California General Election Ballot, Tuesday November 6, 2018 - Candidate & Ballot Measure Voter Guide

Authorizes $4 billion in general obligation bonds for existing affordable housing programs for low-income residents, veterans, farmworkers, manufactured and mobile homes, infill, and transit-oriented housing. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $170 million annually over...

Learn More

Proposition 2 — Mental Health Housing Program

Passing7,662,528 votes yes (63.4%)4,417,327 votes no (36.6%)

Amends Mental Health Services Act to fund No Place Like Home Program, which finances housing for individuals with mental illness. Ratifies existing law establishing the No Place Like Home Program. Fiscal Impact: Allows the state to use up to $140 million per year of county mental health funds to repay...

Learn More

Proposition 3 — Water Bonds

Failing5,879,836 votes yes (49.3%)6,034,991 votes no (50.7%)

Authorizes $8.877 billion in state general obligation bonds for various infrastructure projects. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging $430 million per year over 40 years. Local government savings for water-related projects, likely averaging a couple hundred million dollars annually...

Learn More

Proposition 4 — Children’s Hospital Bonds

Passing7,551,298 votes yes (62.7%)4,494,143 votes no (37.3%)

Authorizes $1.5 billion in bonds, to be repaid from state's General Fund, to fund grants for construction, expansion, renovation, and equipping of qualifying children's hospitals. Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs to repay bonds averaging about $80 million annually over the next 35 years.

Learn More

Proposition 5 — Property Tax Rules

Failing4,813,251 votes yes (40.2%)7,152,993 votes no (59.8%)

Removes certain transfer requirements for homeowners over 55, severely disabled homeowners, and contaminated or disaster-destroyed property. Fiscal Impact: Schools and local governments each would lose over $100 million in annual property taxes early on, growing to about $1 billion per year. Similar...

Learn More

Proposition 6 — Transportation Taxes and Fees

Failing5,283,222 votes yes (43.2%)6,952,081 votes no (56.8%)

Repeals a 2017 transportation law's taxes and fees designated for road repairs and public transportation. Fiscal Impact: Reduced ongoing revenues of $5.1 billion from state fuel and vehicle taxes that mainly would have paid for highway and road maintenance and repairs, as well as transit programs.

Learn More

Proposition 7 — Daylight Saving Time

Passing7,167,315 votes yes (59.7%)4,828,564 votes no (40.3%)

Gives Legislature ability to change daylight saving time period by two-thirds vote, if changes are consistent with federal law. Fiscal Impact: This measure has no direct fiscal effect because changes to daylight saving time would depend on future actions by the Legislature and potentially the federal...

Learn More

Proposition 8 — Kidney Dialysis Clinics

Failing4,845,264 votes yes (40.1%)7,247,917 votes no (59.9%)

Requires rebates and penalties if charges exceed limit. Requires annual reporting to the state. Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on payment source. Fiscal Impact: Overall annual effect on state and local governments ranging from net positive impact in the low tens of millions of...

Learn More

Proposition 10 — Local Governments and Rent Control

Failing4,949,543 votes yes (40.6%)7,251,443 votes no (59.4%)

Repeals state law that currently restricts the scope of rent-control policies that cities and other local jurisdictions may impose on residential property. Fiscal Impact: Potential net reduction in state and local revenues of tens of millions of dollars per year in the long term. Depending on actions...

Learn More

Proposition 11 — Ambulance Employee Breaks

Passing7,181,116 votes yes (59.6%)4,861,831 votes no (40.4%)

Law entitling hourly employees to breaks without being on-call would not apply to private-sector ambulance employees. Fiscal Impact: Likely fiscal benefit to local governments (in the form of lower costs and higher revenues), potentially in the tens of millions of dollars each year.

Learn More

Proposition 12 — Farm Animal Cages

Passing7,551,434 votes yes (62.7%)4,499,702 votes no (37.3%)

Establishes minimum requirements for confining certain farm animals. Prohibits sales of meat and egg products from animals confined in noncomplying manner. Fiscal Impact: Potential decrease in state income tax revenues from farm businesses, likely not more than several million dollars annually. State...

Learn More

Get the facts on the measures for California elections

Measure K — Use Tax

Passing859 votes yes (56.03%)674 votes no (43.97%)

Shall the measure increasing the City of King's current one-half percent sales tax to one percent to generate an estimated increase of $800,000 annually for general city expenses, such as public safety and other essential services, street repairs, economic development efforts, and improving the City's...

Learn More

Measure L

Passing1,038 votes yes (68.11%)486 votes no (31.89%)

If the City of King General Sales Tax Measure K passes, should the revenues be used to balance the budget in order to maintain existing services; pay off General Fund debt and establish a financial reserve; fund public safety staffing, services and projects designed to eliminate youth violence; fund...

Learn More

Get the facts on the measures for California elections

Measure M — Short Term Rentals

Passing4,452 votes yes (57.48%)3,293 votes no (42.52%)

Shall the Pacific Grove Municipal Code Section 23.64.350 be amended to prohibit short-term rentals in residential districts outside the Coastal Zone, provide an 18-month phase-out period for existing permitted short-term rentals that become nonconforming uses under the measure, and require voter approval...

Learn More

Measure U

Passing5,622 votes yes (74.01%)1,974 votes no (25.99%)

Shall the measure amending the Pacific Grove Municipal Code be adopted to increase the City of Pacific Grove's Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT), effective July 1, 2019, imposed on occupants of short-term rentals such as hotel rooms, from 10% to 12%, and apply TOT to total rent paid by a guest for the short-term...

Learn More

Get the facts on the measures for California elections

Measure N — Use Tax

Passing3,334 votes yes (51.32%)3,162 votes no (48.68%)

To sustain and improve city services such as fire, police, road repairs & maintenance, shall the ordinance increasing the rate of the City of Marina's existing transactions & use ("sales") tax from 1% to 1.5% estimated to generate approximately $4,890,000 annually as compared with $3,260,000...

Learn More

Measure P — Hotel Tax

Passing4,452 votes yes (68.51%)2,046 votes no (31.49%)

To sustain and improve city services such as fire, police, road repairs & maintenance, shall the ordinance increasing the rate of the City of Marina's existing transient occupancy tax ("hotel tax") from 12% to 14% estimated to generate approximately $3,733,000 annually as compared with $3,200,000...

Learn More

Measure V — Cannibis

Passing4,351 votes yes (67.13%)2,130 votes no (32.87%)

Shall the ordinance permitting operation in the City of Marina of certain cannabis businesses and establishing a business license tax for such businesses at rates not to exceed 5% of gross receipts, to continue until repealed by the voters and, according to proponents, potentially generating $40,000...

Learn More

Get the facts on the measures for California elections

Measure O — Use Tax

Failing732 votes yes (45.52%)876 votes no (54.48%)

Gonzales Quality of Life Temporary Tax Amendment Measure. Shall the City of Gonzales increase its Temporary Transaction and Use Tax from one-half percent (0.5%) to one percent (1%), and extend the life of the tax from ten to twenty years, subject to continued independent audit and citizens' oversight...

Learn More

Get the facts on the measures for California elections

Measure S — Tax

Passing8,669 votes yes (82.09%)1,892 votes no (17.91%)

Continuation of Street Infrastructure Rehabilitation Tax. Without increasing the existing one cent per dollar transaction and use ("sales") tax, shall the measure be adopted to continue the tax for eight years to fix streets, sidewalks, and potholes; improve access and safety for senior citizens, disabled...

Learn More

Get the facts on the measures for California elections

Measure J — Public Water

Passing23,757 votes yes (55.81%)18,810 votes no (44.19%)

Shall Rule 19.8 (Policy of Pursuing Public Ownership of Monterey Peninsula Water System) be added to the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Rules and Regulations, to address public ownership of all water delivery systems in the District, to acquire through negotiation or eminent domain, all...

Learn More

Get the facts on the measures for California elections

Measure Q

Passing3,612 votes yes (60.38%)2,370 votes no (39.62%)

South Monterey County Joint Union High School District Student Safety/Repair Measure. To upgrade emergency communication systems, safety door locks, security cameras, lighting, repair deteriorating classrooms, restrooms, replace outdated/unsafe portables, electrical wiring, earthquake retrofit classrooms/buildings,...

Learn More

Measure R — Bond

Passing3,643 votes yes (60.96%)2,333 votes no (39.04%)

South Monterey County Joint Union High School District Academic/Vocational Classroom Improvement Measure. To upgrade academic, vocational/agriculture education classrooms, replace outdated science, technology/computer labs, provide classrooms for technology careers, remove hazardous materials like asbestos/lead...

Learn More

Get the facts on the measures for California elections

Measure T — Tax

Failing5,752 votes yes (55.78%)4,560 votes no (44.22%)

Shall the North County Fire Protection District of Monterey County impose an annual special tax to fund the District's response to fire, medical, rescue and hazardous condition emergencies; equipment replacement; training; and public fire prevention programs at the following rates: $39 per residential...

Learn More

Polling Location & Hours

Open from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday November 6, 2018.

No polling location information is available on a county search.

Check your polling location with your county elections office.
Check for Early Voting locations caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov

Try searching for your street address.

Check your polling location with your county elections office.

Voting Information

All registered voters will get a ballot in the mail. You have 3 ways to vote:

Mail your ballot
Drop off your ballot at any secure drop off location in your county starting Tuesday, October 11
Vote in person or drop off your ballot at a voting location.

Get info on when, where, and how to vote.

Contact election office