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California Prop 40

Imposes One-Time Tax On Certain Taxpayers. Initiative Constitutional Amendment And Statute.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 47.7%, No 52.3% statewide.

Statewide

Imposes 5% tax on certain taxpayers with assets over $1 billion; revenue primarily for health care. Exempts revenues from constitutional requirements for school funding and spending limit.

A yes vote
The state would collect a one-time tax from billionaires equal to 5 percent of their wealth.
A no vote
The state would not collect a one-time tax from billionaires equal to 5 percent of their wealth.
Yes 47.7% No 52.3%

6,087,791 yes and 6,674,893 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 10, No has the most votes in 48. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County57.8%42.2%549,336
Alpine County57.3%42.7%592
Amador County24.6%75.4%18,515
Butte County38.3%61.7%76,537
Calaveras County25.6%74.4%21,261
Colusa County33.2%66.8%5,856
Contra Costa County47.6%52.4%436,114
Del Norte County37.6%62.4%7,981
El Dorado County29.0%71.0%92,657
Fresno County41.7%58.3%248,879
Glenn County29.0%71.0%8,501
Humboldt County55.8%44.2%44,883
Imperial County46.8%53.2%36,457
Inyo County39.1%60.9%7,310
Kern County40.5%59.5%229,033
Kings County38.3%61.7%34,363
Lake County41.0%59.0%14,294
Lassen County19.9%80.1%8,833
Los Angeles County55.2%44.8%3,064,707
Madera County37.8%62.2%46,916
Marin County47.0%53.0%120,975
Mariposa County30.8%69.2%7,781
Mendocino County50.4%49.6%30,070
Merced County45.4%54.6%71,317
Modoc County21.7%78.3%3,138
Mono County45.7%54.3%4,857
Monterey County53.1%46.9%121,678
Napa County45.5%54.5%51,589
Nevada County40.8%59.2%50,960
Orange County41.9%58.1%1,132,429
Placer County32.1%67.9%185,435
Plumas County30.6%69.4%8,340
Riverside County43.0%57.0%661,699
Sacramento County46.9%53.1%541,969
San Benito County44.4%55.6%17,274
San Bernardino County44.3%55.7%614,977
San Diego County46.7%53.3%1,180,419
San Francisco County56.4%43.6%337,364
San Joaquin County42.6%57.4%214,381
San Luis Obispo County38.1%61.9%117,580
San Mateo County47.8%52.2%274,620
Santa Barbara County44.0%56.0%153,549
Santa Clara County47.9%52.1%607,263
Santa Cruz County57.5%42.5%113,476
Shasta County24.1%75.9%61,993
Sierra County28.5%71.5%1,495
Siskiyou County33.0%67.0%16,813
Solano County45.8%54.2%155,317
Sonoma County52.6%47.4%210,816
Stanislaus County39.4%60.6%151,909
Sutter County33.5%66.5%30,543
Tehama County25.1%74.9%20,885
Trinity County37.2%62.8%4,636
Tulare County39.8%60.2%113,833
Tuolumne County28.0%72.0%23,380
Ventura County43.8%56.2%293,903
Yolo County52.9%47.1%77,975
Yuba County34.0%66.0%23,021

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.