Ballot Measure

From CalMatters data reporter Jeremia Kimelman: As California’s 2024 election gets more crowded by the day, some ballot measure campaigns are already building their war chests for the costly fight to come, raising more than $60 million since January. Last year, nearly $700 million was spent, mostly by companies, to sway voters on seven November […]

Frustration runs deep among medical cannabis patients and advocates who say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn’t meeting their needs.

There's no shortage of efforts to impose new taxes on the wealthy or corporations in California, but few of them survive the political process.

California’s governor is spending more time and money on two ballot measures and a possible presidential run than his own reelection campaign.

When it comes to California elections, it’s out with the old and in with the new. Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Friday certified the results from the June 7 primary election, which for many Californians probably already feels like a lifetime ago as the state’s political focus shifts to the complex and controversial initiatives […]

Californians in November will vote on the fewest statewide ballot measures in more than a century — heightening already intense attention on a pair of dueling initiatives to legalize sports betting. Deciding whether or not to authorize sports betting in California may seem like a fairly straightforward proposition — no pun intended. But understanding the […]

Had the California Living Wage Act proposal succeeded, it would have increased base wages to $16 an hour next January and $18 by 2025.

Even though it isn’t yet clear who will face off against Democratic incumbent Ricardo Lara for California insurance commissioner in the November general election, the slate of statewide ballot initiatives is beginning to take shape. On Tuesday, two days before the deadline to finalize the list of ballot measures, Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced […]

A legislative deal will keep a malpractice measure off the November California election ballot, but another issue is headed for voters.

A broad coalition of Indian tribes is unified in opposition to the online gambling measure and in support of in-person sports wagering.