California · Ballot measure

Proposition 4: Public funding of election campaigns

On the ballot: November 3, 2026 Legislative statute

Heads up: voting YES on this measure repeals an existing law, the ban on public funding of candidate campaigns. Voting NO keeps the ban.

A YES vote means

The state ban on public funding of candidate campaigns would be lifted, so state and local governments could create public campaign financing programs, subject to limits on which funds could be used and who could receive them.

A NO vote means

The ban stays: state and most local governments would remain unable to create public campaign financing programs.

Who supports it

  • California Common Cause
  • California National Organization for Women
  • California Nurses Association
  • Consumer Watchdog
  • League of Women Voters of California
  • and 1 more

Who opposes it

  • California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
  • California Taxpayers Association
  • Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

From official campaign filings and public endorsements, each linked on the full page (checked October 30, 2026). Not complete; not an endorsement.