Californians Say ‘No Way’

On the eve of the May 19 Special Election, Mission Viejo residents rallied on the corners of La Paz and Marguerite to remind everyone to vote. From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., more than 100 people held signs, waved flags and sang along with Diamond Tom, a Mission Viejo musician. The rally was organized by members of Saddleback Republican Assembly.

Rally participants said reaction from drivers was overwhelmingly favorable. Most participants were holding signs that encouraged voters to say “no” to all six propositions on the ballot.

Statewide, all five of the budget propositions were easily defeated. Only Prop. 1F won, with voters deciding that state officials’ pay should be frozen during a budget crisis.

Below are state and county totals. While California voters rejected the five budget propositions at a 2:1 ratio, Orange County voters rejected them by 3:1. Compared with the rest of Orange County, Mission Viejo voters rejected the budget measures at a higher rate, and they approved the sixth measure by a narrower margin.

While the outcome is known, results are not official. In Orange County, the number of ballots remaining to be counted as of May 22 was 8,162 provisional ballots, 220 mail-in ballots and 96 paper ballots.

Statewide results:

Prop 1A (spending caps, taxes)
Yes 34.2%
No 65.8%

Prop 1B (payments to schools)
Yes 37.5%
No 62.5%

Prop 1C (lottery borrowing)
Yes 35.4%
No 64.6%

Prop 1D (diverting child development funds)
Yes 34.3%
No 65.7%

Prop 1E (reallocating mental health funds)
Yes 33.6%
No 66.4%

Prop 1F (elected official pay)
Yes 74.0%
No 26.0%

Orange County results:

Prop 1A (spending caps, taxes)
Yes 23.9%
No 76.1%

Prop 1B (payments to schools)
Yes 26.7%
No 73.3%

Prop 1C (lottery borrowing)
Yes 26.5%
No 73.5%

Prop 1D (diverting child development funds)
Yes 26.1%
No 73.9%

Prop 1E (reallocating mental health funds)
Yes 25.6%
No 74.4%

Prop 1F (elected official pay)
Yes 63.4%
No 36.6%