Proposition 2
This would borrow $10 million for public school construction and repairs. Some of that money would also go toward community colleges, but no money would go toward the California State University or University of California systems.
Proposition 2 is supported by the California Teachers Association, California School Nurses Organization, and Community College League of California. Proposition 2 is opposed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and Republican Assemblyman Bill Essayli among others registering their opposition.
Proposition 3
This would remove a 2008 ban from the California Constitution on same-sex marriage. There has been no enforcement of this ban since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2013.
Proposition 2 is supported by Democratic Assemblyman Evan Low, Equality California, and Planned Parenthood of California. Gov. Gavin Newsom has campaigned for the measure The California family council and the American Council of Evangelicals oppose the proposition.
Proposition 4
This would borrow $10 billion that would go toward drinking water systems, drought and flood preparations, wildfires and other climate-change-related programs.
Proposition 4 is supported by Clean Water Action, Cal Fire Firefighters, National Wildlife Federation and the Nature Conservancy. Those opposed include state Senate Majority Leader Brian Jones, Republican Assemblyman Joe Patterson, and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
Proposition 5
Proposition 5 would make it easier for local governments to raise taxes or borrow money specifically for building affordable housing or public infrastructure. It would do so by lowering the voter threshold needed to pass them.
The measure is supported by several groups that have formed the “Yes on 5” campaign, which includes the California Democratic Party, California Teachers Association, Habitat for Humanity and California Professional Firefighters. Opponents include the California Taxpayers Association, California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Women Veterans Alliance.
Proposition 6
Proposition 6 asks California voters to change the state constitution to remove language that allows jails and prisons to force those who are incarcerated to work. The measure would ensure that forded labor is now allowed to be used as punishment for a crime, or to discipline those who are incarcerated.
The proposition is supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus, Delores Huerta, the Law enforcement Action Partnership and the Anti-Recidivism Coalition. There is no registered opposition to Proposition 6.
Proposition 32
Proposition 32 asks California voters to raise the state’s minimum wage to $18 over the next two years, making it the highest minimum wage in the nation.
For employers with 26 or more employees, wages would increase to $17 immediately and then $18 on Jan. 1, 2025. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, wages would increase to $17 on Jan. 1, 2025 and then $18 on Jan. 1, 2026.
The measure would not apply to fast-food workers, because state leaders raised the minimum wage to $20 an hour for that sector in April 2024.
Proposition 32 is supported by a coalition of labor groups, Delores Huerta, and anti-poverty activist Joe Sanberg. It is opposed by the California Restaurant Association, California Chamber of Commerce and the California Grocers Association.
Proposition 33
Proposition 33 asks California voters to make it easier for cities and counties to limit how much a landlord can charge a tenant for rent. The ballot measure would specifically repeal a state law that restricts the ability of cities and counties to impose rent control.
Under a law known as the Costa-Hawkins rental housing Act, cities cannot set rent control on single-family homes or apartments built after 1995. Landlords are also able to charge however much they want when a new tenant moves into their property under current law.
Proposition 33 is supported by the California Nurses Association, the California Alliance for retired Americans and the AIDS healthcare Foundation. It is opposed by the California Council for Affordable Housing, Women Veterans Alliance and the California Chamber of Commerce.
Proposition 34
Proposition 34 asks California voters to approve new rules for some healthcare providers and how they use the money they make from selling discontinued prescription drugs. The rules specifically apply to healthcare providers that spent $100 million within 10 years on costs outside of direct patient care and have operated apartments with 500 health and safety violations. It requires them to spend 98 percent of the prescription drug revenues on direct patient care.
Proposition 34 is supported by the ALS Association, California Chronic Care Coalition, and Latino Heritage California. It is opposed by the National Organization for Women, Consumer Watchdog, Coalition for Economic Survival, AIDS Healthcare Foundation and Delores Huerta.
Proposition 35
This would ask California voters to make permanent a tax on health insurance providers, also known as managed care organizations. The measure would also set rules around how the state uses the money collected from that tax to be used.
Proposition 35 is supported by Planned Parenthood Affiliates of CA, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. It is opposed by Courage California, Children’s Partnership, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, California Alliance for Retired Californians and the League of Women Voters.
Proposition 36
Proposition 36 asks California voters to broadly increase the penalties for fentanyl dealers and theft crimes by reclassifying some that are currently misdemeanors as felonies. The measure attempts to undo parts of Proposition 47, which voters approved a decade ago, that loosened the penalties for those crimes.
Proposition 36 is supported by San Francisco Mayor London Breed, San Diego Mayor Todd Garcia, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Sacramento District Attorney Thein Ho, and Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen. It is opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and criminal justice reform groups such as the ACLU, Ella Baker Center, Californians for Safety and Justice and the California Progressive Caucus.