There are a lot of things on the ballot. Our three highest priority ballot measures are:
- YES on Prop 1 to raise money for affordable housing. An $11.25 billion statewide bond for affordable rental homes, homeownership assistance, & veteran home loans. The largest housing bond in California history. YES on Prop 1 means safe, affordable homes for California’s veterans, low-income seniors on fixed incomes, survivors of domestic violence and their families, at risk and foster youth, working families, & people with disabilities — with strict accountability, transparency, and WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.
- YES on Regional Transit Measure (RTM) because we need to save and support our local transportation agencies. Housing and transportation go hand in hand to create a healthy, affordable, sustainable community. The Regional Transit Measure will provide roughly $1B a year in new funding to save and support transit throughout the Bay Area with a 0.5% cent sales tax in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties and a 1% sales tax in San Francisco. The Regional Transit Measure will prevent cuts to service and invest in improvements to safety, cleanliness, convenience, and seamless integration of transit services.
- NO on Prop 43 because it will make it harder to raise money for affordable housing or anything else we need in the future. Prop 43 takes power away from voters. Prop 43 would let 1/3rd of voters block funding measures supported by 2/3rds of voters. Prop 43 makes it harder for communities to fund critical services like police and fire departments, fix and repair local roads, staff our local schools, or backfill federal healthcare cuts. Prop 43 protects corporate special interests who don’t want to pay their fair share.
We are also supporting these positions on other measures:
- YES on Prop 4: the California Fair Elections Act. Public financing of elections will make it easier for our communities to elect people who are not personally very wealthy and who are not beholden to special interests. We know achieving our policy goals requires having smart, courageous leaders in public office who understand and care about solving our housing challenges. Prop 4 is a step in the right direction toward cleaner elections and more representative politics.
- NO on Prop 39: Voter Suppression. Prop 39 is a voter suppression measure which will make it harder for people to vote — especially people who are lower income and/or renters. California has a good tradition of strengthening our democracy. Prop 39 would be a big step backwards.
- NO on Prop 42: Ties voter hands and protects billionaires. Which would prohibit future wealth taxes. Regardless of your position on specific measures like this year’s wealth tax, we should not take power away from voters and tie our hands to raise the funds we need in the future.
- NO on Prop 45: They Pollute. You Pay. SV@Home has consistently opposed urban sprawl and other damaging forms of development. The best way to build the vibrant, affordable, and sustainable future we want and need is through infill: removing exclusionary zoning, investing in our communities, and adding more homes where we have already developed. We recognize that this one is more complicated, and some of our partners support it. In our judgement, the potential upsides just are not worth the long term impact on our environment.
- NO on Measure D: Measure D Would Trigger Millions in Legal Fees in Los Altos. Measure D locks up all ten downtown parking plazas from any change “for any reason,” colliding with commitments the city already made in its state-certified Housing Element.
- YES on Measure E: Mountain View Charter Amendment includes non-controversial clean-up charter amendments that will improve Council meeting efficiency, align with state law, and modernize outdated language. This includes making the Charter language gender-neutral and clarifying that non-citizen residents can be eligible for City advisory bodies. Additionally, Measure E corrects an error in the City’s rent stabilization program language in the Charter, which currently is supposed to reference the Tenant Relocation Assistant program in the municipal code, but unfortunately references the wrong section of the municipal code.
- YES on Measure F: Mountain View Hotel tax increase to prevent staff cuts and hiring freezes. Housing Dept. and Planning Dept. are both understaffed, so a hiring freeze would be particularly likely to slow down MV’s housing progress. Measure F also ensures that existing General Fund-support housing projects will continue without reduction or interruption. This includes ongoing funding from the General Fund for homelessness prevention, as well as ongoing revenue set aside from 2024 Measure G (real property transfer tax) for the construction of affordable housing.
For more resources, events, and volunteering opportunities related to the 2026 election, visit the SV@Home Action Fund Election Hub.