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Nov. 2026 Election Guide: Bay Area Ballot Measures and Races
Every Bay Area Brief explainer on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot in one place: local measures, state propositions and council races, grouped by county. 55 stories, updated as we publish.
Jump to: Statewide propositions · Regional · San Francisco · Alameda County · Contra Costa County · Santa Clara County · San Mateo County · Marin County · Sonoma County · Napa County · Solano County · Santa Cruz County · Other
Statewide propositions
- Prop. 3 Explained: Making California's Top-Earner Tax Permanent, and What's at Stake for Schools · Oct 11
- Newsom Backs Brin-Funded Prop. 42, Which Would Block the Billionaire Tax and Ban Future Wealth Taxes · Oct 10
- Proposition 4 Explained: Should California Lift Its Ban on Public Money for Political Campaigns? · Oct 9
- Silicon Valley Money Pours Into the Fight Over California's Billionaire Tax as Polls Tighten · Oct 8
Regional
- VTA Says It Won't Cut Service Either Way on the Transit Tax. South Bay Caltrain Riders Have More on the Line · Oct 8
- Bay Area's $980 Million-a-Year Transit Tax Heads Into November Below 50% in a New Poll · Oct 7
San Francisco
- GrowSF Polls District 8 Voters on a Manny Yekutiel Comeback Days After He Quit the Race, Drawing Sharp Criticism · Oct 8
- Torn Ballot Envelopes Show Up in San Francisco Mailboxes. Elections Officials Blame Postal Sorting Machines · Oct 8
- Katie Porter Endorses Scott Wiener in the Race to Succeed Nancy Pelosi · Oct 7
Alameda County
- Albany Measure P Explained: Street and Storm-Drain Parcel Tax Guardrail if Golden Gate Fields Goes Public · Oct 11
- Pleasanton Measure HH Explained: Phased Hotel Tax Hike From 8% to 12% · Oct 11
- Alameda Measure L Explained: $300 Million Bond for Sea-Level Rise, Tubes and Potholes · Oct 11
- Emeryville Measure BB Explained: Business Tax Overhaul Would Charge Up to 0.4% of Gross Receipts · Oct 11
- Albany Measure O Explained: Ending the 1978 Neighborhood Veto Over Single-Family Zoning · Oct 11
- Berkeley Measure Z Explained: A $58 Million Parcel Tax to Launch an East Bay Public Bank · Oct 11
- San Leandro Mail Ballots List Council Races Voters Can't Vote In · Oct 9
- Berkeley's Southside Council Seat Comes Down to Two UC Berkeley Graduates · Oct 9
- Hayward's Measure CC Would Rewrite a 1978 Business Tax. Here's What Changes for Local Businesses · Oct 9
- Berkeley's Measure U: What the $300 Million Infrastructure Bond Would Pay For, and Why Critics Object · Oct 9
- Oakland District 2 Race: Wang and Adams Offer Different Answers to Sex Trafficking on International Boulevard · Oct 9
- Oakland's Measure EE Explained: A Strong Mayor, a Veto and a Full-Time Council · Oct 9
- Berkeley Rent Board Race: Six Candidates for Five Seats, and What Each Wants to Change · Oct 9
- St. Rose Hospital Workers Stage a 'Die-In' in Hayward to Push Prop 40 as Federal Cuts Squeeze Alameda Health System · Oct 9
Contra Costa County
- Concord's Measure O Would Swap Tiered Business Tax for One Flat Rate · Oct 9
- West Contra Costa Schools Ask Voters to Renew $10 Million-a-Year Parcel Tax With Measure V · Oct 9
- Antioch Council Races: Torres-Walker and Motts Meet for a Third Time as Wilson Faces Three Challengers · Oct 9
- Acalanes Schools Ask Voters for a $168 Parcel Tax With Measure W After $4.2 Million in Cuts · Oct 9
- Walnut Creek Measure T Would Make the City Treasurer an Appointed Job. Here Is What That Means · Oct 9
- Contra Costa Runs 25,000 Test Ballots Through Its Counting Machines Ahead of Nov. 3 · Oct 9
Santa Clara County
- Cupertino Measure L Explained: A Two-Thirds Public Vote Before Any Park Could Be Rezoned · Oct 11
- Mountain View's RV Parking Protections End in February. The Next Council Will Decide What Happens · Oct 10
- Palo Alto Reveals How It Got to $65.5 Million for Cubberley Land, but Keeps the Appraisal Private · Oct 9
- Santa Clara Councilmember Asks City Attorney to Review Mayoral Candidate Watanabe's Donations · Oct 9
- Palo Alto Council Candidates Split Over How Fast to Ban Overnight RV Parking · Oct 9
- Palo Alto City Council Election 2026: Eight Candidates, Three Seats, and the Issues on the Table · Oct 9
- 49ers-funded PAC pours money into Santa Clara's District 2 council race · Oct 9
- Money Pours Into San Jose Council Runoffs, With Front-Runners Holding Fundraising Leads in All Three Races · Oct 8
- Santa Clara County Is Mailing More Than a Million Ballots, and Officials Want Them Back Early · Oct 7
San Mateo County
- East Palo Alto Measure O Explained: $125 Million Bond for Library, Water Pipes and a Civic Center · Oct 11
- Pacifica Measure BB Explained: What a 1-Cent Sales Tax Would Mean for the Coastal City · Oct 11
- San Bruno Measure S Explained: Should Voters Scrap the 1977 Three-Story Height Limit? · Oct 11
- San Carlos Measure G Explained: The City's First Sales Tax Hike Would Raise $6 Million a Year · Oct 11
- Menlo Park's Measure P Would Let Voters Decide the Fate of Downtown Parking Lots Slated for 345 Affordable Homes · Oct 10
- Belmont's Measure Y Would Tax Homes 33 Cents a Square Foot to Rebuild the 75-Year-Old Barrett Community Center · Oct 10
- Redwood City's Measure E: What the Rent Control Initiative Would Do · Oct 9
- San Mateo County requires on-site affordable units in rezoned areas, opposes Prop 43 · Oct 9
- Half Moon Bay Measure Q: Voters Decide the Fate of 555 Kelly Senior Farmworker Housing · Oct 9
Marin County
- Mill Valley Measure T Explained: Renewing the $303 Parcel Tax for Roads and Fire Work · Oct 11
- Sausalito's Measure X Would Rewrite the Rules for the Marinship Waterfront. Artists and Business Owners Are Split · Oct 8
Sonoma County
- Santa Rosa Asks Voters for a Sales Tax Hike or Up to 35 Fewer Police Officers by 2030 · Oct 10
- Rohnert Park's Measure K Asks Voters for a Half-Cent Sales Tax to Close a $10 Million Gap · Oct 9
Napa County
Solano County
Santa Cruz County
Other
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