State Ballot Measures
There are ten measures on the statewide Presidential General Election ballot for November 5, 2024. Five measures were placed on the ballot by the Legislature, and five measures qualified through the initiative process. Initially, Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 13 by Assemblymember Ward, related to voting thresholds, was scheduled for the 2024 General Election ballot, but it was moved to the 2026 General Election ballot (AB 440, Chapter 83, Statues of 2024). The table below indicates the County position on the qualified ballot measures.
| Proposition | Description | County Support |
|---|---|---|
| Proposition 2 | Legislatively approved measure to authorize $10 billion in general obligation funds for K-12 ($8.5 billion) and community college ($1.5 billion) facility construction and renovation. | |
| Proposition 3 | Legislatively approved constitutional amendment to strike language previously approved by voters in Proposition 8 (2008) that defined marriage as only between a man and a woman, which later was found to be unconstitutional. | Proposition 3 - Yes |
| Proposition 4 | Legislatively approved measure to authorize $10 billion in general obligation funds for various climate-related projects and programs (e.g., coastal resiliency and sea level rise to extreme heat mitigation, wildfire and forest resilience, safe drinking water, increased ground water storage, stormwater management, watershed resilience, park creation and access to outdoor opportunities, nature-based climate solutions, sustainable and resilient farming, as well as clean air and energy). | Proposition 4 - Yes |
| Proposition 5 | Legislatively approved constitutional amendment to lower the vote threshold (from two-thirds to 55%) for cities, counties, and special districts to incur bonded indebtedness or impose specified special taxes for purposes of funding certain public infrastructure, affordable housing, and permanent supportive housing projects. | Proposition 5 - Yes |
| Proposition 6 | Legislatively approved constitutional amendment to prohibit slavery by deleting language allowing for involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. | |
| Proposition 32 | Existing law requires annual increases to California’s minimum wage until it has reached $15.00 per hour for all businesses on January 1, 2023. This measure extends these annual increases ($1.00 per year) until minimum wage—currently, $15.00 per hour for businesses with 26 or more employees, and $14.00 per hour for smaller businesses—reaches $18.00 per hour. Thereafter, as existing law requires, the minimum wage will annually adjust for inflation. In periods of decreased economic activity, or General Fund deficit, the Governor may suspend the annual increase up to two times, thereby extending timeline for reaching $18.00 per hour. | |
| Proposition 33 | Current state law (the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995) generally prevents cities and counties from limiting the initial rental rate that landlords may charge to new tenants in all types of housing, and from limiting rent increases for existing tenants in (1) residential properties that were first occupied after February 1, 1995; (2) single-family homes; and (3) condominiums. This measure would repeal that state law and would prohibit the state from limiting the right of cities and counties to maintain, enact, or expand residential rent-control ordinances. | |
| Proposition 34 | Requires certain health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care. Applies only to health care providers that: spent over $100,000,000 in any ten-year period on anything other than direct patient care; and operated multifamily housing with over 500 high-severity health and safety violations. Penalizes noncompliance by revoking health care licenses and tax-exempt status. Permanently authorizes state to negotiate Medi-Cal drug prices on statewide basis. | |
| Proposition 35 | Makes permanent the existing tax on managed health care insurance plans, currently set to expire in 2026, which the state uses to pay for health care services for low-income families with children, seniors, people with disabilities, and other groups covered by the Medi-Cal program. Requires revenues to be used only for specified Medi-Cal services, including primary and specialty care, emergency care, family planning, mental health, and prescription drugs. Prohibits revenues from being used to replace other existing Medi-Cal funding. Caps administrative expenses and requires independent audits of programs receiving funding. | Proposition 35 - Yes |
| Proposition 36 | This measure works to address retail theft, fentanyl abuse, and homelessness in part by amending certain provisions of Proposition 47, approved by the voters in 2014.
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