2018 Endorsements

Result

Measure

Summary

Sierra Club CA Recommends:

Passed

Proposition 1 - Affordable Housing Bond

The bond would authorize $4 billion to fund low-income housing developments and subsidize home loans for veterans.

This measure provides an important opportunity to address California’s extreme housing crisis. Sierra Club supported SB 3, the legislation that placed this bond on the ballot.

For the full text of the measure, click here.

Yes

Failed

Proposition 3 - Water Supply and Water Quality Act of 2018

The bond would provide $8.877 billion for various water projects and programs.

The flaws in the bond will enable certain dams and other infrastructure we have opposed. It also directs to unspecified water projects a specific category of funds collected through the state’s cap-and-trade program that should be used to efficiently cut climate emissions.

To view our Fact Sheet, click here.

To view our Frequently Asked Questions, click here.

Visit our website: NoProp3CA.com.

For the full text of the measure, click here.

No

Failed

Proposition 6 - Eliminates Recently Enacted Road Repair and Transportation Funding

The measure is an attempt to repeal Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act, passed in 2017 that raises about $5.2 billion a year to fix the state’s crumbling roads and bridges and improve public transit service.

To see our press release on opposing Proposition 6, click here.

For the full text of the measure, click here.

No

Failed

Proposition 10 - Rent Control Initiative

The proposition aims to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.

Local governments are restricted from implementing affordable housing measures to reduce displacement and rent gouging. Repealing this law would increase housing stability, particularly for the most vulnerable, low-income households.

For the full text of the measure, click here.

Yes

Passed

Proposition 12 - Farm Animal Confinement

Prop 12 would prevent animal cruelty by phasing out extreme methods of farm animal confinement.

The initiative builds on Prop 2 (2008), which restricts farms from confining pigs, calves and hens in cages. Prop 12 includes specific size restrictions for cages and bans non-compliant meat and eggs from being sold in California.

For the full text of the measure, click here.

Yes

Result

Office

Candidate

Won

Governor

Gavin Newsom | Press Release | Why Sierra Club Endorses Newsom

Won

Attorney General

Xavier Becerra | Press Release

Won

Secretary of State

Alex Padilla | Press Release

Won

Controller

Betty Yee | Press Release

Won

Insurance Commissioner

Ricardo Lara | Press Release

Won

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Tony Thurmond | Press Release