Yesterday, Californians resoundingly thumped the various propositions related to the state's budgetary nightmares.
- 1A: A rainy day fund that would have also extended the income, sales, and vehicle tax increases for two years. 65.8% against.
- 1B: Increase and set a floor under education funding. 62.5% against.
- 1C: Borrow from the lottery and try to boost its revenues. 64.6% against.
- 1D: Divert $1.7 billion from child services over the next five years. 65.7% against.
- 1E: Divert $460 million from mental health programs for two years, and add 1 percent to the income tax on folks earning over $1 million a year. 66.4% against.
Not a single county voted in favor of propositions 1A, C, D, and E, and only three counties voted for 1B: San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz. Hmmm.
Thus, I checked proposition 1A to see what counties came closer to voting yes. All but one of the counties topping 40 percent for 1A are in/near the Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterrey, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Yolo Counties. The outlier was Imperial County, in the southeastern corner of the state. The results were similar for propositions 1C, 1D, and 1E.
The overall vote on 1B was a bit closer. The additional counties topping 40 percent were Humboldt, Mendocino, Napa, San Benito, San Joaquin, Solano, Sonoma, and Stanislaus Counties. All are in/near the Bay Area or extend up the North Coast. Imperial County was again the lone outlier.
Meanwhile, every county voted for proposition 1F, which prevents pay raises for legislators and statewide officials in years with budget deficits. The only counties in which less than 70 percent voted for the measure are in/near Southern California: Fresno, Inyo, Kings, Los Angeles, Orange, Tulare, San Bernardino, and San Diego.
Fascinating lack of overlap.
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