California voters decided 46 local ballot measures on seven different election dates in 2021. Ballotpedia’s report breaks down the measures by the outcome, county, topic, and election date.
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Here are some highlights from Ballotpedia’s annual report on local ballot measures in California:
- Voters approved 35 measures and defeated 11 measures.
- With 46 measures, 2021 featured 57% fewer local measures than the average number of local measures on California ballots over the last three odd-year election cycles.
- Eighteen (18) of the 58 counties in California featured local ballot measures. Los Angeles County had the most measures of any county with seven.
- The average number of local ballot measures per county was 0.81.
- Taxes made up 80% of the measures on local ballots in California in 2021. Twenty-seven (27) of the 37 tax-related measures were approved, and 10 were defeated.