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California Prop 4

Repeals Prohibition Against Public Funding Of Election Campaigns. Legislative Statute.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 49.7%, No 50.3% statewide.

Statewide

Repeals prohibition on state and local governments offering public funding of candidate election campaigns. Public funding programs may not use funds earmarked for education, transportation, or public safety.

A yes vote
State and local governments could create public campaign financing programs for public office candidates, subject to limits on which public funds could be used, how the public funds could be used, and who could receive them.
A no vote
State and most local governments would remain unable to create public campaign finance programs for public office candidates.
Yes 49.7% No 50.3%

6,159,300 yes and 6,237,635 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 16, No has the most votes in 42. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County60.6%39.4%528,898
Alpine County50.2%49.8%576
Amador County28.2%71.8%18,161
Butte County41.2%58.8%74,661
Calaveras County29.3%70.7%20,799
Colusa County33.0%67.0%5,669
Contra Costa County52.7%47.3%424,197
Del Norte County38.0%62.0%7,909
El Dorado County30.1%69.9%90,312
Fresno County43.4%56.6%241,376
Glenn County30.5%69.5%8,369
Humboldt County56.3%43.7%43,971
Imperial County47.3%52.7%36,073
Inyo County41.1%58.9%7,109
Kern County39.8%60.2%225,784
Kings County37.4%62.6%33,714
Lake County44.5%55.5%14,122
Lassen County20.6%79.4%8,749
Los Angeles County57.1%42.9%2,963,722
Madera County37.3%62.7%46,198
Marin County56.2%43.8%114,850
Mariposa County33.1%66.9%7,694
Mendocino County54.7%45.3%29,344
Merced County44.7%55.3%70,187
Modoc County24.5%75.5%3,063
Mono County46.7%53.3%4,765
Monterey County55.1%44.9%120,606
Napa County50.1%49.9%50,865
Nevada County45.5%54.5%49,592
Orange County43.2%56.8%1,100,883
Placer County35.3%64.7%182,068
Plumas County33.7%66.3%8,187
Riverside County44.6%55.4%648,854
Sacramento County48.0%52.0%527,008
San Benito County45.5%54.5%17,092
San Bernardino County46.1%53.9%601,141
San Diego County46.9%53.1%1,137,598
San Francisco County54.9%45.1%327,035
San Joaquin County45.2%54.8%208,946
San Luis Obispo County44.3%55.7%114,298
San Mateo County52.8%47.2%264,268
Santa Barbara County53.5%46.5%149,234
Santa Clara County50.2%49.8%590,566
Santa Cruz County61.3%38.7%110,333
Shasta County28.5%71.5%59,894
Sierra County32.1%67.9%1,464
Siskiyou County35.3%64.7%16,543
Solano County49.9%50.1%151,800
Sonoma County55.2%44.8%204,973
Stanislaus County40.7%59.3%148,934
Sutter County33.7%66.3%29,919
Tehama County28.0%72.0%20,454
Trinity County37.3%62.7%4,478
Tulare County40.2%59.8%112,909
Tuolumne County31.9%68.1%22,900
Ventura County46.7%53.3%285,267
Yolo County55.5%44.5%75,890
Yuba County33.4%66.6%22,664

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.