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California Prop 37

Creates Loan Program For Middle-Income Buyers Of Qualified New Homes. Initiative Statute.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 62.4%, No 37.6% statewide.

Statewide

Authorizes $25 billion in bonds to offer eligible buyers fixed-rate mortgages for up to 17% of purchase price of a newly constructed home priced below about $1.5 million. Borrowers must be California residents, occupy the home, meet income limits, and pay at least 3% down. Bonds repaid by mortgage payments, not State.

A yes vote
The state would create a new homebuying assistance program. The state could sell up to $25 billion in revenue bonds to fund the program. Bonds would be paid back by homeowners’ payments on their home loans.
A no vote
The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program.
Yes 62.4% No 37.6%

7,801,254 yes and 4,694,522 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 46, No has the most votes in 12. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County68.4%31.6%529,610
Alpine County64.9%35.1%575
Amador County46.2%53.8%18,147
Butte County56.8%43.2%74,789
Calaveras County46.5%53.5%20,879
Colusa County51.9%48.1%5,809
Contra Costa County65.5%34.5%429,667
Del Norte County51.6%48.4%7,940
El Dorado County45.6%54.4%90,884
Fresno County58.6%41.4%242,780
Glenn County46.7%53.3%8,339
Humboldt County62.0%38.0%44,324
Imperial County65.6%34.4%35,988
Inyo County52.2%47.8%7,166
Kern County54.2%45.8%226,608
Kings County55.8%44.2%33,860
Lake County60.9%39.1%14,074
Lassen County37.7%62.3%8,718
Los Angeles County67.1%32.9%2,992,965
Madera County52.3%47.7%46,465
Marin County65.9%34.1%115,630
Mariposa County47.4%52.6%7,713
Mendocino County64.1%35.9%29,361
Merced County60.0%40.0%70,523
Modoc County41.7%58.3%3,066
Mono County59.5%40.5%4,826
Monterey County69.1%30.9%121,385
Napa County65.8%34.2%50,895
Nevada County55.4%44.6%49,859
Orange County57.6%42.4%1,110,308
Placer County50.4%49.6%183,032
Plumas County51.1%48.9%8,213
Riverside County58.8%41.2%653,061
Sacramento County62.4%37.6%530,305
San Benito County61.8%38.2%17,073
San Bernardino County61.2%38.8%605,144
San Diego County60.2%39.8%1,152,760
San Francisco County72.5%27.5%325,534
San Joaquin County62.4%37.6%210,659
San Luis Obispo County55.1%44.9%114,886
San Mateo County66.6%33.4%267,114
Santa Barbara County63.9%36.1%150,069
Santa Clara County61.9%38.1%598,884
Santa Cruz County68.7%31.3%110,565
Shasta County44.5%55.5%60,702
Sierra County44.8%55.2%1,470
Siskiyou County51.5%48.5%16,467
Solano County67.8%32.2%153,379
Sonoma County66.2%33.8%206,000
Stanislaus County56.3%43.7%149,751
Sutter County54.8%45.2%30,043
Tehama County44.2%55.8%20,480
Trinity County53.9%46.1%4,476
Tulare County57.0%43.0%113,295
Tuolumne County46.3%53.7%23,013
Ventura County58.3%41.7%287,122
Yolo County66.6%33.4%76,363
Yuba County49.3%50.7%22,763

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.