What we find out about CA election outcomes thus far

Election Day has come and gone, however the suspense is much from over.

Voting went comparatively easily, as election officers throughout California reported they have been assured about counting votes within the face of minor technical challenges. A brand new survey by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Research discovered that solely 14% of Californians deliberate to vote in individual Tuesday, with extra Republicans (22%) planning to take action.

To keep away from the violent clashes that occurred in 2020 after former President Donald Trump disputed the election outcomes, safety at polling locations was beefed up, together with using metallic detectors and bomb-sniffing canines.

Trump was declared the winner at 2:38 a.m. at the moment, probably organising one other time period of battle with California’s Democratic leaders.

Let’s get to some California election outcomes:

Proposition 36 passes: The measure to extend penalties for sure drug and theft crimes — and primarily roll again elements of Prop. 47 that voters permitted in 2014 — handed by a cushty margin. Proponents of the tough-on-crime measure say it is going to assist curb the state’s drug disaster and scale back retail theft. “In supporting Proposition 36, (voters) said yes to treatment. They said yes to accountability. And they said yes to putting common sense before partisanship,” San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan mentioned in a press release.

Different poll props: Voters additionally permitted Prop. 3 to enshrine same-sex marriage within the state structure; and Prop. 35 to lock in income from a tax on well being care plans for low-income sufferers. However they rejected Prop. 33 to offer cities extra energy to impose lease management.

Schiff wins U.S. Senate: Rep. Adam Schiff beat Steve Garvey and can serve within the Senate alongside fellow Democrat Alex Padilla. When Schiff is sworn in, it is going to mark the primary time California has not had a feminine U.S. senator in three many years.

Schiff touted his function in main the primary impeachment trial of Trump, whereas Garvey didn’t develop into the primary Republican elected statewide since 2006. Greater than $85 million was poured into this race by the top of October, making it the ninth most costly U.S. Senate race this common election.

• Schiffin his victory speech Tuesday night time: “I am committed to standing up for every Californian. I am committed to taking on the big fights to protect our freedoms and to protect our democracy. California will continue to be in the forefront of progress, the bulwark of democracy, the champion of innovation and the protector of our rights and freedoms.”

However most races are nonetheless too near name. (Save this web page for the most recent outcomes on all of California’s key contests.)

They embrace toss-up congressional races that might assist decide which celebration controls the U.S. Home, plus the different statewide poll measures.

Roughly 2 million undergrads are enrolled in California public faculties and universities, and plenty of of them took half within the election. Moreover the presidential race, a handful of statewide propositions and points such because the Gaza battle and local weather change stand out for these college students.

For a snapshot, CalMatters’ School Journalism Community spoke to seven about the election, their prime considerations and why they voted.

• Aadi Mehta of Cal Poly Pomona, on voting for Trump: “We need someone who has the experience of being tough, someone who has already proven on these critical issues that he’s done a good job.”

• Yasmine Dmeiri of UC Davis, on voting for Inexperienced Get together presidential nominee Jill Stein: “I’m pretty frustrated since both main party candidates are supporting genocide of my people. … My vote almost always relies on California voting blue. I feel like if I lived in a swing state, it would have been a different story.”

• It is Ross of Santa Rosa Junior School, on supporting the $10 billion local weather bond: “Prop. 4 supports working with tribes and Cal Fire, it works to save drinking water, to do good land management practices and stewardship, to address sea level change, to help some wetlands, which help with the sea level rise.”

Learn extra about what different California faculty college students needed to say concerning the election. And watch our movies on voting that includes faculty college students and highschool college students.

California’s wildfire season exploded in July — particularly with the Park Fireplace close to Chico that burned practically 430,000 acres — however had gone comparatively dormant just lately.

That would all change this week: Forecasters are issuing a uncommon excessive warning (“particularly dangerous situation” crimson flag warning) in Southern California via Friday. Blame these Santa Ana winds, which beginning at the moment might attain 80 mph in Los Angeles and Ventura counties and 100 mph in greater elevations.

(The hearth threat led to energy shut-offs that closed a number of polling locations.)

Already this 12 months, practically 7,300 blazes have burned greater than 1 million acres, with greater than 1,700 constructions destroyed or broken, although miraculously, there was just one fatality, in response to Cal Fireplace.

Try CalMatters’ wildfire tracker for stay updates on lively fires, a FAQ and different data. And discover out extra on wildfires in our up to date explainer.