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The IGS Library is one of the nation’s major collections in public administration, public affairs, and public policy. The library holds more than 400,000 volumes and is a depository for California local government documents.

Proposition 50: Redistricting

Proposition 50: Authorizes temporary changes to congressional district maps in Response to Texas's partisan redistricting. Legislative Statute. Additional Titles: The Election Rigging Response Act (2025-26 ACA 8) Use of Legislative Congressional Redistricting Map Amendment Summary

This measure was placed on the ballot by the State Legislature, see ...

November 4, 2025 Special Election Ballot Endorsements

For each election, staff at the IGS Library compile endorsements from key state newspapers, non-profit organizations, political parties, and unions. For the November election, we begin checking websites for endorsements in mid-September and continue checking weekly until Election Day.

Table Coding Key

Y = Yes, the group endorses the measure.

N = No, the group does not endorse the measure.

NP = Stated NO POSITION or NEUTRAL

- [dash] = endorsement could not be located, or did not explicitly state NP or NEU

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Spotlight on Local Planning: The Loyola Corners Specific Plan

October 30, 2025
Paul King

The Loyola Corners Specific Plan cover
Digitized in February 2025 as part of the California Local Government Documents Collection, the Loyola Corners Neighborhood Commercial Center Specific Plan (City of Los Altos, 1990) offers a vivid example of how local governments use specific plans to...

November 6, 2018 Ballot Prop. 3

Proposition 3: Water Bond Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 5,879,836 (49.3%)

No votes: 6,034,991 (50.7%)

Proposition 3 authorizes the state to sell $8.9 billion in general obligation bonds for watershed land preservation and restoration, water supply treatment, fish and wildlife habitat preservation and restoration, water facility upgrades, groundwater treatment, and flood protection. The state would pay off $17.3 billion over 40 years....

November 6, 2018 Ballot Prop. 2

Proposition 2: Mental Health Funding for Housing Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 7,662,528 (63.4%)

No votes: 4,417,327 (36.6%)

Proposition 2 would allow the state to carry out No Place Like Home, legislation enacted in 2016 to build and rehabilitate housing for those with mental illness who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Proposition 63, an initiative passed in 2004, created the tax whose revenues would be used...

November 6, 2018 Ballot Prop. 1

Proposition 1: Affordable housing bond Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 6,751,018 (56.2%)

No votes: 5,258,157 (43.8%)

Proposition 1 would authorize $4 billion in general obligation bonds for state multi-family housing infrastructure programs, homeownership programs, farm housing programs, and projects and housing loans for veterans. The state would pay approximately $5.9 billion over 33 years on the principal and the interest.

Voter...

November 3, 2020 Ballot Prop. 25

Proposition 25: Bail Reform Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 7,231,044 (43.6%)

No votes: 9,356,096 (56.4%)

Proposition 25 would determine whether or not bail reform bill SB 10 will go into effect. SB 10, passed by the Legislature in 2018, eliminates bail and institutes new assement requirements for release from county jail before trial. Specifically, people jailed for most misdameanor crimes would be automatically released...

November 3, 2020 Ballot Prop. 24

Proposition 24: Expand Consumer Privacy Act Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 9,384,125 (56.2%)

No votes: 7,305,026 (43.8%)

Proposition 24 would expand data privacy laws and rights including: reducing the number of businesses forced to adhere to privacy laws; removing and instutiing new requirements for businesses regarding consumer privacy; allowing consumers to opt out of companies sharing of personal data; insuring that...

November 3, 2020 Ballot Prop. 23

Proposition 23: Kidney Dialysis Clinics Official Results

Available once the California Secretary of State has certified the election. This can take up to 3 weeks or more.

Yes votes: 6,161,109 (36.6%)

No votes: 10,683,606 (63.4%)

Proposition 23 institutes new rules concerning the operation of chronic dialysis clinics (CDC). These include requiring each CDC to have a doctor onsite during treatment hours; requiring each CDC to report dialysis-related infection information to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) every three...