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California Prop 41

Prohibits New State Taxes That Exclude Revenues From State Spending Limit. Requires Audits For New State Special Taxes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 44.9%, No 55.1% statewide.

Statewide

Nullifies state taxes enacted after January 1, 2026 that exempt their revenues from voter-approved state spending limit. Requires pre-election and recurring audits of programs funded by new special taxes.

A yes vote
When special taxes are proposed by voter initiatives, the California State Auditor would review programs funded by the tax before the initiative appears on the ballot. The California State Auditor also would regularly review programs funded by special taxes approved by voters or the Legislature. In addition, the state might not be able to exclude any new special tax spending from its spending limit.
A no vote
The California State Auditor’s responsibility to review government programs would not change. The state spending limit requirements would not change.
Yes 44.9% No 55.1%

5,620,214 yes and 6,907,755 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 32, No has the most votes in 26. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County33.1%66.9%539,091
Alpine County58.7%41.3%578
Amador County64.2%35.8%18,155
Butte County53.5%46.5%75,322
Calaveras County64.3%35.7%20,875
Colusa County57.2%42.8%5,774
Contra Costa County41.5%58.5%427,070
Del Norte County56.3%43.7%7,949
El Dorado County60.8%39.2%91,107
Fresno County50.0%50.0%244,787
Glenn County66.4%33.6%8,426
Humboldt County35.6%64.4%44,241
Imperial County51.0%49.0%36,167
Inyo County49.8%50.2%7,179
Kern County53.9%46.1%226,364
Kings County57.7%42.3%34,066
Lake County48.2%51.8%14,086
Lassen County72.6%27.4%8,742
Los Angeles County38.4%61.6%3,006,546
Madera County56.7%43.3%46,287
Marin County34.0%66.0%117,404
Mariposa County58.4%41.6%7,691
Mendocino County37.4%62.6%29,495
Merced County49.0%51.0%70,544
Modoc County67.6%32.4%3,094
Mono County43.3%56.7%4,766
Monterey County39.5%60.5%119,965
Napa County42.1%57.9%50,830
Nevada County47.6%52.4%50,078
Orange County53.9%46.1%1,116,526
Placer County59.5%40.5%182,245
Plumas County58.1%41.9%8,229
Riverside County52.0%48.0%651,605
Sacramento County45.6%54.4%525,472
San Benito County48.0%52.0%17,164
San Bernardino County50.1%49.9%605,406
San Diego County47.8%52.2%1,159,292
San Francisco County34.3%65.7%327,688
San Joaquin County52.0%48.0%211,212
San Luis Obispo County49.7%50.3%115,082
San Mateo County38.4%61.6%265,883
Santa Barbara County40.2%59.8%150,987
Santa Clara County42.0%58.0%595,650
Santa Cruz County28.9%71.1%111,078
Shasta County67.1%32.9%60,797
Sierra County61.9%38.1%1,476
Siskiyou County57.8%42.2%16,506
Solano County43.9%56.1%152,599
Sonoma County34.6%65.4%206,611
Stanislaus County55.0%45.0%149,806
Sutter County61.0%39.0%29,993
Tehama County66.3%33.7%20,568
Trinity County52.6%47.4%4,515
Tulare County55.8%44.2%112,835
Tuolumne County61.4%38.6%22,914
Ventura County47.8%52.2%289,868
Yolo County35.8%64.2%76,535
Yuba County61.8%38.2%22,748

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.