Combined ballot

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Governor

• Gavin Newsom, Democratic
  6,470,104 votes 59.2%
• Brian Dahle, Republican
  4,462,914 votes 40.8%

Lieutenant Governor

• Eleni Kounalakis, Democratic
  6,418,119 votes 59.7%
• Angela E. Underwood Jacobs, Republican
  4,332,602 votes 40.3%

Secretary of State

• Shirley N. Weber, Democratic
  6,462,164 votes 60.1%
• Rob Bernosky, Republican
  4,298,530 votes 39.9%

Controller

• Malia M. Cohen, Democratic
  5,936,856 votes 55.3%
• Lanhee J. Chen, Republican
  4,789,345 votes 44.7%

Treasurer

• Fiona Ma, Democratic
  6,287,076 votes 58.8%
• Jack M. Guerrero, Republican
  4,405,781 votes 41.2%

Attorney General

• Rob Bonta, Democratic
  6,339,441 votes 59.1%
• Nathan Hochman, Republican
  4,390,428 votes 40.9%

Insurance Commissioner

• Ricardo Lara, Democratic
  6,355,915 votes 59.9%
• Robert Howell, Republican
  4,249,391 votes 40.1%

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Tony K. Thurmond
  5,681,318 votes 63.7%
• Lance Ray Christensen
  3,237,785 votes 36.3%

State Board of Equalization; District 2

• Sally J. Lieber, Democratic
  2,146,948 votes 69.8%
• Peter Coe Verbica, Republican
  927,700 votes 30.2%

US Legislature

United States Senator; Full Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,621,621 votes 61.1%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,222,029 votes 38.9%

United States Senator; Unexpired Short Term

• Alex Padilla, Democratic
  6,559,308 votes 60.9%
• Mark P. Meuser, Republican
  4,212,450 votes 39.1%

United States Representative; District 24

• Salud Carbajal, Democratic
  159,019 votes 60.6%
• Brad Allen, Republican
  103,533 votes 39.4%

State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 37

• Gregg Hart, Democratic
  84,345 votes 58.0%
• Mike Stoker, Republican
  60,959 votes 42.0%

Judicial

California Supreme Court (Yes/No)

• Patricia Guerrero
  70.9% Yes (6,194,671) 29.1% No (2,537,627)
• Goodwin Liu
  69.3% Yes (5,908,904) 30.7% No (2,623,045)
• Martin J. Jenkins
  69.3% Yes (5,825,582) 30.7% No (2,576,601)
• Joshua P. Groban
  68.0% Yes (5,664,354) 32.0% No (2,661,668)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 1 (Yes/No)

• Frances Rothschild
  70.7% Yes (1,487,335) 29.3% No (614,984)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 2 (Yes/No)

• Judith M. Ashmann
  76.1% Yes (1,567,833) 23.9% No (493,147)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 3 (Yes/No)

• Luis A. Lavin
  72.1% Yes (1,474,762) 27.9% No (571,940)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 4 (Yes/No)

• Audrey B. Collins
  73.6% Yes (1,511,033) 26.4% No (542,077)
• Brian S. Currey
  70.6% Yes (1,438,236) 29.4% No (598,310)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 5 (Yes/No)

• Laurence D. Rubin
  72.3% Yes (1,491,151) 27.7% No (571,732)
• Lamar W. Baker
  72.5% Yes (1,479,099) 27.5% No (560,772)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 6 (Yes/No)

• Hernaldo J. Baltodano
  71.8% Yes (1,463,446) 28.2% No (575,050)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 7 (Yes/No)

• John L. Segal
  71.1% Yes (1,443,683) 28.9% No (586,370)

Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 2, Division 8 (Yes/No)

• Elizabeth Annette Grimes
  77.0% Yes (1,569,214) 23.0% No (469,912)
• Maria E. Stratton
  73.1% Yes (1,507,073) 26.9% No (555,288)
• John Shepard Wiley, Jr.
  70.2% Yes (1,422,734) 29.8% No (602,952)

School

Member; Santa Barbara County Board of Education; Trustee Area 1

• Marybeth Carty
  14,217 votes 69.65%
• Rosanne Crawford
  6,123 votes 30.00%
• (71 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.35%)

Member; Santa Barbara County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5

• Judy Frost
  8,265 votes 51.82%
• Gabriel A. Morales
  7,548 votes 47.33%
• (136 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.85%)

Trustee; Santa Barbara Community College District; Trustee Area 1

• Charlotte Gullap-Moore
  6,556 votes 61.19%
• Debi Stoker
  4,131 votes 38.55%
• (28 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.26%)

Trustee; Santa Barbara Community College District; Trustee Area 5

• Marsha Croninger
  8,480 votes 79.36%
• Sharon Salvador-Jegottka
  2,148 votes 20.10%
• (58 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.54%)

Trustee; Carpinteria Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Eric Bridgford
  854 votes 65.90%
• Nuh "La Verdad/The Truth" Kimbwala
  428 votes 33.02%
• (14 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.08%)

Board Member; Lompoc Unified School District

• Jerri Thiel
  3,133 votes 24.86%
• Nancy Schuler-Jones
  2,982 votes 23.66%
• Bree Valla
  2,713 votes 21.53%
• John Galisky
  2,323 votes 18.43%
• Joshua Zebley
  969 votes 7.69%
• Kathy Howard
  393 votes 3.12%
• (90 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.71%)

Trustee; Santa Barbara Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Gabe Escobedo
  4,706 votes 59.80%
• Efigenia Banales
  1,853 votes 23.55%
• Dan La Berge
  1,263 votes 16.05%
• (47 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.60%)

Trustee; Santa Barbara Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Rose Munoz
  4,351 votes 81.48%
• Phebe Mansur
  967 votes 18.11%
• (22 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.41%)

Trustee; Santa Maria Joint Union High School District; Trustee Area 4

• Diana Perez
  2,114 votes 63.18%
• Raymond Acosta
  1,193 votes 35.65%
• (39 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.17%)

Trustee; Santa Maria Joint Union High School District; Trustee Area 5

• David E. Baskett
  5,384 votes 51.97%
• Dominick Palera
  4,887 votes 47.17%
• (89 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.86%)

Board Member; Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District

• Christopher F. Johnson
  3,273 votes 39.38%
• Anna Schryer
  2,989 votes 35.96%
• Lee Rosenberg
  2,003 votes 24.10%
• (46 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.55%)

Trustee; Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District; Trustee Area 2

• Sheri Noble
  874 votes 58.82%
• Denise J. El Amin
  608 votes 40.92%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.27%)

Board Member; Cold Spring Elementary School District (3 Elected)

• Elke Kane
  674 votes 31.19%
• Jennifer Miller
  632 votes 29.25%
• Michael Marino
  588 votes 27.21%
• Erika Paredes Kellis
  229 votes 10.60%
• (38 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.76%)

Trustee; College Elementary School District; Trustee Area 5

• Peter Wright
  246 votes 55.78%
• Colleen Estrada
  192 votes 43.54%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.68%)

Trustee; Goleta Union Elementary School District; Trustee Area 1

• Richard Mayer
  4,131 votes 60.27%
• Caroline Abate
  2,695 votes 39.32%
• (28 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.41%)

Trustee; Goleta Union Elementary School District; Trustee Area 3

• Emily Zacarias
  2,758 votes 62.38%
• Christy Lozano
  1,122 votes 25.38%
• Bert Haley
  523 votes 11.83%
• (18 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.41%)

Trustee; Guadalupe Union Elementary School District; Trustee Area 3

• Lourdes Ramirez
  136 votes 54.84%
• Raul Rodriguez, Jr.
  112 votes 45.16%

Trustee; Hope Elementary School District; Trustee Area 5

• Frann Wageneck
  749 votes 58.52%
• Dani Blunk
  529 votes 41.33%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.16%)

Trustee; Santa Maria-Bonita School District; Trustee Area 2

• Ricky Lara
  1,934 votes 53.09%
• Osvaldo Sotelo
  1,665 votes 45.70%
• (44 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.21%)

Mayor; City of Buellton

• Dave King
  1,053 votes 50.63%
• Elysia Lewis
  1,018 votes 48.94%
• (9 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.43%)

Council Member; City of Buellton; Council District 1

• Hudson Hornick
  405 votes 55.40%
• Tom Widroe
  322 votes 44.05%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.55%)

Council Member; City of Buellton; Council District 4

• David Silva
  275 votes 55.44%
• Art Mercado
  216 votes 43.55%
• (5 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.01%)

Council Member; City of Carpinteria; Council District 1

• Mónica Solórzano
  516 votes 91.33%
• (49 Total Other Write-In Votes 8.67%)

Council Member; City of Carpinteria; Council District 3

• Roy Lee
  880 votes 89.89%
• (99 Total Other Write-In Votes 10.11%)

Council Member; City of Carpinteria; Council District 5

• Al Clark
  548 votes 54.37%
• Gregg A. Carty
  343 votes 34.03%
• Patrick O'Connor
  103 votes 10.22%
• (14 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.39%)

Council Member; City of Goleta; Council District 1

• Luz Reyes-Martin
  2,321 votes 58.13%
• Roger S. Aceves
  1,655 votes 41.45%
• (17 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.43%)

Council Member; City of Goleta; Council District 2

• James Kyriaco
  1,046 votes 56.51%
• Sam Ramirez
  801 votes 43.27%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.22%)

Mayor; City of Guadalupe

• Ariston Julian
  1,011 votes 94.75%
• (56 Total Other Write-In Votes 5.25%)

Council Member; City of Guadalupe

• Christina Hernandez
  878 votes 58.65%
• Eugene Costa, Jr.
  578 votes 38.61%
• (41 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.74%)

Treasurer; City of Guadalupe

• Anna Marie Santillan Michaud
  981 votes 95.52%
• (46 Total Other Write-In Votes 4.48%)

Mayor; City of Lompoc

• Jenelle Osborne
  4,802 votes 53.89%
• James I. Mosby
  4,043 votes 45.37%
• (66 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.74%)

Council Member; City of Lompoc; Council District 2

• Victor Vega
  1,025 votes 93.61%
• (70 Total Other Write-In Votes 6.39%)

Council Member; City of Lompoc; Council District 3

• Dirk Starbuck
  1,782 votes 96.01%
• (74 Total Other Write-In Votes 3.99%)

Council Member; City of Santa Maria; Council District 3

• Gloria Soto
  1,714 votes 50.41%
• Steven Funkhouser
  1,676 votes 49.29%
• (10 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.29%)

Council Member; City of Santa Maria; Council District 4

• Maribel Aguilera-Hernandez
  3,148 votes 53.91%
• Carol Karamitsos
  2,649 votes 45.37%
• (42 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.72%)

Mayor; City of Solvang

• Mark L. Infanti
  1,884 votes 94.06%
• (119 Total Other Write-In Votes 5.94%)

Council Member; City of Solvang; Council District 3

• David Brown
  144 votes 46.60%
• V. Louise Smith
  129 votes 41.75%
• Janice Mathews
  33 votes 10.68%
• (3 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.97%)

Council Member; City of Solvang; Council District 4

• Elizabeth Orona
  330 votes 50.69%
• Robert Clarke
  319 votes 49.00%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.31%)

Special District

Board Member; Goleta Water District; District 2

• Kathleen Werner
  4,185 votes 70.54%
• Greg S. Hammel
  1,728 votes 29.13%
• (20 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.34%)

Board Member; Isla Vista Recreation and Park District (2 Elected)

• Brendan Hutchinson
  597 votes 30.88%
• Thea Neushul
  527 votes 27.26%
• Scott Gerald Ball
  432 votes 22.35%
• Heidi Diaz
  359 votes 18.57%
• (18 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.93%)

Board Member; Isla Vista Community Services District; 2 Year Short Term

• Olivia Craig
  881 votes 72.09%
• Enrique Jose Sarria
  337 votes 27.58%
• (4 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.33%)

Board Member; Isla Vista Community Services District; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Spencer Brandt
  807 votes 45.62%
• Jay Freeman
  520 votes 29.40%
• Julia Barbosa
  431 votes 24.36%
• (11 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.62%)

Board Member; Los Alamos Community Services District

• Charles Gonzales
  269 votes 52.23%
• Kristy Gnesa-Williams
  239 votes 46.41%
• (7 Total Other Write-In Votes 1.36%)

Board Member; Los Olivos Community Services District (3 Elected)

• Julie Kennedy
  254 votes 30.46%
• Lisa Bertero Palmer
  213 votes 25.54%
• Greg Parks
  194 votes 23.26%
• Thomas A. Nelson
  165 votes 19.78%
• (8 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.96%)

Board Member; Los Olivos Community Services District; Unexpired Short Term

• Brad A. Ross
  228 votes 67.86%
• Jeanne Hollingsworth
  106 votes 31.55%
• (2 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.60%)

Board Member; Montecito Fire Protection District (2 Elected)

• Peter Van Duinwyk
  2,320 votes 46.16%
• Stephen Dougherty
  1,928 votes 38.36%
• Susan Keller
  758 votes 15.08%
• (20 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.40%)

Board Member; Santa Maria Public Airport District; Division 2

• Ignacio "Nash" Moreno
  2,693 votes 58.47%
• Hugh Rafferty
  1,811 votes 39.32%
• (102 Total Other Write-In Votes 2.21%)

Board Member; Santa Maria Public Airport District; Division 4

• Michael B. Clayton
  4,941 votes 66.88%
• Carl Engel
  2,389 votes 32.34%
• (58 Total Other Write-In Votes 0.79%)

Proposition 1 Reproductive Freedom
Pass: 7,176,888 / 66.9% Yes votes ...... 3,553,564 / 33.1% No votes

Amends California Constitution to expressly include an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom, which includes the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and the fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives. This amendment does not narrow or limit the existing rights to privacy and equal protection under the California Constitution. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect because reproductive rights already are protected by state law.

Proposition 26 Sports Betting in Casinos
Fail: 3,514,597 / 33.0% Yes votes ...... 7,129,127 / 67.0% No votes

Also allows: sports wagering at certain horseracing tracks; private lawsuits to enforce certain gambling laws. Directs revenues to General Fund, problem-gambling programs, enforcement. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly reaching tens of millions of dollars annually. Some of these revenues would support increased state regulatory and enforcement costs that could reach the low tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 27 Online Sports Betting
Fail: 1,906,342 / 17.7% Yes votes ...... 8,849,206 / 82.3% No votes

Allows Indian tribes and affiliated businesses to operate online/ mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands. Directs revenues to regulatory costs, homelessness programs, nonparticipating tribes. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues, possibly in the hundreds of millions of dollars but not likely to exceed $500 million annually. Some revenues would support state regulatory costs, possibly reaching the mid-tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 28 Funding Arts and Music Education
Pass: 6,924,618 / 64.4% Yes votes ...... 3,827,971 / 35.6% No votes

Provides additional funding from state General Fund for arts and music education in all K+12 public schools (including charter schools). Fiscal Impact: Increased state costs of about $1 billion annually, beginning next year, for arts education in public schools.

Proposition 29 Kidney Dialysis Clinics
Fail: 3,364,407 / 31.6% Yes votes ...... 7,281,201 / 68.4% No votes

Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant on site during treatment. Requires clinics to: disclose physicians' ownership interests; report infection data. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

Proposition 30 Income Tax on Millionaires for Electric Cars
Fail: 4,560,488 / 42.4% Yes votes ...... 6,203,810 / 57.6% No votes

Allocates tax revenues to zero-emission vehicle purchase incentives, vehicle charging stations, and wildfire prevention. Fiscal Impact: Increased state tax revenue ranging from $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, with the new funding used to support zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire response and prevention activities.

Proposition 31 Yes or No to Banning Flavored Tobacco Products
Pass: 6,803,431 / 63.4% Yes votes ...... 3,923,385 / 36.6% No votes

A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, a 2020 law prohibiting retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state tobacco tax revenues ranging from tens of millions of dollars annually to around $100 million annually.

Measure A2022 General Obligation Bond -- Lompoc Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 7,600 / 54.31% Yes votes ...... 6,395 / 45.69% No votes

To construct and modernize classrooms and vocational and career training facilities, upgrade science labs, replace portable classrooms, make safety and security improvements at all sites, improve student support facilities and provide the local match for State grants, shall the Lompoc Unified School District measure issue $125,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, raising on average approximately $6,400,000 annually, with levies projected at 6 cents/$100 of assessed valuation, an oversight committee, audits, and no money for administrator salaries, be adopted?

Measure B2022 General Transaction and Use Tax -- City of Goleta (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 7,792 / 64.32% Yes votes ...... 4,323 / 35.68% No votes

To support Goleta's 9-1-1 response/crime prevention; cleanup trash in creeks to maintain coastal waters; address homelessness, fire risks from illegal encampments; maintain public safety, clean/maintain public areas; repair streets/potholes; increase recycled water use for parks; retain local businesses/jobs; maintain open spaces/natural areas and for general government use; shall a measure be adopted establishing a 1˘ sales tax providing approximately $10,600,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring public spending disclosure?

Measure C2022 Ordinance Banning the Use of Flavored Tobacco Sales Within the City -- City of Goleta (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 9,190 / 75.85% Yes votes ...... 2,926 / 24.15% No votes

Shall Ordinance No. 21-09, An Ordinance of the City of Goleta, California, banning the sale of flavored tobacco products within the City's limits, be adopted?

Measure R2022 General Obligation Bond -- Buellton Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 1,619 / 61.28% Yes votes ...... 1,023 / 38.72% No votes

To improve the quality of education; upgrade, modernize, and renovate classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; repair or replace leaky roofs; and upgrade inadequate HVAC systems; shall Buellton Union School District issue $8,800,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, generating on average $731,600 annually as long as bonds are outstanding at a rate of approximately 2.6 cents per $100 assessed value, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight committee, NO money for salaries and no money taken by the State?

Measure S2022 Parcel Tax -- Hope Elementary School District (2/3 Approval Required)
Pass: 5,115 / 76.10% Yes votes ...... 1,606 / 23.90% No votes

Question required.

Measure T2022 General Plan and Zoning Designation -- City of Carpinteria (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 2,453 / 49.21% Yes votes ...... 2,532 / 50.79% No votes

Shall the Measure to Change and/or Readopt the City of Carpenteria's General Plan Designation and Zoning Designation for Two Parcels of City-Owned Property (APN 004-105-011 and APN 004-105-026) Located Adjacent to the Railroad Tracks to the West of Linden Avenue and to Amend the Definition of the Open Space/Recreation (OSR) Land Use Category of the General Plan Land Use Element be adopted?

Measure U2022 Transactions and Use Tax -- City of Solvang (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 1,609 / 63.27% Yes votes ...... 934 / 36.73% No votes

To protect and maintain funding for City of Solvang services, such as: pothole and street repair, flammable brush removal, 911 emergency response, neighborhood police patrols, recreation programs and general government use shall the City of Solvang adopt a measure establishing a local 1˘ sales tax, until ended by voters, providing $1.6 million dollars annually that cannot be taken by the State, with independent citizen oversight, and no money for administrative overhead?

Measure V2022 General Obligation Bond -- Guadalupe Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 854 / 70.06% Yes votes ...... 365 / 29.94% No votes

To improve the quality of education; construct a new junior high school with a community gymnasium; build classrooms and science labs; make health, safety and handicapped accessibility improvements, shall Guadalupe Elementary School District's measure be adopted to issue $8,500,000 of bonds at legal rates, generating on average $439,000 annually while bonds are outstanding at a rate of approximately 3˘ per $100 assessed value, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight, NO money for salaries and all funds spent locally?

Measure W2022 General Obligation Bond -- Guadalupe Union Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Pass: 830 / 68.26% Yes votes ...... 386 / 31.74% No votes

To improve the quality of education; construct, upgrade, and modernize classrooms, restrooms and school facilities; repair/replace roofs; make health/safety improvements; renovate/replace plumbing and HVAC systems, shall Guadalupe Elementary School District's measure be adopted to issue $8,490,000 of bonds at legal rates, generating on average $438,000 annually while bonds are outstanding at a rate of approximately 2.95˘ per $100 assessed value, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight, NO money for salaries and all funds spent locally?

Measure X2022 Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Lompoc (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 5,547 / 61.78% Yes votes ...... 3,431 / 38.22% No votes

Shall the measure, imposing a 1% special transient occupancy tax paid by hotel guests, with 65% of revenues to be used for Lompoc police purposes and 35% of revenues to be used for Lompoc fire protection purposes, and permitting hotel operators to retain 2% of all collected transient occupancy taxes to cover collection costs, which will raise approximately $180,000 annually in transient occupancy tax revenues, until ended by voters, be adopted?

Measure Y2022 General Obligation Bond -- College Elementary School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 1,439 / 52.21% Yes votes ...... 1,317 / 47.79% No votes

To repair aging classrooms/school facilities to meet health and safety codes; fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing and electrical; remove asbestos/lead pipes; and upgrade, construct and equip classrooms, labs, facilities to support student achievement in science, math, technology, engineering, and arts; shall the College School District measure authorizing $23,000,000 in bonds at legal rates be adopted, levying 3 cents per $100 assessed value ($1 million annually) while bonds are outstanding, with citizen oversight and all money staying local?

Measure Z2022 Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of Guadalupe (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 581 / 48.02% Yes votes ...... 629 / 51.98% No votes

Shall the measure be adopted to increase the City of Guadalupe's Transient Occupancy Tax from 6% to 10% until repealed by city voters, and to add short-term rentals of any type, RV Parks, and campgrounds as lodgings subject to the tax, which is anticipated to raise $20,000 annually, and more if additional lodging facilities commence operations in the City?