California ballot measures
14 statewide ballot measures tracked in California, across 1 election.
For certified ballot text, deadlines, and official results, contact the California state election authority. This site is an independent tracker and is not an election authority.
November 2026 general election
14 measures
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On the ballot
Proposition 1 would let the state borrow $11.25 billion through general obligation bonds and spend it on housing affordability programs. The Attorney General's summary allocates $5.1…
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Proposition 2 would change the constitutional rules for California's Budget Stabilization Account, the reserve voters created in 2014. It would double the cap on that reserve from 10…
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Proposition 3 would make permanent the higher personal income tax rates on high earners that voters approved as Proposition 30 in 2012 and extended through Proposition 55 in 2016. Those…
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Proposition 37 would authorize up to $25 billion in bonds to fund fixed-rate mortgages covering as much as 17 percent of the purchase price of a "qualified new home" — newly built housing…
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Proposition 38 would authorize $8.4 billion in state general obligation bonds for research in immunology and immunotherapy — treatments that use the body's immune system to fight disease —…
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Proposition 39 would write voter identification requirements into the California Constitution. Voting by mail would require the voter to designate a government-issued identification number…
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Proposition 4 would repeal the Political Reform Act's ban on using public money for political candidates' campaigns. State and local governments could then set up public campaign financing…
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Proposition 40 would impose a one-time state tax of up to 5 percent on the covered assets of taxpayers holding more than $1 billion. Covered assets would include businesses, securities…
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Proposition 41 would bar any new state tax whose revenues are excluded from the state appropriations limit voters approved in 1979. For statewide special taxes — taxes dedicated to a…
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Proposition 42 would prohibit new state taxes on the ownership of personal property, including business interests, intellectual property, and financial assets such as the holdings in…
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Proposition 43 would raise the share of votes needed to approve local special taxes that voters themselves place on the ballot by signature gathering, from a simple majority to two-thirds…
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Proposition 44 would require nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Centers — community clinics serving medically underserved areas — to spend at least 90 percent of their revenue on "program…
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Proposition 45 would amend the California Environmental Quality Act to speed environmental review for named categories of projects, including most housing, transportation, water, health…
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Proposition 5 would remove the replacement question from recall elections for state officers. Voters currently answer two questions at once: whether to remove the officer, and who should…
About California ballot measures
A statewide question reaches voters in California by one of a few well-defined routes, and the route explains much about the measure. A legislature may refer a proposed constitutional amendment, a bond authorization, or an advisory question directly to the ballot. Citizens may qualify an initiative by gathering signatures. A referendum may place a law the legislature has already passed before voters for approval or repeal. Each route carries its own signature thresholds, filing deadlines, single-subject and title requirements, and review by a state officer or court — and those requirements are set by each state's own constitution and statutes, not by any national standard.
That is why the measures above are grouped by election and labelled with their type and current status. A question still gathering signatures may never appear on a ballot at all; one that has been certified will appear in the wording printed on the sample ballot, which can differ from the wording its sponsors first circulated. Question numbers are assigned by the state, often late in the cycle, and in some states a measure that appears in more than one election is not a rerun but a required second step.
Everything summarised here is built from cited records, and every measure page lists them as working links — the state election authority's own postings and fiscal analysis where those exist, the measure text, and the committees named on each side. Wording, numbering, and status can change up to the printing of the ballot; where a record disagrees with this page, the record governs. Confirm final ballot text, registration rules, and deadlines with the California state or county election authority. This site is an independent tracker and is not an election authority.