I like comparing who different groups endorse. My hope is it helps others find it easier to vote.

Updated for November focusing on California - see official voter guide. If out of California, Ballotpedia is another great resource.

California Wide

California Statewide Endorsements (2026 needs updating)

Endorsements were pretty one sided for most races, so just picking the ones that are more interesting.

Office Sierra Club EnviroVoters (EV) Labor (CA Fed) Notes / My Recommendation
Insurance Comm. Ben Allen Allen Jane Kim TODO
Equalization D 3 NR Sam Sukaton Mike Gipson TODO

Propositions

Prop Summary LWV Sierra Club EnviroVoters Labor CalChamber ACLU Your Position
1 Veterans & Affordable Housing Bonds Yes Yes — Yes Yes Yes No (Comments below)
2 Save for California’s Future Act Yes — Yes Yes Yes — Strong Yes
3 Children’s Education & Health Care Protection Yes — — Yes — Yes Strong Yes
4 California Fair Elections Act Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
5 Recall Election Reform for Statewide Officers Yes Yes — Yes — — Yes
37 Loan Program for Middle-Income Buyers of New Homes No — — Yes Yes — No - not convinced the math makes sense
38 Bonds for Immunology Medical Research No — — — — — Strong No
39 Prohibits Voting Without Government-Issued ID No No No No — No Strong No
40 Billionaire Wealth Tax Initiative — — — Yes No Yes Strong Yes
41 Requires Audits for New State Special Taxes No — — No Yes No Strong No
42 Prohibits New State Personal Property Taxes No — — No Yes No Strong No
43 Limits Revenues for Local Government Services No No No No Yes No Strong No
44 Community Clinics Spending Threshold on Services No — — Yes No — No
45 Modifies Environmental Review for Certain Projects No No No No Yes No No (Comments below)

Prop 1

I don’t have confidence in California’s ability to use this money in a timeframe that makes taking out a bond make sense.

Prop 45

CEQA absolutely needs to have stricter timetables and limit court involvement. Having said that this bill explicitly excludes high speed rail as a transportation project which is the example case of CEQA failing. Changing it like this does make it harder to change in the future.

https://cayimby.org/blog/proposition-45-2026/ https://earthjustice.org/experts/sean-b-hecht/prop-45-would-pollute-californias-air-and-water-voters-should-reject-it

Sources & Organizations

If you want to dive deeper I strongly recommend Ballotpedia

Other Organizations

Local

Superior Court of Los Angeles County

See, Bar association ratings. Also BlueVoterGuide has some more info.

Other sites / some may not be updated yet: