When Santa Clarita residents cast their ballots in November during the 2024 election, they will have the opportunity to vote on several state propositions.

At the beginning of July, the Office of the California Secretary of State posted the 10 statewide ballot measures that had qualified for the 2024 election in November.

Proposition 2 

Proposition 2 authorizes $10 billion in general obligation bonds for repair, upgrade, and construction of facilities at K–12 public schools (including charter schools), community colleges, and career technical education programs, including for improvement of health and safety conditions and classroom upgrades. Requires annual audits. 

Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $500 million annually for 35 years to repay the bond. 

Supporters: California Teachers Association; California School Nurses Organization; Community College League of California Opponents: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

Proposition 3 

Proposition 3 amends the California Constitution to recognize the fundamental right to marry, regardless of sex or race. Removes language in the California Constitution stating that marriage is only between a man and a woman. 

Fiscal Impact: No change in revenues or costs for state and local governments.

Supporters: Sierra Pacific Synod of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Dolores Huerta Foundation; Equality California. 

Opponents: Jonathan Keller, California Family Council; Rev. Tanner DiBella

Proposition 4 

Proposition 4 authorizes $10 billion in general obligation bonds for water, wildfire prevention, and protection of communities and lands. Requires annual audits. 

Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $400 million annually for 40 years to repay the bond. 

Supporters: Clean Water Action; CALFIRE Firefighters; National Wildlife Federation; The Nature Conservancy.  

Opponents: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. 

Proposition 5 

Proposition 5 allows approval of local infrastructure and housing bonds for low- and middle-income Californians with 55 percent vote. Accountability requirements. 

Fiscal Impact: Increased local borrowing to fund affordable housing, supportive housing, and public infrastructure. The amount would depend on decisions by local governments and voters. Borrowing would be repaid with higher property taxes. 

Supporters: California Professional Firefighters; League of Women Voters of California; Habitat for Humanity California. 

Opponents: California Taxpayers Association; California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce; Women Veterans Alliance. 

Proposition 6 

Proposition 6 amends the California Constitution to remove the current provision that allows jails and prisons to impose involuntary servitude to punish crime (i.e., forcing incarcerated persons to work). 

Fiscal Impact: Potential increase or decrease in state and local costs, depending on how work for people in state prison and county jail changes. Any effect likely would not exceed the tens of millions of dollars annually. 

Supporters: Assemblymember Lori Wilson 

Opponents: None submitted

Proposition 32

Proposition 32 raises the minimum wage as follows: For employers with 26 or more employees, to $17 immediately, $18 on January 1, 2025. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, to $17 on January 1, 2025, $18 on January 1, 2026. 

Fiscal Impact: State and local government costs could increase or decrease by up to hundreds of millions of dollars annually. State and local revenues likely would decrease by no more than a few hundred million dollars annually. 

Supporters: None submitted 

Opponents: California Chamber of Commerce; California Restaurant Association; California Grocers Association

Proposition 33 

Proposition 33 Repeals Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, which currently prohibits local ordinances limiting initial residential rental rates for new tenants or rent increases for existing tenants in certain residential properties. 

Fiscal Impact: Reduction in local property tax revenues of at least tens of millions of dollars annually due to likely expansion of rent control in some communities. 

Supporters: CA Nurses Assoc.; CA Alliance for Retired Americans; Mental Health Advocacy; Coalition for Economic Survival; TenantsTogether 

Opponents: California Council for Affordable Housing; Women Veterans Alliance; California Chamber of Commerce

Proposition 34 

Proposition 34 requires certain providers to spend 98 percent of revenues from the federal discount prescription drug program on direct patient care. Authorizes statewide negotiation of Medi-Cal drug prices. 

Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs, likely in the millions of dollars annually, to enforce new rules on certain healthcare entities. Affected entities would pay fees to cover these costs. 

Supporters: The ALS Association; California Chronic Care Coalition; Latino Heritage Los Angeles 

Opponents: National Org. for Women; Consumer Watchdog; Coalition for Economic Survival; AIDS Healthcare Foundation; Dolores Huerta

Proposition 35 

Proposition 35 makes permanent the existing tax on managed health care insurance plans, which, if approved by the federal government, provides revenues to pay for Medi-Cal health care services. 

Fiscal Impact: Short-term state costs between roughly $1 billion and $2 billion annually to increase funding for certain health programs. Total funding increases between roughly $2 billion to $5 billion annually. Unknown long-term fiscal effects.

 Supporters: Planned Parenthood Affiliates of CA; American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; American Academy of Pediatrics, CA 

Opponents: None submitted

Proposition 36

Proposition 36 allows felony charges for possessing certain drugs and for thefts under $950 if the defendant has two prior drug or theft convictions. 

Fiscal Impact: State criminal justice costs likely range from several tens of millions of dollars to the low hundreds of millions of dollars annually. Local criminal justice costs are likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually. 

Supporters: Crime Victims United of California; California District Attorneys Association; Family Business Association of California Opponents: Diana Becton, District Attorney Contra Costa County; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice

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