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California Prop 38

Authorizes Bonds For Immunology Medical Research. Initiative Statute.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 53.9%, No 46.1% statewide.

Statewide

Authorizes $8.4 billion in general obligation bonds for immunology and immunotherapy research, half to a single University of California-affiliated nonprofit medical research institute, half to research grants.

A yes vote
The state could borrow $8.4 billion to support medical research in immunology and immunotherapy conducted by California research institutes and universities.
A no vote
The state could not borrow $8.4 billion to support medical research in immunology and immunotherapy conducted by California research institutes and universities.
Yes 53.9% No 46.1%

6,754,186 yes and 5,774,286 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 37, No has the most votes in 21. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County50.7%49.3%532,214
Alpine County51.1%48.9%577
Amador County52.3%47.7%18,152
Butte County56.2%43.8%74,604
Calaveras County50.5%49.5%20,895
Colusa County47.6%52.4%5,791
Contra Costa County55.0%45.0%430,268
Del Norte County48.3%51.7%7,895
El Dorado County45.6%54.4%91,043
Fresno County55.0%45.0%242,063
Glenn County49.6%50.4%8,341
Humboldt County48.6%51.4%44,050
Imperial County60.7%39.3%40,035
Inyo County52.8%47.2%7,166
Kern County50.8%49.2%226,502
Kings County55.3%44.7%34,101
Lake County61.1%38.9%14,095
Lassen County48.1%51.9%8,703
Los Angeles County52.6%47.4%3,000,956
Madera County48.7%51.3%46,442
Marin County50.0%50.0%115,562
Mariposa County49.6%50.4%7,694
Mendocino County56.6%43.4%29,386
Merced County53.8%46.2%70,500
Modoc County46.2%53.8%3,039
Mono County56.3%43.7%4,800
Monterey County56.9%43.1%121,424
Napa County53.4%46.6%50,806
Nevada County46.0%54.0%50,065
Orange County54.7%45.3%1,113,801
Placer County49.8%50.2%182,303
Plumas County53.5%46.5%8,201
Riverside County56.8%43.2%654,218
Sacramento County55.2%44.8%531,553
San Benito County52.9%47.1%17,072
San Bernardino County56.1%43.9%605,055
San Diego County63.7%36.3%1,157,781
San Francisco County38.7%61.3%330,548
San Joaquin County58.6%41.4%211,257
San Luis Obispo County48.8%51.2%115,207
San Mateo County53.0%47.0%268,133
Santa Barbara County47.6%52.4%149,980
Santa Clara County49.9%50.1%600,431
Santa Cruz County51.9%48.1%110,167
Shasta County42.5%57.5%60,520
Sierra County50.6%49.4%1,467
Siskiyou County49.0%51.0%16,530
Solano County58.1%41.9%153,146
Sonoma County51.6%48.4%206,250
Stanislaus County58.7%41.3%147,473
Sutter County53.4%46.6%29,895
Tehama County50.2%49.8%20,491
Trinity County48.2%51.8%4,488
Tulare County56.3%43.7%112,608
Tuolumne County47.8%52.2%22,946
Ventura County55.0%45.0%290,419
Yolo County51.8%48.2%76,641
Yuba County46.8%53.2%22,722

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, 6:48 PM. Unofficial until certified. California's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.