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November 3, 2020 Ballot Prop. 15

Proposition 15: Commercial Property Taxes Official Results

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

Yes votes: 8,213,054 (48.0%)

No votes: 8,885,569 (52.0%)

Proposition 15 requires most commercial land and buildings to be taxed based on how much they could be sold for instead of their original purchase price. This change does not affect housing and agricultural land. This change is put in place over time starting in 2022. However, the change does not start before...

November 3, 2020 Ballot Prop. 14

Proposition 14: Stem Cell Research Official Results

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

Yes votes: 8,588,618 (51.1%)

No votes: 8,222,154 (48.9%)

Proposition 14 permits the state to sell $5.5 billion in general obligation bonds primarily for stem cell research and the development of new medical treatments in California. Specifically, the measure would fund grants to support research and the development of treatments (including clinical trials) for specific...

CA Local Documents Digitization Project

Project Description

In the Summer of 2024, the IGS Library (IGSL) kicked off its multi-year California Local Government Documents digitization (LoCAL Dig) project.

IGSL in collaboration with the California State Library (CSL), UCLA Young Research Library (UCLA), and in partnership with the Internet Archive (IA), has launched the LoCAL Dig Project, a groundbreaking effort funded by the State of California. This multi-year effort aims to digitize over...

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

 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...