Here's What's on Your State Ballot This November

NPH supports these four measures to address California’s critical housing and community needs:

Yes on Proposition 1: Build the Affordable Homes California Needs!

Yes on Proposition 1 will deliver more than 40,000 homes across our state. It’s the most important housing issue on the ballot, will invest $11.2 billion in affordable housing in every part of our state, and is sponsored by Bay Area Assembly Member Buffy Wicks and State Senator Christopher Cabaldon. NPH strongly supports Proposition 1 and encourages you to vote yes! We also welcome you to donate and volunteer if you are able!

Yes on Proposition 3: Protect our Schools, Healthcare and Housing!

Passing Proposition 3 will prevent billions in state budget cuts to our local schools and healthcare. If we don’t pass this measure it will soon mean larger class sizes, laying off teachers, and major cuts to healthcare and Medi-Cal. This is not a new tax and does not raise taxes. It simply extends the existing tax rates on the wealthiest that have been in place for more than a decade, preventing billions in cuts to public schools and healthcare.

Yes on Proposition 37: Bring Homeownership to Middle-Class Californians!

Proposition 37 is a statewide ballot measure focused on expanding access to homeownership for the middle class and increasing the supply of new homes to make housing more affordable. For many people, the biggest barrier to buying a home isn’t the monthly payment. It’s the down payment. This measure would help the “missing middle” through a new program helping Californians afford homes.

Yes on Proposition 45: Building an Affordable California

Voting Yes on Proposition 45 would streamline project approvals to lower costs, protect our environment, and deliver the housing, hospitals, clean energy, and infrastructure Californians need. From setting deadlines for local agencies to act on environmental review to limiting lawsuits against affordable housing, the measure will help build affordable housing faster and at a lower cost.

NPH opposes these two measures, because they would make it harder for you to vote and for local communities to fund affordable housing priorities:

NO on Proposition 39: Protect Your Right To Vote!

Current law makes it easy to vote in California once you are registered, by preventing local officials from adding barriers to voting. Proposition 39 would require every voter to show acceptable photo identification every time they vote, slowing down the voting process for all, and adding millions in new costs. For some people, this could deny them the right to vote altogether if they forget their ID or need to have it renewed.

NO on Proposition 43: Protect Local Affordable Housing Funding!

California communities have important rights to make our own decisions at the ballot box about how we raise and spend our own money locally. The Local Taxpayer Deception Act weakens those rights. By requiring a two-thirds supermajority to pass dedicated taxes proposed by voter petitions, this measure will block critically important investments in affordable housing and homelessness solutions, public schools, and fire protection and emergency services, even when voters propose those solutions ourselves.

Affordable Housing Funding + Pro-Housing Zoning = A Better Bay Area

We evaluated local measures through one lens: what moves our regional agenda to build the affordable homes we need most quickly, in a unified way, and at scale? We prioritized affordable housing funding and pro-housing zoning in supporting these six local priority local measures in five Bay Area counties.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING

Yes on C (San Francisco)

We’re all in on raising revenue by capturing some property tax growth and dedicating it to affordable housing, homeownership, and eviction prevention. This measure won’t raise taxes, and has a broad coalition of housing, community, labor, and elected official support. We are grateful to Mayor Daniel Lurie and Supervisor Myrna Melgar for making this campaign happen.

Yes on F (Mountain View)

After an extensive community process, Mountain View proposes to raise its Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) from 10 to 15% to fund crucial priorities, including affordable housing. This tax applies to hotels, motels, and short-term rentals, rather than local residents. It also aligns the City hotel tax rate with its regional neighbors.

Yes on Z (Berkeley)

Measure Z provides Berkeley the opportunity to establish a public bank and establishes needed funding to get it moving. Many additional steps are needed to establish a public bank, and connecting the policy to a dedicated funding source sets a strong example in our region for how to achieve this long-term goal.

PRO-HOUSING ZONING

In too many communities in the Bay Area, some people are trying to limit affordable housing and overturn already-approved projects. Many communities still require voter approval to zone housing in the first place. That’s why NPH has endorsed the following:

Yes on Q (Half Moon Bay)

Measure Q is a referendum to overturn approved affordable senior farmworker housing. The Half Moon Bay City Council approved the project, but since it is on City land, opponents can put this before the voters through a couple hundred signatures. Yes on Measure Q ensures farmworkers get dignified housing in the community where they work.

No on P (Menlo Park)

Measure P is also a voter initiative. This one would prevent building affordable housing on empty parking lots in downtown Menlo Park by requiring each project to go to voters, adding cost, delays, and uncertainty. NPH is proud to work in coalition with local partners like Menlo Together to oppose Measure P.

Yes on U (Walnut Creek)

In many communities in the Bay Area, zoning is established by voters. Today in Walnut Creek, an area close to BART is dedicated to office space. Measure U would change that by allowing for senior housing to be built at this location. This measure enjoys broad support, and we are pleased to be a small part of supporting a pro-housing measure in Contra Costa County.