Voters across 34 California counties will decide on 113 local ballot measures on June 2, 2026, ranging from school bonds and parcel taxes to data center bans and election administration changes.
The statewide primary is historically the second-largest election date for local ballot measures in California, behind only the November general election in even-numbered years. The 113 measures on this year's ballot fall below the average of 171 measures per primary since 2018. The number of measures on primary ballots has ranged from a low of 96 in 2022 to a high of 291 in 2020.
Los Angeles County has the most measures on the ballot with 26, followed by Contra Costa County with 12 and Marin County with 11. The remaining 31 counties have between one and eight measures each. There are no measures on the ballot in 24 counties.
Here is a look at selected local ballot measures in the state’s largest cities, along with other notable measures.
Los Angeles
Four measures are on the ballot in Los Angeles, including two that would change the city's transient occupancy tax (TOT), also known as a hotel tax. A TOT is a tax on hotel rooms and short-term rentals of 30 days or fewer, applied to hotels, motels, hostels, and similar accommodations.
- Measure TC would expand the list of fees and charges subject to the city's existing 14% TOT to include service, booking, processing, and transaction fees, as well as charges for hotel amenities such as spas and fitness centers, and rental and reservation deposits.
- Measure TT would increase the TOT rate from 14% to 16% through December 31, 2028, then reduce it to 15% beginning January 1, 2029. Los Angeles City Councilmember Tim McOsker said the measure was designed to increase city revenue in preparation for the 2028 Summer Olympic Games, stating, "The Olympics are an opportunity to add some jet fuel to our visitor-serving community." The Olympics are scheduled for July 14 to July 30, 2028.
- Measure ER would increase the county sales tax from 9.75% to 10.25% for five years to fund county health departments and services.
San Diego
Voters in San Diego will decide on Measure A, which would levy a flat annual tax on residential properties that are vacant for more than 182 days in a calendar year and are not the owner's primary residence. The tax would be set at $8,000 per property in 2027 and $10,000 beginning in 2028, with annual adjustments tied to the Consumer Price Index in subsequent years. Properties under corporate ownership would be subject to an additional $4,000 charge in 2027 and $5,000 beginning in 2028.
San Francisco
San Francisco voters will decide on four measures, including two competing initiatives, Measures C and D, that would each change the city's top executive pay tax. If both Measure C and Measure D pass, the one that receives the most votes would take effect. The top executive pay tax is an additional tax on San Francisco businesses whose highest-paid manager earned more than 100 times the median pay of their local employees. Voters approved the top executive pay tax in 2020, when 65% voted for Proposition L. In 2024, voters approved Proposition M, which decreased the tax rate.
- Proposition C would move up an already scheduled executive pay tax rate increase from 2028 to 2027, then freeze rates at that level, resulting in rates ranging from 0.021% to 0.129%. It would also raise the gross receipts tax exemption threshold for small businesses from $5 million to $7.5 million, meaning more businesses would be exempt from both the gross receipts tax and the top executive pay tax entirely. Supporters include the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, California Retailers Association, Golden Gate Restaurant Association, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin.
- Proposition D would expand the executive pay tax by calculating the executive-to-worker pay gap based on a company's entire workforce, rather than only its San Francisco employees. It would raise tax rates to a range of 0.183% to 1.121% and require voter approval before the Board of Supervisors could reduce rates. Supporters include SEIU Local 1021, gubernatorial candidates Katie Porter and Tom Steyer, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
San Francisco voters will also decide on Proposition B, which would establish lifetime term limits of two four-year terms for the mayor and each member of the Board of Supervisors.
Other ballot measures
In Monterey Park, Measure NDC would amend the city's general plan to prohibit data centers citywide. The measure defines a data center as a building or group of structures on one or more acres used to house networked computer systems for off-site or on-site data storage and processing. Data processing facilities on less than one acre that are incidental to another primary use would be exempt. While this isn't the first ballot measure related to data centers, it would be the first to explicitly prohibit them.
In Shasta County, Measure B would amend the county charter to require in-person voting on a single election day, limit absentee voting to voters who are infirm, military, or U.S. citizens living overseas, and require voters to present a government-issued photo ID before casting a ballot. The measure would also require ballots to be hand-counted at the precinct level by teams of four volunteers, with two Democrats and two Republicans when possible.
In September 2024, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed SB 1174 into law, prohibiting any California jurisdiction from adopting a local voter ID requirement. In November 2025, the California Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that the voter ID provision of Huntington Beach Measure 1, a similar local voter ID requirement approved by voters in March 2024, violated SB 1174. The California Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in January 2026.
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