Races, Propositions, Voter Pamphlet Materials and Final Canvasses by Election (from 2002 forward)

November 2, 2004 - Municipal General Election

On the ballot: Mayor’s race; City Attorney’s race; Council race in District 1; seven City propositions

Final Canvasses

• Turnout (PDF: 346K)
• Mayor (PDF: 463K)
• City Attorney (PDF: 392K)
• Council District 1 (PDF: 683K)
• Proposition D (PDF: 467K)
• Proposition E (PDF: 467K)
• Proposition F (PDF: 465K)
• Proposition G (PDF: 465K)
• Proposition H (PDF: 466K)
• Proposition J (PDF: 465K)
• Proposition K (PDF: 465K)

Candidates’ Statements of Qualifications

• Mayoral Candidates (does not include write-in candidate)
  • Ron Roberts (PDF: 48K)
  • Dick Murphy (PDF: 48K)
• Attorney Candidates
  • Michael J. Aguirre (PDF: 48K)
  • Leslie Devaney (PDF: 48K)
• District 1 Candidates
  • Scott Peters (PDF: 48K)
  • Phil Thalheimer (PDF: 48K)

Propositions

• Prop D: Access to Government Information (PDF: 130K)
  Charter Amendment. Provides the people the right of access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business.
  Results: YES – 337,887; NO – 71,369

• Prop E: Ethics Commission Independent Legal Counsel (PDF: 130K)
  Charter Amendment. Enables the Ethics Commission to retain its own legal counsel, rather than be represented by the City Attorney.
  Results: YES – 309,091; NO – 91,600

• Prop F: Strong Mayor Trial Form of Governance (PDF: 30K)
  Charter Amendment. Changes City Manager structure of government to a Strong Mayor structure of government for a five-year trial period starting January 1, 2006.
  Results: YES – 209,773; NO – 198,097

• Prop G: City Contributions to Retirement System (PDF: 130K)
  Charter Amendment. Precludes certain agreements delaying full actuarial funding of City contributions to the Retirement System and defines certain amortization schedules.
  Results: YES – 202,238; NO – 175,242

• Prop H: Composition of Retirement Board (PDF: 130K)
  Charter Amendment. Changes the composition of the Retirement Board.
  Results: YES – 247,646; NO – 134,727

• Prop J: Transient Occupancy Tax Increase (PDF: 130K)
  Charter Amendment; Municipal Code Amendment. Increases the transient occupancy tax (TOT) from 10.5% to 13% to be used for general governmental purposes.
  Results: YES – 175,031; NO – 245,805

• Prop K: Sale of Portion of Mt. Soledad Natural Park (PDF: 130K)
  Regards the sale of a portion of Mt. Soledad Natural Park and the transfer of ownership of the cross on that property.
  Results: YES – 177,062; NO – 256,745