California Proposition 2026 Voting Guide – in under 4 minutes.

October 29, 2026

California Proposition 1 – $11.25 Bonds for Affordable Housing

Subsidizes Demand.

Makes Housing More Expensive.

The solution to soaring prices is to expand supply.

NO ON 1

California Proposition 2 – Increase state’s rainy-day fund.

Sounds like a prudent idea.

Would keep OUR taxpayer funds on sidelines.

Would create greater pressure to raise taxes in future.

NO ON 2

California Proposition 3 – Permanent Funding for Schools and Healthcare by extending tax on high income.

Who can be against schools and healthcare?

Unfairly targets high earners – Equality under the Law?

Sold originally as temporary.

NO ON 3

California Proposition 4 – Repeals Prohibition against public funding of election campaigns

Why be forced to fund political candidates you don’t support?

If you want to fund your candidate, then go for it. Leave the rest of us out of it.

NO ON 4

CA Proposition 5 – change recall elections to allow appointments.

Appointments invite cronyism, not democracy.

Repeal and Replace is democratic justice.

NO ON 5

California Proposition 37 – $25B Bonds to fund Middle Income home buyers.

Another bill to subsidize housing demand that makes housing more expensive.

Why subsidize million dollar homes?

The solution to higher prices is to expand supply, not increase demand.

NO on 37.

California Proposition 38 – Bonds for immunology medical research

Who can be against saving lives?

How about you ask nicely rather than forcing the No votes to fund your charity?

NO on 38.

California Proposition 39 – Voter ID

Ballots required to have last 4 digits of SSN on envelope.

This will create more chaos.

NO ON 39.

California Proposition 40 – Wealth Tax

Unfairly targets a few hundred wealthy people. Equality under the Law?

This is class warfare vengeance pitting people against each other.

NO ON 40.

California Proposition 41 – Nullifies new state taxes. Audit programs funded by new taxes

Throws a Monkey Wrench into Prop 40 Wealth taxes.

Audits how new tax dollars are spent, like homelessness.

YES ON 41.

California Proposition 42 – Prohibits taxation of assets.

Another Wealth Tax Monkey Wrench.

Prevents taxation of assets like retirement savings, investments.

YES ON 42.

California Proposition 43 – Requires 2/3 vote for voter-proposed local special taxes.

Applies to local govt sales tax, property tax increases.

Tax increases should be difficult to pass since they damage people without their consent.

YES ON 43.

California Proposition 44 – Requires 90% of non-profit community HC clinic revenue to patient care.

Dictates how private businesses spend their resources.

Better solution to make it easier for new clinics to compete for business.

NO ON 44.

California Proposition 45 – Modifies timelines of environmental review for certain projects.

Reduces bureaucracy, red tape and begging for permission.

Expedites building more projects that benefit people – housing, water, transportation.

YES on 45.