Elections

California voters pass Prop. 34 health care spending rules

Prop. 34 is about healthcare spending. But it will also likely quash the controversial AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s fight for rent control.

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Marisa Kendall

• November 5, 2024

A stack of empty five-gallon water containers at Shady Lane Estates in Thermal on March 23, 2023. According to some residents, there is no clean drinking water from the mobile park, so these five-gallon containers are their only option. Pablo Unzueta for CalMatter

Elections

Prop. 4 passes: Californians approve $10 billion for water, wildfire, climate projects

California voters approved Prop. 4's $10 billion in bonds for environmental projects, with about $2 billion going toward protecting drinking water.

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Alejandro Lazo

• November 5, 2024

California prison laborers and an excavator operator help construct an emergency pipeline to increase supplies of potable water in Willits in 2014. REUTERS/Noah Berger

Politics

California proposition to ban forced prison labor trails in early election results

The California Constitution permits involuntary servitude as criminal punishment, a practice that advocates liken to slavery. Prop. 6 would repeal that language and allow incarcerated people to prioritize rehabilitation.

By

Cayla Mihalovich

• November 5, 2024

A person holding a Pride flag while lined-up behind a barricade during a parade.

Elections

Same-sex marriage gains constitutional protections as California voters approve Prop. 3

California voters passed Proposition 3, which enshrines the right to marry into the state’s constitution. While same-sex marriage is already legal, Prop. 3 ensures that LGBTQ+ couples can continue to marry even if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns landmark cases.

By

Adam Echelman

• November 5, 2024

A person is seated in a wheelchair-accessible voting booth with a blue privacy screen, their legs and hands visible as they hold a pen. In the foreground, another individual, wearing a mask and blurred in motion, walks by, partially obscuring the booth. The setup includes a touchscreen ballot marking device for accessibility, and a storage room door is visible in the background.

Elections

We talked to California college students about today’s election. Here’s what’s on their minds

California’s college students represent a wide array of ages, ethnicities, lived experiences and political beliefs. Eight voters who attend a California college shared their perspectives with CalMatters on the issues that matter to them as some vote in local, state and national elections for the first time.

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Elections

No raise for California’s minimum wage workers. Voters reject Prop. 32

California voters refused to raise the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour. Fast food and health care workers already get more.

By

Jeanne Kuang

• November 5, 2024

A person in a suit stands at a podium. A sign on the podium reads "CA DEM" and "California Democratic Party." People stand in the background while holding signs that read "Senador Schiff." California and U.S. flags stand behind the group.

Elections

Adam Schiff easily wins U.S. Senate seat in deep-blue California

The Burbank Democrat will take the U.S. Senate seat held by Dianne Feinstein for 30 years. No Republican has won statewide in California since 2006, and Steve Garvey didn’t break that losing streak.

By

Yue Stella Yu

• November 5, 2024

Elections

10 propositions are on California’s ballot. Voters are deciding on crime, rent control and more

The results of the ballot measures will steer key state policies. So far, five propositions have passed, but three failed. Two remain undecided.

By

Jeanne Kuang

• November 5, 2024

Elections

These California toss-ups helped decide which party controls Congress

Closely contested congressional races in California helped tip the balance and allowed Republicans to keep their majority in the U.S. House. With the presidency and the U.S. Senate, the GOP will have the trifecta in Washington, D.C., next year.

By

Yue Stella Yu

• November 5, 2024

A room full of legislatures sitting during the state Assembly during a floor session at the state Capitol.

Digital Democracy

Big turnover, but Democrats keep their supermajority in the Legislature

The California Legislature is poised to see more new members than at any time in the past 10 years, but the election is unlikely to lead to any major changes in the Capitol’s partisan makeup.

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Ryan Sabalow

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Sameea Kamal

• November 5, 2024