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California Prop 3

Provides Permanent Funding For Schools And Health Care By Extending Existing Tax On High Incomes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 60.7%, No 39.3% statewide.

Statewide

Makes permanent existing voter-approved tax rates for individuals earning over $371,000 (adjusted annually for inflation). Allocates tax revenues to public education.

A yes vote
An income tax increase on high-income earners in place since 2012 would become permanent instead of expiring in 2031.
A no vote
An income tax increase on high-income earners in place since 2012 would expire in 2031.
Yes 60.7% No 39.3%

7,690,213 yes and 4,977,921 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 38, No has the most votes in 20. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County73.3%26.7%541,441
Alpine County61.6%38.4%591
Amador County38.2%61.8%18,521
Butte County51.1%48.9%76,238
Calaveras County37.9%62.1%21,116
Colusa County44.2%55.8%5,748
Contra Costa County64.1%35.9%432,328
Del Norte County47.1%52.9%7,990
El Dorado County40.2%59.8%92,260
Fresno County54.6%45.4%245,637
Glenn County38.7%61.3%8,417
Humboldt County66.3%33.7%44,973
Imperial County62.0%38.0%36,513
Inyo County52.8%47.2%7,303
Kern County51.4%48.6%228,407
Kings County50.9%49.1%34,146
Lake County54.7%45.3%14,318
Lassen County28.9%71.1%8,879
Los Angeles County66.7%33.3%3,039,015
Madera County49.1%50.9%46,783
Marin County67.1%32.9%118,226
Mariposa County42.1%57.9%7,788
Mendocino County65.6%34.4%29,911
Merced County59.2%40.8%71,101
Modoc County32.3%67.7%3,119
Mono County57.5%42.5%4,870
Monterey County66.3%33.7%122,459
Napa County62.4%37.6%51,683
Nevada County54.6%45.4%50,520
Orange County51.5%48.5%1,120,299
Placer County44.8%55.2%185,729
Plumas County44.6%55.4%8,252
Riverside County56.6%43.4%658,796
Sacramento County61.9%38.1%539,858
San Benito County57.9%42.1%17,304
San Bernardino County58.5%41.5%610,704
San Diego County57.3%42.7%1,171,545
San Francisco County76.7%23.3%337,635
San Joaquin County56.6%43.4%212,922
San Luis Obispo County54.1%45.9%116,600
San Mateo County63.6%36.4%271,816
Santa Barbara County62.1%37.9%152,461
Santa Clara County60.8%39.2%601,758
Santa Cruz County72.5%27.5%113,407
Shasta County36.0%64.0%60,940
Sierra County40.5%59.5%1,487
Siskiyou County44.7%55.3%16,727
Solano County63.0%37.0%154,577
Sonoma County68.6%31.4%209,753
Stanislaus County53.5%46.5%151,791
Sutter County45.1%54.9%30,475
Tehama County34.7%65.3%20,761
Trinity County49.7%50.3%4,560
Tulare County51.9%48.1%114,539
Tuolumne County42.1%57.9%23,307
Ventura County57.0%43.0%289,686
Yolo County68.0%32.0%77,704
Yuba County45.3%54.7%22,440

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.