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California Prop 43

Limits Voters' Ability To Raise Revenues For Local Government Services. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 42.4%, No 57.6% statewide.

Statewide

Limits voters’ ability to pass voter-proposed local special taxes by increasing percentage of votes needed to approve such ballot measures from a majority (over 50%) to two-thirds, beginning January 1, 2027.

A yes vote
Certain local government taxes would require two-thirds approval by voters.
A no vote
Certain local government taxes could continue to be approved by voters with a majority vote.
Yes 42.4% No 57.6%

5,279,327 yes and 7,166,888 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 25, No has the most votes in 33. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County30.9%69.1%535,172
Alpine County62.1%37.9%570
Amador County59.2%40.8%18,125
Butte County50.5%49.5%74,910
Calaveras County59.0%41.0%20,743
Colusa County52.6%47.4%5,742
Contra Costa County38.7%61.3%426,593
Del Norte County52.7%47.3%7,923
El Dorado County58.2%41.8%90,467
Fresno County47.3%52.7%244,534
Glenn County60.6%39.4%8,391
Humboldt County34.2%65.8%44,117
Imperial County43.6%56.4%39,699
Inyo County47.6%52.4%7,112
Kern County50.4%49.6%225,088
Kings County53.1%46.9%33,799
Lake County44.4%55.6%14,026
Lassen County64.9%35.1%8,684
Los Angeles County36.3%63.7%2,981,721
Madera County53.0%47.0%46,170
Marin County33.8%66.2%115,872
Mariposa County56.0%44.0%7,667
Mendocino County35.8%64.2%29,078
Merced County44.7%55.3%69,538
Modoc County60.4%39.6%3,069
Mono County41.6%58.4%4,759
Monterey County35.8%64.2%119,814
Napa County39.7%60.3%50,701
Nevada County46.0%54.0%49,752
Orange County50.7%49.3%1,096,323
Placer County55.7%44.3%181,431
Plumas County53.4%46.6%8,214
Riverside County48.7%51.3%648,574
Sacramento County41.9%58.1%521,307
San Benito County43.9%56.1%17,110
San Bernardino County46.5%53.5%604,698
San Diego County46.2%53.8%1,156,135
San Francisco County34.6%65.4%323,537
San Joaquin County47.4%52.6%209,081
San Luis Obispo County48.5%51.5%114,218
San Mateo County37.3%62.7%263,237
Santa Barbara County38.9%61.1%150,388
Santa Clara County41.7%58.3%592,719
Santa Cruz County29.7%70.3%110,128
Shasta County61.1%38.9%60,718
Sierra County56.6%43.4%1,468
Siskiyou County53.4%46.6%16,409
Solano County39.1%60.9%152,062
Sonoma County34.6%65.4%205,833
Stanislaus County49.9%50.1%149,407
Sutter County54.6%45.4%29,856
Tehama County60.4%39.6%20,544
Trinity County46.5%53.5%4,473
Tulare County51.5%48.5%113,410
Tuolumne County57.8%42.2%22,919
Ventura County46.0%54.0%289,628
Yolo County33.6%66.4%75,953
Yuba County56.4%43.6%22,599

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.