California's 14 Statewide Propositions Are on Every Los Angeles Ballot on Tuesday, From a Housing Bond to Voter ID

Every voter in Los Angeles County will decide 14 statewide propositions on Tuesday's ballot, in addition to the city and county races and the 10 local measures on Los Angeles ballots. Polls and vote centers are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, and the propositions appear on ballots across California.

The borrowing and housing measures are Proposition 1, an $11.25 billion bond for housing affordability and veterans programs; Proposition 37, which creates a loan program for middle-income buyers of qualified new homes; and Proposition 38, an $8.4 billion bond for immunology medical research. The tax measures are Proposition 3, which makes the existing income tax on higher earners permanent to fund schools and health care; Proposition 40, a one-time tax on certain billionaire taxpayers and trusts; Proposition 42, which prohibits new state personal property taxes and certain retroactive taxes; and Proposition 43, which changes the vote threshold for local special tax measures.

Three propositions change the rules of elections themselves: Proposition 4 repeals the state prohibition on public financing of election campaigns, Proposition 5 changes the recall process for statewide officers so a replacement is chosen in a later election, and Proposition 39 would require voters to present government-issued identification. The remaining measures are Proposition 2, which increases the state's rainy day fund; Proposition 41, which bars new state taxes that exclude revenue from the state spending limit and requires audits for new special taxes; Proposition 44, which requires community health clinics to spend 90 percent of revenue on program services; and Proposition 45, which modifies environmental review for certain projects. Most statewide propositions take effect on the fifth day after the Secretary of State files the statement of the vote, unless the measure sets its own date.