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San Diego · General Election

Your November 3 Ballot

Everything a City of San Diego voter decides this election — every race and every measure, with who supports and opposes each one stated factually. Your exact council, Assembly, and Senate districts depend on where you live: find your ballot below.

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Four free, current sources that together cover most of this ballot in depth.

Ground truth for everything on this page: the SD County Registrar of Voters and your mailed Voter Information Pamphlet.

San Diego City Council

Districts 2, 4, 6, and 8 vote this cycle — you see at most one, by address. No citywide offices or city measures this year.

City Council — District 2

By address
  • Richard BaileyNonpartisan
  • Nicole CrosbyNonpartisan

Open seat (Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Loma). Council offices are officially nonpartisan; Bailey, a former Coronado mayor, left the Republican Party in February 2026 and runs as an independent. Crosby is a deputy city attorney.

City Council — District 4

By address
  • Henry Foster IIIIncumbentNonpartisan
  • Martha AbrahamNonpartisan

Southeastern San Diego. Abraham, a NICU nurse and small-business owner, drew endorsements from the Sierra Club and the firefighters' union; Foster holds the Democratic Party endorsement.

City Council — District 6

By address
  • Kent LeeIncumbentNonpartisan
  • Mark PowellNonpartisan

Mira Mesa, Kearny Mesa, Convoy. A rematch of the primary's only two candidates.

City Council — District 8

By address
  • Antonio MartinezNonpartisan
  • Gerardo RamirezNonpartisan

Open seat (San Ysidro, Barrio Logan, border communities). Martinez is a San Ysidro school board member backed by labor; Ramirez is the district's current chief of staff, backed by the police officers' association and the regional chamber.

San Diego County

County Supervisor — District 4

By address
  • Monica Montgomery SteppeIncumbentDemocrat
  • Kristine AlessioRepublican

The one supervisor district covering most of the city this cycle. Districts 1–3 vote in 2028.

County Treasurer-Tax Collector

  • Larry CohenIncumbentDemocrat
  • Shirley NakawataseRepublican

County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk

  • Jordan MarksIncumbentNonpartisan

Running unopposed. Sheriff and District Attorney are not on this ballot — their six-year terms run through 2028.

County & school measures

These three appear for all (county) or most (school district) city voters.

Measure A

County charter overhaul

Creates independent oversight offices, requires spending-data disclosure, extends supervisor term limits, and shifts administrative power from the appointed CAO toward the elected board.

Supporting

Board majority and governance-reform advocates.

Opposing

Some attorneys object to provisions allowing removal of officials, including the public defender, without cause.

Measure B

County half-cent sales tax (~$450M/yr)

Citizen-initiated countywide sales tax, with no sunset date, funding healthcare, childcare, food security, wildfire prevention, and Tijuana River sewage cleanup.

Supporting

SEIU Local 221, Cal Fire firefighters' union, San Diego Foundation, Hospital Association.

Opposing

San Diego County Taxpayers Association — cites the missing sunset clause and performance targets.

If statewide Prop 43 passes, its higher vote threshold could put this measure's validity in question.

Measure M

San Diego Unified $3.5B school bond

Facilities bond ($32 per $100k assessed value) for classroom renovation, safety, STEM labs, lead and asbestos removal, and workforce housing. The district's fifth bond since 2008.

Supporting

San Diego County Taxpayers Association, the teachers' union, and the county Democratic Party.

Opposing

No organized opposition; the 2025 County Grand Jury criticized the district's bond transparency.

Congress & state legislature

You vote in exactly one House district and one Assembly district; a minority of city voters also have a State Senate race.

US House — CA-50

By address
  • Scott PetersIncumbentDemocrat
  • Steve CohenRepublican

Covers north and coastal San Diego.

US House — CA-51

By address
  • Sara JacobsIncumbentDemocrat
  • Ricardo CabreraRepublican

Covers central and eastern San Diego.

US House — CA-52

By address
  • Juan VargasIncumbentDemocrat
  • Jeff BelleRepublican

Covers central and southern San Diego.

State Assembly — AD-76

By address
  • Darshana PatelIncumbentDemocrat
  • Carrie S. Espinoza VillanuevaRepublican

State Assembly — AD-77

By address
  • Tasha BoernerIncumbentDemocrat
  • Trinity HannawayRepublican

State Assembly — AD-78

By address
  • Chris WardIncumbentDemocrat
  • Payton GalvezRepublican

State Assembly — AD-79

By address
  • LaShae Sharp-CollinsIncumbentDemocrat
  • Andrew LawsonRepublican

State Assembly — AD-80

By address
  • David AlvarezIncumbentDemocrat
  • Alejandro GaliciaRepublican

State Senate — SD-38

By address
  • Catherine BlakespearIncumbentDemocrat
  • Laura BassettRepublican

Only a small northern-coastal slice of the city is in SD-38.

State Senate — SD-40

By address
  • Mara ElliottDemocrat
  • Kristie Bruce-LaneRepublican

Open seat. Covers Mira Mesa, Scripps Ranch, Rancho Bernardo, and nearby neighborhoods. Most city voters are in SD-39, which is not on this ballot.

Statewide offices

Every California voter sees all nine.

Governor

  • Xavier BecerraDemocrat
  • Steve HiltonRepublican

Open seat — Gavin Newsom is termed out.

Lieutenant Governor

  • Fiona MaDemocrat
  • Gloria RomeroRepublican

Open seat.

Attorney General

  • Rob BontaIncumbentDemocrat
  • Michael GatesRepublican

Secretary of State

  • Shirley WeberIncumbentDemocrat
  • Don WagnerRepublican

Treasurer

  • Eleni KounalakisDemocrat
  • Jennifer HawksRepublican

Open seat.

Controller

  • Malia CohenIncumbentDemocrat
  • Herb MorganRepublican

Insurance Commissioner

  • Ben AllenDemocrat
  • Jane KimDemocrat

Two Democrats advanced from the top-two primary.

Superintendent of Public Instruction

  • Richard BarreraNonpartisan
  • Sonja ShawNonpartisan

Nonpartisan office. Barrera is San Diego Unified's board president.

Board of Equalization, District 4

  • Tom UmbergDemocrat
  • Denis BilodeauRepublican

State propositions

All 14, with major supporters and opponents where campaign filings and reporting document them. A dash means no major organized campaign was found.

Prop 1

Housing bond

Borrow $11.25 billion for housing and veteran housing-assistance programs.

Supporting

Placed on the ballot by the Legislature.

Opposing

Opponents cite debt service costs.

Prop 2

Rainy-day fund cap

Raises the cap on deposits into the state's budget reserve.

Supporting

Placed on the ballot by the Legislature.

Opposing

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Prop 3

High-income tax extension

Makes existing income-tax rates on high earners permanent, funding schools and healthcare.

Supporting

Placed on the ballot by the Legislature.

Opposing

Anti-tax organizations.

Prop 4

Public campaign financing

Repeals California's ban on public financing of election campaigns.

Supporting

Placed on the ballot by the Legislature.

Opposing

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Prop 5

Recall process reform

Changes how recalled statewide officials are replaced.

Supporting

Placed on the ballot by the Legislature.

Opposing

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Prop 37

Homebuyer loan program

Creates a low-cost mortgage and down-payment loan program for middle-income buyers of new homes.

Supporting

California Association of Realtors ($14.8M), building industry, state Democratic Party.

Opposing

Reform California; the League of Women Voters.

Prop 38

$8.4B immunology research bond

Borrows $8.4 billion for immunology research, roughly half to a new California research institute.

Supporting

About 20 major donors led by Sergey Brin; both major state parties.

Opposing

League of Women Voters — calls it a bad deal for taxpayers.

Prop 39

Voter ID requirement

Constitutional amendment requiring government ID for in-person voting and an ID number on mail ballots.

Supporting

Reform California / Asm. Carl DeMaio (~$21M raised, led by Richard Uihlein's $17M).

Opposing

Democratic elected officials, including San Diego Rep. David Alvarez.

Prop 40

One-time billionaire wealth tax

A one-time 5% tax on billionaires' wealth, funding healthcare, food assistance, and public education.

Supporting

Union-backed coalition.

Opposing

The donors funding Props 38 and 42.

Props 40 and 42 are dueling measures — 42 is designed to block 40.

Prop 41

Special-tax audits

Requires audits of new state special-tax programs.

Supporting

—

Opposing

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Prop 42

Ban on personal-property taxes

Bans new state taxes on personal property — retirement accounts, portfolios, possessions.

Supporting

Ultra-wealthy donors including Sergey Brin ($102M across Props 38 and 42).

Opposing

State Democratic Party, SEIU-UHW, and Prop 40's supporters.

Props 40 and 42 are dueling measures — 42 is designed to block 40.

Prop 43

Local special-tax threshold

Raises the vote threshold for citizen-initiated local special taxes.

Supporting

California Business Roundtable ($9.8M), Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Reform California.

Opposing

SEIU California.

If it passes, it could put county Measure B's validity in question.

Prop 44

Clinic spending requirement

Requires community health clinics to spend 90% of revenue on patient care.

Supporting

SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West.

Opposing

Both the state Democratic and Republican parties.

Prop 45

Environmental review streamlining

Speeds environmental (CEQA) review for projects the state designates "essential" — housing and infrastructure.

Supporting

California Chamber of Commerce, builders, Edison International, Realtors.

Opposing

Environmental groups.