Ballot Stakes · Nov 3, 2026 · Irvine, CA
Prop 41: Audits of new special-tax programs and ban on new state taxes that sidestep the spending limit
Prop 41 adds State Auditor audits of tax-funded programs and bans new state taxes exempt from the 1979 spending cap; billionaire-funded; would void Prop 40 if it outpolls it.
A Yes vote means
State Auditor audits each program that would receive money from a voter-proposed special tax, starting when 25% of signatures are gathered, with an executive summary printed in the voter guide.
A No vote means
State Auditor responsibilities and the spending-limit rules stay as they are.
Who pays: leans poor and middle class pay. Whose pocket it lands in: mostly ends with billionaires.