California
Capital: Sacramento
Population: 34,501,130
Major Metropolitan Areas: L.A./Orange County, Riverside/San Bernardino, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco/Oakland, San Jose
Federal Transportation Spending: $3,974,792,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

State Ballot Process
California offers the following ballot measure procedures: the initiative, referendum and recall. The procedures were adopted for both the state and local level in 1911. Petitions must have been filed by June 24, 2003 to qualify for the 2004 primary election.

State Election Site: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm

County & City Information
Contact your county elections office for more information: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/ca_map_counties.html

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/California.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/ca.html

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2004	Bay Area	Bridge Tolls	3/2/2004	Approved 56% to 44%
Description
Under SB 916 of 2003, residents of seven Bay Area counties would vote in March 2004 to raise bridge tolls by $1 to spend an estimated $125 million a year for transit, planning and roads. The Bay Area's priorities include a $50 million fourth hole in the Caldecott Tunnel, $36 million to expand ferry service and $50 million for a new five-lane span for the Benicia-Martinez bridge. Funds would also strengthen Bay Area Rapid Transit underground tunnels, renovate the TransBay Terminal in San Francisco and study Bay Area access to a proposed high-speed rail system in California.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2004	Statewide	High-Speed Rail Bonds	11/2/2004	Delayed Until 2006
Description
This measure, Initiative No. SB 1856 would authorize $10 billion in bonds for a high-speed rail system between L.A. and San Francisco. It would also tackle other public transportation needs. The bipartisan measure passed in the legislature and was referred to the voters for approval.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2004	Solano County	Sales Tax	11/2/2004	DEFEATED 64% TO 36% (67% supermajority required for approval)
Description
The Solano County Transportation Improvement Authority is advancing its plans for a separate, countywide tax that would raise an estimated $1.43 billion during the next 30 years. A daunting, two-thirds approval, however, would be required to pass the tax measure.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2004	San Mateo County	Sales Tax Extension	11/2/2004	APPROVED 75% TO 25%
Description
The San Mateo County Transportation Authority has adopted an expenditure plan for the reauthorization of Measure A, a half-cent transportation sales tax, which will net approximately $1.5 billion over 25 years. Transit projects will receive 30%.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2004	Contra Costa	Sales tax extension	11/2/2004	APPROVED 70% TO 29%
Description
Contra Costa County Transportation Authority is pushing for a renewal of Measure J, the countywide half-cent sales tax, set to expire in 2009. The measure has funded highway and transit projects since 1989. The new Measure C would raise $1.6 billion in transportation funding through 2029 and update the "Growth Management Program" initiated by the first Measure C.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2004	San Diego	Sales Tax Extension	11/2/2004	APPROVED 67% TO 33%
Description
San Diego's regional planning agency, SANDAG, has produced a $14 billion draft Expenditure plan for the TransNet program, a half-cent sales tax extension that funds transit and highway projects throughout the region, set to expire in 2008. The extension would provide funding through 2028.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2004	Statewide	State legislative action and potential voter initiative.	11/2/2004	Delayed
Description
Two lawmakers have filed separate bills to lower the vote needed to fund transportation projects at the county level. If one of these two bills does not pass, the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group says they will lead a drive to put an initiative on the statewide ballot as early as next year. The bills in the legislature must receive the support of two thirds of the legislature to pass.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2004	Sacramento County	Sales tax extension	11/2/2004	APPROVED 75% TO 25%
Description
Sacramento County Transportation Authority officials have proposed extending Measure A, the existing half-cent transportation sales tax, which is set to expire in 2009. If approved, the extension would raise $4.7 billion for road and transit improvements

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2003	San Francisco	Sales tax extension	11/3/2003	Approved 74.9% to 25.1%
Description
A proposal to continue the current ½% sales tax, and replace the current transportation spending plan with a new 30-year plan. The new plan would provide funding for maintenance of local streets, transportation for the elderly and disabled, construction of a Central Subway, bus system upgrades, a Caltrain extension to a new Transbay Terminal, projects to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety, support for regional transportation systems (BART, Caltrain, and ferries), and replacing the roadway to Golden Gate Bridge. The proposal would allow the San Francisco Transportation Authority to spend up to $485.175 million per year and issue up to $1.88 billion in bonds, to be repaid from sales tax revenue.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2003	Orange County	Sales tax measure	10/7/2003
Description
An $8.8 billion road, rail, and sidewalk plan that requires raising the sales tax one-half cent. If it passes, this proposal will be the biggest public-works project in Orange County history.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2003	Anaheim	Light rail extension	6/1/2003	Both measures failed. Measure A failed 52.4% to 47.6% and Measure B failed 52% to 48%.
Description
Measure A and measure B: Voters will decide whether to allow the remaining Irvine light-rail segment to be built (Measure A) and also whether to remove any reference to light-rail from Irvine's general plan and prevent any new light-rail construction (Measeure B).

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2002	Statewide	Gas tax changes	3/5/2002	Passed 70% to 30%
Description
Proposition 42 would requires all state gas tax revenues to be set aside for transportation. Currently, gas tax revenue goes to the General Fund. Title of measure is the "Transportation Congestion Improvement Act."

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2002	Statewide	New transportation trust fund	11/6/2002	Failed 58.6% to 41.4%
Description
Proposition 51 would establish a new transportation trust fund, using money from the existing sales tax on motor vehicles in order to reduce traffic congestion and provide safe travel routes. Proposition 51 does not raise taxes--it would take 30% of the state's sales tax on auto sales and leases - some $870 million a year - and dedicate the revenue to a long list of specified local projects. Among the 45 listed: new freeway interchanges; a new traffic tunnel in Los Angeles; and light- and commuter-rail extensions in Sacramento and the Bay Area. 10% of the funds would go for school bus improvements.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2002	Statewide	Transportation access bonds
Description
Subject to voter approval, would provide for the issuance of a specified amount of general obligation, bonds the proceeds of which would be used for the purpose of funding improvements to various State and local highway and transit systems in order to establish or expand services for seniors and disabled or to improve accessibility of those systems to persons with disabilities.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2000	Santa Clara	BART extension to San Jose	11/7/2000	Passed 70% to 30%
Description
Voters will be asked to approve a 30 year, 1/2-cent sales tax to begin in 2006, to bring BART extension to San Jose. Requires 2/3 voter approval.

Initiative Year	Community/Region for initiative	Type Of Measure	Ballot Date	Result
2000	Alameda County (San Francisco)	Sales tax extension	11/7/2000	Passed 80% to 20%
Description
Voters will be asked to approve a 20-year extension of the existing 1/2-cent sales tax to support $1.4 billion plan to improve transit.

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=california

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/ca.cfm