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November 3, 2020 General Election Summary

Title Yes votes No votes Proposition 14 (2020): Stem Cell Research 8,588,618 (51.1%) 8,222,154 (48.9%) Proposition 15 (2020): Commercial Property Taxes 8,213,054 (48.0%) 8,885,569 (52.0%) ...

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...

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 8, 2022 Ballot Prop. 31

Proposition 31: Flavored Tobacco Products Ban Referendum Official Results

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

Yes votes: 6,803,359 (63.4%)

No votes: 3,923,359 (36.6%)

Proposition 31 would prohibit the retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products (including, but not limited to, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and snuff) and tobacco flavor enhancers. Proposition 31 is a referendum on...

November 8, 2022 Ballot Prop. 30

Proposition 30: Zero-Emissions Vehicles and Wildfire Prevention Initiative Official Results

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

Yes votes: 4,560,429 (42.4%)

No votes: 6,203,769 (57.6%)

Proposition 30 requires taxpayers with incomes above $2 million each year (annually) to pay an additional tax of 1.75 percent on the share of their income above $2 million. This additional tax would begin January 2023 and end by January 2043. The tax could end earlier if California is able...

November 8, 2022 Ballot Prop. 29

Proposition N: Dialysis Clinic Requirements Initiative Official Results

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

Yes votes: 3,368,257 (31.6%)

No votes: 7,277,255 (68.4%)

Proposition 29 enacts staffing requirements, reporting requirements, ownership disclosure, and closure requirements for chronic dialysis clinics. Specifically, this ballot measure requires clinics to:

have a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on-site during all treatment...