preservar nuestro pasado mientras construimos nuestro futuro. Carlaembertson2020.com

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Town of Truckee, Town Council Jan Zabriskie Jan Zabriskie

My wife, Louise, and I moved to Truckee in 2011 Mi esposa, Louise, y yo nos mudamos a Truckee en because we love the Sierra Nevada and wanted to 2011 porque amamos la Sierra Nevada y queríamos join our two children. We have five grandchildren unir a nuestros dos hijos. Tenemos cinco nietos que attending Truckee schools. We want our asisten a las escuelas de Truckee. Queremos que grandchildren to be able to live here as adults in a nuestros nietos puedan vivir aquí cuando sean community that continues to care for others and adultos, en una comunidad que continúe our environment. cuidando a los demás y nuestro medio ambiente. I am an active member of the Town's General Plan Soy miembro activo del Comité Asesor del Plan Advisory Committee and I served as a member and General del Pueblo y fungí como miembro y chair of Truckee's Planning Commission. I volunteer presidente de la Comisión de Planificación de as a lawyer for low-income clients of the Sierra Truckee. Trabajo como abogado voluntario para Community House and regularly participate in los clientes de bajos ingresos de la Casa Truckee Watershed Council restoration projects. I Comunitaria de Sierra y participo de manera understand the challenges our community faces. regular en los proyectos de restauración del My careers as a botanist and a lawyer provide Concejo de Cuencas de Truckee. Comprendo los scientific and legal skills that will complement the desafíos que enfrenta nuestra comunidad. talents of other council members. My work has Mis carreras como botánico y abogado me taught me the importance of preparation, brindan habilidades científicas y legales que community input and collaborative decision complementarán los talentos de otros miembros making. del concejo. Mi trabajo me enseñó la importancia I ask for your vote. I will work to make our de la preparación, la opinión de la comunidad y la community stronger, our environment healthier, toma de decisiones en colaboración. and our Town better protected from wildfire. We Le pido su voto. Trabajaré para hacer que nuestra must implement Truckee's goals, increase workforce comunidad sea más fuerte, que nuestro medio housing, embrace diversity, secure economic ambiente sea más saludable y que nuestro pueblo stability, safeguard open spaces, nurture our forests esté mejor protegido de los incendios forestales. and watersheds, and reduce our carbon footprint. Debemos implementar los objetivos de Truckee, crear más viviendas para los trabajadores, aceptar la diversidad, asegurar la estabilidad económica, proteger los espacios abiertos, nutrir nuestros bosques y cuencas, y reducir nuestras emisiones de carbono.

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Town of Truckee, Town Council Courtney Henderson Courtney Henderson Health & Energy Professional Profesional de la salud y la energía Age: 37 Edad: 37

My family came to Truckee because of its unique Mi familia llegó a Truckee debido a su calidad de quality of life and I’m passionate about preserving vida única y me apasiona preservar eso. that. Tengo un doctorado en Salud Pública de la I have a Doctorate in Public Health from UC University of California (UC) Berkeley y una maestría Berkeley and a Master of Public Health from Brown en Salud Pública de la Brown University. Soy University. I serve on a Technical Advisory Group for miembro de un Grupo Asesor Técnico del Concejo the Sierra Business Council, I’m a member in Truckee Empresarial de Sierra, miembro de 100 % 100% Renewables, and I work with community Renovables de Truckee y trabajo con socios partners to distribute no-cost PPE to small businesses comunitarios para distribuir equipo de protección and improve Truckee’s Census response rate to personal (personal protection equipment, PPE) sin ensure Truckee gets essential resources. costo a las pequeñas empresas y mejorar el índice I’m running for Truckee Town Council because we de respuesta del censo de Truckee para garantizar need strong leadership, with experience bridging que Truckee reciba los recursos esenciales. diverse perspectives, meeting community needs, Me postulo para el Concejo del Pueblo de Truckee and solving problems. I’ve solved tough challenges porque necesitamos un liderazgo sólido, con and designed solutions in public health and energy, experiencia en unir perspectivas diferentes, both nationally and internationally. satisfacer las necesidades de la comunidad y My goals include: resolver problemas. Resolví desafíos difíciles y Improving public health and safety; diseñé soluciones en los sectores de salud y energía Supporting economic recovery for our businesses; públicas, tanto a nivel nacional como Smart development that balances growth while internacional. maintaining our town’s mountain character and Mis objetivos incluyen: social fabric; mejorar la salud y la seguridad públicas; Environmental stewardship; and apoyar la recuperación económica de nuestras Housing accessibility. empresas; I have the experience and values necessary to un desarrollo inteligente que equilibre el ensure Truckee thrives and our Town Council works crecimiento mientras mantiene el carácter to meet the needs of all residents. montañoso y el tejido social de nuestra ciudad; It would be an honor to serve as a Town Council la protección del medio ambiente; y Member. Together, we can create a healthy la accesibilidad a la vivienda. community and resilient tomorrow. Tengo la experiencia y los valores necesarios para www.courtney2020.com garantizar que Truckee prospere y que el Concejo de nuestro pueblo trabaje para satisfacer las necesidades de todos los residentes. Sería un honor desempeñarme como miembro del Concejo. Juntos, podemos crear una comunidad saludable y fuerte en el futuro. www.courtney2020.com

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Town of Truckee, Town Council Marcy Dolan Marcy Dolan Respiratory Therapist- COPD/Asthma Case Terapeuta respiratoria, administradora de casos de Manager asma y EPOC

I have lived in Truckee for 25 years. I have three Vivo en Truckee desde hace 25 años. Tengo tres children who have attended TTUSD. I have owned hijos que asistieron al Distrito Escolar Unificado de retail business in Truckee. Our family loves Truckee Tahoe Truckee (Tahoe Truckee Unified School and the Sierra backyard. I volunteer for Meals on District, TTUSD). Soy propietaria de una empresa Wheels and have also coached AYSO soccer. minorista en Truckee. Nuestra familia ama Truckee y As a Case Manager my role is to listen to patients el vecindario de Sierra. Soy voluntaria de Meals on and together come up with a plan that is Wheels y también fui entrenadora de fútbol en la sustainable and affordable navigating variables American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). such as cost, insurance, educational and cultural Como administradora de casos, mi función es differences. From my experience establishing five escuchar a los pacientes y elaborar un plan en retail stores I have the ability to prioritize short term conjunto que sea sustentable y asequible, y que and long term goals and am fisically responsible. I aborde variables como el costo, el seguro, las believe these qualities would make me a valuable diferencias educativas y culturales. Por mi asset to the Truckee Town Council. experiencia en el establecimiento de cinco tiendas COVID 19 has created many challenges for our minoristas, tengo la capacidad de priorizar community. My familiarity with the pandemic as a objetivos a corto y largo plazo y soy fiscalmente Respiratory Therapist will help inform decisions responsable. Considero que estas cualidades me regarding our community’s response and recovery. convierten en un activo valioso para el Concejo Economic growth needs to be balanced and del Pueblo de Truckee. sustainable to support the needed infrastructure to El COVID-19 generó muchos desafíos para nuestra create affordable/workforce solutions, protect our comunidad. Mi familiaridad con la pandemia environment and create better public como terapeuta respiratoria ayudará a informar las transportation. I believe the best way to achieve decisiones sobre la respuesta y recuperación de this is to listen to all members of our community. nuestra comunidad. El crecimiento económico Inclusion and transparency are important to me. debe ser equilibrado y sustentable para respaldar Please consider me for Truckee Town Council. la infraestructura necesaria a fin de crear soluciones asequibles para los trabajadores, proteger nuestro medio ambiente y mejorar el transporte público. Considero que la mejor manera de lograrlo es escuchar a todos los miembros de nuestra comunidad. La inclusión y la transparencia son importantes para mí. Considere votar por mí para el Concejo del Pueblo de Truckee.

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Town of Truckee, Town Council John “Jack” Forbes John “Jack” Forbes Hospitality Hotelería Age: 34 Edad: 34

When I started writing this “Statement of Cuando comencé a escribir esta “Declaración de Qualification” I determined various identifiers I calificaciones”, determiné varios indicadores que thought would appeal to potential voters. They pensé que atraerían a los posibles votantes. Todos were all true: full-time resident, Truckee High eran ciertos: residente de tiempo completo, graduate, Lord Overlord. However, I’m a firm egresado de la Escuela Secundaria de Truckee, believer that government exists solely to serve the jefe supremo. Sin embargo, creo firmemente que el people. It seems that politics often serves to further gobierno existe únicamente para servir a la gente. an agenda, usually re-election. Parece que la política frecuentemente sirve para I’ve worked in local government; 5 years with the promover un plan, que generalmente es la Town at Animal Services. I consistently found that reelección. the people serving this Town genuinely care about Trabajé en el gobierno local; 5 años con el pueblo us. That’s not often reflected on social media or in en Servicios para Animales. Constantemente newspaper opinions. When I decided to run for descubría que las personas que trabajan en este Town Council, I took a hard look at my end goal. I pueblo realmente se preocupan por nosotros. Con only have one agenda: to make sure the people frecuencia, eso no se refleja en las redes sociales ni are accurately represented, and the direction of en las opiniones de los periódicos. Cuando decidí the Town reflects your wishes. postularme para el Concejo del Pueblo, examiné I’ve worked a variety of jobs in a variety of industries con detalle mi objetivo final. Solo tengo un plan: over the past 15 years. I’m not a career politician, asegurarme de que la gente tenga la and I’ve never balanced a budget, or sat on an representación correcta y que la dirección del advisory committee, or achieved an advanced pueblo refleje sus deseos. degree. But I have a fundamental desire to help Durante los últimos 15 años, trabajé en varios people, and to me, that’s the only qualification that puestos en diferentes industrias. No soy político de matters. carrera y nunca he equilibrado un presupuesto, ni he formado parte de un comité asesor ni he obtenido un título superior. Pero tengo un deseo fundamental de ayudar a las personas y, para mí, esa es la única calificación importante.

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Town of Truckee, Town Council Dow Costa Dow Costa Manager Gerente Age: 57 Edad: 57

A 20-year resident of Truckee, raised 3 girls through Es residente de Truckee desde hace 20 años, crio a TTUSD, coaches basketball at THS, involved in the 3 niñas en el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Tahoe community, and now: He is running for Town Truckee (Tahoe Truckee Unified School District, Council. TTUSD), es entrenador de baloncesto en la Escuela I have worked for large companies most of my Secundaria de Truckee (Truckee High School, THS), career in various roles including Sales, Project, ha participado en la comunidad y ahora: se Vendor, General, and Executive Management. I postula para el Concejo del Pueblo. have worked in Contract Negotiations, HR, La mayor parte de mi carrera, trabajé para Strategic Partnerships, and Finance. A BS in grandes empresas en diferentes cargos, incluida la Psychology, with a Minor in Engineering from the administración de ventas, de proyectos, de University of Illinois and an MBA in Finance from SMU proveedores, general y ejecutiva. Trabajé en have provided me with a solid foundation for Negociaciones Contractuales, Recursos Humanos analyzing and solving problems. My strength is (Human Resources, HR), Alianzas Estratégicas y applying Logic and Reason to daily decisions (did I Finanzas. La licenciatura en Psicología, con un mention the 3 daughters?). I have worked as an título adicional en Ingeniería de la University of individual contributor, and I have built and run Illinois y la maestría en Administración de Empresas organizations over 150 employees with annual con especialidad en Finanzas de la Southern budgets over $25M. Methodist University (SMU) me aportaron bases I love and appreciate Truckee. We have some sólidas para analizar y resolver problemas. Mi unique challenges ahead of us that require honest fortaleza es aplicar la lógica y el razonamiento en discernment, creative solutions, and grounded las decisiones diarias (¿mencioné a mis 3 hijas?). evaluation. Trabajé como colaborador individual, y creé y dirigí I believe I can provide that voice of Logic and organizaciones de más de 150 empleados con Reason that helps guide the way. presupuestos anuales de más de $25 millones. Please vote for Dow Costa. Amo y aprecio Truckee. Tenemos algunos desafíos únicos por delante que requieren un discernimiento honesto, soluciones creativas y una evaluación fundamentada. Considero que puedo proporcionar esa voz de lógica y razonamiento que ayude a guiar el camino. Vote por Dow Costa.

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Town of Truckee, Town Council Lindsay S Romack Lindsay S Romack District Director Directora de distrito Age: 38 Edad: 38

For the past 16 years, I have been a proud member Durante los últimos 16 años, he sido una miembro of this community. Through hard work, I have been orgullosa de esta comunidad. A través del trabajo able to grow from a recent college graduate ski arduo, he logrado pasar de ser una recién bum to an active community member, new graduada universitaria aficionada del esquí a una homeowner, and new mom. I want to miembro activa de la comunidad, propietaria ensure that Truckee continues reciente de una casa y mamá primeriza. Quiero to provide opportunities for others to thrive and asegurarme de establish roots here as well. que Truckee continúe brindando oportunidades My experience working for local government for para que otras personas prosperen y establezcan almost four years has given me a unique raíces aquí también. perspective into the important challenges and La experiencia que adquirí al trabajar para el issues facing our region. That, combined with the gobierno local durante casi cuatro años me brindó knowledge learned from hosting the morning show una perspectiva única de los desafíos y problemas on Truckee Tahoe Radio for a decade, serving on importantes que enfrenta nuestra región. Eso, en the Sierra Community House Board, graduating combinación con el conocimiento obtenido al ser from the North Lake Tahoe Truckee Leadership anfitriona del programa de radio matutino de program, and volunteering for the Truckee Follies, Truckee Tahoe durante una década, servir en la makes me the perfect candidate to serve this Junta de la Casa Comunitaria de Sierra, community. graduarme del programa de Liderazgo de North Housing, sustainability, inclusion, transportation, and Lake Tahoe Truckee y ser voluntaria de Locuras de the impacts of the global pandemic on our Truckee, me convierte en la candidata perfecta community’s health and economy are the key para servir a esta comunidad. issues I will tackle as your Town Council member. I Viviendas, sustentabilidad, inclusión, transporte, y am here to serve you and look forward to listening los impactos de la pandemia mundial en la salud y to your ideas and insight before making decisions la economía de nuestra comunidad son los temas that will affect our region for years to come. clave que abordaré como miembro del Concejo Learn more about me and the issues del Pueblo. Estoy aquí para servirle y espero at www.LindsayRomack.com escuchar sus ideas y percepción antes de tomar decisiones que afecten a nuestra región durante los próximos años. Obtenga más información sobre mí y los problemas en www.LindsayRomack.com

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Nevada Irrigation District – Division 3 Karen Hull W. Scott Miller

Water provided by NID is the life-blood of our You elected me to protect our Water, improve community sustaining homes, farms and ranches. infrastructure, and negotiate NID’s Hydroelectric And NID is in trouble. License. Expenses are rising faster than revenue. Reserves Reelect me to champion the Centennial Reservoir for maintenance of the aged infrastructure are at a project and obtain Federal Recovery money to bare-bones minimum. NID has over $100 million in build it. important capital projects requiring more funding As your Incumbent, I : Kept water local; no out of that you, the NID rate-payer, will provide. An NID District water sales. Obtained $6 million in State study says water rates for 5,000 customers must funding for Lake Combie mercury removal. Brought more than double to balance the budget. $50,000,000 of Infrastructure improvements to NID needs board members who are focused on Division III. New water lines connecting Alta Sierra to providing affordable and reliable water; who are LOP brought 400 customers and 200 new fire fiscally conservative and have a strong business hydrants; strengthening South County’s fire background. I am that person. I have an MBA and protection. worked for 12 years as UC Davis associate vice Hydroelectric license completed. NID realizes chancellor where I managed a budget of $33 $23,000,000/year of new revenue, keeping NID million. I led large-scale, campus-wide strong. organizational change and business improvement Let’s be proactive about our grandchildrens’ water projects, saving money and increasing efficiency. I future. am also a farmer who understands the importance Build Centennial Reservoir now, using low Interest of local agriculture. rates and Federal Recovery Money. If elected, I will ensure responsible fiscal Climate change reduces our historical snowpack; management and cost control, revitalize NID’s more rain and less snow. aged infrastructure through strategic and judicious As Sacramento diverts water for Delta; we lose most investments, and secure future water availability of Rollins Lake. Do nothing: we face critical water through cost effective, innovative approaches and shortages. modern technology. Centennial catches rain and secures our water For affordable and reliable water, vote for Karen future. Hull. Thank you for your vote! Centennial creates $15,000,000/year of green www.KarenHull4NID.com Hydroelectricity to repay 50 year bonds. Conservation buys time to build project; between Rollins and Combie reservoirs. This half Billion dollar infrastructure project brings jobs and commerce to South County. Enhanced fire protection and rising property values will follow. Thank you for your vote.

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Nevada Irrigation District – Division 5 John Norton Rich Johansen

I have comprehensive experience, creativity, and As a fourth generation farmer, I‘m proud to have motivation to improve NID's service and operations, grown up with a deep appreciation for agriculture I am running to represent you on NID's Board of and our special way of life here in Nevada County. Directors. I’m a proud graduate of the University of California I have served as an Interim Director for NID. at Davis, where I graduated with a degree in Additionally, I have served as a volunteer on the Agricultural Economics and Business Management. Nevada County Sanitation District Advisory I’ve applied my education as a certified organic Committee, the Sierra Streams Institute's Board, as farmer, balancing budgets and running my well as on Lake Wildwood's Lake Committee, which business. focuses on water quality and watershed A veteran of the Army National Guard, I’ve always management. believed in serving my country and community. This With 28 years of experience with the California includes service in the Peace Corps, and 16 years State Water Board, I have extensive knowledge of on the Nevada County Agricultural Commission water issues and the use of cooperative and and currently on the Nevada County Planning collaborative management practices. My central Commission. goal was to solve water resource problems, both Through my work serving on the NID’s Drought large and small. I helped secure $150 million from Hardship Advisory Committee and on the Pesticide the State Legislature to help local communities Alternative Study Advisory Committee, I’ve gained clean up polluted runoff through the Clean a first-hand understanding of many of the Beaches Imitative. challenges facing the district and our community. Renovating the 50-year-old water treatment plant I ‘m committed to ensuring Nevada Irrigation District that serves Penn Valley and Lake Wildwood will be continues to provide a secure and dependable a top priority. New budgetary controls to reduce water supply for the long term. spending and control water rate increases will be Because I’ve run a business, I will balance the an equally high priority. budget and ensure operations and services align I will use my experience to guide the Nevada with revenues and make sense. Irrigation District back to its rightful place as a I’ll provide leadership to ensure transparency so trusted public utility. that the public is informed, involved and engaged. I would greatly appreciate your vote. For more Thank you! information visit Please visit: RichJohansen4NID.com Norton4NID.com. Thank you.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Truckee Donner Public Utility District Jeff Bender Jeff Bender

Thank you for being an informed voter and Gracias por ser un votante informado y ejercer su exercising your right to vote. I have served on the derecho al voto. Desde 2008, he trabajado en la TDPUD Board of Directors since 2008. During my Junta Directiva del Distrito de Servicios Públicos de tenure, much has been accomplished, and the Truckee Donner (Truckee Donner Public Utility future of the TDPUD looks very bright. I was very District, TDPUD). Durante mi mandato, se logró involved in hiring our new general manager and mucho y el futuro del TDPUD parece muy developing the District’s core values of prometedor. Estuve muy involucrado en la accountability, integrity, timeliness, safety, work-life contratación de nuestro nuevo gerente general y balance. I am also incredibly proud to be leading en el desarrollo de los valores fundamentales del the TDPUD to 100% renewable energy by 2027 or Distrito, como la responsabilidad, la integridad, la earlier. puntualidad, la seguridad y el equilibrio entre la Electric and water rate increases have been very vida laboral y personal. También estoy sumamente modest enabling us to keep up with inflation and orgulloso de dirigir el TDPUD para incorporar la the increasing need to repair and replace our energía 100 % renovable en 2027 o antes. electric and water infrastructure. Los aumentos de las tarifas de electricidad y agua I am a Professional Mechanical Engineer and han sido muy moderadas, lo que permitió licensed general contractor. My local business mantenernos a la par de la inflación y la creciente focuses on energy efficiency, renewable energy, necesidad de reparar y reemplazar nuestra and mechanical and plumbing design. I believe in infraestructura de agua y electricidad. a balanced approach to environmental and Soy un ingeniero mecánico profesional y contratista economic impacts of the TDPUD. I have been a general autorizado. Mi empresa local se dedica a full-time Truckee resident since 2001, and live here la eficiencia energética, la energía renovable y el with my wife and two children. Our extended diseño mecánico y de plomería. Creo en un family has owned a home in Truckee since 1976. enfoque equilibrado en lo que respecta a los I look forward to continuing to serve my community impactos ambientales y económicos del TDPUD. He during the next 4 years and greatly appreciate your sido residente de Truckee de tiempo completo support on November 3rd! desde 2001, y vivo aquí con mi esposa y mis dos hijos. Nuestra familia extendida vivió en Truckee desde 1976. ¡Espero continuar trabajando para mi comunidad durante los próximos 4 años y agradezco enormemente su apoyo el 3 de noviembre!

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Truckee Donner Public Utility District Joseph (Joe) Aguera Bob Ellis

I'm Joseph R. Aguera, incumbent. I have been a For the last 8 years I have been a Director on the Truckee resident for the past 52 years. I was the Truckee Donner PUD Board, and for two years was business owner of the Truckee-Tahoe Mortuary for the President of the Board. As President, we started 40 years, until my retirement in 2004. I am past the collaborative process to find and hire a new president of Truckee Lions Club, Past Master of the General Manager, and after reviewing 109 Truckee Masonic Lodge#200, and presently a candidates, we found an excellent choice to member of the Truckee Noon Rotary Club. I also manage and lead the TDPUD into the future. My served on the Truckee Cemetery District Board and focus has been to keep our rates low, while still Truckee Fire District. I've been active in community maintaining quality service and planning to avoid service since living in Truckee. power outages with proactive actions like tree I've been a director on the Truckee Donner Public trimming. I have also pushed to reduce our long- Utility District Board for the past 32 years. In this time term debt, which we have done, while maintaining there have been many changes and improvements a good maintenance schedule to repair or replace that I have been a part of. This year hiring a new pipes or electrical equipment to maintain efficiency General Manager. Working closely with our expert and reduce long term costs. We have also been staff to maintain a high performance with the proactive in finding new renewable energy sources State’s renewable portfolio standards and bringing for our district that are cost effective, and right now the community “the best water from your tap”. The we are over 75% in renewable energy and PUD continues to strive for renewable energy, continuing to move higher with planned future recently approving the Red Solar Mesa Project. additions. My record for moving the TDPUD forward Through these past years, I have been an asset to is in line with what Truckee wants, so please allow the Board and community, and wish to continue to me to keep working for you, and vote for me on serve you. I ask for your support and your vote. November 3rd! Thank you. Joseph R. Aguera

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Truckee Donner Public Utility District Kim Harris Kim Harris

Being a member of Truckee Donner Public Utility Ser miembro de la Junta Directiva del Distrito de District’s Board of Directors is one of the most Servicios Públicos de Truckee Donner es uno de los important public office positions a resident can cargos públicos más importantes que puede hold. I have relative and unique experience that ocupar un residente. Tengo una experiencia makes me a great selection for this position. pertinente y única que me convierte en la mejor My background includes 15+ years as a human opción para este cargo. resources professional, volunteer for local nonprofits Mi experiencia incluye más de 15 años como including local schools, sports and community profesional de recursos humanos, voluntaria en organizations and I have extensive accounting and organizaciones locales sin fines de lucro, incluidas risk management experience. The six years I was escuelas locales y organizaciones deportivas y employed at Truckee Donner PUD educated me on comunitarias, y tengo una amplia experiencia en the electric and water operations with emphasis of contabilidad y gestión de riesgos. Durante los seis being a team player and holding high regard to años que trabajé en el Distrito de Servicios Públicos honest and ethical behavior. I have the success of (Public Utility District, PUD) de Truckee Donner the community and its residents in mind when aprendí sobre las operaciones de electricidad y approaching difficult conversations on critical agua con un énfasis en el trabajo en equipo y topics such as environmental importance, mantener un gran respeto por el comportamiento transparent leadership and fiscal responsibility. honesto y ético. Tendré en cuenta el éxito de la My husband and I are co-owners of a local comunidad y sus residentes al abordar laundromat and our daughter was born in Truckee conversaciones difíciles sobre temas cruciales and has attended local schools her whole life. como la importancia ambiental, el liderazgo I would be honored for you to vote for me, Kim transparente y la responsabilidad fiscal. Harris, as Director of Truckee Donner Public Utility Mi esposo y yo somos copropietarios de una District. I know Truckee, I love Truckee and I want to lavandería local y nuestra hija nació en Truckee y make a difference serving on the Truckee Donner ha asistido a las escuelas locales toda su vida. PUD Board! Sería un honor que votara por mí, Kim Harris, para directora del Distrito de Servicios Públicos de Truckee Donner. ¡Conozco Truckee, amo Truckee y quiero marcar la diferencia trabajando en la Junta Directiva del PUD de Truckee Donner!

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District Jason Hansford Lori Marquette General Manager, Truckee Development Associates My many years in service to the public have taught me the value and importance of listening to I am seeking to continue my tenure on the Truckee others: Forming quality programs, enhancing parks Donner Recreation & Park District (TDRPD) Board of and facilities, and meeting the variety of active Directors. The TDRPD is a cornerstone of our needs of our community, truly is a collaborative and community. The quality and diversity of the TDRPD immersive effort which I greet with enthusiasm and facilities and programming are representative of experience. As a board member of the Truckee those found in large municipalities. The TDRPD has Donner Recreation and Parks District, I will represent effectively leveraged private and public the interests of the active-minded residents of our partnerships to acquire a diverse range of facilities community. I will promote access to programs while for our residents and visitors. As a board member, I combining three decades of policy formation, will ensure the district exercises financial budgetary compliance and commitment to the responsibility to sustain facilities and programming Truckee community. that our community has come to expect. For 31 years, I have served communities as a peace I am an avid outdoorsperson. I moved to Truckee in officer, and as Lieutenant guiding the efforts, 1990 because of the lifestyle it offers and character operations and programs of numerous California of the community. I am a husband and father of communities. Now retired, I remain active as three children: 13, 15 and 16. We are active users lecturer and instructor for the California State of TDRPD programs and facilities. For the past 4 University System, and previously at Sierra College. I year, I have served on the TDRPD board. I seek your received my Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice support to continue to serve on the board. I am a from California State University, San Bernardino; member and past-president of the Rotary Club of Master’s degree in Higher Education from the Truckee. I have also spent many years coaching University of Redlands, and attended the prestigious youth sports: AYSO, Little League and skiing. Federal Bureau of Investigation National leadership academy. My personal interests include; Volunteering for the Sierra Relief Kitchen, Tahoe/Truckee Senior services, and the Alzheimer’s Association. I am an active hiker, cyclist, golfer, kayaker, and enjoy winter sports including snow shoeing, and cross-country skiing.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Truckee Tahoe Airport District Ken Aronson Ken Aronson

I’m Ken Aronson, a 30-year Truckee resident running Soy Ken Aronson, un residente de Truckee desde for a Truckee Tahoe Airport Board position. I hace 30 años que se postula para un cargo en la created and am the volunteer Director of the Junta del Aeropuerto de Truckee Tahoe. Creé y soy Airport’s “Mission to Mars” summer space camp for el director voluntario del campamento espacial de children, a volunteer for the Experimental Aircraft verano para niños “Mission to Mars” (Misión a Association’s Young Eagles program, and a former Marte) del aeropuerto, voluntario del programa Civil Air Patrol Commander who volunteered with Young Eagles de la Experimental Aircraft CAP’s active “Cadet” program. Association, excomandante de la Civil Air Patrol y As a retired railroad engineer with 40 years of me ofrecí como voluntario del programa activo experience as a private pilot, I want to continue to “Cadet” (Cadete) de la Civil Air Patrol (CAP). give back to my community, in particular its youth. Como ingeniero ferroviario jubilado, con 40 años As a pilot, I understand pilot safety concerns and de experiencia como piloto privado, quiero seguir airport operations working to mitigate noise. I know retribuyendo a mi comunidad, en especial, a los the importance of our Airport’s outreach programs jóvenes. to youth, young adults and families. The Airport can Como piloto, comprendo las inquietudes de continue to grow as a place for educational and seguridad de los pilotos y las operaciones del hands-on experiences for youth and families. aeropuerto que trabajan para mitigar el ruido. I have the knowledge and time to commit to the Conozco la importancia de los programas de rigorous demands of the Airport Board. I’m sensitive extensión de nuestro aeropuerto para los jóvenes, to community needs, especially our youth. The los adultos jóvenes y las familias. El aeropuerto Airport is an important community asset with puede seguir creciendo como un lugar de numerous activities, and I have ideas to enhance experiencias educativas y prácticas para los the public’s airport experience, offering more jóvenes y las familias. interactive learning experiences for children, young Tengo el conocimiento y el tiempo para adults, and families. comprometerme con las rigurosas exigencias de la Please plan to vote for me, Ken Aronson for Truckee Junta del Aeropuerto. Soy consciente de las Airport Board. necesidades de la comunidad, especialmente las de nuestros jóvenes. El aeropuerto es un activo comunitario importante con varias actividades, y tengo algunas ideas para mejorar la experiencia del público en el aeropuerto, ofreciendo experiencias de aprendizaje más interactivas para los niños, los adultos jóvenes y las familias. Le pido que vote por mí, Ken Aronson, para la Junta del Aeropuerto de Truckee.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Truckee Tahoe Airport District Leigh Golden Leigh Golden

My name is Leigh Golden, and I’m running for the Mi nombre es Leigh Golden, y me postulo para la Truckee Tahoe Airport Board. In 22 years in Truckee, Junta del Aeropuerto de Truckee Tahoe. Durante I’ve learned the airport is much more than planes los 22 años que he vivido en Truckee, aprendí que flying in and out. I believe I can further the el aeropuerto es mucho más que aviones que relationship between the district and the llegan y se van. Considero que puedo profundizar community, drawing from eight years with the la relación entre el distrito y la comunidad, con Airport Community Advisory Team, which works to ocho años de experiencia en el Equipo Asesor de minimize airport impacts on surrounding areas. la Comunidad del Aeropuerto, que trabaja para The board has done a great job bringing noise minimizar los impactos del aeropuerto en las áreas levels down, but with 40 years in airplane circundantes. maintenance, and over 10,000 hours as a La junta hizo un gran trabajo al reducir los niveles professional pilot, I know more can be done. There de ruido, pero con 40 años en el mantenimiento de are also ways to alter the flight pattern, increasing aviones y más de 10,000 horas como piloto safety and decreasing noise. To have board profesional, sé que se puede lograr más. También members who are actual pilots and familiar with the hay maneras de alterar el patrón de vuelo, con el intricacies of flight would truly be beneficial. fin de aumentar la seguridad y disminuir el ruido. Direct involvement with those in the community is Sería realmente beneficioso tener miembros de la key to connecting; working with youths is a great junta que sean pilotos reales y estén familiarizados start. I’ve long been part of the STEM Expos at the con las complejidades de los vuelos. Truckee Tahoe Air Show, sharing my Mach 2 high- La participación directa con los miembros de la powered rocket. If we can get one kid to grow up comunidad es clave para establecer vínculos; and get into space, we’re winning. trabajar con los jóvenes es un gran comienzo. Please vote for me, Leigh Golden, for Truckee Desde hace mucho tiempo participo en las Tahoe Airport Board. exposiciones de Ciencia, Tecnología, Ingeniería, Artes y Matemáticas (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, STEAM) del espectáculo aéreo de Truckee Tahoe, donde comparto mi cohete Mach 2 de alta potencia. Si podemos hacer que un niño crezca y se interese por el espacio, estaremos ganando. Vote por mí, Leigh Golden, para la Junta del Aeropuerto de Truckee Tahoe.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Truckee Tahoe Airport District Teresa O’Dette Teresa O’Dette

I, Teresa O'Dette, am currently serving the last year Yo, Teresa O'Dette, actualmente ejerzo el último of my term on the Truckee Tahoe Airport District año de mi mandato en el Distrito del Aeropuerto (TTAD) as board President. I would like to thank my de Truckee Tahoe (Truckee Tahoe Airport District, supporters and ask for your vote again. I have a TTAD) como presidenta de la junta. Me gustaría solid business background and take pride in the 12 agradecer a mis partidarios y pedir su voto de years of experience as a publicly elected official. I nuevo. Tengo una sólida experiencia empresarial y believe the prosperous and growing communities in estoy orgullosa de los 12 años de experiencia como our district need an active Airport supporting the funcionaria pública electa. Considero que las aviation needs of our region. comunidades prósperas y en crecimiento de Growing up in Tahoe City, I am a true local and nuestro distrito necesitan un aeropuerto activo que understand the significant changes that have taken respalde las necesidades de aviación de nuestra place over the years. As a longstanding business, I región. understand our business climate and the need for Al crecer en Tahoe City, soy genuinamente local y keen decision-making capability at this critical time. comprendo los cambios importantes que han The $80+ million dollars brought into our community ocurrido a lo largo de los años. Como propietaria as a result of the direct and indirect impact of the de una empresa de toda la vida, comprendo airport operations must be carefully maintained nuestro entorno empresarial y la necesidad de una and balanced with the noise and annoyance issue. gran capacidad de toma de decisiones en este I reside in Carnelian Bay with my family. I am active momento crítico. Los más de $80 millones de in our community and we give back to numerous dólares que ingresaron a nuestra comunidad como organizations to improve local resources. I want to resultado del impacto directo e indirecto de las represent the lake side of TTAD representing 52% of operaciones del aeropuerto deben mantenerse our registered voters. I hope you will honor me with con cuidado y equilibrarse con el problema del your vote! ruido y las molestias. Vivo en Carnelian Bay con mi familia. Me mantengo activa en nuestra comunidad y retribuimos a varias organizaciones para mejorar los recursos locales. Quiero representar la parte del lago del TTAD que representa el 52 % de nuestros votantes registrados. ¡Espero tener el honor de recibir su voto!

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Truckee Tahoe Airport District Rick Stephens Rick Stephens Incumbent Director, Truckee Tahoe Airport Board Director titular, Junta del Aeropuerto de Truckee Tahoe I am a non-pilot Placer County resident running for re-election because I'm passionate about Soy residente del condado de Placer; no soy piloto, enhancing the North Lake Tahoe and Truckee pero me postulo para ser reelegido porque me communities for current and future residents. apasiona mejorar las comunidades de North Lake I remain committed to why I was elected in 2016: To Tahoe y Truckee para los residentes actuales y run the Airport safely; work on solutions to futuros. neighborhood noise and annoyance; and to Mantengo mi compromiso con los motivos por los ensure the Airport District gives back to all of the que fui elegido en 2016: administrar el aeropuerto communities it collects $7M in property taxes from de manera segura; trabajar en la búsqueda de annually. soluciones para el ruido y las molestias del Since being elected, my efforts have been focused vecindario; y garantizar que el Distrito del on ensuring the Airport District increased its Aeropuerto retribuya a todas las comunidades de contributions to community partnerships, recreation las que recauda $7 millones en impuestos a la and trails, transportation, environmental initiatives propiedad anualmente. and airside actions. I have served as the District’s Desde que fui elegido, mis esfuerzos se enfocaron representative on the Mountain Housing Council, en garantizar que el Distrito del Aeropuerto ensuring the District 's active participation in incrementara sus aportaciones a las asociaciones providing solutions to affordable housing needs in comunitarias, la recreación y los caminos, el the region. I have also worked to establish a transporte, las iniciativas ambientales y las acciones disclosure policy for the Board related to campaign en la zona de operaciones. Me desempeñé como finance because it's the right thing to do. representante del Distrito en el Concejo de I graduated from Cornell University and Stanford Viviendas de la Montaña y procuré la participación University (MBA), served in the US Army (Vietnam activa del Distrito en la provisión de soluciones para and Germany), and have 40 years of experience in la necesidad de viviendas asequibles en la región. business. También trabajé para establecer una política de I respectfully ask for your vote and intend to divulgación para la Junta en relación con el continue to advocate for increased community financiamiento de campañas porque es lo benefits to enhance quality of life for all local correcto. residents-Because Community Matters. Me gradué de la Cornell University con una www.stephensforairportboard.com maestría en Administración de Empresas, serví en el Ejército de Estados Unidos (Vietnam y Alemania) y tengo 40 años de experiencia empresarial. Pido respetuosamente su voto y tengo la intención de seguir abogando por obtener mayores beneficios comunitarios para mejorar la calidad de vida de todos los residentes locales, porque la comunidad es importante: www.stephensforairportboard.com

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 3

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Truckee Tahoe Airport District David Diamond

I’m a full-time Truckee (Prosser) homeowner. I have a small airplane hangared at our airport that I use to fly volunteer animal rescue missions. I have directed marketing for international firms, authored books, and co-founded the band, Berlin (Take My Breath Away/Top Gun). I’m running for Airport Board because: Balance - Our Board has only one pilot. I won’t be just another pilot; I’ll be a community advocate with aviation experience. I’ll push for strategic spending that benefits Tahoe and Truckee. Ideas - Noise solutions can work for pilots and community—don’t believe otherwise. Those who say we’ve done all we can have run out of ideas. I never run out of ideas. Action - We need more action and accountability from our airport. We need a viable strategy to handle increasing air traffic that works today—and will still work in a decade. I currently chair the Airport Community Advisory Team. While serving, I have introduced and completed projects that show the balance, ideas and action I’ll bring to our Board. We can make our airport better. I respectfully ask to be one of your three votes for Airport Board. See my plan: Diamond2020.com

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4

K Town of Truckee

BALLOT QUESTION

Shall the measure which, without increasing taxes on Truckee residents, increases by 2% the Town of Truckee's transient occupancy tax paid by hotel/short-term rental guests, generating approximately $700,000 annually for 20 years for general services such as providing housing that is affordable for workers needed to sustain Truckee's economy, preserving natural open space, and preparing Truckee for wildfires and other natural disasters, with independent audits and all funds spent in Truckee, be adopted?

IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS

MEASURE K – TOWN OF TRUCKEE

Measure K has been placed on the ballot by the Truckee Town Council. If approved by a majority of those voting, it would increase the transient occupancy tax (TOT) rate in Truckee from 10% to 12% for a period of 20 years. This tax is paid only by people renting lodging in Truckee for a period of 30 consecutive nights or less. The tax is not paid by long-term renters or property owners, except to the extent that owned or rented property is rented out on a short-term basis.

Based upon the Town’s existing TOT revenues, it is estimated that if passed, Measure K would generate approximately $700,000 in new revenue annually. This revenue cannot be taken by the State of California or County of Nevada. Like all Town funds, Measure K revenue would be required to be audited every year by an independent outside auditor.

The increased revenue provided by Measure K could be spent at the direction of the Town Council for any legal purpose, such as providing housing, protecting open space, wildfire preparedness, public safety, code enforcement, sustainability efforts, road maintenance, or any other services provided by the Town. Measure K is unrelated to the Truckee Tourism Business Improvement District (TTBID) and Measure K revenue is not earmarked for tourism promotion.

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure K. If you desire a copy of the measure, please call the Town Clerk’s office at (530) 582-2924 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 Argument in Favor of Measure K Arguments in support or opposition of the proposed laws are the opinions of the authors.

Vote YES on Measure K to provide affordable housing for our residents, prepare our community for wildfires and preserve natural open space without raising taxes for Truckee residents or businesses.

Truckee’s high housing costs have made hiring difficult for local businesses, putting a strain on our local economy. Hardworking residents are struggling to afford a home where they work and still have money for other basic necessities.

Measure K helps create the affordable, workforce housing we need to sustain Truckee’s economy and support local families, essential professionals and vulnerable groups such as low-income veterans, seniors and people with disabilities.

Additionally, recent wildfire seasons have been the longest, hottest and most destructive on record. We need Measure K to help prevent wildfires and prepare for disasters, emergencies and evacuations.

Measure K also provides resources to preserve the beautiful open space Truckee is known for as opportunities become available.

Voting YES on K approves a modest 2% increase in the hotel tax rate paid by local hotel and short-term rental guests. Measure K does not raise your taxes as a Truckee resident.

Without increasing taxes on local residents and businesses, YES on K will: Prepare Truckee for wildfires and other natural disasters Acquire and permanently preserve natural open space lands Provide affordable, workforce housing to essential professionals such as teachers, nurses, firefighters, paramedics and police officers Provide housing that is affordable to low- and middle-income workers and local families who are struggling to rent or buy a home

Measure K requires a clear system of fiscal accountability: Every penny of Measure K must stay here in Truckee By law, no funds can be taken away by the State Annual audits will ensure funds are spent as promised

Join our community – vote YES on K for a strong and resilient Truckee!

Measure K Signers David Polivy, Town of Truckee Mayor Bill Seline, Truckee Fire Chief Kathleen Eagan, Former Truckee Mayor Alicia Barr, Local Small Business Owner John Svahn, Associate Director Truckee Donner Land Trust

Argument Against Measure K

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November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4

L City of Nevada City

BALLOT QUESTION

Shall the offices of City Clerk and City Treasurer be appointive?

IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS

MEASURE L – CITY OF NEVADA CITY

State law requires all general law cities, like the City of Nevada City, to have a clerk and treasurer. The positions may be appointed or elected. In the City of Nevada City, the offices of City Clerk and City Treasurer are elected by the City voters to a four year term. The term of the current City Clerk ends in March 2024. The term of the current City Treasurer ends in March 2022. Pursuant to state law, there are three qualifications for the positions of elected clerk and elected treasurer: 1) the individual must be a resident of the City, 2) the individual must be registered to vote in the City, and 3) the individual must be at least 18 years old. As an elected position, there are no minimum educational requirements or professional qualifications.

The City Clerk keeps records of the City Council meetings, ordinances, and resolutions, manages city elections, causes collection, publication and updating of the City's municipal code, and maintains custody of and preserves city records. The City Treasurer is the custodian of and responsible for all moneys, bonds, and securities of the city, and keeps the accounting of receipts and disbursements pertaining to all funds and other property in his or her custody. In Nevada City, the elected City Clerk and City Treasurer do not actually perform these services; the duties of City Clerk and City Treasurer are currently performed by administrative staff.

The City of Nevada City has placed a Measure on the ballot asking voters to decide whether these positions should be appointive. This Measure asks the following question:

MEASURE L Shall the offices of City Clerk and City Treasurer be appointive?

If a majority of voters vote yes on the above Measure, then the offices of City Clerk and City Treasurer will become appointive offices and such offices will no longer be elected by the City voters. As appointive offices, the City Council would appoint a person to such offices at the expiration of the term of the officer now in office, which is March 2024 for the City Clerk and March 2022 for the City Treasurer, or upon a vacancy in either office. As appointive offices, the City Council may, by ordinance, vest in the City Manager its authority to appoint such officers. Otherwise, the appointed individuals will hold office at the pleasure of the City Council. As appointed officers, the City Clerk and City Treasurer would not be required to be City residents or electors but may be required to satisfy minimum educational or professional qualifications.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 If this Measure is approved, the City could save on expenses associated with these positions, including, election costs every four years and the salaries of $100 per month paid to the City Clerk and City Treasurer. If a majority of voters do not approve the above Measure, the offices of City Clerk and City Treasurer will continue to be elected.

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure L. If you desire a copy of the measure, please call the city of Nevada City at (530) 265-2496 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.

Argument in Favor of Measure L Arguments in support or opposition of the proposed laws are the opinions of the authors.

Nevada City currently has an elected City Clerk and City Treasurer. Over the past 55 years, most California cities have moved from elected City Clerks and Treasurers to appointed staff. More than 75% of California cities have an appointed City Clerk and more than 65% have an appointed City Treasurer.

Today, municipal government and regulations have become more complex. Independent audits and internal controls provide necessary oversight and accountability for the City’s administration and finances.

City Clerk responsibilities require professional skills and expertise in Election and Fair Political Practice Laws, the Brown Act and Records Retention Management. The City Treasurer function requires professional skills and expertise in municipal fund accounting, government report requirements, investment regulations and debt management.

The essential and important tasks of the Clerk and Treasurer are often time-sensitive and require daily attention. The City does not have a Clerk and Treasurer that are present in City Hall on a daily basis. Hence, staff that have been deputized to perform duties have already absorbed the primary functions of the Clerk and Treasurer. These functions are intermeshed with other City day- to-day operational duties that fall within the prevue of the Finance and Administration Department accountable to the City Manager. This has proven to be the most effective and efficient structure.

The public expects and deserves that the duties of the Clerk and Treasurer will be performed with professionalism and efficiency. This can best be accomplished by selecting persons to serve based on technical skill, education and relevant experience.

A yes vote guarantees that minimum qualifications are established, ensuring that qualified professionals with the required expertise are selected as City Clerk and Treasurer with daily accountability to the City Manager for performing these functions.

Measure K Signers Erin Minett, Nevada City Mayor Duane Strawser, Nevada City Vice-Mayor and Business Owner Valerie Moberg, Former Nevada City Council Member and Business Owner Niel Locke, Nevada City, City Clerk

Argument Against Measure L

(No argument was submitted)

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4

M City of Nevada City

BALLOT QUESTION

Shall the measure that, exclusively for the purpose of improving and maintaining Nevada City's streets, sidewalks, pathways, drainage, water distribution and sewer collection systems, allows the City of Nevada City to continue to impose and collect, as it has since 2006, a one-half cent per one- dollar retail transactions and use tax (sales tax), providing approximately $550,000 annually until repealed by the voters, and monitored by a citizens' oversight committee, be adopted?

IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS

MEASURE M – CITY OF NEVADA CITY

In 2006, Nevada City voters approved a half-cent local transactions and use tax that funds the City's streets, including sidewalks, pathways and street drainage.

This tax is collected along with other state and local sales and use taxes. Because the rate of the tax is 0.5%, the tax on a $1.00 taxable purchase is one-half cent. The tax will expire on March 31, 2023

Measure M would replace the existing tax and remove the 2023 sunset date. Proceeds of the new tax could be used by the City only to improve and maintain Nevada City's streets, sidewalks, pathways, drainage, water distribution and sewer collection systems and for no other purposes. The rate of the tax would not change.

If Measure M is approved, the existing tax will not be collected after December 31, 2021 and the new tax will start being collected on January 1, 2022.

The combined rate of all state and local sales taxes on a one-dollar purchase in Nevada City is 8.375 cents. Of this, the City levies only: (i) the half-cent tax that would be replaced by this measure; (ii) a 0.375 cent "fire and police" tax; and (iii) a one cent tax known as the Bradley-Bums Tax that is imposed by each city in California.

These taxes levied by Nevada City total 1.875 cents. The remaining 6.5 cents of sales taxes are levied by the State of California and by Nevada County. Measure M would not increase the overall tax rate above the rate currently in place.

Purchases in Nevada that are exempt from the statewide sales tax are also generally exempt from the local sales tax. For example, most groceries, prescription drugs and payments for services are exempt from the tax.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 As is currently the case, the tax would be administered by a state agency. Proceeds of the tax, less administration costs, would continue be controlled locally by the City Council. The new tax would continue until repealed. The tax is expected to generate approximately $550,000 annually for the City.

Measure M requires that an annual report be prepared regarding the proceeds of the tax and the use of those proceeds. The measure also requires that the City Council create a Citizen's Oversight Committee to review the annual report and make recommendations to the City Council. The annual report is a public document. All of the City's revenues and expenditures are annually audited by an independent certified public accountant.

This measure was placed on the ballot by the City Council of Nevada City. It must be approved by a two- thirds vote at the election to go into effect.

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure M. If you desire a copy of the measure, please call the city of Nevada City at (530) 265-2496 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4

Argument in Favor of Measure M Arguments in support or opposition of the proposed laws are the opinions of the authors.

In 2006 Nevada City’s roads and sidewalks were in dire need of replacement. Voters passed a ½-cent sales tax increase for road repair. It expires 12/31/22. To date the City has repaired and rebuilt 22 miles of roadways and sidewalks. $9 million in improvements have been completed.

Nevada City’s roads and sidewalks are in continual need of maintenance and replacement. Our sewer and water pipes are breaking and leaking. Nevada City has ongoing funding needs of $300k annually for streets/sidewalks and is $33 million behind in critical sewer and water pipe replacement. Continuing the ½- cent sales tax would provide $550k annually for streets, sidewalks sewer and water repair and replacement.

If Measure M passes, there will be no new taxes, revenue will pay for repair and maintenance of roads, sidewalks, sewer and water only, the City will have a ten-year infrastructure improvement plan to be updated every ten years with an oversight committee will monitor improvements, collection and expenditures of the ½-cent sales tax.

If Measure M fails, our recently restored roads and sidewalks will fall to disrepair, there will be continued emergency repairs to replace 130 year-old pipes requiring the City to dig up recently restored roadways and failing sewer pipes could trigger costly State and Federal fines.

Measure M will maintain our roads, sidewalks and pipes and will spread the cost of repair fairly for everyone that uses Nevada City’s infrastructure. Non-City residents contribute 60% of the sales tax. If we do not pass this sales tax, you, as a City Resident, will pay 100% of the repair and maintenance costs. We respectfully ask that you vote yes to continue to maintain Nevada City’s streets, sidewalks and replace our 130 year-old pipes.

Measure M Signers Erin Minett, Nevada City Mayor Duane Strawser, Nevada City Vice-Mayor and Business Owner Valerie Moberg, Former Nevada City Council Member and Business Owner Niel Locke, Nevada City, City Clerk

Argument Against Measure M

(No argument was submitted)

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4

N City of Grass Valley

BALLOT QUESTION

Shall the Ordinance funding essential public safety services, recreation, streets, parks and other general City services by imposing a yearly cannabis (marijuana) business license tax of up to $7.00 a square foot of commercial grow area, 8% of retail receipts and 6% of other receipts, with an additional tax on highly potent products, to last until amended by voters generating approximately $250,000 a year with all funds staying local and subject to audit, be adopted?

ORDINANCE NO. ____ AN ORDINANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF GRASS VALLEY ADDING CHAPTER 5.06 OF TITLE 5 OF THE GRASS VALLEY MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING A CANNABIS BUSINESS LICENSE TAX

Be it ordained by the People the City of Grass Valley as follows:

SECTION 1. Code Amendment. Chapter 5.06 of Title 5 of the Grass Valley Municipal Code is hereby adopted to read as follows: CANNABIS BUSINESS LICENSE TAX 5.06.010 - Purpose.

This ordinance is adopted for the following purposes and shall be interpreted to accomplish them:

A. To impose a tax on the privilege of conducting cannabis business in the city, under the state Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act, California Business and Professions Code section 26000, Proposition 64, approved by the voters in November 2016 and as amended to date (“MAUCRSA”), which legalized and regulates adult use of cannabis in California, and other applicable law as it now exists or may hereafter be adopted; B. To impose a general tax that generates revenues which may be used for any lawful purpose of the city in the discretion of the city council; C. To specify the type of tax and rate of tax to be levied and the method of collection; and D. To comply with all requirements for imposition of a general tax.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 This chapter is enacted solely to raise revenue, not for regulation. It shall apply to all persons engaged in cannabis business in the city. The tax imposed by this chapter is a general tax under Article XIII C of the California Constitution.

5.06.020 - Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section unless the context makes apparent another meaning was intended. “Cannabis” means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa Linnaeus, Cannabis indica, or Cannabis ruderalis, or any other strain or varietal of the genus Cannabis that may exist or hereafter be discovered or developed that has psychoactive or medicinal properties, whether growing or not, including the seeds of such plants. “Cannabis” also means cannabis as defined by Business and Professions Code section 26001, subdivision (f), the Health and Safety Code section 11018, and by other state law.

“Cannabis accessory” means any device intended to aid in the use of cannabis or cannabis products which does not itself consist in all or part of cannabis or cannabis products and includes, without limitation, “cannabis products” as defined in Health and Safety Code section 11018.2 and by other state law.

“Cannabis business” means the activity of any person in the city relating to cannabis whether or not lawful, including but not limited to cultivation (including nurseries), transportation, distribution, manufacture, compounding, conversion, processing, preparation, testing, storage, packaging, delivery and sales (including both wholesale and retail sales) of cannabis, cannabis products, or cannabis accessories, whether or not carried on for gain or profit, whether for medical or adult use, and whether or not such business is licensed by the State. A cannabis business does not include any business the only relationship of which to cannabis or cannabis products is the production or sale of cannabis accessories.

“Cannabis cultivation area” means the total aggregate area(s) of cannabis cultivation on one or more parcels in the city by a cannabis business as measured around the outermost perimeter of each separate and discrete area of cannabis cultivation at the dripline of the canopy expected at maturity and includes, but is not limited to, space between plants within a cultivation area, the exterior dimensions of garden beds, garden plots, hoop houses, green houses, and each room or area where cannabis plants are grown, as determined by the city manager. The city manager may, but is not required, to determined cannabis cultivation area from the area described in a cultivation license issued by the City whether or not the licensee actually cultivates that entire area.

“Cannabis product” means any product containing cannabis or its derivatives, including, but not limited to, flowers, buds, oils, tinctures, concentrates, extractions, edibles and products described in Section 11018.1 of the Health and Safety Code.

“Canopy” means the designated area(s) at a licensed premises that does, or is proposed to, contain mature plants at any time. If mature plants are cultivated using a shelving system, the surface area of each level shall be included when calculating canopy area. Canopy area shall be expressed in square feet and measured using clearly identifiable boundaries of all areas that will contain mature plants at any time, including the entire area with those boundaries. Canopy may be noncontiguous, but each noncontiguous area shall be defined by an identifiable boundary such as an interior wall or by 10 feet or more feet of open space. The city manager may, but is not required, to determined canopy from the area described in a cultivation license issued by the city whether or not the licensee actually cultivates that entire area.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 “Collector” means the director of finance or another city officer or employee the city manager charges to administer this chapter.

“Commercial cannabis cultivation” means cultivation conducted by, for, or as part of a cannabis business. Commercial cannabis cultivation does not include personal medical cannabis cultivation, or cultivation for personal adult use as authorized by the MAUCRSA, including Health & Safety Code section 11362.1 et seq., for which the individual receives no compensation whatsoever.

“Cultivation” means any activity involving the planting, growing, harvesting, drying, curing, grading, or trimming of cannabis.

“Delivery” means the transfer for any form of compensation of cannabis or cannabis products to a customer or caregiver at a location that is not a dispensary.

“Dispensary” means a place at which cannabis, cannabis products, or accessories for the use of cannabis or cannabis products are offered, either individually or in any combination, for retail sale, including, without limitation, a dispensary that engages in delivery.

“Distributor’’ means a person engaged in procuring cannabis and/or cannabis products for sale to a dispensary or other point of retail sale. “Distribution” means engaging in that conduct and a “distribution facility” is any real estate, whether or not improved, used in such conduct.

“Gross receipts” means the total consideration actually received or receivable from all sales, for the performance of any act or service, of whatever nature it may be, for which a charge is made or credit allowed, whether or not such act or service is done as part of, or in connection with, the sale of materials, goods, wares or merchandise; and gains realized from trading in stocks or bonds, interest income, carrying charges, rents, royalties, fees, commissions, dividends, or other emoluments, however designated. Included in “gross receipts,” are all receipts, cash, credits, and consideration of any kind or nature, without any deduction on account of the cost of the property sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service costs, interest paid or payable, or losses or other expenses whatsoever, except that the following shall be excluded from them:

A. Any tax required by law to be included in or added to the purchase price and collected from the customer or purchaser; B. Cash discounts allowed and taken on sales; C. Such part of the sale price of property returned by purchasers upon rescission of the contract of sale as is refunded in either cash or by credit; D. Amounts collected for others where the business is acting as an agent or trustee, to the extent that such amounts are paid to those for whom collected; provided, that the business furnish the collector with the names and addresses of the others and the amounts paid to them; E. Receipts of refundable deposits, except that refundable deposits forfeited and taken into the income of the business shall not be excluded; F. Amounts received or receivable by persons having a fixed place of business within the city for acts or services performed outside the city, but only to the extent a business tax has not been paid to the city or cities in which the acts or services were performed.

“High potency” cannabis or cannabis product means cannabis flower containing more than 17% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), or a cannabis product containing more than 50% THC, excluding edibles containing ten 10 mg or less of THC per packaged and labelled dose.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 “Manufacturer” means a person who engages in the production, preparation, propagation, or compounding of cannabis or cannabis products either directly or indirectly or by extraction methods, or by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis.

“Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association; city, county, state, or district; and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof.

“Sweetened cannabis beverage” is a liquid cannabis product containing natural or artificial sweeteners sold in units intended for consumption exceeding one ounce.

5.06.030 - Cannabis business tax.

A. Beginning January 1, 2021, there is imposed upon each person who is engaged in business as a cannabis business a cannabis business tax. B. The initial rate of the cannabis business tax shall be as follows: 1. For every person who is engaged in commercial cannabis cultivation in the City: a. Four dollars ($4.00) annually per square foot of canopy space in facility that uses exclusively artificial lighting. b. Three dollars ($3.00) annually per square foot of canopy space in a facility that uses a combination of natural and supplemental artificial lighting. c. One dollar ($1.00) annually per square foot of canopy space in a facility that uses no artificial lighting. d. Fifty cents ($0.50) annually per square foot of canopy space for any nursery. Should a City permit be issued to a business which cultivates only for certain months of the year, the City shall prorate the tax as to sufficiently reflect the period in which cultivation is occurring. In no case shall canopy square footage which is authorized by the City commercial cannabis permit but not utilized for cultivation be deducted for the purpose of determining the tax for cultivation, unless the collector is informed in writing before the period for which the space will not be used that such space will not be used and authorizes relief from the tax. 2. For every person who operates a testing laboratory: two percent (2%) of gross receipts. 3. For every person who operates a dispensary or delivery business: four percent (4%) of gross receipts. 4. For every person who engages in a cannabis manufacturing, processing, distribution or any other cannabis business not described in subdivisions (B) (1), (2), or (3) above: two percent (2%) of gross receipts. C. The City Council may, by resolution or ordinance, adjust the rate of the cannabis business tax up to the following maxima: 1. For every person who is engaged in commercial cannabis cultivation in the City: a. Through June 30, 2021, the maximum rate shall be: i. Seven dollars ($7.00) annually per square foot of canopy space in a facility that uses exclusively artificial lighting. ii. Five dollars ($5.00) annually per square foot of canopy space in a facility that uses a combination of natural and supplemental artificial lighting. iii. One dollar ($1.00) annually per square foot of canopy space in a facility that uses no artificial lighting. iv. Fifty cents ($.50) annually per square foot of canopy space for any nursery. b. On July 1, 2021 and on each July 1 thereafter, the canopy tax shall be adjusted (and rounded to the nearest cent) based on the year-over-year percentage change in Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index, West Region – All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) April to April comparison, or if such index is discontinued, a comparable or successor consumer price index designated by the collector. However, no CPI adjustment shall reduce any tax imposed by this section.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 2. For every person who engages in the operation of a testing laboratory, the maximum tax rate shall not exceed two percent (2%) of gross receipts. 3. For every person who engages in the retail sales of cannabis as a dispensary or delivery business, the maximum tax rate shall not exceed eight percent (8%) of gross receipts. 4. For every person who engages in a cannabis manufacturing, processing, distribution, or any other type of cannabis business not described in Section (D) (1), (2), or (3), the maximum tax rate shall not exceed six percent (6%) of gross receipts.

D. In addition, the following taxes are imposed on each cannabis business in the city: 1. An additional tax of up to one percent (1%) of the gross receipts from high potency cannabis and each high potency cannabis product cultivated, manufactured or sold by the taxpayer, multiplied by the percent of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of the product above 17%; and, 2. An additional tax of 20% of gross receipts from sweetened cannabis beverages. E. The city council may, by resolution, implement a tax rate lower than the maximum rate established in subsections (B) through (D) of this section for all persons engaged in cannabis business, or establish differing tax rates for different categories of cannabis business. The city council may, by resolution, also decrease or increase such tax rates provided that the tax rate is not above the maximum tax rate established in subsection (C) of this section.

5.06.040 - Registration of cannabis business.

A. Each person engaging in a cannabis business shall register with the collector’s office by the later of: 1. Before commencing operation, or 2. January 1, 2021. B. Registrants shall submit the following information to the collector in writing: 1. Every name under which the business engages in commercial cannabis activity in the city; 2. The names and addresses of every person who is an owner, principal or manager of the business; 3. The nature or kind of all business activity to be conducted; 4. The place or places where such business is to be conducted; and 5. Any further information which the collector reasonably requests to aid the administration of this chapter. C. The collector may establish a form for registrations under this chapter and, if so, use of that form shall be mandatory. D. Registrants shall annually renew registration by the anniversary of the initial registration for that business by providing the collector the information described in subsection (B) of this section. E. The city council may establish fees under Chapter 3.62 of this Code to recover the city’s cost to register and re-register cannabis businesses and to otherwise enforce this chapter.

5.06.050 - Payment obligations.

Each person subject to a tax under this chapter shall pay that tax regardless of any rebate, exemption, incentive, or other reduction elsewhere in this code, except as required by state or federal law. Failure to pay such a tax shall be subject to penalties, fines and interest charges established under this chapter. Further, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or knowingly or intentionally misrepresenting to the city any material fact in registering under this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable under Chapter 1.12 of this Code, provided, however, that any violation or offense may be deemed an infraction punishable under Chapter 1.12 of this Code and charged as such in the discretion and at the election of the prosecuting attorney, in which event the punishment therefor shall not be imprisonment but a fine not to exceed the amounts specified by Chapter 1.12 of this Code as then in effect. Every day a violation of any provision of this chapter continues constitutes a separate offense.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 5.06.060 - Tax payment does not authorize activity.

The payment of a tax imposed under this chapter shall not be construed to authorize the conduct or continuance of any illegal business or of a legal business in an illegal manner. Nothing in this chapter authorizes or implies the lawfulness of any activity connected with the distribution or possession of cannabis unless otherwise authorized and allowed in strict and full conformance with this code. Nothing in this chapter shall be applied or construed as authorizing the sale of cannabis. 5.06.070 - Cannabis tax is not a sales tax.

The tax imposed by this chapter is upon the privilege of doing business in the city. It is not a sales or use tax.

5.06.080 - Returns and remittances.

The tax imposed by this chapter shall be due and payable as follows: A. Each person owing tax under this chapter shall provide a tax return to the collector by the last business day of each month stating the tax owed for the preceding month and the basis of its calculation. The taxpayer shall remit the tax owed to the collector when the return is due. B. The collector may establish a form for tax returns submitted under this section and, if so, use of that form shall be mandatory. C. Tax returns and payments for all outstanding taxes, fees, penalties and interest owed the city are immediately due upon cessation of business for any reason. D. Whenever a payment, statement, report, request or other communication is received by the collector after the time prescribed by this section for its receipt, but is in an envelope postmarked by the date prescribed by this section for its receipt, the collector shall regard such payment, statement, report, request, or other communication as timely. If the due date falls on a day when city offices are not open for business, the due date shall be the last business day before that due date. E. Unless otherwise provided by this chapter, the taxes imposed by this chapter shall be delinquent if not paid by the due date specified in subsection (A) of this section. F. The city collector need not send a delinquency or other notice or bill to any person subject to a tax or fee imposed by this chapter and failure to send such notice or bill shall not affect the validity of any tax, fee, interest or penalty due under this chapter.

5.06.090 - Audits.

The collector shall arrange for an annual independent audit of the receipts and expenditures of the taxes imposed by this chapter. He or she shall share that audit report with the city council and make it available for public inspection

5.06.100 - Refunds.

A. The City shall refund no tax collected under this chapter, except as provided in this section. B. The City shall refund no tax collected under this chapter because of the discontinuation, dissolution, or other termination of a cannabis business. C. Any person entitled to a refund pursuant to subdivision D. below may elect to have such refund applied as a credit against future obligations under this chapter. D. If a tax, fee, penalty, or interest under this chapter has been overpaid, paid more than once, or has been erroneously or illegally collected or received by the city, such amount shall be refunded to the person who paid the tax upon a timely written claim for refund filed with the city manager. E. The collector may examine and audit all the books and business records of the claimant to determine eligibility to the claimed refund. No claim for refund shall be allowed if the claimant refuses to allow such examination of the claimant’s books and business records.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 F. A sum erroneously paid under this chapter due to an error of the city shall be refunded to the claimant in full upon a timely claim. If an error is attributable to the claimant, the city may retain an amount established by resolution of the city council to recover the city’s cost to process the claim and refund the balance.

5.06.110 - Tax administration.

A. The collector shall administer this chapter. B. The collector may make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter as may be necessary or desirable to supplement or clarify such provisions or aid in their enforcement and shall give notice of them as required for ordinances of the city council or shall post them to the city’s website or both. C. The collector may take such administrative actions as needed to administer the tax, including but not limited to: 1. Provide information to any taxpayer about this chapter; 2. Receive and record all taxes remitted to the city council as provided in this chapter; 3. Maintain records of taxpayer reports and taxes collected under this chapter; 4. Assess penalties, fines and interest charges to taxpayers under this chapter; 5. Determine amounts owed and enforce collection under this chapter; and 6. Take such other reasonable steps as he or she deems appropriate to enforce this chapter. D. The city council may establish penalties, fines and interest charges related to this chapter by ordinance or resolution.

5.06.120 - Appeals.

Any person aggrieved by any decision of the city under this chapter may appeal to the city council pursuant to the procedures described in Section 5.04.260 of this Code.

5.06.130 - Consistency with business license tax.

The city council intends this chapter to be enforced consistently with Chapter 5.04 of this Code and any rule or regulation promulgated under that chapter except as provided to the contrary in this chapter.

5.06.140 - Constitutionality and legality.

A. This tax is intended to be applied consistently with the United States and California Constitutions, state law, and the city charter. The tax shall not be applied to cause an undue burden upon interstate commerce, a violation of the equal protection and due process clauses of the Constitutions of the United States or the State of California, to constitute a special tax, or to violate any other provision of law. B. Taxes imposed under this chapter are excises on the privilege of engaging in commercial cannabis activity in the city. It is not a sales or use tax and shall not be calculated or assessed as such. Nevertheless, at the option of a commercial cannabis business, the tax may be separately identified on invoices, receipts and other evidences of transactions. C. Under California Constitution, article XIII B, the appropriation limit for the city is hereby increased to the maximum extent over the maximum period of time allowed under law by the amount of the revenues generated by the tax.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. This Ordinance may be amended by the City Council without a vote of the People provided, however, that voter approval is required for any amendment that would increase, within the meaning of Government Code section 53750(h), the tax rate beyond the maximum rates authorized by this Ordinance. SECTION 3. CEQA. The City Council has considered all the evidence in the record, including the staff reports, the testimony received, and determines this Ordinance is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Under section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential to cause a significant physical effect on the environment. This Ordinance will not result in a significant foreseeable physical environmental impact. Further, under CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), a tax is not a project because it creates a government funding mechanism that involves no commitment to any specific project that may cause a potentially significant impact on the environment. Before commencement of any project funded by revenues from this Ordinance, any necessary environmental review required by CEQA shall be completed. SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The People of the City of Grass Valley declare that they would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of it, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, phrases or portions might be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect 10 days after certification of its approval by a majority vote (50% + 1) of the electorate voting at the general election to be held on November 3, 2020 under Elections Code sections 9217 and 9222. SECTION 6. CERTIFICATION. The Mayor shall sign, and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of, this Ordinance upon certification by the City Council of the results of the election approving it.

IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS

MEASURE N – CITY OF GRASS VALLEY

Summary: The Grass Valley City Council has placed a measure on the ballot to adopt a business license tax on cannabis (marijuana) businesses and commercial cannabis growing in the City. If approved by voters, it would allow the City Council to impose the tax, at generally the same tax rates the City of Nevada City applies to these businesses.

Background: In 1996, California voters approved Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act, to allow qualified patients to use marijuana for medical purposes. In 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 to allow adults 21 years old and older to use cannabis without a doctor’s prescription. Proposition 64 also created a state system to regulate cannabis businesses. Proposition 64 and other state law impose sales and other taxes on cannabis and allow cities and counties to regulate and, with voter approval, to tax cannabis businesses. The City has not yet allowed cannabis businesses in Grass Valley, but the City Council is now considering an ordinance to allow it in some non-residential zones on sites separated from residences and child-serving uses, like schools. State regulators allow marijuana sales by mobile delivery and those are likely occurring in Grass Valley but, because the City has not yet adopted a tax, those delivery services pay no taxes to the City.

The Measure: If voters approve this measure, cannabis businesses would pay an initial tax of four percent of retail receipts, two percent of other receipts (from sales between growers and dispensaries, testing labs, those who make marijuana food products, etc.), and up to $4 per square foot of grow area. The measure would allow the City Council to increase the tax up to eight percent of retail receipts, six percent of other receipts, and $7 per square foot of commercial grow area. In addition to these tax rates, which are the same as Nevada City’s, the measure also allows higher taxes on sugar-sweetened cannabis-infused

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 beverages (“canna-pops”) and on very high potency products (those with more than 17% THC) to discourage products with public health risks. This is a general tax to raise revenue for City services such as parks, streets, police, fire, planning and other general City services. The City expects it to raise $250,000 a year. The tax has no expiration date, but voters could reduce or repeal it at any election.

Yes/No Statement: A “yes” vote supports the tax. A “no” vote opposes the tax. A simple majority of votes cast (50% plus 1) will approve or defeat the measure.

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure N. If you desire a copy of the measure, please call the city of Nevada City at (530) 265-2496 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.

Argument in Favor of Measure N Arguments in support or opposition of the proposed laws are the opinions of the authors.

Vote YES ON N to maintain Grass Valley’s long-term financial stability WITHOUT more taxes on our residents or property owners. California voters legalized cannabis use without a prescription in 2016 and the State allows mobile sales / deliveries anywhere in California, including Grass Valley. Even though Grass Valley has not yet allowed cannabis businesses, deliveries are happening here and the people making money in this business contribute nothing to the cost of the services they need. Whether we like it or not, cannabis is legal now.

YES ON N permits the City to tax cannabis businesses that deliver here or that the City may allow in the future. Measure N’s tax rates are the same as Nevada City’s and are fair for businesses which use City services like any other and, because cannabis businesses operate entirely in cash, they need public safety services more than others.

YES ON N ensures the cannabis industry pays its fair share for City services we all expect and deserve – parks, street maintenance, police and fire services.

YES ON N will not tax medical patients using cannabis or cannabis users – it’s a business tax.

Measure N requires annual audits of how much money the City receives and how it spends it, and makes those audits public so you will know how the money is used.

Join the Mayor and City Council in voting Yes on N to fund important City services and to require this industry to play by the rules others do.

For more information about Measure N, visit www.cityofgrassvalley.com.

Measure N Signers Lisa Swarthout, Mayor Howard Levine, Council Member

Argument Against Measure N

(No argument was submitted)

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4

O Byers Lane Community Service District

BALLOT QUESTION

Shall the measure to fund continued necessary road and culvert maintenance by the BLCSD replace the current tax assessment with an annual assessment tax of $300 per parcel per year to raise $19,200 per year, be adopted?

IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS

MEASURE O – BYERS LANE COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT

Measure O is a BEYERS LANE COMMUNITY SERVICE DISTRICT (“District”) special parcel tax measure. If approved by two-thirds of the voters, Measure O would authorize the District to replace an annual special parcel tax on each parcel of taxable real property within the District, beginning with the 2020/21 tax year. In August 2002 District voters approved an annual increase of $100 (to a total $200) per parcel for the purpose of supporting and providing road and culvert maintenance services within the District. The current amount of the annual special parcel tax is $200 per year. Measure O would replace the current annual special parcel tax with a new annual amount of $300 per parcel. Revenue from the special tax will be used solely for the purpose of supporting and providing road and culvert maintenance services within the District.

The new parcel tax will be collected annually on the County of Nevada property tax bill in the same manner and subject to the same penalty as County property taxes are collected, and will continue in effect until the voters repeal or replace it. Measure O also amends the District’s appropriation limit in an amount equal to the proceeds of the special tax, effective in the 2020/21 fiscal year.

The tax will be assessed unless the owner is exempt by law, in which case, the tax imposed will be assessed on the holder of any possessory interest in such parcel, unless such holder is also exempt by law.

All funds collected from the tax will be deposited and held by Nevada County Auditor and shall be expended through warrant(s) issued by the District Board to the Nevada County Auditor.

The District President shall cause to be filed an annual report with the District Board no later than July 1, 2021, and at least once a year thereafter. The report shall state the amount of special tax revenues collected and spent by the District in the previous fiscal year, the status of any project or work authorized to be funded by this tax, and the amount carried over from previous years and to be carried over in future years. Such report will be available for inspection without charge to any property owner in the District. The District President and/or Secretary shall biennially arrange for an independent audit of the accounting for, and expenditure of, the proceeds of the tax.

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County SECTION 4 If two-thirds of those voting on the Measure O do not vote for approval, the District will not be authorized to levy the tax.

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure O. If you desire a copy of the measure, please call the Elections Office at (530) 265-1298 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.

Argument in Favor of Measure O Arguments in support or opposition of the proposed laws are the opinions of the authors.

The BLCSD was formed to provide road and culvert maintenance of Beyers Lane and subsidiary roads within the District; slightly more than 5 miles. The roads within the District are non-asphalted gravel roads of varying conditions. Road maintenance ranges from simple small tractor smoothing to laying and applying gravel to heavy equipment grading for maintenance of the roads base and contour. In addition, as a Special District, the District must conduct biennially audits, carry collision/liability insurance and pay related membership dues and fees. Since 2002 (18 years!), the BLCSD has had an annual budget based on $200.00 / parcel / year for 64 parcels in the District. While the Board, meeting and tractor work done by District members is free or volunteer, the remainder is not. During the 18 years, every commodity that is needed and used by the BLCSD has increased. Fuel cost in 2002 was $1.35 / gallon and in 2020 is $3.15 / gallon ! Road insurance in 2002 was $0.00 and in 2020 is $2,375.00. Audits increased from $1500.00 to $2400.00 . Grading has gone from $1800.00 to $4000.00 plus <122%>! Finally, gravel has increased by 57%. Thus, if BLCSD Voters want to maintain roads in the District at a level of usability; then, tax collection for BLCSD activities must increase to $300.00 (from the current $200.00) . The alternative is reduced road smoothing, gravel and what will become rare road grading events while fixed cost will continue to rise in the coming year. Vote “yes” to support ongoing road and culvert maintenance.

Measure O Signers Glen Petrie, President BLCSD

Argument Against Measure O

(No argument was submitted)

November 3, 2020 General Election – Nevada County