Combined ballot

See Also:   Information for the County of San Luis Obispo
(Elections Office, local League of Women Voters, links to other county election sites)

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 Board of Equalization; District 2

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

United States Senator

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

United States Representative; District 19

• Jimmy Panetta, Democratic
  194,494 votes 68.7%
• Jeff Gorman, Republican
  88,816 votes 31.3%

United States Representative; District 24

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

Member of the State Assembly

Member of the State Assembly; District 30

• Dawn Addis, Democratic
  115,770 votes 60.0%
• Vicki Nohrden, Republican
  77,079 votes 40.0%

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

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

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

Trustee; San Luis Obispo County Community College District; Trustee Area 4

• Peter J. Sysak
  0 votes 0.0%
• Adrienne Garcia-Specht
  0 votes 0.0%

Board Member; Atascadero Unified School District (4 Elected)

• Tracy Ellis-Weit
  0 votes 0.0%
• Vy Pierce
  0 votes 0.0%
• Chris Collins
  0 votes 0.0%
• Tami Gunther
  0 votes 0.0%
• Dan L. Hathaway
  0 votes 0.0%
• Scott Staton
  0 votes 0.0%
• George R. Shoemaker
  0 votes 0.0%
• Rebekah Koznek
  0 votes 0.0%
• Denise McGrew Kane
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; Coast Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Lee McFarland
  0 votes 0.0%
• Susan Dever
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; Lucia Mar Unified School District; Trustee Area 3

• Andrea Naemi-Vergne
  0 votes 0.0%
• Daevin Thomas
  0 votes 0.0%
• Ashley Smeester
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; Lucia Mar Unified School District; Trustee Area 5

• Colleen Martin
  0 votes 0.0%
• Gary Joralemon
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; Lucia Mar Unified School District; Trustee Area 6

• Roxana Maldonado
  0 votes 0.0%
• Eilene T. Pham
  0 votes 0.0%
• Scott Bloom
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; Lucia Mar Unified School District; Trustee Area 7

• Donna Kandel
  0 votes 0.0%
• Luke Davis
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; Paso Robles Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Christopher Arend
  0 votes 0.0%
• Peter Byrne
  0 votes 0.0%
• Jim Cogan
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; Paso Robles Joint Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Sondra Williams
  0 votes 0.0%
• Frank Triggs
  0 votes 0.0%
• Catherine Reimer
  0 votes 0.0%

Board Member; Paso Robles Joint Unified School District

• Jim Irving
  33 votes 35.9%
• Laurene D. McCoy
  33 votes 35.9%
• Adelita Hiteshew
  26 votes 28.3%

Trustee; San Luis Coastal Unified School District; Trustee Area 1

• Loren Leidinger
  0 votes 0.0%
• Marilyn Rodger
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; San Luis Coastal Unified School District; Trustee Area 2

• Jim Quesenberry
  0 votes 0.0%
• Rob Banfield
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; San Luis Coastal Unified School District; Trustee Area 4

• Mark Buchman
  0 votes 0.0%
• Tony Evans
  0 votes 0.0%

Board Member; Templeton Unified School District (2 Elected)

• Janel Armet
  0 votes 0.0%
• Jay L. Raftery, Jr.
  0 votes 0.0%
• Jason Tesarz
  0 votes 0.0%
• Fiona Bond
  0 votes 0.0%
• Matt Allison
  0 votes 0.0%
• Jennifer Grinager
  0 votes 0.0%

Trustee; Cayucos Elementary School District; Trustee Area 1

• Steve Geil
  0 votes 0.0%
• Chloe Phillips
  0 votes 0.0%
• Kerry Friend
  0 votes 0.0%

Supervisor; County of San Luis Obispo; Supervisorial District 2

• Bruce Jones
  0 votes 0.0%
• Bruce Gibson
  0 votes 0.0%

City

Mayor; City of Arroyo Grande

• Caren Ray Russom
  0 votes 0.0%
• Dale T. Hanson
  0 votes 0.0%
• Gaea Powell
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of Arroyo Grande; Council District 1

• Kathleen P. Secrest
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of Arroyo Grande; Council District 4

• James Robert Guthrie
  0 votes 0.0%
• Ben Franco
  0 votes 0.0%

Mayor; City of Atascadero

• Heather L. Moreno
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of Atascadero (2 Elected)

• Bret Heinemann
  0 votes 0.0%
• Heather Newsom
  0 votes 0.0%
• Susan Funk
  0 votes 0.0%

City Treasurer; City of Atascadero

• Gere W. Sibbach
  0 votes 0.0%

Mayor; City of Grover Beach

• Karen Bright
  0 votes 0.0%
• Stacy A. Korsgaden
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of Grover Beach; Council District 1

• Robert Robert
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of Grover Beach; Council District 2

• Daniel Rushing
  0 votes 0.0%
• Ron Arnoldsen
  0 votes 0.0%

Mayor; City of Morro Bay

• Carla Wixom
  0 votes 0.0%
• John Headding
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of Morro Bay (2 Elected)

• Sarah Smith Robinson
  0 votes 0.0%
• David "Dave" Duringer
  0 votes 0.0%
• Cyndee Edwards
  0 votes 0.0%
• Casey G. Cordes
  0 votes 0.0%
• Robin "Zara" Landrum
  0 votes 0.0%

Mayor; City of El Paso De Robles

• Steven W. Martin
  0 votes 0.0%
• Michael Rivera
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of El Paso De Robles; Council District 1

• John R. Hamon, Jr.
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of El Paso De Robles; Council District 2

• Chris Bausch
  0 votes 0.0%

Mayor; City of Pismo Beach

• Ed Waage
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of Pismo Beach (2 Elected)

• Stacy Inman
  0 votes 0.0%
• Kevin Carl Kreowski
  0 votes 0.0%
• Erik Howell
  0 votes 0.0%
• Debora Ann Lossing
  0 votes 0.0%
• Mary Ann Reiss
  0 votes 0.0%

Mayor; City of San Luis Obispo

• Erica A. Stewart
  0 votes 0.0%
• Jeffery Specht
  0 votes 0.0%
• Donald E. Hedrick
  0 votes 0.0%
• Richard Orcutt
  0 votes 0.0%

Council Member; City of San Luis Obispo (2 Elected)

• Joe Benson
  0 votes 0.0%
• James Papp
  0 votes 0.0%
• Emily Francis
  0 votes 0.0%
• Michelle Shoresman
  0 votes 0.0%

District

Director; Cambria Community Services District (2 Elected)

• Debra Scott
  0 votes 0.0%
• Michael Thomas
  0 votes 0.0%
• Jim Bahringer
  0 votes 0.0%

Director; Ground Squirrel Hollow Community Services District; 4 Year Term (2 Elected)

• Pam Fulmer
  0 votes 0.0%
• James Scott Durian
  0 votes 0.0%
• Edmond Martinson
  0 votes 0.0%

Director; Heritage Ranch Community Services District (3 Elected)

• Michael Camou
  0 votes 0.0%
• Martin Rowley
  0 votes 0.0%
• Bill Gene Barker
  0 votes 0.0%
• Reg Cousineau
  0 votes 0.0%
• Masen Yaffee
  0 votes 0.0%
• Steven Lovick
  0 votes 0.0%
• Miriam Merrill
  0 votes 0.0%

Director; Oceano Community Services District

• Charles Varni
  0 votes 0.0%
• Steve Montes
  0 votes 0.0%

Special District

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 B-22 Parcel Tax -- City of Morro Bay (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.0% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.0% No votes

Shall the measure, to exclusively fund City of Morro Bay owned harbor infrastructure (such as docks, piers, Harbor walk, sea walls, public restroom, revetments, launch ramps) through preventative maintenance and capital improvements, revenues used only for these purposes and unable to be used for any other purpose providing approximately $680,000 annually, through annual $120 special parcel tax on all parcels of taxable real property, adjusted for inflation, until ended by voters, be adopted?

Measure C-22 School Bond -- San Luis Coastal Unified School District (55% Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.0% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.0% No votes

To improve the quality of education; repair/replace roofs; upgrade and renovate 50 to 60-year-old classrooms, restrooms, and school facilities; provide equity at sites; and make safety/security improvements; shall San Luis Coastal Unified School District's measure be approved authorizing $349,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, levying an estimated 4.9 cents per $100 of assessed value generating on average $17,970,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight, NO money for salaries and all funds spent locally?

Measure D-22 Sales Tax -- City of Arroyo Grande (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.0% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.0% No votes

To provide funding for general governmental use in Arroyo Grande, including maintenance and repair of streets, sidewalks, stormwater and drainage facilities, and for other City programs and facilities, shall an ordinance establishing a one percent sales tax be adopted, providing approximately $5,600,000 annually until ended by the City Council and requiring annual reports on revenues and expenditures, and review and public hearing by the City Council every five years on its necessity?

Measure E-22 City Treasurer Appointive -- City of El Paso De Robles (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.0% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.0% No votes

Shall the Office of City Treasurer be Appointive?

Measure F-22 Transient Occupancy Tax -- City of El Paso De Robles (Majority Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.0% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.0% No votes

Shall the measure to help maintain quality of life for residents; retain local small businesses, jobs; address homelessness; maintain wildfire prevention; keep public areas/ Downtown Paso Robles safe/clean; upgrade infrastructure; other general services, by increasing the transient occupancy tax (paid by hotel, motel, shortterm rental guests) from 10% to 11%, providing $750,000 annually until ended by voters, requiring public spending disclosure, all funds for Paso Robles, be adopted?

Measure G-22 Bond -- Cambria Community Healthcare District (2/3 Approval Required)
Fail: 0 / 0.0% Yes votes ...... 0 / 0.0% No votes

To improve the ambulance station/ healthcare facility; replace 65-year-old building with modern one meeting current County codes and standards; and improve safety/ security for residents and visitors; shall Cambria Community Healthcare District's measure be adopted authorizing $8,500,000 of bonds at legal rates, generating on average $560,000 annually while bonds are outstanding at a rate of approximately 1.0 cent per $100 assessed value, with annual audits, independent citizens' oversight committee, NO money for salaries and all funds spend locally?