Notice of Ballot Measures & Argument Deadlines
NOTICE FROM THE MARIN COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS OF STATEWIDE AND LOCAL MEASURES TO BE VOTED ON AT THE GENERAL ELECTION AND DATES WITHIN WHICH ARGUMENTS AND REBUTTAL ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE PROPOSED MEASURES MUST BE FILED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following local ballot measures will appear on the November 3, 2026 General Election ballot:
STATEWIDE MEASURES
PROPOSITION 1: Authorizes Bonds for Housing Affordability Programs. Legislative Statute.
PROPOSITION 2: Increases State’s Rainy Day Fund. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
PROPOSITION 3: Provides Permanent Funding for Schools and Health Care by Extending Existing Tax on High Incomes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
PROPOSITION 4: Repeals Prohibition Against Public Funding of Election Campaigns. Legislative Statute.
PROPOSITION 5: Changes Recall Election Process for Statewide Officers. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
PROPOSITION 37: Creates Loan Program for Middle-Income Buyers of Qualified New Homes. Initiative Statute.
PROPOSITION 38: Authorizes Bonds for Immunology Research. Initiative Statute.
PROPOSITION 39: Prohibits Citizens from Voting Unless They Present Government-Issued Identification. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
PROPOSITION 40: Imposes One-Time Tax on Certain Taxpayers. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.
PROPOSITION 41: Prohibits New State Taxes That Exclude Revenues from State Spending Limit. Requires Audits for New State Special Taxes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
PROPOSITION 42: Prohibits New State Personal Property Taxes and Certain Retroactive State Taxes. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
PROPOSITION 43: Limits Voters’ Ability to Raise Revenues for Local Government Services. Legislative Constitutional Amendment.
PROPOSITION 44: Requires Community Health Clinics Spend 90% of Revenue on Program Services. Initiative Statute.
PROPOSITION 45: Modifies Environmental Review for Certain Projects. Initiative Statute.
LOCAL SCHOOL MEASURES
SONOMA JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT (requires 55% approval)
MEASURE AB: “Without increasing tax rates, to improve facilities to train students for careers in nursing/firefighting/first responders, building trades, agriculture, auto mechanics; attract/retain high quality faculty, prepare students for universities; repair leaky roofs; repair, construct, and acquire classrooms/sites/facilities/equipment, shall the Sonoma County Junior College District measure be adopted authorizing $830,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying $25 per $100,000 of assessed valuation ($55,300,000 annually), while bonds are outstanding, and with oversight/audits/local control?”
_____ BONDS – YES
_____ BONDS – NO
MILLER CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT (requires 55% approval)
MEASURE N: “Miller Creek Elementary School District Classroom Repair/ Upgrade Measure. To improve aging local elementary/middle schools by fixing bathrooms, plumbing, roofs, HVAC, and electrical systems; upgrading classrooms to support high quality math, science, technology, reading, writing, arts/music instruction; and improve school security/ student safety, shall Miller Creek Elementary School District’s measure be adopted authorizing $67,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with levies averaging $28 per $100,000 assessed value ($3,800,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, independent oversight, audits and all funds locally controlled?”
_____ BONDS – YES
_____ BONDS – NO
REED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT (requires 55% approval)
MEASURE O: “Reed Union School District Repair, Safety, Upgrade Measure: To support quality education and retain/attract quality teachers by upgrading all Reed schools, keeping them safe; repairing deteriorating classrooms/bathrooms, leaky roofs; updating fire/electrical/security systems and earthquake safety; removing mold/asbestos; constructing, repairing facilities, acquiring equipment; shall a measure authorizing $115,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying $30 per $100,000 of assessed valuation, ($6,200,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding, requiring citizens’ oversight, spending disclosure/audits, be adopted?”
_____ BONDS – YES
_____ BONDS – NO
COUNTYWIDE MEASURES
COUNTY OF MARIN CHILDCARE INITIATIVE (requires 50% approval)
MEASURE P: “Shall the Marin County Child Care Initiative be adopted to levy a special parcel tax of 5 cents per building square foot, generating approximately $12.5 million annually for fifteen years, to fund affordable childcare and high-quality early childhood education and improve compensation to retain and attract educators, with public disclosure, optional annual inflation adjustments, and a corresponding increase in the County appropriations limit, with all funds used locally in Marin County?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
CITY/TOWN MEASURES
TOWN OF CORTE MADERA (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE Q: “To maintain rapid 9-1-1 emergency response times and preserve the number of on-duty paramedics ready to respond to accidents/medical emergencies, shall the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority measure be adopted continuing for four years the paramedic services special tax of up to $94.50/ residential living unit or 1,000 square feet of developed nonresidential property, adjusted up to $7. 75/year, generating approximately $786,000 annually, with annual audits, public spending disclosure and all funds for local paramedic services?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
TOWN OF FAIRFAX (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE R: “To maintain 9-1-1 emergency response times and the number of Ross Valley Paramedic Authority on-duty paramedics ready to respond to accidents/medical emergencies, shall the measure be adopted extending the Fairfax paramedic services special tax for four years at a rate of up to $107. 50/residential living unit or 1,000 square feet of developed nonresidential property, adjusted by up to $4.00/year, generating approximately $432, 000 annually, with annual audits; public spending disclosure; all funds for local paramedic services?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
CITY OF LARKSPUR (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE S: “To maintain rapid 9-1-1 emergency response times and preserve the number of on-duty paramedics ready to respond to accidents/medical emergencies, shall the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority measure be adopted continuing for four years the paramedic services special tax of up to $107.50 / residential living unit or 1,000 square feet of developed nonresidential property, adjusted up to $4.00/ year, generating approximately $834,000 annually, with annual audits, public spending disclosure and all funds for local paramedic services?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
CITY OF MILL VALLEY (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE T: “To renew funding exclusively for improved fire suppression activities including vegetation management and tree maintenance, and road repair and street maintenance, shall the Mill Valley Municipal Service Tax be renewed within the City of Mill Valley Community Facilities District Number 2026-1, at a rate of $303 for single family residential property, with a 2% annual adjustment, raising an average of $1.9 million annually over 10 years, and shall the appropriations limit be established, all as specified in Mill Valley City Council Resolution No. 26-49?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
TOWN OF ROSS (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE U: “To maintain local ambulance services staffed by paramedics available to respond to 9-1-1 emergencies, shall the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority measure be adopted continuing for four years the paramedic services special tax of up to $107.50/residential living unit or 1,000 square feet of developed nonresidential property, adjusted up to $4/year, generating approximately $111,000 annually, with annual audits, public spending disclosure and all funds for local paramedic services?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
TOWN OF SAN ANSELMO (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE V: “To maintain rapid 9-1-1 emergency response times and preserve the number of on-duty paramedics ready to respond to accidents/medical emergencies, shall the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority measure be adopted continuing for four years the paramedic services special tax of up to $107.50/residential living unit or 1,000 square feet of developed nonresidential property, adjusted up to $4/ year, generating approximately $688,000 annually, with annual audits, public spending disclosure and all funds for local paramedic services?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
CITY OF SAN RAFAEL (requires 50% approval)
MEASURE W: “San Rafael Essential Services Protection Measure. To provide locally controlled funding for essential city services, such as fire protection, paramedics, rapid 9-1-1 emergency response times; preventing street/road deterioration; addressing impacts of homelessness/litter/illegal dumping; and other services, shall the City of San Rafael’s measure be adopted increasing the current real property transfer tax rate from 0.2% to 1% (only paid upon sale), generating approximately $7,500,000 annually until ended by voters, with annual audits and public spending disclosure?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
CITY OF SAUSALITO (requires 50% approval)
MEASURE X: “Shall the measure named the "Arts. Industrial & Maritime Preservation and Improvement Initiative," which revises zoning standards in the I and W zoning district to increase permitted height, building coverage limits and floor area ratio and allow certain new land uses; repeals the Marinship Specific Plan; revises Ordinance No. 1022 to allow future city council modifications to zoning outside the Downtown Historic District; and modifies various portions of the Sausalito General Plan, be adopted?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
SPECIAL DISTRICT MEASURES
COUNTY SERVICES AREA 27 – ROSS VALLEY PARAMEDIC AUTHORITY (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE Y: “To maintain rapid 9-1-1 emergency response times and preserve the number of on-duty paramedics ready to respond to accidents/medical emergencies, shall the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority measure be adopted continuing for four years the paramedic services special tax of up to $107.50/ residential living unit or 1,000 square feet of developed nonresidential property, adjusted up to $4/ year, generating approximately $84,000 annually, with annual audits, public spending disclosure and all funds for local paramedic services?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
COUNTY SERVICES AREA 29 – PARADISE CAY (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE Z: “For ongoing maintenance dredging in the principal waterways of Paradise Cay along with the north and south entry channels to San Francisco Bay, shall the measure for an annual parcel tax in County Service Area No. 29, for $2,200 per lot per year commencing in July 2027 providing an estimated $272,800 and automatically increasing 3% each year thereafter, for a total of ten years, be adopted?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
INVERNESS PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT (requires 50% approval)
MEASURE AA: “Shall the measure adjusting the appropriations limit for the Inverness Public Utility District pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Constitution so that for each of the fiscal years 2026/2027 through 2029/2030 the appropriations limit shall include the combined total of all applicable revenue sources be adopted?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
KENTFIELD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE BB: “To maintain rapid 9-1-1 emergency response times and preserve the number of on-duty paramedics ready to respond to accidents/medical emergencies, shall the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority measure be adopted continuing for four years the paramedic services special tax of up to $107.50/residential living unit or 1,000 square feet of developed nonresidential property, adjusted up to $4/ year, generating approximately $326,000 annually, with annual audits, public spending disclosure and all funds for local paramedic services?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
MARIN HEALTHCARE DISTRICT (requires 50% approval)
MEASURE CC: “Shall the measure funding expanded and upgraded emergency room, intensive care, hospital, and other medical facilities to care for trauma, heart attack, stroke, and other patients and attract qualified doctors and nurses, with no funds for administrator salaries, by enacting a parcel tax of 14¢ per square foot of improved building area annually, generating approximately $12,400,000 annually for 30 years, subject to annual audits and citizens' committee oversight, be adopted?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
SLEEPY HOLLOW FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE DD: “To maintain rapid 9-1-1 emergency response times and preserve the number of on-duty paramedics ready to respond to accidents/medical emergencies, shall the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority measure be adopted continuing for four years the paramedic services special tax of up to $107.50/residential living unit or 1,000 square feet of developed nonresidential property, adjusted up to $4/ year, generating approximately One Hundred Five Thousand Dollars ($105,000) annually, with annual audits, public spending disclosure and all funds for local paramedic services?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
STINSON BEACH COUNTY WATER DISTRICT (requires 50% approval)
MEASURE EE: “Shall the appropriations limit of the Stinson Beach County Water District for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 be established at $1,536,312 and should the limit for that Fiscal Year (i.e., $1,536,312) be used to determine the limits for Fiscal Years 2026-2027 through 2029-2030?”
_____ YES
_____ NO
UPPER BAY PERMANENT ROAD DIVISION (requires 2/3 approval)
MEASURE FF: “Shall the measure be adopted authorizing a special tax on parcels within the Division of $4,350 per improved parcel and $2,175 per unimproved parcel per year for 10 years, beginning Fiscal Year 2027-28, totaling approximately $456,750, to fund improvements; thereafter, authorizing a special tax of $455 per year for ongoing maintenance, adjust annually effective July 1 every year in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the previous calendar year.”
_____ YES
_____ NO
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that arguments for or against local ballot measures may be submitted to the Marin County Registrar of Voters electronically to Dan Miller or in-person at 3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 121, San Rafael, no later than 5 PM on Monday, August 17, 2026. No argument shall exceed 300 words in length. Arguments will be available for public examination during business hours for a period of 10 calendar days starting on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and ending on Thursday, August 27, 2026, immediately following the filing deadline for submission of arguments.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that rebuttal arguments may be submitted to the Marin County Registrar of Voters electronically to Dan Miller or in-person at 3501 Civic Center Drive, Suite 121, San Rafael, no later than 5 PM on Monday, August 24, 2026. No rebuttal argument may exceed 250 words in length. Rebuttal arguments will be available for public examination during business hours for a period of 10-calendar days starting on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, and ending Thursday, September 3, 2026, immediately following the filing deadline for submission of rebuttal arguments.
For more information about measures on the ballot, please call Candidate Services at 415-473-6437.
NATALIE ADONA
Registrar of Voters