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November 2020 Ballot Measures

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State Propositions

PropositionBallot Title
14  AUTHORIZES BONDS TO CONTINUE FUNDING STEM CELL AND OTHER MEDICAL RESEARCH. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
15  INCREASES FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES BY CHANGING TAX ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 
16  ALLOWS DIVERSITY AS A FACTOR IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND CONTRACTING DECISIONS. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
17  RESTORES RIGHT TO VOTE AFTER COMPLETION OF PRISON TERM. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
18  AMENDS CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION TO PERMIT 17-YEAR-OLDS TO VOTE IN PRIMARY AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS IF THEY WILL TURN 18 BY THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION AND BE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
19  CHANGES CERTAIN PROPERTY TAX RULES. LEGISLATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
20  RESTRICTS PAROLE FOR NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS. AUTHORIZES FELONY SENTENCES FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES CURRENTLY TREATED ONLY AS MISDEMEANORS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
21  EXPANDS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS' AUTHORITY TO ENACT RENT CONTROL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
22  CHANGES EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION RULES FOR APP-BASED TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY DRIVERS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
23  AUTHORIZES STATE REGULATION OF KIDNEY DIALYSIS CLINICS. ESTABLISHES MINIMUM STAFFING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
24  AMENDS CONSUMER PRIVACY LAWS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. 
25  REFERENDUM TO OVERTURN A 2018 LAW THAT REPLACED MONEY BAIL SYSTEM WITH A SYSTEM BASED ON PUBLIC SAFETY RISK. 

More information about state propositions can be found at https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures/.

Local Ballot Measures

 Measure Letter  Jurisdiction, Preliminary Measure Name
 L  Shoreline Unified School District, Parcel Tax Renewal (pdf)
 M Fort Ross School District, Parcel Tax Renewal (pdf)
 N  Sebastopol Union School District, Parcel Tax Renewal (pdf)
 O County of Sonoma, Mental Health, Addiction and Homeless Services Measure Transactions and Use Tax Ordinance (pdf)
 P County of Sonoma, The Evelyn Cheatham Effective IOLERO Ordinance (pdf)
 Q City of Santa Rosa, Sales Tax Extension (pdf)
 R City of Cloverdale, Utility Users Tax Extension (pdf)
 S City of Cotati, Transactions and Use Tax Extension (pdf)
 T City of Healdsburg, Transactions and Use Tax Extension (pdf)
 U City of Petaluma, Transactions and Use Tax (pdf)
 V City of Sonoma, Transactions and Use (Sales) Tax Extension and Appropriations Limit Increase (pdf)
 W City of Sonoma, Urban Growth Boundary Extension (pdf)
 X City of Sonoma, Cannabis Business Tax (pdf)
 Y City of Sonoma, Personal Cannabis Cultivation Initiative (pdf)
 Z Kenwood Fire Protection District, Appropriations Limit Extension (pdf)
 AA Timber Cove Fire Protection District, Parcel Tax (pdf)
 BB North Sonoma County Healthcare District, Sale Agreement (pdf)
 CC Petaluma Health Care District, Sale Agreement (pdf)
 DD Sonoma County Transportation Authority, Go Sonoma Act (pdf)