Butte (Anti-GE)
Ordinance (PDF)
Ballot initiative – 9,649 signatures
Defeated: 39% For; 61% Against ( November 2004)

Fresno (Pro-GE)
Resolution (PDF)
Passed: Board of Supervisors 5 For; 0 Against (November 2004)

Humboldt (Anti-GE)
Measure P passed on 11/4/14 (election results) | News article dated 11/5/14
Ballot initiative – 7,000 signatures Defeated: 35% For; 65% Against (November 2004)
http://www.growgmofree.org - no longer active (was preparing another attempt in 2006)
2014 ballot - Measure P to limit GMO cultivation (news article dated 9/8/14) | Site for Measure P

Kern (Pro-GE)
Resolution (PDF)
Passed (April 2005)

Kings (Pro-GE)
Resolution (PDF) - link no longer active
Passed: Board of Supervisors 5 for; 0 Against (February 2005)

Marin (Anti-GE)
Ordinance
Ballot initiative – 12,000 signatures
Passed: 61% For; 39% Against (November 2004)

Mendocino (Anti-GE)
Ordinance
Impartial Analysis
Ballot Statement in Favor of Measure H
Rebuttal to argument in Favor of Measure H
Ballot Argument Against Measure H
Rebuttal to Argument Against Measure H
Measure H -2,579 signatures obtained
Passed: 56% For; 44% Against (March 2004)

Monterey (response to request for moratorium)
Report on genetically modified organisms in Monterey County, California. Prepared by the Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner, January 3, 2011 (PDF), posted 3/22/11.
Response to Supervisor Potter Referral re. GMO Issues & Considerations, January 2, 2011 (PDF), posted 3/22/11.

San Benito (Pro-GE)
Resolution (PDF)
Passed: Board of Supervisors 5 for; 0 Against (February 2006)

San Joaquin (Pro-GE)
Resolution (PDF)
Passed: Board of Supervisors 5 for; 0 Against (February 2006)

San Luis Obispo (Anti-GE)
Ordinance (PDF)
Ballot initiative – 11,000 signatures
Defeated: 41% For; 59% Against (November 2004)

Santa Barbara (Anti-GE)
Website

Santa Cruz (Anti-GE)
Ordinance (PDF)
Passed: Board of Supervisors 5 For; 0 Against (June 2006)

Solano (Pro-GE)
Resolution (PDF)
Passed (April 2005)

Sonoma (Anti-GE)
GMO ban on November 2016 ballot passed (news article from 11/10/16, news article from 5/25/16.
Ordinance text (PDF)
PDF (4 Mb) | Measure M | Voter's Pamphlet (indicating text deleted due to court ruling on 9/21/05)
45,387 signatures (29,000 needed for ballot) - to be decided by Board of Supervisors 2/16/05
Defeated: 44% For; 56% Against (November 2005)

Stanislaus (Pro-GE)
Resolution (PDF)
Passed: Board of Supervisors 5 For; 0 Against (August 2005)

Sutter (Pro-GE)
Resolution (PDF)
Passed (April 2005)

Trinity (Anti-GE)
Ordinance (PDF)
0 signatures
Passed: Board of Supervisors 3 For; 2 Against (August 2004)

Tulare (Pro-GE)
Resolution (PDF)
Passed (April 2005)

Last updated 11/18/16

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