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Election Results: State Propositions in the 2024 election

An aerial view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.
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An aerial view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.

Mendocino County voters cast ballots in favor of bonds for school facilities, water, wildfire, and land protection in larger percentages than the state average. They were strongly enthusiastic about raising the minimum wage — a proposition that failed to gather support from more than half the electorate and they were less likely to support increased penalties for certain kinds of theft and drug crimes, though they still passed Proposition 36.

The most popular proposition in Mendocino County was Proposition 35, in favor a tax on health care insurance to fund Medi-Cal, which received 27,154 votes in favor — significantly more than the 24,049 votes Kamala Harris received. The second most popular proposition was Proposition 3, the constitutional right to same sex marriage, which received 25,895 votes.

  • Proposition 2 - bonds for school facilities, passed with 58.7% of the vote, 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 61.68%
      • NO 38.32 %
  • Proposition 3 - provided a constitutional right to same sex marriage, passed with 62.6% of the vote, 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 68.59%
      • NO 31.41%
  • Proposition 4 - bonds for water, wildfire and land protection, passed with 59.8% of the vote, 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 62.83%
      • NO 37.17%
  • Proposition 5 - lowers the percent of vote needed to approve bonds for housing and infrastructure, rejected by 55% with 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 48.97%
      • NO 51.03%
  • Proposition 6 - prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime, passed with 53.3% of the vote, 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 50.73%
      • NO 49.27
  • Proposition 32 - raises the minimum wage, rejected by 50.7%, with 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 54.32 %
      • NO 45.68%
  • Proposition 33 - repeals ban on local rent controls, rejected by 60%, with 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 41.30%
      • NO 58.50%
  • Proposition 34 - regulates spending by health care entities, knee-caps an advocate for extreme rent controls, passed by 50.9%, with 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 45.21%
      • NO 54.79%
  • Proposition 35 - extends tax on managed health care plans, passed with 67.9% of the vote, with 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 72.97%
      • NO 27.03%
  • Proposition 36 - increases penalties for certain theft and drug crimes, passed with 68.4% of the vote, with 99% reporting.
    • Mendocino County results:
      • YES 60.29%
      • NO 39.71%
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Elise Cox worked as an editor and reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, Knight Ridder, U.S. News & World Report and other publications prior to moving to the Mendocino coast in 2022. She began reporting stories for KZYX in August 2024 and became news director in December 2024.