California General Election

A YES vote means

<p>A "yes" vote supports requiring <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Initiated%20constitutional%20amendment">citizen-initiated constitutional amendments</a> that propose a higher vote threshold for future state or local ballot measures to meet the same higher threshold to pass (for example, a ballot initiative proposing a 60% requirement for certain other measures would itself require a 60% vote to pass).</p>

A YES vote means

<p>A "yes" vote supports this initiative to:</p><ul><li>establish a second mortgage homebuyer program for qualified homebuyers on qualifying homes administered by the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA), and</li><li>authorize the CalHFA to issue up to $25 billion in bonds to fund the program.</li></ul>

A YES vote means

<p>A "yes" vote supports this ballot initiative to:</p><ul><li>require voters to present a government-issued ID for in-person voting or provide the last four digits of a government-issued ID designated during voter registration for mail-in voting;</li><li>require election officials to "maintain accurate voter registration lists [and]... use best efforts to verify citizenship attestations using government data” and to report each year the percentage of each county’s voter rolls that have been citizenship-verified;</li><li>require the State Auditor to audit government compliance with these requirements during odd-numbered years and report “findings and recommendations for improving the integrity of elections to the public.”</li></ul>

A YES vote means

<p>A "yes" vote supports repealing the ban on public financing of campaigns, enacted in <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_73,_Funds_for_Election_Campaigns_Initiative_(June_1988)">1988</a>, and allowing the state and local governments to create programs that provide candidates with public funds under spending limits and eligibility rules.</p>

A YES vote means

<p>A "yes" vote supports this initiative to establish a $450,000 limit on compensation (salaries, bonuses, and some benefits) for executives and managers of private hospitals, private physician groups, and public hospitals owned by special districts, adjusted annually by 3.5% or inflation, whichever is lower.</p>

A YES vote means

<p>A "yes" vote supports amending the state constitution to:</p><ul><li>eliminate the simultaneous election of a successor when a state officer is recalled, thereby leaving the office vacant until it is filled according to state law;</li><li>allow the recalled officer to run again for the same office at the special election, if one is held; and</li><li>authorize the lieutenant governor to fill a gubernatorial vacancy until the expired term, unless the vacancy occurred before the close of the nomination period for the next statewide election during the first two years of the governor’s term, then a special election would be called and the winner would serve the remainder of the term.</li></ul>

A YES vote means

<p>A "yes" vote supports this initiative to:</p><ul><li>amend the California Constitution to increase the vote requirement to pass citizen-initiated local special taxes from a simple majority (50%+1) to a two-thirds (66.67%) vote;</li><li>prohibit charter cities from imposing their own real estate transfer taxes, whether for general or specific purposes, above the existing statutory rate of $0.275 per $500 of value; and</li><li>invalidate any property-related special taxes previously adopted with an approval rate below two-thirds or real estate transfer taxes in charter cities.</li></ul>

A YES vote means

<p>A "yes" vote supports this initiative to require nonprofit federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and FQHC Look-Alikes to spend at least 90% of their annual total revenue on expenses that advance the health center's mission.</p>