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California Prop 45

Modifies Environmental Review For Certain Projects. Initiative Statute.. 2026 results by county, from California's official results file: Yes 43.6%, No 56.4% statewide.

Statewide

Amends California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to expedite environmental review for certain projects (including most housing, transportation, water, and health projects) by setting deadlines to complete environmental review and resolve lawsuits challenging project approvals.

A yes vote
Certain public and private projects would be eligible for new project review and court challenge procedures. For example, new procedures would tighten time limits for environmental review and reduce the scope of what courts can consider when reviewing legal challenges.
A no vote
Public and private projects would continue to use existing project review and court challenge procedures.
Yes 43.6% No 56.4%

5,395,374 yes and 6,985,091 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 27, No has the most votes in 31. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Alameda County35.2%64.8%533,426
Alpine County58.8%41.2%582
Amador County56.7%43.3%18,054
Butte County49.7%50.3%74,210
Calaveras County58.2%41.8%20,709
Colusa County55.7%44.3%5,706
Contra Costa County39.4%60.6%426,370
Del Norte County33.6%66.4%7,913
El Dorado County53.5%46.5%89,162
Fresno County50.4%49.6%243,082
Glenn County60.6%39.4%8,385
Humboldt County35.7%64.3%44,129
Imperial County49.4%50.6%35,669
Inyo County47.1%52.9%7,204
Kern County53.1%46.9%224,810
Kings County56.6%43.4%33,774
Lake County45.2%54.8%14,083
Lassen County64.9%35.1%8,728
Los Angeles County38.8%61.2%2,964,161
Madera County54.8%45.2%46,047
Marin County29.2%70.8%117,093
Mariposa County55.7%44.3%7,689
Mendocino County37.4%62.6%29,138
Merced County49.8%50.2%69,361
Modoc County61.4%38.6%3,071
Mono County40.2%59.8%4,767
Monterey County37.6%62.4%120,257
Napa County38.8%61.2%50,071
Nevada County45.3%54.7%49,067
Orange County50.3%49.7%1,086,271
Placer County54.4%45.6%181,001
Plumas County54.6%45.4%8,208
Riverside County50.0%50.0%646,457
Sacramento County45.3%54.7%519,919
San Benito County44.9%55.1%16,897
San Bernardino County48.1%51.9%600,743
San Diego County45.8%54.2%1,150,202
San Francisco County39.9%60.1%323,753
San Joaquin County51.0%49.0%208,654
San Luis Obispo County39.6%60.4%114,396
San Mateo County37.0%63.0%261,603
Santa Barbara County39.1%60.9%148,114
Santa Clara County41.1%58.9%590,979
Santa Cruz County28.5%71.5%110,168
Shasta County61.7%38.3%60,266
Sierra County56.9%43.1%1,433
Siskiyou County55.1%44.9%16,505
Solano County41.4%58.6%151,917
Sonoma County29.0%71.0%203,979
Stanislaus County52.3%47.7%146,369
Sutter County55.5%44.5%29,766
Tehama County57.3%42.7%20,341
Trinity County50.0%50.0%4,474
Tulare County54.7%45.3%113,041
Tuolumne County58.7%41.3%21,998
Ventura County44.7%55.3%288,124
Yolo County35.3%64.7%75,583
Yuba County57.6%42.4%22,586

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.