Ballot measure · California · November 3, 2026

Proposition 1

Title as the state lists it: Authorizes Bonds for Housing Affordability Programs. Legislative Statute.1,2,3,4

Research draftReferred by the legislatureBond
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Bond
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

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.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would let the state sell $11.25 billion in general obligation bonds: $10 billion for housing programs such as rental housing, homebuying aid, and farmworker, tribal and student housing, repaid from the General Fund, and $1.25 billion for veterans’ home loans, repaid by the veterans’ loan payments.3,4

A no vote

A no vote would mean the state does not sell these $11.25 billion in bonds, and its housing and veterans’ home loan programs would continue with only the funding already approved.3,4

§2How it got on the ballot

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3,4

Bond. It would authorize borrowing through the sale of bonds.1,2,3,4

It is on California's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2,5 One of these official sources itself calls the list certified or final. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on California's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A majority of the votes on it. This measure passes if more voters vote yes than no on it.6,7 Where in the source: Initiative Guide ch. IV, p. 17 (PDF p. 22); ACA 13 digest