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 40 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
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 40 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
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% CONFIDENCE86 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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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 40 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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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Francisco Votes on Props A-J and Five Supervisor Seats
City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco City Hall, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 84% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysScheduled, per sf.gov^{[1][2][3][4][5]}: "The following local measures have qualified to appear on the ballot for the November 3, 2026 election"; the Department of Elections says "The next election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026".
San Francisco's November 3 ballot carries ten lettered city measures, from Mayor Lurie's executive-branch and contracting initiatives to a public bank, a Muni parcel tax and cars on the Great Highway, plus supervisor races in Districts 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Bass and Raman Advance to a Runoff in the LA Mayoral Primary
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County ClerkLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 06/02/2026CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE114 days agoLAist's^[1] live results page, published 2 June 2026, covers the election-night results of the Tuesday 2 June primary; the City Clerk lists the Primary Nominating Election as "Tuesday, June 2, 2026".
In the 2 June 2026 primary Mayor Karen Bass led with 34.3% and Councilmember Nithya Raman overtook Spencer Pratt for second as late ballots were counted, setting up a November runoff between two Democrats.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
New Yorkers Vote on Five City Charter Amendments to Cut Red Tape
New York City Hall, 260, Broadway, Tribeca, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10000, United States
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe COGE release puts the proposals "before New Yorkers at the ballot box this November"; The City Reporter's^[2][4] voter guide gives the day: "Election Day is coming up in New York City, on Nov. 3, 2026", with "five questions for voters".
Five proposals from Mayor Mamdani's Commission on Government Efficiency would speed up sidewalk cafe and street-safety approvals, simplify city contracting and construction permits, and set a target for the rainy-day fund. Voters decide each one on Election Day.
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Finance09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Signs a $13.9B Budget to Close a $1B Deficit
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
06/06/2025 - 06/30/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoABC7^[1]/CNS, Saturday 7 June 2025: "Bass signed the spending plan on Friday, the last day she could do so under a City Charter deadline"; the budget covers fiscal year 2025-26, which ends 30 June 2026.
Facing a nearly $1 billion shortfall, Mayor Karen Bass signed Los Angeles's roughly $14 billion 2025-26 budget on the charter deadline, restoring more than 1,000 of the positions her April plan had slated for layoff.
$13.9B
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Finance09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Signs LA's $14.85B Budget for 2026-27
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
05/28/2026 - 06/30/2027CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE119 days agoMayor's release "Posted on 05/28/2026": "Mayor Karen Bass today signed the City budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass signed a $14.85 billion balanced budget for fiscal 2026-27, $750 million more than the year before, keeping Inside Safe, funding 510 new police officers and more street and sidewalk repair.
$14.8B
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Los Angeles Chooses Between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman for Mayor
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County ClerkLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe City Clerk lists the "GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Tuesday, November 3, 2026" and the mayor's term "commencing December 14, 2026".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass faces Councilmember Nithya Raman in the 3 November 2026 general municipal election, the first all-Democrat runoff for LA mayor after Raman edged out Spencer Pratt in June; the winner starts a four-year term on 14 December.
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Labour09/24/2026@EconDesk
LA Council Delays the $30 Olympic Wage for Hotel and Airport Workers
Los Angeles City CouncilLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 05/26/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE121 days agoLAist^[1] (27 May 2026): "The council made the final vote Tuesday" (26 May); Ordinance 188944 reads "Ordinance Passed May 26, 2026".
The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-3 to slow the raises in its Olympic Wage ordinance, pushing hotel and airport workers' $30 minimum from the 2028 Games to 2030, as business groups withdrew a ballot measure to repeal the city business tax.
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Labour09/24/2026@CityDesk
LA Averts All Remaining City Layoffs in a Deal With Unions
Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012Mayor of Los Angeles
Starts 09/23/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoMayor's release "Posted on 09/23/2025"; FOX 11 the same day: "Mayor Karen Bass signed an agreement Tuesday".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass signed agreements with SEIU 721, AFSCME and other unions that averted the last of the roughly 600 civil-service layoffs and the planned furloughs in the 2025-26 budget, closing the city's $1 billion deficit.
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The City Clerk's ballot measures page lists these under "2026 General Municipal Election - Voter Information Pamphlet (November 3, 2026)".^[1]

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LA Votes on Charter Reform and an LAFD Sales Tax

Los Angeles voters decide six charter amendments from the city's charter reform process, including a two-year budget and a parks funding guarantee, plus a half-cent sales tax for the Fire Department and a transfer-tax break for January 2025 fire victims.

Charter Amendment LA: infrastructure, budget, finance and contracting; PL: the Planning Department; EE: ethics, elections and governance^[1].
PRK: a Recreation and Parks budget guarantee; PRT: the Airports, Harbor and Water and Power departments; SC: campaign finance rules for school board races^[1].
Initiative FD: funding for the Los Angeles Fire Department through a one-half percent sales tax^[1].
Proposition TE: a property transfer tax exemption for victims of the January 2025 fire disaster^[1].
The package includes a two-year city budget and a required capital infrastructure plan; the parks guarantee would nearly double that department's guaranteed funding^[3].

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The City Clerk's ballot measures page lists these under "2026 General Municipal Election - Voter Information Pamphlet (November 3, 2026)".
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2026 General Information for Municipal Candidates - LA City Clerk
clerk.lacity.gov· Added Sep 24, 2026· 37% of score
General Municipal Election Tuesday, November 3, 2026.^[1]
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Charter Reform Update - Councilmember Bob Blumenfield (CD3)
cd3.lacity.gov· Published Jul 2, 2026· 27% of score
The council voted "this week" to place charter proposals on the November ballot: two-year budget, senior-management accountability, commercial activities, a Capital Infrastructure Plan, contracting on quality; Blumenfield opposed the parks funding guarantee.^[1]

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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 40 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
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 40 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
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% CONFIDENCE86 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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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 40 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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Elections09/24/2026@CityDesk
San Francisco Votes on Props A-J and Five Supervisor Seats
City and County of San FranciscoSan Francisco City Hall, 1, Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 84% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysScheduled, per sf.gov^{[1][2][3][4][5]}: "The following local measures have qualified to appear on the ballot for the November 3, 2026 election"; the Department of Elections says "The next election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026".
San Francisco's November 3 ballot carries ten lettered city measures, from Mayor Lurie's executive-branch and contracting initiatives to a public bank, a Muni parcel tax and cars on the Great Highway, plus supervisor races in Districts 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Bass and Raman Advance to a Runoff in the LA Mayoral Primary
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County ClerkLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 06/02/2026CONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE114 days agoLAist's^[1] live results page, published 2 June 2026, covers the election-night results of the Tuesday 2 June primary; the City Clerk lists the Primary Nominating Election as "Tuesday, June 2, 2026".
In the 2 June 2026 primary Mayor Karen Bass led with 34.3% and Councilmember Nithya Raman overtook Spencer Pratt for second as late ballots were counted, setting up a November runoff between two Democrats.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
New Yorkers Vote on Five City Charter Amendments to Cut Red Tape
New York City Hall, 260, Broadway, Tribeca, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10000, United States
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe COGE release puts the proposals "before New Yorkers at the ballot box this November"; The City Reporter's^[2][4] voter guide gives the day: "Election Day is coming up in New York City, on Nov. 3, 2026", with "five questions for voters".
Five proposals from Mayor Mamdani's Commission on Government Efficiency would speed up sidewalk cafe and street-safety approvals, simplify city contracting and construction permits, and set a target for the rainy-day fund. Voters decide each one on Election Day.
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Finance09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Signs a $13.9B Budget to Close a $1B Deficit
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
06/06/2025 - 06/30/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoABC7^[1]/CNS, Saturday 7 June 2025: "Bass signed the spending plan on Friday, the last day she could do so under a City Charter deadline"; the budget covers fiscal year 2025-26, which ends 30 June 2026.
Facing a nearly $1 billion shortfall, Mayor Karen Bass signed Los Angeles's roughly $14 billion 2025-26 budget on the charter deadline, restoring more than 1,000 of the positions her April plan had slated for layoff.
$13.9B
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Finance09/24/2026@CityDesk
Mayor Bass Signs LA's $14.85B Budget for 2026-27
Mayor of Los AngelesLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
05/28/2026 - 06/30/2027CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE119 days agoMayor's release "Posted on 05/28/2026": "Mayor Karen Bass today signed the City budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass signed a $14.85 billion balanced budget for fiscal 2026-27, $750 million more than the year before, keeping Inside Safe, funding 510 new police officers and more street and sidewalk repair.
$14.8B
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Los Angeles Chooses Between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman for Mayor
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County ClerkLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysThe City Clerk lists the "GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION Tuesday, November 3, 2026" and the mayor's term "commencing December 14, 2026".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass faces Councilmember Nithya Raman in the 3 November 2026 general municipal election, the first all-Democrat runoff for LA mayor after Raman edged out Spencer Pratt in June; the winner starts a four-year term on 14 December.
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Labour09/24/2026@EconDesk
LA Council Delays the $30 Olympic Wage for Hotel and Airport Workers
Los Angeles City CouncilLos Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Starts 05/26/2026CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE121 days agoLAist^[1] (27 May 2026): "The council made the final vote Tuesday" (26 May); Ordinance 188944 reads "Ordinance Passed May 26, 2026".
The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-3 to slow the raises in its Olympic Wage ordinance, pushing hotel and airport workers' $30 minimum from the 2028 Games to 2030, as business groups withdrew a ballot measure to repeal the city business tax.
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Labour09/24/2026@CityDesk
LA Averts All Remaining City Layoffs in a Deal With Unions
Los Angeles City Hall, 200 North Spring Street, Civic Center, Los Angeles, CA 90012Mayor of Los Angeles
Starts 09/23/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoMayor's release "Posted on 09/23/2025"; FOX 11 the same day: "Mayor Karen Bass signed an agreement Tuesday".^[1]
Mayor Karen Bass signed agreements with SEIU 721, AFSCME and other unions that averted the last of the roughly 600 civil-service layoffs and the planned furloughs in the 2025-26 budget, closing the city's $1 billion deficit.
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