Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego County Votes on Measure B Half-Cent Sales Tax
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 11/03/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 39 daysScheduled: the Registrar lists the measure for the November 3, 2026 General Election, whose page says "Election Day - Tuesday, November 3 ... open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m." (Pacific standard time).^[1]
A citizen initiative would lift the countywide sales tax from 7.75% to 8.25% for Tijuana River sewage fixes, wildfire and public safety, and health care, food aid and child care hit by federal cuts.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego City Council Approves First Trash Fee for Single-Family Homes
City of San DiegoCity Administration Building, 202 C Street, Core–Columbia, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
Starts 06/09/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoStated as firm by the City of San Diego's^[2] own release: "The San Diego City Council on Monday, June 9, approved a cost-recovery trash fee"; the meeting's clock time of the vote is not given.
In a 6-3 vote the council ended a century of free trash pickup, setting a $43.60 monthly fee for the standard 95-gallon bundle, well above the $23-$29 voters were shown for 2022's Measure B.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego County Votes on Measure A Charter Reform and Term Limits
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 11/03/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 84% CONFIDENCEin 39 daysScheduled by Board of Supervisors Ordinance No. 11013: "a special election is hereby called to be consolidated with the statewide general election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026"; the Registrar's page gives vote-center hours of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.^[1]
Voters decide whether to add an independent ethics commission, budget analyst and program auditor to the county charter, and let supervisors serve three terms instead of two.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Francisco Voters Reject the Overpaid CEO Tax
City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco City Hall, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 06/02/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE115 days agoStated as firm: KQED^[1] reports the measure "failed" in the June 2, 2026 election; the certified Final Summary Report gives Measure D NO 132,959 (52.81%), YES 118,802 (47.19%).
Proposition D, a labor-backed rise in San Francisco's tax on companies whose top executives earn 100 times their workers, projected at about $300 million a year, failed 52.8% to 47.2%; its business-backed rival, Measure C, lost 66% to 34%.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Bay Area Votes on the Connect Bay Area Transit Sales Tax
Metropolitan Transportation CommissionThe Bay Area Metro Center, 375, Beale Street, Rincon Hill, Financial District, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCEin 39 daysScheduled, per the Public Transit Revenue Measure District: the tax is "subject to voter approval at the November 3, 2026, statewide general election", and on 24 July the district asked the five counties to consolidate the special election "with the November 3, 2026, statewide general election".^[1]
Voters in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties decide a 14-year sales tax (1 cent in San Francisco, half a cent elsewhere) for BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit; BART and Muni have drawn up station closures and route cuts if it fails.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Paloma Aguirre Wins San Diego County Supervisor Special Election
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 07/01/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoStated as firm by the Registrar of Voters' bulletin: "First Supervisorial District Special General, July 1, 2025, Official Election Results".^[1]
The Imperial Beach mayor beat Chula Vista Mayor John McCann 53.9% to 46.1% for the vacant District 1 seat, giving Democrats a 3-2 majority on the Board of Supervisors.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Sunset Voters Recall Supervisor Joel Engardio
City and County of San FranciscoSunset District, San Francisco, California, 94166, United States
Starts 09/16/2025CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoStated as firm, per sf.gov^[1][2]: "the Department of Elections certified the results for the September 16, 2025, Special Recall Election"; the Final Summary Report gives Yes 13,474 (62.72%).
District 4 voters removed Supervisor Joel Engardio 62.7% to 37.3% in a special recall election, after he backed Prop K, which closed part of the Great Highway to make Sunset Dunes park.
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Economy09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego City Council Passes $6.5 Billion Fiscal 2027 Budget
City of San DiegoCity Administration Building, 202 C Street, Core–Columbia, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
06/09/2026 - 06/30/2027CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE108 days agoStated as firm by NBC 7 ("the San Diego^[2] City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve the fiscal year 2026-27 budget during a special session") and the Adopted Budget ("On June 9, 2026, City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2027 Adopted Budget"); the end is the close of fiscal year 2027 on June 30, 2027.
The council unanimously approved a budget closing a $118 million structural deficit, restoring some library and recreation-center hours and most arts funding while keeping the Flock license-plate reader contract.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego Settles Trash Fee Suit, Agrees to End Balboa Park Paid Parking
City of San DiegoCity Administration Building, 202 C Street, Core–Columbia, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
Starts 05/20/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE128 days agoStated as firm: Times of San Diego^[2] (May 20, 2026) reports the settlement announced at that day's press conference, and KPBS^[3][4] writes of "The decision behind closed doors on May 20".
To end a Superior Court trial and a Lincoln Club repeal initiative, the city agreed to cut the standard trash fee to $38.75 from July 2027 and to end paid parking in Balboa Park by January 2027.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego's Reduced Trash Fees Take Effect
City of San Diego9601 Ridgehaven Court, Tierrasanta, San Diego, California, 92123, United States
07/01/2027 - 06/30/2029SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEin 279 daysScheduled by council action, per the City of San Diego^[1][2] release of June 8, 2026: "The reduced fees will be effective in fiscal year 2028, which starts July 1, 2027"; the fee page says the schedule covers FY2028 and FY2029 (to June 30, 2029).
The standard 95-gallon trash bundle drops by about $16 to $38.75 a month under the trash-fee settlement, at the cost of the promised weekly recycling and bulky-item pickup.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Trump's Housing and Transit Grant Conditions
US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE31 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".
Appeals judges largely affirmed an injunction won by San Francisco and seven other local governments, stopping HUD and the Transportation Department from tying grants to anti-DEI, immigration and abortion conditions, protecting about $240 million a year in HUD money and $2 billion in DOT funding to the city.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Connect Bay Area Transit Tax Qualifies for the November 2026 Ballot
Metropolitan Transportation CommissionThe Bay Area Metro Center, 375, Beale Street, Rincon Hill, Financial District, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
Starts 06/30/2026CONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE87 days agoStated as done, per MTC's 1 July 2026 news post: "Yesterday, the District Elections Official for the Public Transit Revenue Measure District ('District') certified that proponents of the Connect Bay Area Transit Initiative ... submitted sufficient valid signatures"; ContraCosta.news^[5]: "The MTC's official certification sent on June 30".
The regional transit district certified an estimated 235,503 valid signatures, above the 205,831 needed, putting a 14-year sales tax for BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit (1 cent in San Francisco, half a cent in four other counties) before voters on 3 November.
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Stated as firm by the Registrar of Voters' bulletin, "Gubernatorial Primary Election, June 2, 2026, Official Results", which lists "CITY OF SAN DIEGO MEASURE A - Majority-Required to pass".^[1]

Start: Jun 2, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

San Diego Voters Reject Measure A Empty Homes Tax

City voters turned down an $8,000-a-year tax on second homes left vacant more than half the year, 53.2% to 46.8%, the latest in a run of failed San Diego tax measures.

Official results for City of San Diego Measure A (majority required): No 175,898 (53.15%), Yes 155,050 (46.85%), with all 814 precincts reported^[1]
The measure would have taxed vacant second homes $8,000 in 2027 and $10,000 from 2028, with a further $4,000 to $5,000 surcharge on corporate-owned vacant homes; primary residences and rentals were exempt^[4]
Proposed by Councilman Sean Elo-Rivera, it was sent to the ballot by the City Council, with Raul Campillo the lone no vote; officials counted 5,140 vacant homes in the city^[4]
The Independent Budget Analyst estimated $9.2 million to $21.4 million in the first year for the General Fund^[3]
The No on A campaign raised $814,765, mostly from the California Association of Realtors, against $102,385 for the Yes side^[3]
The defeat followed the failed 1-cent Measure E sales tax, part of a pattern of rejected tax measures as the city faces budget pressure^[2]

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sdvote.com/content/dam/rov/en/archive/202606bulletin.pdf
sdvote.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Jun 2, 2026 ✓· 36% of score
Stated as firm by the Registrar of Voters' bulletin, "Gubernatorial Primary Election, June 2, 2026, Official Results", which lists "CITY OF SAN DIEGO MEASURE A - Majority-Required to pass".
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San Diego voters reject Measure A vacant home tax, continuing pattern of failed tax measures (ABC 10News)
10news.com· Published Jun 3, 2026· 24% of score
Reports the rejection and Mayor Gloria's comments on the city's revenue.^[1]
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Live election results: 'No' vote leads returns for Measure A, the 'non-primary homes' tax (KPBS)
kpbs.org· Published Jun 3, 2026· 24% of score
Election-night report with the IBA revenue estimate and campaign finance figures.^[1]
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Empty homes tax proposal approved by city council, heads to June ballot (KPBS)
kpbs.org· Published Mar 4, 2026· 17% of score
The council vote that placed the measure and the tax's terms.^[1]

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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego County Votes on Measure B Half-Cent Sales Tax
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 11/03/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 83% CONFIDENCEin 39 daysScheduled: the Registrar lists the measure for the November 3, 2026 General Election, whose page says "Election Day - Tuesday, November 3 ... open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m." (Pacific standard time).^[1]
A citizen initiative would lift the countywide sales tax from 7.75% to 8.25% for Tijuana River sewage fixes, wildfire and public safety, and health care, food aid and child care hit by federal cuts.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego City Council Approves First Trash Fee for Single-Family Homes
City of San DiegoCity Administration Building, 202 C Street, Core–Columbia, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
Starts 06/09/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoStated as firm by the City of San Diego's^[2] own release: "The San Diego City Council on Monday, June 9, approved a cost-recovery trash fee"; the meeting's clock time of the vote is not given.
In a 6-3 vote the council ended a century of free trash pickup, setting a $43.60 monthly fee for the standard 95-gallon bundle, well above the $23-$29 voters were shown for 2022's Measure B.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego County Votes on Measure A Charter Reform and Term Limits
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 11/03/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 84% CONFIDENCEin 39 daysScheduled by Board of Supervisors Ordinance No. 11013: "a special election is hereby called to be consolidated with the statewide general election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026"; the Registrar's page gives vote-center hours of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.^[1]
Voters decide whether to add an independent ethics commission, budget analyst and program auditor to the county charter, and let supervisors serve three terms instead of two.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Francisco Voters Reject the Overpaid CEO Tax
City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco City Hall, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 06/02/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE115 days agoStated as firm: KQED^[1] reports the measure "failed" in the June 2, 2026 election; the certified Final Summary Report gives Measure D NO 132,959 (52.81%), YES 118,802 (47.19%).
Proposition D, a labor-backed rise in San Francisco's tax on companies whose top executives earn 100 times their workers, projected at about $300 million a year, failed 52.8% to 47.2%; its business-backed rival, Measure C, lost 66% to 34%.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Bay Area Votes on the Connect Bay Area Transit Sales Tax
Metropolitan Transportation CommissionThe Bay Area Metro Center, 375, Beale Street, Rincon Hill, Financial District, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 75% CONFIDENCEin 39 daysScheduled, per the Public Transit Revenue Measure District: the tax is "subject to voter approval at the November 3, 2026, statewide general election", and on 24 July the district asked the five counties to consolidate the special election "with the November 3, 2026, statewide general election".^[1]
Voters in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties decide a 14-year sales tax (1 cent in San Francisco, half a cent elsewhere) for BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit; BART and Muni have drawn up station closures and route cuts if it fails.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Paloma Aguirre Wins San Diego County Supervisor Special Election
County of San DiegoSan Diego County Administration Building, Pacific Highway, Harborview, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92110, United States
Starts 07/01/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoStated as firm by the Registrar of Voters' bulletin: "First Supervisorial District Special General, July 1, 2025, Official Election Results".^[1]
The Imperial Beach mayor beat Chula Vista Mayor John McCann 53.9% to 46.1% for the vacant District 1 seat, giving Democrats a 3-2 majority on the Board of Supervisors.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Sunset Voters Recall Supervisor Joel Engardio
City and County of San FranciscoSunset District, San Francisco, California, 94166, United States
Starts 09/16/2025CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoStated as firm, per sf.gov^[1][2]: "the Department of Elections certified the results for the September 16, 2025, Special Recall Election"; the Final Summary Report gives Yes 13,474 (62.72%).
District 4 voters removed Supervisor Joel Engardio 62.7% to 37.3% in a special recall election, after he backed Prop K, which closed part of the Great Highway to make Sunset Dunes park.
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Economy09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego City Council Passes $6.5 Billion Fiscal 2027 Budget
City of San DiegoCity Administration Building, 202 C Street, Core–Columbia, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
06/09/2026 - 06/30/2027CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE108 days agoStated as firm by NBC 7 ("the San Diego^[2] City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve the fiscal year 2026-27 budget during a special session") and the Adopted Budget ("On June 9, 2026, City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2027 Adopted Budget"); the end is the close of fiscal year 2027 on June 30, 2027.
The council unanimously approved a budget closing a $118 million structural deficit, restoring some library and recreation-center hours and most arts funding while keeping the Flock license-plate reader contract.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego Settles Trash Fee Suit, Agrees to End Balboa Park Paid Parking
City of San DiegoCity Administration Building, 202 C Street, Core–Columbia, Downtown San Diego, San Diego, California, 92101, United States
Starts 05/20/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE128 days agoStated as firm: Times of San Diego^[2] (May 20, 2026) reports the settlement announced at that day's press conference, and KPBS^[3][4] writes of "The decision behind closed doors on May 20".
To end a Superior Court trial and a Lincoln Club repeal initiative, the city agreed to cut the standard trash fee to $38.75 from July 2027 and to end paid parking in Balboa Park by January 2027.
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Policy09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Diego's Reduced Trash Fees Take Effect
City of San Diego9601 Ridgehaven Court, Tierrasanta, San Diego, California, 92123, United States
07/01/2027 - 06/30/2029SCHEDULED 80% CONFIDENCEin 279 daysScheduled by council action, per the City of San Diego^[1][2] release of June 8, 2026: "The reduced fees will be effective in fiscal year 2028, which starts July 1, 2027"; the fee page says the schedule covers FY2028 and FY2029 (to June 30, 2029).
The standard 95-gallon trash bundle drops by about $16 to $38.75 a month under the trash-fee settlement, at the cost of the promised weekly recycling and bulky-item pickup.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Trump's Housing and Transit Grant Conditions
US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE31 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".
Appeals judges largely affirmed an injunction won by San Francisco and seven other local governments, stopping HUD and the Transportation Department from tying grants to anti-DEI, immigration and abortion conditions, protecting about $240 million a year in HUD money and $2 billion in DOT funding to the city.
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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
Connect Bay Area Transit Tax Qualifies for the November 2026 Ballot
Metropolitan Transportation CommissionThe Bay Area Metro Center, 375, Beale Street, Rincon Hill, Financial District, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
Starts 06/30/2026CONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE87 days agoStated as done, per MTC's 1 July 2026 news post: "Yesterday, the District Elections Official for the Public Transit Revenue Measure District ('District') certified that proponents of the Connect Bay Area Transit Initiative ... submitted sufficient valid signatures"; ContraCosta.news^[5]: "The MTC's official certification sent on June 30".
The regional transit district certified an estimated 235,503 valid signatures, above the 205,831 needed, putting a 14-year sales tax for BART, Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit (1 cent in San Francisco, half a cent in four other counties) before voters on 3 November.
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