California General Election Ballot, Tuesday November 8, 2022 - Candidate & Ballot Measure Voter Guide

CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. Amends California Constitution to expressly include an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This amendment...

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Proposition 26 — In-Person Sports Betting in Tribal Casinos

Failing3,514,597 votes yes (33%)7,129,127 votes no (67%)

ALLOWS IN-PERSON ROULETTE, DICE GAMES, SPORTS WAGERING ON TRIBAL LANDS. Also allows: sports wagering at certain horseracing tracks; private lawsuits to enforce certain gambling laws. Directs revenues to General Fund, problem-gambling programs, enforcement. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly...

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Proposition 27 — Online Sports Betting

Failing1,906,342 votes yes (17.7%)8,849,206 votes no (82.3%)

ALLOWS ONLINE AND MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING OUTSIDE TRIBAL LANDS. Allows Indian tribes and affiliated businesses to operate online/ mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands. Directs revenues to regulatory costs, homelessness programs, nonparticipating tribes. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues,...

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Proposition 28 — Funding Arts and Music Education

Passing6,924,618 votes yes (64.4%)3,827,971 votes no (35.6%)

PROVIDES ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ARTS AND MUSIC EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Provides additional funding from state General Fund for arts and music education in all K+12 public schools (including charter schools). Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $1 billion annually, beginning next year,...

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Proposition 29 — Kidney Dialysis Clinics

Failing3,364,407 votes yes (31.6%)7,281,201 votes no (68.4%)

REQUIRES ON-SITE LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AT KIDNEY DIALYSIS CLINICS AND ESTABLISHES OTHER STATE REQUIREMENTS. Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on site during treatment. Requires clinics to: disclose physicians' ownership interests; report infection data. Fiscal Impact:...

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Proposition 30 — Income Tax on Millionaires for Electric Cars

Failing4,560,488 votes yes (42.4%)6,203,810 votes no (57.6%)

PROVIDES FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND PREVENT WILDFIRES BY INCREASING TAX ON PERSONAL INCOME OVER $2 MILLION. Allocates tax revenues to zero-emission vehicle purchase incentives, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention. Fiscal Impact: Increased state tax revenue ranging...

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Proposition 31 — Yes or No to Banning Flavored Tobacco Products

Passing6,803,431 votes yes (63.4%)3,923,385 votes no (36.6%)

REFERNDUM ON 2020 LAW THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE RETAIL SALE OF CERTAIN FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS. A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, a 2020 law prohibiting retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state tobacco tax revenues ranging from tens of millions of...

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Measure B2022

Passing7,792 votes yes (64.32%)4,323 votes no (35.68%)

To support Goleta's 9-1-1 response/crime prevention; cleanup trash in creeks to maintain coastal waters; address homelessness, fire risks from illegal encampments; maintain public safety, clean/maintain public areas; repair streets/potholes; increase recycled water use for parks; retain local businesses/jobs;...

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Measure C2022

Passing9,190 votes yes (75.85%)2,926 votes no (24.15%)

Shall Ordinance No. 21-09, An Ordinance of the City of Goleta, California, banning the sale of flavored tobacco products within the City's limits, be adopted?

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Measure T2022

Failing2,453 votes yes (49.21%)2,532 votes no (50.79%)

Shall the Measure to Change and/or Readopt the City of Carpenteria's General Plan Designation and Zoning Designation for Two Parcels of City-Owned Property (APN 004-105-011 and APN 004-105-026) Located Adjacent to the Railroad Tracks to the West of Linden Avenue and to Amend the Definition of the Open...

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Measure U2022

Passing1,609 votes yes (63.27%)934 votes no (36.73%)

To protect and maintain funding for City of Solvang services, such as: pothole and street repair, flammable brush removal, 911 emergency response, neighborhood police patrols, recreation programs and general government use shall the City of Solvang adopt a measure establishing a local 1¢ sales tax, until...

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Measure X2022

Passing5,547 votes yes (61.78%)3,431 votes no (38.22%)

Shall the measure, imposing a 1% special transient occupancy tax paid by hotel guests, with 65% of revenues to be used for Lompoc police purposes and 35% of revenues to be used for Lompoc fire protection purposes, and permitting hotel operators to retain 2% of all collected transient occupancy taxes...

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Measure Z2022

Failing581 votes yes (48.02%)629 votes no (51.98%)

Shall the measure be adopted to increase the City of Guadalupe's Transient Occupancy Tax from 6% to 10% until repealed by city voters, and to add short-term rentals of any type, RV Parks, and campgrounds as lodgings subject to the tax, which is anticipated to raise $20,000 annually, and more if additional...

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Measure A2022

Failing7,600 votes yes (54.31%)6,395 votes no (45.69%)

To construct and modernize classrooms and vocational and career training facilities, upgrade science labs, replace portable classrooms, make safety and security improvements at all sites, improve student support facilities and provide the local match for State grants, shall the Lompoc Unified School...

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Measure R2022

Passing1,619 votes yes (61.28%)1,023 votes no (38.72%)

To improve the quality of education; upgrade, modernize, and renovate classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; repair or replace leaky roofs; and upgrade inadequate HVAC systems; shall Buellton Union School District issue $8,800,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, generating on average $731,600...

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Measure V2022

Passing854 votes yes (70.06%)365 votes no (29.94%)

To improve the quality of education; construct a new junior high school with a community gymnasium; build classrooms and science labs; make health, safety and handicapped accessibility improvements, shall Guadalupe Elementary School District's measure be adopted to issue $8,500,000 of bonds at legal...

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Measure W2022

Passing830 votes yes (68.26%)386 votes no (31.74%)

To improve the quality of education; construct, upgrade, and modernize classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; repair/replace roofs; make health/safety improvements; renovate/replace plumbing and HVAC systems, shall Guadalupe Elementary School District's measure be adopted to issue $8,490,000 of...

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Measure Y2022

Failing1,439 votes yes (52.21%)1,317 votes no (47.79%)

To repair aging classrooms/school facilities to meet health and safety codes; fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing and electrical; remove asbestos/lead pipes; and upgrade, construct and equip classrooms, labs, facilities to support student achievement in science, math, technology, engineering, and arts;...

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