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Elections Department recommending the Board:
1) Accept the Certification of Petition Signatures for an initiative measure titled the "Emergency Preparedness, Healthcare Access, and Wildfire Prevention Sales Tax Initiative," as submitted by the Registrar of Voters;
2) Take one of the following actions regarding the "Emergency Preparedness, Healthcare Access, and Wildfire Prevention Sales Tax Initiative" pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9118:
a) Order the initiative measure to be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held on November 3, 2026; or
b) Refer the initiative measure to appropriate County agencies for a report pursuant to Elections Code 9111.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On January 5, 2026, the Notice of Intent for the Emergency Preparedness, Healthcare Access, and Wildfire Prevention Sales Tax Initiative was filed with the Elections Department. On May 6, 2026, the proponents filed the circulated signed petition sections. The Elections Department had 30 business days to complete the signature review. On June 15, 2026, the Elections Department certified that the petition received the required number of valid signatures.
Pursuant to California Elections Code,
"If an initiative petition receives certified signatures of no less than 10 percent of the entire vote cast in the county for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election preceding the publication of the notice of intention to circulate an initiative petition, the board of supervisors shall do one of the following:
a) Adopt the ordinance, without alteration, at the regular meeting at which the certification of the petition is presented, or within 10 days after it is presented.
b) Submit the ordinance, without alteration, to the voters pursuant to Section 1405.
c) Order a report pursuant to Section 9111 at the regular meeting at which the certification of the petition is presented. When the report is presented to the board o...
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