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California Prop 2

Increases State's Rainy Day Fund. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 61.2%, No 38.8% statewide.

Statewide

Increases California’s Rainy Day Fund, approved by voters in 2014, to provide funding for education, health care, public safety, and other essential services during economic downturns.

A yes vote
Rules for building state budget reserves and paying down extra state debts would change. As a result, state budget reserves would be higher. The state also would be required to make extra debt payments for longer.
A no vote
Rules for building state budget reserves and paying down extra state debts would not change.
Yes 61.2% No 38.8%

7,685,016 yes and 4,866,958 no.

Official Voter Information Guide

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

58 counties: Yes has the most votes in 32, No has the most votes in 26. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County73.9%26.1%535,545
Alpine County62.4%37.6%595
Amador County35.3%64.7%18,388
Butte County48.6%51.4%75,633
Calaveras County35.7%64.3%21,001
Colusa County41.8%58.2%5,713
Contra Costa County65.2%34.8%429,373
Del Norte County43.6%56.4%7,998
El Dorado County39.1%60.9%91,665
Fresno County52.1%47.9%244,222
Glenn County35.7%64.3%8,385
Humboldt County64.2%35.8%44,621
Imperial County59.5%40.5%35,650
Inyo County49.5%50.5%7,223
Kern County48.7%51.3%227,697
Kings County46.0%54.0%34,105
Lake County53.5%46.5%14,304
Lassen County24.7%75.3%8,835
Los Angeles County69.2%30.8%3,014,765
Madera County44.5%55.5%46,607
Marin County73.3%26.7%117,026
Mariposa County39.9%60.1%7,775
Mendocino County63.6%36.4%29,574
Merced County54.1%45.9%70,507
Modoc County29.2%70.8%3,131
Mono County56.7%43.3%4,861
Monterey County66.0%34.0%122,035
Napa County63.0%37.0%51,437
Nevada County54.7%45.3%50,221
Orange County54.4%45.6%1,114,096
Placer County44.3%55.7%184,436
Plumas County42.2%57.8%8,336
Riverside County53.5%46.5%655,607
Sacramento County59.9%40.1%510,777
San Benito County55.7%44.3%17,244
San Bernardino County54.9%45.1%607,766
San Diego County57.1%42.9%1,164,541
San Francisco County79.9%20.1%329,653
San Joaquin County55.0%45.0%211,612
San Luis Obispo County53.6%46.4%115,901
San Mateo County70.3%29.7%269,055
Santa Barbara County63.6%36.4%152,355
Santa Clara County65.0%35.0%598,223
Santa Cruz County72.2%27.8%112,351
Shasta County35.8%64.2%60,508
Sierra County40.6%59.4%1,472
Siskiyou County41.6%58.4%16,673
Solano County60.4%39.6%153,447
Sonoma County66.9%33.1%208,388
Stanislaus County49.7%50.3%149,873
Sutter County40.9%59.1%30,271
Tehama County31.9%68.1%20,696
Trinity County46.2%53.8%4,542
Tulare County48.1%51.9%114,218
Tuolumne County39.0%61.0%23,210
Ventura County56.7%43.3%288,266
Yolo County68.3%31.7%77,092
Yuba County40.6%59.4%22,473

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

California's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 6:24 PM. Unofficial until certified. California's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.