Who’s for and against each of the 14 propositions? California Choices puts the endorsements of nonprofits, political parties, unions and newspapers in one chart. Click a proposition number at the top of a column to learn more about that measure.
California Choices is a nonpartisan project of Next 10. The endorsements are those groups’ positions, not ours.
Also see our California Proposition Positions, November 2026.
Down near the end of your ballot, you’ll vote yes or no on keeping each justice. These offices are nonpartisan. A justice who gets more yes votes than no votes keeps the job.
Ventura County is in the Second District, so you vote on all 19 Second District justices on the ballot, not just the ones who sit here. Division 6 sits in Ventura:
The other 17 sit in Los Angeles:
Prop. 40 would institute a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires to raise tens of billions in temporary revenue to address the loss of federal funding and other threats to health, nutrition, and education services…
— California Budget & Policy Center, August 2026
The Budget Center is nonpartisan and takes no position on ballot measures. It lays out the case and the concerns, including how Props 41 and 42 could block Prop 40 even if it passes.
Billionaire Tax Explained: What Proposition 40 Would Mean for California →
Ballots went out October 5. If you want a quick look at the 14 statewide propositions, we put three groups’ recommendations side by side: Indivisible California StateStrong, the League of Women Voters, and the California Democratic Party.
For what each measure does, without recommendations, see the CalMatters voter guide.
Poll watchers stand outside voting places to spot and report potential threats to voting. Our partner We Are California is offering online trainings on a statewide basis. Every session covers the same content, so you only need to attend one:
At the end of each training you can sign up for poll watching shifts at a local polling station.
California Common Cause, the Asian Law Caucus, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area run a nonpartisan poll monitoring program every election, and they need volunteers across Southern California for Tuesday, November 3.
As a poll monitor you’ll visit 3 to 5 polling places over a 4-hour shift, fill out a short questionnaire at each one, and help make sure voters aren’t being harassed or intimidated. They provide the training and send you a poll monitor package in the mail.
Sign up to be a poll monitor →
Want to know what you’d be watching for? Our Election Protection 201 post covers what to do when something goes wrong at the polls.