california ballot 2026
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Prop. 3 would keep a high-income tax that is already being collected (opens on the publisher’s site)
Proposition 3 would make California's existing extra tax rates on high incomes permanent instead of letting them expire.
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Proposition 1 authorizes $11.25 billion in housing bonds. Ten billion is repaid from the General Fund. The veterans' piece is repaid by the veterans.
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Proposition 39 adds an identification check every time someone votes, a match on the mail envelope, and a best-effort citizenship review of the rolls.
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Proposition 42 would forbid a new state tax on owning personal property, including retirement accounts, and would limit taxes that reach backward.
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Plain-English notes on California's November 3, 2026 ballot measures, from the Official Voter Information Guide and the ballot text.
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Proposition 41 pairs public audits of certain new special taxes with a rule against parking new state taxes outside the spending limit.
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Proposition 40 is a proposed one-time billionaire wealth tax, plus a threshold declaration for resident tax filers. This note reads the November 2026 ballot text, not the commercials.