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He will be the first Latino person elected to serve as California governor.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Becerra is a familiar face in state politics, having represented Los Angeles in Congress for years before serving as California attorney general and the U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services under former President Joe Biden. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilton, by contrast, was a political outsider. Born in Britain, he served as an adviser to former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and hosted a show on Fox News after moving to the U.S. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12081063\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steve Hilton, Republican gubernatorial candidate for California, during a gubernatorial debate at KRON Studios in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. 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Google co-founder Sergey Brin alone donated more than $100 million, and the campaign raised more than $330 million overall. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The yes side, by comparison, was only able to raise a total of about $33 million.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The no side was also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12106033/the-political-calculus-behind-newsoms-opposition-to-californias-billionaire-tax\">buoyed by some surprising allies\u003c/a>, including Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Teachers Association and Planned Parenthood. They all argued that the measure would ultimately hurt California’s budget and economy by driving wealthy executives and businesses out of state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A loss would raise questions about the future of tax reform in other states and nationally. 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Both measures contain language aimed at undermining Proposition 40, making it impossible for the state to enforce the wealth tax if they pass with more votes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proposition 40 asked voters whether to assess a 5% tax on the overall wealth of anyone who lived in California as of Jan. 1 of this year and had assets topping $1 billion, which would apply to about 200 people. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The money raised by the tax — some $100 billion over five years, according to supporters — would backfill healthcare cuts imposed by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress under last year’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12089055\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2261843469-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the campaign kickoff for the California Billionaire Tax Act at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, Feb. 18, 2026. Sanders is seeking the support of California voters for a November’s ballot initiative of an emergency tax on billionaires to help the state’s healthcare system. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s a type of tax that’s never been attempted in the U.S. and one that aimed to get at the vast wealth of the state’s billionaires by taxing their overall assets, not just their income or capital gains. That overall wealth \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/26/opinion/wealth-tax-california-billionaire.html\">grew\u003c/a> by an estimated 15% per year from 2019 to 2025. The measure was placed on the ballot \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093303/the-union-man-taking-on-the-democratic-establishment-with-a-billionaire-tax\">by SEIU-UHW West\u003c/a>, a union representing more than 120,000 healthcare workers in California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But after spending more than $20 million to qualify the measure, the union was vastly outspent by billionaires opposed to Proposition 40, and in support of Propositions 41 and 42. Google co-founder Sergey Brin alone donated more than $100 million, and the campaign raised more than $330 million overall. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The yes side, by comparison, was only able to raise a total of about $33 million.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The no side was also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12106033/the-political-calculus-behind-newsoms-opposition-to-californias-billionaire-tax\">buoyed by some surprising allies\u003c/a>, including Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California Teachers Association and Planned Parenthood. They all argued that the measure would ultimately hurt California’s budget and economy by driving wealthy executives and businesses out of state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A loss would raise questions about the future of tax reform in other states and nationally. Progressives had hoped Proposition 40 could serve as a model for federal legislation, something billionaires saw as a huge threat to their wealth.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outcomes of Propositions 41 and 42 could also have broader effects on the state budget in years ahead, beyond the billionaire tax. Proposition 41 would require ongoing audits of state programs that are funded by “special” taxes — those earmarked for a specific purpose. It also would make any new special taxes subject to the state’s existing spending limit. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proposition 42 would prohibit new taxes on financial assets — such as stocks — and other personal property, and also prohibits most retroactive taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite some bad weather, Bay Area voters braved the rain to make their voices heard — weighing in on everything from a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101915682/californias-billionaire-tax-and-the-efforts-to-nullify-it\">tax on billionaires\u003c/a> to the fate of local and regional \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/regional-measure-rtm\">public transportation\u003c/a> and more in the final years of Donald Trump’s presidency.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many were eager to cast their vote and get a word in on a swath of local and state issues. Some even showed up for the first time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hayes Valley resident Marilyn Ruvalcaba Morales, who voted at City Hall, said she became a citizen this year. She brought her husband and her daughter’s ballots with her to the drop box. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-24-BL-KQED-5e42b82f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107906\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-24-BL-KQED-5e42b82f.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-24-BL-KQED-5e42b82f-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-24-BL-KQED-5e42b82f-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Voters drop off ballots at the City Hall Voting Center in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I do want changes,” she said. “It’s really discouraging how our democracy is being very threatened by the current politics and the representatives right now,” Morales said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the Bay, Alameda County’s Registrar of Voters Cynthia Cornejo welcomed voters out of the rain. As of Monday night, voter turnout was a little over 30%, and that there was strong morning traffic, she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We’ve had rain before on Election Day, especially in November, and voters turn out regardless,” Cornejo said. “We’re happy to see it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confusing ballot language\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frustration with opaque ballot measures united voters across the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary Jinn, a voter in Humboldt County’s McKinleyville, said that she cared about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12101928/prop-39-require-identification-when-californians-cast-a-ballot\">Proposition 39\u003c/a>, a proposal that would require voters to show ID at the polls. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There was so much of that talk of Trump, wanting to block votes of people, but I do think we need to prove ID,” Jinn said, adding that she did her research before coming to the polls so that she would not have to rely on the ballot measures alone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t like the way they word things. It’s confusing. You don’t know if a yes means what you want it to mean or not,” Jinn said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel Segura, a 35-year-old Oakland resident who works in tech, had a similar complaint. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There were a lot of trick questions or hidden agendas within the components of the different measures,” Segura said. “I wish that could change in the future.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Segura also said he struggled to find information for the judges who were up for election. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It was very difficult to vote,” Segura said. “You want to have someone that has moral character … these people make decisions on outcomes that affect the community.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">California voters consider taxing billionaires\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California voters are deciding whether to pass a first-of-its-kind tax on the state’s roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101915264/economists-make-the-case-for-and-against-californias-billionaire-tax\">250\u003c/a> billionaires.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Junior Mejía, a healthcare worker in Oakland, said that the one-time tax was one of the main issues that brought him out to the polls. Mejía said that the ads opposing the billionaire tax actually convinced him to vote in favor of it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It makes you wonder, why are they spending so much money?” Mejía said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-02-BL-KQED-867fad95.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-02-BL-KQED-867fad95.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-02-BL-KQED-867fad95-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-02-BL-KQED-867fad95-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A voter drops off their ballot at the Hoogasian Flowers polling place in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voting in San Francisco, Dyana Bohrques said billionaires “should be fairly taxed like everyone else. They’re making exorbitant amounts that so many will never see and could help so many people, and it would literally be like a penny drop in what they’re making.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Schell, of coastal city Arcata in Northern California, said he typically goes to the left on most issues — but voted against the billionaire tax. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I just don’t want their money to leave,” he said. “I figured there’d be a brain drain and a money drain, and I think it’s going to scare a lot of billionaires away.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Local politics drive turnout \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others were laser-focused on local races. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garrett Fitzpatrick, a 29-year-old IT consultant in Oakland, said he voted on his lunch break, with an eye on the District 2 City Council race — the “big one” for him because it “was going to be the one that has the biggest impact on my situation,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ended up voting for Nate Adams, a candidate who shared his ideas about government, and who he hopes would bring about “safer streets, cheaper rents and a stronger sense of community.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ElectionDay-28-BL_qed-5b669a2c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107922\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ElectionDay-28-BL_qed-5b669a2c.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ElectionDay-28-BL_qed-5b669a2c-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ElectionDay-28-BL_qed-5b669a2c-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mayor Daniel Lurie drops off his ballot outside of City Hall in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie dropped off his ballot at City Hall on Tuesday morning. Speaking with reporters, he encouraged eligible voters to turn out if they hadn’t already, and shouted out his legislation — Proposition D, E and F, as well as efforts to fund affordable housing and regional and local transit. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I am committed to making sure we make this city more affordable, and we do that by investing in transit and housing,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Passion at the polls remained high\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading up to the midterms, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101915782/bracing-for-the-coming-wave-of-legal-challenges-to-midterm-voting\">questions\u003c/a> around election security and voter data took center stage, especially after Trump escalated efforts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107730/dozens-of-californians-face-voter-fraud-charges-but-proving-the-violations-may-be-difficult\">prove\u003c/a> rampant election fraud. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t think we should be making life harder for immigrants, for people moving here, contributing to society, wanting to participate in whatever way they can,” said Jim Fonesca, a San José voter. “If it’s illegal for someone to vote, they shouldn’t be doing it, but I don’t think we should be making it more difficult for people living and working here.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Francisco resident Karla Sahagun said she urged her neighbors to get out and vote. She was out there, she said, in spite of recently running a half-marathon and having a cold. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Vote. There’s many people that would love the right to vote, and we need to vote for everybody,” Sahagun said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-11-BL-KQED-eba9012f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107904\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-11-BL-KQED-eba9012f.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-11-BL-KQED-eba9012f-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-11-BL-KQED-eba9012f-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Voters fill out their ballots at the City Hall Voting Center in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite some bad weather, Bay Area voters braved the rain to make their voices heard — weighing in on everything from a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101915682/californias-billionaire-tax-and-the-efforts-to-nullify-it\">tax on billionaires\u003c/a> to the fate of local and regional \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/regional-measure-rtm\">public transportation\u003c/a> and more in the final years of Donald Trump’s presidency.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many were eager to cast their vote and get a word in on a swath of local and state issues. Some even showed up for the first time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hayes Valley resident Marilyn Ruvalcaba Morales, who voted at City Hall, said she became a citizen this year. She brought her husband and her daughter’s ballots with her to the drop box. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-24-BL-KQED-5e42b82f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107906\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-24-BL-KQED-5e42b82f.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-24-BL-KQED-5e42b82f-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-24-BL-KQED-5e42b82f-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Voters drop off ballots at the City Hall Voting Center in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I do want changes,” she said. “It’s really discouraging how our democracy is being very threatened by the current politics and the representatives right now,” Morales said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the Bay, Alameda County’s Registrar of Voters Cynthia Cornejo welcomed voters out of the rain. As of Monday night, voter turnout was a little over 30%, and that there was strong morning traffic, she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We’ve had rain before on Election Day, especially in November, and voters turn out regardless,” Cornejo said. “We’re happy to see it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confusing ballot language\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frustration with opaque ballot measures united voters across the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary Jinn, a voter in Humboldt County’s McKinleyville, said that she cared about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12101928/prop-39-require-identification-when-californians-cast-a-ballot\">Proposition 39\u003c/a>, a proposal that would require voters to show ID at the polls. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There was so much of that talk of Trump, wanting to block votes of people, but I do think we need to prove ID,” Jinn said, adding that she did her research before coming to the polls so that she would not have to rely on the ballot measures alone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t like the way they word things. It’s confusing. You don’t know if a yes means what you want it to mean or not,” Jinn said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel Segura, a 35-year-old Oakland resident who works in tech, had a similar complaint. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There were a lot of trick questions or hidden agendas within the components of the different measures,” Segura said. “I wish that could change in the future.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Segura also said he struggled to find information for the judges who were up for election. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It was very difficult to vote,” Segura said. “You want to have someone that has moral character … these people make decisions on outcomes that affect the community.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">California voters consider taxing billionaires\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California voters are deciding whether to pass a first-of-its-kind tax on the state’s roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101915264/economists-make-the-case-for-and-against-californias-billionaire-tax\">250\u003c/a> billionaires.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Junior Mejía, a healthcare worker in Oakland, said that the one-time tax was one of the main issues that brought him out to the polls. Mejía said that the ads opposing the billionaire tax actually convinced him to vote in favor of it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It makes you wonder, why are they spending so much money?” Mejía said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-02-BL-KQED-867fad95.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-02-BL-KQED-867fad95.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-02-BL-KQED-867fad95-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-02-BL-KQED-867fad95-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A voter drops off their ballot at the Hoogasian Flowers polling place in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voting in San Francisco, Dyana Bohrques said billionaires “should be fairly taxed like everyone else. They’re making exorbitant amounts that so many will never see and could help so many people, and it would literally be like a penny drop in what they’re making.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Schell, of coastal city Arcata in Northern California, said he typically goes to the left on most issues — but voted against the billionaire tax. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I just don’t want their money to leave,” he said. “I figured there’d be a brain drain and a money drain, and I think it’s going to scare a lot of billionaires away.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Local politics drive turnout \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others were laser-focused on local races. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garrett Fitzpatrick, a 29-year-old IT consultant in Oakland, said he voted on his lunch break, with an eye on the District 2 City Council race — the “big one” for him because it “was going to be the one that has the biggest impact on my situation,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ended up voting for Nate Adams, a candidate who shared his ideas about government, and who he hopes would bring about “safer streets, cheaper rents and a stronger sense of community.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ElectionDay-28-BL_qed-5b669a2c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107922\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ElectionDay-28-BL_qed-5b669a2c.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ElectionDay-28-BL_qed-5b669a2c-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ElectionDay-28-BL_qed-5b669a2c-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mayor Daniel Lurie drops off his ballot outside of City Hall in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie dropped off his ballot at City Hall on Tuesday morning. Speaking with reporters, he encouraged eligible voters to turn out if they hadn’t already, and shouted out his legislation — Proposition D, E and F, as well as efforts to fund affordable housing and regional and local transit. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I am committed to making sure we make this city more affordable, and we do that by investing in transit and housing,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Passion at the polls remained high\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading up to the midterms, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101915782/bracing-for-the-coming-wave-of-legal-challenges-to-midterm-voting\">questions\u003c/a> around election security and voter data took center stage, especially after Trump escalated efforts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107730/dozens-of-californians-face-voter-fraud-charges-but-proving-the-violations-may-be-difficult\">prove\u003c/a> rampant election fraud. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t think we should be making life harder for immigrants, for people moving here, contributing to society, wanting to participate in whatever way they can,” said Jim Fonesca, a San José voter. “If it’s illegal for someone to vote, they shouldn’t be doing it, but I don’t think we should be making it more difficult for people living and working here.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Francisco resident Karla Sahagun said she urged her neighbors to get out and vote. She was out there, she said, in spite of recently running a half-marathon and having a cold. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Vote. There’s many people that would love the right to vote, and we need to vote for everybody,” Sahagun said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-11-BL-KQED-eba9012f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107904\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-11-BL-KQED-eba9012f.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-11-BL-KQED-eba9012f-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261103-ELECTIONDAY-11-BL-KQED-eba9012f-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Voters fill out their ballots at the City Hall Voting Center in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up in Humboldt County, Natalie Parchman said that she headed to the polls early so that she could wear her sticker all day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It actually does remind people to vote,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The polls close on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Still have questions about voting? Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">KQED’s voter guide\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>KQED’s Emily Tenorio Molina,\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, Jose Velazquez and\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/slewis\">\u003cem>Sukey Lewis\u003c/em>\u003c/a> \u003cem>contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>UPDATE, Nov. 3, 2026: \u003c/strong>The California Public Utilities Commission \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/beadprogram\">signed the Notice of Award\u003c/a> for the state’s $1.42 billion federal broadband grant Monday, accepting the money despite the fact that it comes with a threat to California’s consumer protection laws. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration sent alongside the notice, CPUC President John Reynolds called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/communications-division/documents/broadband-implementation-for-california/bead/final-proposal-webpage/2026-11-02---cpuc-bead-program-noa-letter.pdf\">vague and ambiguous,”\u003c/a> Condition 50, a federal stipulation that states that accept the grant not “directly or indirectly” regulate rates, terms and conditions, plus net neutrality, open access and other “utility-style” rules. Reynolds wrote that the commission cannot stop other state agencies, including the attorney general’s office, from enforcing state law. He also noted that California’s net neutrality law declares any waiver of its protections void. The commission will sign agreements to pay AT&T, Comcast and other providers only “if and when” it resolves any disagreement with NTIA over the condition.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stanford law professor Barbara van Shewick told KQED that the letter preserves California’s legal arguments but doesn’t change the award itself. “Condition 50 is still in it, and only a court of NTIA agreeing in writing can take it out,” she wrote in an email. The real test, she added, will come the first time a provider that took the money breaks one of the state’s rules and California must decide whether to enforce it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, a spokesman for Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state is accepting the money to connect hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, many in rural and underserved communities. “Connecting these communities is the goal, and so is protecting them,” Anthony Martinez wrote KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office, which has sued the Trump administration at least 100 times since January 2025, referred all questions to the CPUC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Original story, Oct. 30, 2026: \u003c/strong>In a world where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021777/reporters-notebook\">all of California lives in wildfire country now\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a pivotal choice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021, Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12429\">set aside more than $42 billion\u003c/a> through the \u003ca href=\"https://broadbandusa.ntia.gov/funding-programs/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program\">Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program\u003c/a> to connect homes and businesses without good internet service. The sum was to be divided among the states, D.C. and the territories. But last November, the Trump administration’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) added a new provision, Condition 50, which stipulates that accepting the money requires states to agree not to enforce any state law or rule that “directly or indirectly” regulates broadband service or imposes net neutrality, open access or “utility-style” rules.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newsom faces a Monday deadline to decide whether California will accept its share of the funds. Critics say a signature from the governor could leave California unable to enforce a host of broadband consumer protections, including a ban on slowing firefighters’ data during emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12106175\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a rally alongside California Democratic Party members, labor leaders and advocates in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We don’t have any protections at the federal level anymore,” said Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick, who focuses \u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>on internet, communications and antitrust law. “Neither Congress nor the Federal Communications Commission are prepared to do anything to change that. And at the same time, the concentration among internet service providers has increased rapidly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">van Schewick is one of eight law professors who signed an \u003ca href=\"https://storage.ghost.io/c/d5/17/d517bf5e-0944-433c-a10e-1dfe572602c5/content/files/2026/10/Law-Professor-Letter-to-Governor-Newsom-and-President-Reynolds-BEAD-funding-Condition-50.pdf\">open letter\u003c/a> urging Newsom not to sign the Notice of Award for California’s $1.42 billion BEAD grant while Condition 50 remains attached. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ntia.gov/funding-programs/internet-all/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program/progress-dashboard\">NTIA’s dashboard\u003c/a>, California is the last holdout.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning down the award could delay new internet service for about 270,000 homes and businesses, many in rural areas. 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More likely, enforcers would back off, and providers would stop complying. At worst, courts would hold these protections unenforceable against some or most of California’s major ISPs until about 2040.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most dramatic example they cite: a 2019 state law passed to address situations like the one in 2018, when Verizon \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11688157/verizon-throttled-firefighters-internet-access-at-outset-of-mendocino-blaze\">restricted data speeds to\u003c/a> Santa Clara County firefighters during the Mendocino Complex Fire and restored full service only after the department paid for a more expensive plan. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>UPDATE, Nov. 3, 2026: \u003c/strong>The California Public Utilities Commission \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/beadprogram\">signed the Notice of Award\u003c/a> for the state’s $1.42 billion federal broadband grant Monday, accepting the money despite the fact that it comes with a threat to California’s consumer protection laws. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration sent alongside the notice, CPUC President John Reynolds called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/communications-division/documents/broadband-implementation-for-california/bead/final-proposal-webpage/2026-11-02---cpuc-bead-program-noa-letter.pdf\">vague and ambiguous,”\u003c/a> Condition 50, a federal stipulation that states that accept the grant not “directly or indirectly” regulate rates, terms and conditions, plus net neutrality, open access and other “utility-style” rules. Reynolds wrote that the commission cannot stop other state agencies, including the attorney general’s office, from enforcing state law. He also noted that California’s net neutrality law declares any waiver of its protections void. The commission will sign agreements to pay AT&T, Comcast and other providers only “if and when” it resolves any disagreement with NTIA over the condition.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stanford law professor Barbara van Shewick told KQED that the letter preserves California’s legal arguments but doesn’t change the award itself. “Condition 50 is still in it, and only a court of NTIA agreeing in writing can take it out,” she wrote in an email. The real test, she added, will come the first time a provider that took the money breaks one of the state’s rules and California must decide whether to enforce it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, a spokesman for Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state is accepting the money to connect hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, many in rural and underserved communities. “Connecting these communities is the goal, and so is protecting them,” Anthony Martinez wrote KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office, which has sued the Trump administration at least 100 times since January 2025, referred all questions to the CPUC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Original story, Oct. 30, 2026: \u003c/strong>In a world where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021777/reporters-notebook\">all of California lives in wildfire country now\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a pivotal choice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021, Congress \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12429\">set aside more than $42 billion\u003c/a> through the \u003ca href=\"https://broadbandusa.ntia.gov/funding-programs/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program\">Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program\u003c/a> to connect homes and businesses without good internet service. The sum was to be divided among the states, D.C. and the territories. But last November, the Trump administration’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) added a new provision, Condition 50, which stipulates that accepting the money requires states to agree not to enforce any state law or rule that “directly or indirectly” regulates broadband service or imposes net neutrality, open access or “utility-style” rules.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newsom faces a Monday deadline to decide whether California will accept its share of the funds. Critics say a signature from the governor could leave California unable to enforce a host of broadband consumer protections, including a ban on slowing firefighters’ data during emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12106175\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a rally alongside California Democratic Party members, labor leaders and advocates in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We don’t have any protections at the federal level anymore,” said Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick, who focuses \u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>on internet, communications and antitrust law. “Neither Congress nor the Federal Communications Commission are prepared to do anything to change that. And at the same time, the concentration among internet service providers has increased rapidly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">van Schewick is one of eight law professors who signed an \u003ca href=\"https://storage.ghost.io/c/d5/17/d517bf5e-0944-433c-a10e-1dfe572602c5/content/files/2026/10/Law-Professor-Letter-to-Governor-Newsom-and-President-Reynolds-BEAD-funding-Condition-50.pdf\">open letter\u003c/a> urging Newsom not to sign the Notice of Award for California’s $1.42 billion BEAD grant while Condition 50 remains attached. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ntia.gov/funding-programs/internet-all/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program/progress-dashboard\">NTIA’s dashboard\u003c/a>, California is the last holdout.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning down the award could delay new internet service for about 270,000 homes and businesses, many in rural areas. But critics of Condition 50 like van Schewick want the state to sue before the deadline instead, arguing the federal government lacked authority to impose such restrictions on the funding. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the letter, the professors argued that accepting the funds would put the award at risk every time California tried to enforce its broadband protections. The state currently has rules in place that mandate phone and internet companies keep 72 hours of backup power at their equipment in high fire-threat areas, so people can still call 911, get emergency alerts, and look up evacuation information when the power goes out. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Even if California won every fight, each could take years to resolve,” the professors wrote. “Violations would harm Californians in the meantime, and some harms, such as those from throttling firefighters during a wildfire, cannot be undone. More likely, enforcers would back off, and providers would stop complying. At worst, courts would hold these protections unenforceable against some or most of California’s major ISPs until about 2040.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most dramatic example they cite: a 2019 state law passed to address situations like the one in 2018, when Verizon \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11688157/verizon-throttled-firefighters-internet-access-at-outset-of-mendocino-blaze\">restricted data speeds to\u003c/a> Santa Clara County firefighters during the Mendocino Complex Fire and restored full service only after the department paid for a more expensive plan. As KQED previously reported, the data “throttling,” \u003ca href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/verizon-throttled-fire-departments-unlimited-data-during-calif-wildfire/\">first reported\u003c/a> by the technology news site \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11688570/firefighters-get-throttled-by-verizon-during-mendocino-fire\">Ars Technica\u003c/a>, forced Santa Clara County Fire Department firefighters to negotiate with Verizon for higher internet speeds while the unit’s command vehicle was serving as a communications hub for incident commanders. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verizon later blamed the issue on a “mistake” in communicating with the fire department and said full-speed access should have been restored because the agency was responding to an emergency. The county later said it believed the slowdown was connected to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101866848/did-the-repeal-of-net-neutrality-impede-firefighting-efforts\">repeal of federal net neutrality laws\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The California Public Utilities Commission, van Schewick said, has been a national leader in using its own authority over broadband to protect Californians. “And that has been particularly important because the federal government has left the field,” she said, adding, “There is no cop on the beat at the federal level that can intervene if Comcast, AT&T, or Verizon block access to websites or self-hustlings to others.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthony Martinez, a deputy communications director for Newsom, said Friday the office would follow up when it had anything to add. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AT&T, Comcast and Verizon did not respond to requests for comment from KQED in time for publication.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s a bad deal. And this is a deliberate effort on the part of the Trump administration to tie our hands. And out of all states in this country, California has the most to lose,” said Regina Costa, who directs telecom policy for TURN, The Utility Reform Network. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps counterintuitively, opposition to Condition 50 has come from rural California as well, despite the possibility that Newsom declining the award could delay the expansion of broadband access. The state Democratic Party’s Rural Caucus and leaders of 10 \u003ca href=\"https://www.readyforwildfire.org/prepare-for-wildfire/firewise-communities\">Firewise\u003c/a> communities along the lower Russian River, near where Costa lives, have urged Newsom not to sign, telling the governor in an Oct. 21 letter that their communications infrastructure is “already sketchy.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We are over a 10th of the population,” Costa said of California. “We have one of the largest economies of any nation-state in the world, let alone a U.S. State. We have charted our own course on many, many important things, and telecommunications is one of those areas, and we should not just sign that away,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California \u003c/a>voters will play a key role in determining which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives, and by how much, as voting for the 2026 midterm election concludes Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are poised to flip at least three seats currently held by California Republicans after voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062781/proposition-50-passes-in-california-boosting-democrats-in-fight-for-us-house-control\">approved Proposition 50 last year\u003c/a>, which redrew five of California’s districts to favor Democrats as a countermeasure to pro-Republican gerrymandering in Texas. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining two redrawn districts — one in the Central Valley and the other in San Diego and Riverside counties — are more competitive, even though Democrats outnumber Republicans in voter registration.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A sign says 'Vote Here!' with an arrow pointing to a polling place.\" class=\"wp-image-12011911\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sign reads, ‘Vote Here!’ outside of San Francisco City Hall on Oct. 28, 2024. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A handful of races feature progressive challengers seeking to oust longtime incumbents who could push the party to the left if they are successful. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several California congressional races are expected to be close, as counties tabulate ballots received up to seven days after Election Day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here’s what CalMatters is watching:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Central Valley, San Diego area seats pivotal\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107318/central-valley-farmers-face-rising-costs-is-it-enough-to-flip-a-house-seat\">most hotly contested race\u003c/a> features 12-year Republican incumbent Rep. David Valadao of Hanford, a dairy farmer and perpetual target for national Democrats, and political newcomer Randy Villegas, a political science professor. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats hope Villegas, who is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, can defy conventional political wisdom and win in the historically conservative, agriculture-heavy Central Valley. Villegas supports Medicare for All and universal child care, although he has also called to suspend federal taxes on gas and diesel.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valadao, the lone remaining Republican who voted to impeach President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021 riots, is seeking his seventh term. He touts the importance of bipartisanship and independent thinking, but has faced tough questioning over his decision to support Trump’s megabill that will ultimately \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2026/08/medi-cal-the-cut-healthcare-threatened/\">strip health care coverage\u003c/a> from more than 2 million Californians in the next four years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/villegas-valadao-47b1a6c2.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Villegas (L) and David Valadao (R) are locked in a tight battle for the 22nd Congressional District seat in California's Central Valley.\" class=\"wp-image-12106862\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/villegas-valadao-47b1a6c2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/villegas-valadao-47b1a6c2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/villegas-valadao-47b1a6c2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Randy Villegas (L) and David Valadao (R) are locked in a tight battle for the 22nd Congressional District seat in California’s Central Valley. (Mario Tama/Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further south in San Diego and Riverside counties, two local elected officials — Marni von Wilpert, a Democratic San Diego City Council, and Republican San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond — are competing to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, who chose to retire rather than seek reelection in a redrawn district. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Von Wilpert and Desmond are running traditionally centrist campaigns that harken to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/congress-48-wonwilpert-desmond/\">pre-Trump politics\u003c/a>. Von Wilpert has eschewed the insurgent progressive left and instead campaigned with former Vice President Kamala Harris. Desmond has worked overtime to distance himself from Trump and the president’s MAGA rhetoric, despite receiving Trump’s endorsement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public polls \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/california-us-house-48-polls-2026.html\">have consistently shown\u003c/a> von Wilpert with a slight lead over Desmond, and the nonpartisan Cook Political Report switched the race from “tossup” to “lean Democrat” back in March. Internal campaign polling suggests the race is close.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Progressives try to remake Democratic Party\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several California races feature two Democrats because of the state’s top-two primary election system. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the most-watched is the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/congressional-district-11-wiener-chan-debate/\">race to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a>, who has endorsed Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor. Chan, a Chinese immigrant from Taiwan, is known for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/08/wiener-chan-san-francisco-congress-pelosi/\">opposing urban development\u003c/a> that could displace tenants or disrupt a neighborhood’s character. She faces state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/scott-wiener-100936\">Scott Wiener,\u003c/a> a prolific legislator who has authored several laws to expedite housing production and secure competitive wages on state-subsidized projects. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Sacramento area, an \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/california-congress-7th-district-race/\">intergenerational “battle of the ages”\u003c/a> is underway between Rep. Doris Matsui, 82, and Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang, 41. Matsui has a massive financial advantage and has loaned her campaign $4 million since the primary. Vang has political momentum as a young, insurgent progressive who is media savvy and able to directly engage with supporters via TikTok and Instagram.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And in Los Angeles, incumbent Rep. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California \u003c/a>voters will play a key role in determining which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives, and by how much, as voting for the 2026 midterm election concludes Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats are poised to flip at least three seats currently held by California Republicans after voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062781/proposition-50-passes-in-california-boosting-democrats-in-fight-for-us-house-control\">approved Proposition 50 last year\u003c/a>, which redrew five of California’s districts to favor Democrats as a countermeasure to pro-Republican gerrymandering in Texas. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining two redrawn districts — one in the Central Valley and the other in San Diego and Riverside counties — are more competitive, even though Democrats outnumber Republicans in voter registration.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A sign says 'Vote Here!' with an arrow pointing to a polling place.\" class=\"wp-image-12011911\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241028-EarlyVoting-30-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sign reads, ‘Vote Here!’ outside of San Francisco City Hall on Oct. 28, 2024. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A handful of races feature progressive challengers seeking to oust longtime incumbents who could push the party to the left if they are successful. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several California congressional races are expected to be close, as counties tabulate ballots received up to seven days after Election Day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here’s what CalMatters is watching:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Central Valley, San Diego area seats pivotal\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107318/central-valley-farmers-face-rising-costs-is-it-enough-to-flip-a-house-seat\">most hotly contested race\u003c/a> features 12-year Republican incumbent Rep. David Valadao of Hanford, a dairy farmer and perpetual target for national Democrats, and political newcomer Randy Villegas, a political science professor. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats hope Villegas, who is endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, can defy conventional political wisdom and win in the historically conservative, agriculture-heavy Central Valley. Villegas supports Medicare for All and universal child care, although he has also called to suspend federal taxes on gas and diesel.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valadao, the lone remaining Republican who voted to impeach President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021 riots, is seeking his seventh term. He touts the importance of bipartisanship and independent thinking, but has faced tough questioning over his decision to support Trump’s megabill that will ultimately \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2026/08/medi-cal-the-cut-healthcare-threatened/\">strip health care coverage\u003c/a> from more than 2 million Californians in the next four years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/villegas-valadao-47b1a6c2.jpg\" alt=\"Randy Villegas (L) and David Valadao (R) are locked in a tight battle for the 22nd Congressional District seat in California's Central Valley.\" class=\"wp-image-12106862\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/villegas-valadao-47b1a6c2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/villegas-valadao-47b1a6c2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/villegas-valadao-47b1a6c2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Randy Villegas (L) and David Valadao (R) are locked in a tight battle for the 22nd Congressional District seat in California’s Central Valley. (Mario Tama/Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further south in San Diego and Riverside counties, two local elected officials — Marni von Wilpert, a Democratic San Diego City Council, and Republican San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond — are competing to fill the seat of Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, who chose to retire rather than seek reelection in a redrawn district. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Von Wilpert and Desmond are running traditionally centrist campaigns that harken to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/congress-48-wonwilpert-desmond/\">pre-Trump politics\u003c/a>. Von Wilpert has eschewed the insurgent progressive left and instead campaigned with former Vice President Kamala Harris. Desmond has worked overtime to distance himself from Trump and the president’s MAGA rhetoric, despite receiving Trump’s endorsement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public polls \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/california-us-house-48-polls-2026.html\">have consistently shown\u003c/a> von Wilpert with a slight lead over Desmond, and the nonpartisan Cook Political Report switched the race from “tossup” to “lean Democrat” back in March. Internal campaign polling suggests the race is close.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Progressives try to remake Democratic Party\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several California races feature two Democrats because of the state’s top-two primary election system. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the most-watched is the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/10/congressional-district-11-wiener-chan-debate/\">race to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a>, who has endorsed Connie Chan, a San Francisco supervisor. Chan, a Chinese immigrant from Taiwan, is known for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/08/wiener-chan-san-francisco-congress-pelosi/\">opposing urban development\u003c/a> that could displace tenants or disrupt a neighborhood’s character. 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Gerrymandering drastically reshaped Calvert’s 41st District, but rather than retire, he chose to challenge his colleague Kim. Both scrambled to “out-Trump” the other in the primary election but Kim has since returned to a more centrist, fiscally conservative approach.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. James Gallagher, who succeeded the late Rep. Doug LaMalfa in representing the rural north state in the 1st Congressional District, is poised to lose to former Senate President ProTem \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/mike-mcguire-93\">Mike McGuire\u003c/a>, a Democrat. The district was redrawn to remove several conservative and rural areas near the Oregon-California border. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep reading for all the ways you can vote on Tuesday. If you’re still wanting to learn more about the candidates and measures on your ballot, including the candidates vying for state governor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">take a look at our comprehensive KQED voter guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you’ve already filled out your ballot but you’re worried you’ve made a mistake, read \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103115/california-midterms-elections-2026-vote-for-governor-ballot-signature-how-to-correct-mistake\">our guide on addressing common ballot errors\u003c/a> before you submit it. The good news: If you’re \u003cem>really\u003c/em> concerned, you still have options to get a fresh ballot or vote in person, even on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I’ve filled out my ballot. 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But you’ll need to take action in person by visiting your county elections office or polling location.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105086/wheres-my-ballot-midterm-election-2026-need-replacement-ballot-vote-for-governor\">Read our guide on how you can still vote\u003c/a> if your ballot never arrived in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>How can I contact my county directly about voting?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://acvote.alamedacountyca.gov/index\">\u003cstrong>Alameda\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: For information about voting by mail, registration and polling place lookup, call 510-267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracostavote.gov/elections/\">\u003cstrong>Contra Costa\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 925-335-7800 or email voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">\u003cstrong>Marin\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 415-473-6456 or go to the Marin County elections webpage to \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">send a form email\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">\u003cstrong>Napa\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 707-253-4321 or email the elections office at elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org\">\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 415-554-4375 or email sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections\">\u003cstrong>San Mateo\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 888-762-8683 or email registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Pages/Registrar-of-Voters.aspx\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call toll-free at 866-430-VOTE (8683) or email registrar@rov.sccgov.org\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">\u003cstrong>Solano\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong> Call 707-784-6675 or 888-933-VOTE (8683). 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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Another perk of dropping off your ballot at a voting location during operating hours: If you have a few lingering questions about your ballot or the process, chances are good that you’ll find someone there to help answer them.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do not mail your ballot using USPS on Tuesday\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Remember: State officials — and USPS — stress that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103028/should-you-use-usps-to-mail-your-midterm-ballot-heres-what-california-election-officials-say\">you shouldn’t \u003cem>mail\u003c/em> your ballot on Election Day\u003c/a>, because there’s a real risk it might be postmarked too late for it to be counted at this stage. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Instead, find a secure official election drop box or take it to an open voting location and submit it there. You can also take it to the counter at an open post office on Tuesday and ask them to postmark it for Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Regardless of how you deliver it, you can \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">sign up to track your ballot’s progress with the “Where’s My Ballot?” online tool\u003c/a>, for reassurance that it’s on its way to being counted.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Until 8 p.m. on Election Day, you can cast a ballot in person in every Bay Area county. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>That includes at every county registrar’s office (also known as your county’s elections office) in the Bay Area. If you’re a San Francisco voter, this location will be City Hall. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">Find your county registrar’s office and opening hours.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n",
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"\n\u003cp>That includes at every county registrar’s office (also known as your county’s elections office) in the Bay Area. If you’re a San Francisco voter, this location will be City Hall. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">Find your county registrar’s office and opening hours.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n"
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Check your mail-in ballot to see where you can vote and whether you’ve been assigned a specific polling place.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you live in San Francisco, Contra Costa or Solano counties:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>You are assigned a specific polling place, though Contra Costa County election officials say they can process your ballot no matter where you show up to vote.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>But even if you live in a county that assigns you a particular polling place, you can still vote at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county registrar’s office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you live in Alameda, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara or Sonoma counties:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>You can vote at any voting location — known as Vote Centers — in the county, including your county registrar’s office.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">find your voting location through the state’s lookup tool\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>If you’d like to cast a ballot in person, it’s a good idea to bring the blank ballot you were mailed, as some counties may require you to vote provisionally if you don’t bring it. If you’re issued a new ballot when you vote in person, any ballot you left at home will be canceled.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Provisional votes are subject to extra checks — confirming that you’re actually registered to vote in California, or that you didn’t already complete and mail your ballot — and this extra layer of confirmation takes time. That means that although your vote will eventually be counted, it might not be tallied on Election Day itself.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>If you’ve changed your name or would like to change the political party choice that you previously registered to vote with, or you’ve moved addresses, you’ll need to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\">re-register\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Don’t worry: You have time — and several options — to fix things and make sure you get to cast your vote by the time polls close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. But you’ll need to take action in person by visiting your county elections office or polling location.\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews\">Election Day\u003c/a> in California, so it’s your last chance to vote in the state’s general election — and to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/\">cast your vote\u003c/a> for who should be the next governor. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luckily, you have lots of options for how to cast your vote on Election Day itself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One big thing to know: At this stage, officials say \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103028/should-you-use-usps-to-mail-your-midterm-ballot-heres-what-california-election-officials-say\">you should definitely \u003cem>not\u003c/em> mail your ballot\u003c/a> using a United States Postal Service mail collection box, since it now runs the risk of being postmarked too late to be counted.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261008-ELECTIONSTOCKIMAGERY-09-BL-KQED-eb95111c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103668\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261008-ELECTIONSTOCKIMAGERY-09-BL-KQED-eb95111c.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261008-ELECTIONSTOCKIMAGERY-09-BL-KQED-eb95111c-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261008-ELECTIONSTOCKIMAGERY-09-BL-KQED-eb95111c-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A vote-by-mail ballot for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election on Oct. 8, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep reading for all the ways you can vote on Tuesday. If you’re still wanting to learn more about the candidates and measures on your ballot, including the candidates vying for state governor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">take a look at our comprehensive KQED voter guide.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you’ve already filled out your ballot but you’re worried you’ve made a mistake, read \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103115/california-midterms-elections-2026-vote-for-governor-ballot-signature-how-to-correct-mistake\">our guide on addressing common ballot errors\u003c/a> before you submit it. The good news: If you’re \u003cem>really\u003c/em> concerned, you still have options to get a fresh ballot or vote in person, even on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I’ve filled out my ballot. Where can I submit it?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103115/california-midterms-elections-2026-vote-for-governor-ballot-signature-how-to-correct-mistake\">make sure you’ve signed the back\u003c/a> of your ballot and included the right date and your address. (It can be easy to forget when you’re rushing.) Then:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Find a secure election drop box near you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit the \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">state of California lookup tool\u003c/a>, where you can:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Enter your county (adding your city or ZIP code will give more localized results, but it’s optional).\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Check the “Drop Off Location” box.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Hit “Search” to see all the drop-off locations in that area.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Submit it at a voting location near you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use the \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">state of California lookup tool\u003c/a> and check the “Early Voting” box to see all the Election Day voting locations near you. You can then take your ballot to one of these locations and hand-deliver it there and then.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another perk of dropping off your ballot at a voting location during operating hours: If you have a few lingering questions about your ballot or the process, chances are good that you’ll find someone there to help answer them.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Do not mail your ballot using USPS on Tuesday\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember: State officials — and USPS — stress that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12103028/should-you-use-usps-to-mail-your-midterm-ballot-heres-what-california-election-officials-say\">you shouldn’t \u003cem>mail\u003c/em> your ballot on Election Day\u003c/a>, because there’s a real risk it might be postmarked too late for it to be counted at this stage. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, find a secure official election drop box or take it to an open voting location and submit it there. You can also take it to the counter at an open post office on Tuesday and ask them to postmark it for Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regardless of how you deliver it, you can \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">sign up to track your ballot’s progress with the “Where’s My Ballot?” online tool\u003c/a>, for reassurance that it’s on its way to being counted.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Where can I vote in person on Election Day?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until 8 p.m. on Election Day, you can cast a ballot in person in every Bay Area county. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That includes at every county registrar’s office (also known as your county’s elections office) in the Bay Area. If you’re a San Francisco voter, this location will be City Hall. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">Find your county registrar’s office and opening hours.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check your mail-in ballot to see where you can vote and whether you’ve been assigned a specific polling place.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>If you live in San Francisco, Contra Costa or Solano counties:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are assigned a specific polling place, though Contra Costa County election officials say they can process your ballot no matter where you show up to vote.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But even if you live in a county that assigns you a particular polling place, you can still vote at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county registrar’s office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>If you live in Alameda, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara or Sonoma counties:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can vote at any voting location — known as Vote Centers — in the county, including your county registrar’s office.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">find your voting location through the state’s lookup tool\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cstrong>Do I need to bring my ballot with me?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you’d like to cast a ballot in person, it’s a good idea to bring the blank ballot you were mailed, as some counties may require you to vote provisionally if you don’t bring it. If you’re issued a new ballot when you vote in person, any ballot you left at home will be canceled.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provisional votes are subject to extra checks — confirming that you’re actually registered to vote in California, or that you didn’t already complete and mail your ballot — and this extra layer of confirmation takes time. That means that although your vote will eventually be counted, it might not be tallied on Election Day itself.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>I still need to register to vote. Can I do this on Election Day?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you’ve changed your name or would like to change the political party choice that you previously registered to vote with, or you’ve moved addresses, you’ll need to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/\">re-register\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can’t do this online on Election Day, but you can still complete the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">same-day voter registration\u003c/a> process (also known as “conditional voting”) and request your ballot in person at your county elections office or polling location. This system enables you to fill out and submit your ballot then and there, up until polls close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261008-ELECTIONSTOCKIMAGERY-14-BL-KQED-25395098.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103669\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261008-ELECTIONSTOCKIMAGERY-14-BL-KQED-25395098.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261008-ELECTIONSTOCKIMAGERY-14-BL-KQED-25395098-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261008-ELECTIONSTOCKIMAGERY-14-BL-KQED-25395098-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A vote-by-mail ballot for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election on Oct. 8, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to voter registration, many voting locations also offer replacement ballots, accessible voting machines and language assistance.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>I’m a registered voter, but my ballot never showed up. What should I do?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don’t worry: You have time — and several options — to fix things and make sure you get to cast your vote by the time polls close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. But you’ll need to take action in person by visiting your county elections office or polling location.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105086/wheres-my-ballot-midterm-election-2026-need-replacement-ballot-vote-for-governor\">Read our guide on how you can still vote\u003c/a> if your ballot never arrived in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>How can I contact my county directly about voting?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://acvote.alamedacountyca.gov/index\">\u003cstrong>Alameda\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: For information about voting by mail, registration and polling place lookup, call 510-267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracostavote.gov/elections/\">\u003cstrong>Contra Costa\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 925-335-7800 or email voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">\u003cstrong>Marin\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 415-473-6456 or go to the Marin County elections webpage to \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">send a form email\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">\u003cstrong>Napa\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 707-253-4321 or email the elections office at elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org\">\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 415-554-4375 or email sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections\">\u003cstrong>San Mateo\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call 888-762-8683 or email registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Pages/Registrar-of-Voters.aspx\">\u003cstrong>Santa Clara\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>: Call toll-free at 866-430-VOTE (8683) or email registrar@rov.sccgov.org\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">\u003cstrong>Solano\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>:\u003c/strong> Call 707-784-6675 or 888-933-VOTE (8683). 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