Read the official numbers behind state propositions, then check common claims about registration, candidate statements and California's top-two system. This newsroom guide is a reporting index—not a sample ballot or voting recommendation.
Most of the bond would support housing programs, with $1.25 billion reserved for veterans’ home loans. The state estimates $500–$600 million in annual General Fund debt service.
READ THE GUIDE →The measure would increase the maximum reserve from 10% to 20% of General Fund revenue and extend extra debt payments through 2040.
READ THE GUIDE →The proposed identification rule reaches every ballot, and the legislative analyst estimates annual public costs in the tens to low hundreds of millions of dollars.
READ THE GUIDE →The measure would charge qualifying California billionaires 5% of net worth tied to January 1, 2026 residency and direct 90% of collections to health care.
READ THE GUIDE →The measure adds pre-ballot and four-year reviews, requires a 10% cost-reduction analysis and may limit exclusions from California's spending cap.
READ THE GUIDE →The constitutional amendment distinguishes owning stocks or other personal property from income earned on those assets and limits some retroactive taxes.
READ THE GUIDE →The November measure targets a specific path for new, increased or extended earmarked taxes beginning in 2027; it does not require two-thirds approval for every local tax.
READ THE GUIDE →The measure would require covered nonprofit clinics to direct at least 90% of revenue to patient care, with a cure period and enforcement funded by fees.
READ THE GUIDE →The California proposal covers defined housing, water, transportation and other projects, while the fiscal analysis leaves long-term savings and environmental costs uncertain.
READ THE GUIDE →California candidate statements are optional and paid for under specified rules. Ballot qualification is a separate process.
READ THE GUIDE →For voter-nominated offices, any voter may choose either finalist regardless of party. Presidential, party-committee and some local contests follow different rules.
READ THE GUIDE →The claim that late registrants cannot vote is false. Conditional voter registration runs October 20 through Election Day, with a provisional ballot.
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