2024 California State Ballot Initiatives
2024 California Statewide Ballot measures
The United Contractors Board of Directors have taken a formal “support” position on the following Statewide ballot measures:
CA PROPOSITION 2. SUPPORT √
Summary: CA Prop 2 is a $10B school construction bond the state legislature placed on the November ballot. The bond allocated $3.3B for new construction, $4B for school modernization, and $1.2B for technical education and charter schools.
UCON Endorsement:
Prop 2 will increase opportunities for contractors around the state who bid and perform work for public schools. Funding from the last successful school bond, which passed in 2016, has long since been spent, and the state’s school repair fund is expected to be depleted by January 2025.
Legislative Analysis Office (LAO) Analysis
CA PROPOSITION 4. SUPPORT √
Summary: CA Prop 4 is a $10B Climate bond the state legislature placed on the November ballot. The bond allocates $3.8B for Safe Drinking Water, $1.5B for Wildfire Resilience, $1.2B for Sea Level rise, $450M for Heat Mitigation, $1.2B for Protecting Biodiversity, $300M for Climate Resilient Ag, $700M for Parks, and $850M for Clean Air.
UCON Endorsement:
Prop 4 would authorize funding for a multitude of climate and environmental programs addressing everything from sea level rise to sustainable farming to clean water. The bond would help offset recent state budget cuts that resulted in cuts to programs intended to address climate change-related issues. Multiple construction projects in both public and private works are expected.
CA PROPOSITION 5. SUPPORT √
Summary: CA Prop 5 allows approval of local infrastructure and housing bonds for low and middle-income Californians with 55% vote. Certain local bonds and related property taxes could be approved with a 55 percent vote of the local electorate rather than the current two-thirds approval requirement. These bonds would have to fund affordable housing, supportive housing, or public infrastructure.
UCON Endorsement:
Prop 5 shifts local spending priorities away from state government, giving local voters and taxpayers the choice and the tools to address the challenges facing their communities with a lower threshold for passage of certain bonds.
2024 CALIFORNIA LOCAL/COUNTY BALLOT MEASURES
The United Contractors Board of Directors have taken a formal “support” position on the following Local and County ballot measures:
SAN FRANCISCO MEASURE B. SUPPORT √
Summary: Measure B is a $390M bond that will focus mainly on hospital infrastructure expansion and renovations at $205.1M, followed by roads and pedestrian infrastructure street safety improvements at $63.9M, revitalization of public spaces at $71M, and infrastructure for emergency shelter spaces for Homeless Families including land acquisition and renovation at $50M. SF.Gov
NAPA MEASURE U. SUPPORT √
Summary: Measure U is a local sales tax extension in Napa County that will generate $1.2B over 30 years, primarily for local street and road projects across Napa County without raising taxes. Over 80% of the local expenditure plan will generate construction activity through local transportation and safety projects.
Napa Valley Transportation Authority Analysis
PLACER MEASURE B. SUPPORT √
Summary: Measure B is a new local transportation sales tax in Roseville, Rocklin, and Lincoln municipalities that will generate $1.6B over 30 years. Over 90% of the measure expenditure plan will go to local road and highway construction, including $800M for construction of a new I80/Hwy 65 interchange and $500M for Hwy 65 ramp improvements.
Placer County Government Analysis:
SAN DIEGO MEASURE G. SUPPORT √
Summary: Measure G is a county-wide, half-cent sales tax that permanently funds the region’s transportation projects. Measure G is expected (based on comparable taxes) to raise over $300M a year, which will be leveraged to raise over $1B in matching funds from state and federal sources.
SAN BRUNO MEASURE Q. SUPPORT √
Summary: Measure Q is a $102M general obligation Public Safety and Infrastructure bond that would finance the costs of city improvement projects, including repairing the stormwater drain system to prevent system failure, flooding, water pollution and sinkholes. Repairing and improving streets and constructing and upgrading fire stations to ensure rapid emergency response, accommodate modern fire and life-saving equipment, and maintain operations during natural disasters. Measure placed on November ballot by unanimous consent of City Council.