Ballot measures · November 3, 2026

California

14 statewide measures on California's November 3, 2026 ballot, in the order the state lists them.1,2,3

Research draftList marked certified

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1On the ballot

  • Proposition 1: Authorizes Bonds for Housing Affordability Programs. Legislative Statute.1,2,4,5
    Referred by the legislature · Bond · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 2: Increases State’s Rainy Day Fund. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.1,2,6,7
    Referred by the legislature · Constitutional amendment · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 3: Provides Permanent Funding for Schools and Health Care by Extending Existing Tax on High Incomes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.1,2,8,9
    Citizen initiative · Constitutional amendment · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 4: Repeals Prohibition Against Public Funding of Election Campaigns. Legislative Statute.1,2,10,11
    Referred by the legislature · State law · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 5: Changes Recall Election Process for Statewide Officers. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.1,2,12,13
    Referred by the legislature · Constitutional amendment · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 37: Creates Loan Program for Middle-Income Buyers of Qualified New Homes. Initiative Statute.1,2,14,15
    Citizen initiative · Bond · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 38: Authorizes Bonds for Immunology Medical Research. Initiative Statute.1,2,16,17
    Citizen initiative · Bond · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 39: Prohibits Citizens from Voting Unless They Present Government-Issued Identification. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.1,2,18,19
    Citizen initiative · Constitutional amendment · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 40: Imposes One-Time Tax on Certain Taxpayers. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.1,2,20,21
    Citizen initiative · Constitutional amendment · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 41: Prohibits New State Taxes That Exclude Revenues from State Spending Limit. Requires Audits for New State Special Taxes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.1,2,22,23
    Citizen initiative · Constitutional amendment · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 42: Prohibits New State Personal Property Taxes and Certain Retroactive State Taxes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.1,2,24,25
    Citizen initiative · Constitutional amendment · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 43: Limits Voters’ Ability to Raise Revenues for Local Government Services. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.1,2,26,27
    Referred by the legislature · Constitutional amendment · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 44: Requires Community Health Clinics Spend 90% Of Revenue on Program Services. Initiative Statute.1,2,28,29
    Citizen initiative · State law · To pass: a majority of the votes on it
  • Proposition 45: Modifies Environmental Review for Certain Projects. Initiative Statute.1,2,30,31
    Citizen initiative · State law · To pass: a majority of the votes on it

§2Where this list comes from

The list above comes from these official sources. Researched October 27, 2026.

One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final.

§3Notes on the research

What the research couldn’t find or confirm, in its own plain words. Nothing is left out silently.

  • The state constitution’s own text (Cal. Const. art. II, § 10; art. XVI, § 1; art. XVIII, § 4) could not be read on the Legislature’s code site (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov), which answered with a bot check, so thresholds are cited to the Secretary of State’s Statewide Initiative Guide and the Legislative Counsel’s Digest of ACA 13 (2023) instead.
  • For Propositions 1 and 4 (statutes placed on the ballot by the Legislature), no reachable official source states the vote needed in so many words: the Initiative Guide covers initiatives and the ACA 13 digest covers constitutional amendments and initiatives. The majority threshold recorded for these two should be confirmed against Cal. Const. art. XVI, § 1 (bond acts) and art. II, § 10 (statutes amending an initiative statute).
  • ACA 13 (Res. Ch. 176, 2023), which had been set for the November 3, 2026 ballot, was withdrawn on June 25, 2026 under ACA 21 (Res. Ch. 131, 2026), before the guide was printed; it is not on the ballot and is not listed.
  • The Secretary of State’s list also shows measures already set for March 7, 2028 (SB 895, a research bond) and November 7, 2028 (ACA 7); they are outside this dataset.