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The Riverside County Public Safety and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2010, was a local Riverside County, [California] ballot measure, that was qualified by voter petition for the November 2010 general election. This measure was sponsored by the Riverside Sheriffs' Association and was the brainchild of then Association President, Patrick T. McNamara. McNamara and the Association sponsored the initiative after the Riverside County Board of Supervisors threatened to reduce the retirement benefits for Riverside County Sheriff's deputies.

The initiative required 38,470 voter signatures to qualify for the November 2010 ballot. McNamara and the Association utilized a combination of paid signature gatherers and volunteers to acquire a total of 60,116 signatures. On May 13, 2010, Riverside County Register of Voters, Barbara Dunmore, certified that 45,306 signatures were valid of more than 60,000 signatures gathered. This represented 6836 signatures more than were necessary to qualify the measure for the November 2010 ballot.