NOVEMEBER 2026
STATEWIDE BALLOT
MEASURES
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Kristin Eriksson, Assistant City
Manager
2026 Platform
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• General Government – Generally supports local control to address local needs and opposes State preemption of local authority and unfunded or underfunded mandates;
• Local Government Finance – Generally supports legislation protecting or enhancing City revenues and opposes unfunded mandates, restrictions on revenues and restrictions on contracting for cities;
• Public Safety – Generally supports funding and support for emergency response and crime reduction programs; 2026 Platform
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• Transportation and Public Works – Generally supports funding and expedited processes capital and infrastructure projects, supports funding for key water supply projects, and funding for implementation of organic waste disposal requirements;
• Resources and Environment – Generally supports funding and programs related to energy and water supply projects along with organic waste disposal;
• Community Development – Generally supports funding and programs to address homelessness, supports legislation to reform cannabis regulations and supports protection of transient occupancy tax revenue. 2026 Letter of Opposition
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• SB 1117 – Development Impact Fees for ADUs
• Limits the amount of impact fees that local governments may charge on ADUs
• Status: Enrolled
2026 Letters of Support
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• AB 1708 – HHAP Pathways for Cities Act
• Provides for pathway for smaller cities to access HHAP Grant funding • Status: Held under submission
• AB 1761 – Transparency of PCIA charges on energy bills • Requires utilities to provide additional information of how PCIA charges are calculated to Community Choice Aggregators
• Status: Vetoed
2026 Letters of Support
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• AB 2180 – Prop 218 Tiered Rates
• Clarifies what justification and data are necessary to charge tiered water and sewer rates based on volume of usage
• Status: Enrolled
• SB 922 – Cost Recovery for Use of Streets and Highways • Allows local agencies to recover the costs of maintaining and repairing streets used in the delivery of essential public services from heavy vehicles (ie: waste collection trucks)
• Status: Chaptered
2026 Ballot Measures
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• Proposition 1 – Housing Affordability Bonds
• Allows the State to issue bonds up to $11.25 billion to fund various programs aimed at housing affordability
• In line with Council’s Multi-Year Goal of Economic Development and Housing
• Cal Cities supports
2026 Ballot Measures
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• Proposition 43 – Threshold for Voter-Proposed Special Taxes • Increases the voter threshold to approve voter-proposed special taxes from a majority to 2/3 vote
• Inconsistent with Council’s Muti-Year Goal of Financial and Organizational Stability and 2026 Legislative Platform opposition to “legislation that increases the threshold for voters to pass new or increased state or local taxes needed to fund local services and infrastructure”
• Cal Cities opposes
Recommendation
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• Provide direction on whether the Council will take official positions on 2026 Ballot Measures