We were very happy to have with us this past meeting, Assemblyman David Tangipa. He is involved in several significant activities in California. He is an up-and-coming star with the Republican party. We also heard from former Sheriff John McGinness and he is one of CCW’s favorite guests and speakers.
I wanted to talk about two key ballot measures that just qualified: Voter ID and Save Proposition 13.
Secretary of State Shirley Weber recently announced that the “Californias for Voter ID” initiative has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. In a memo to the state’s county clerks and registrars, Weber said official certification would happen in June for the November 3 general election ballot.
The initiative would amend the state constitution to require voters to present government issued identification in order to vote in person. Voters who cast their ballots by mail would be required to provide the last four digits of their identification document.
Valid forms of identifications would include a driver’s license, a passport, birth certificate or social security card. The initiative also would require election officials to verify that voters are US citizens by cross-referencing voter rolls with Social Security records or DMV citizenship data.
The initiative’s sponsors are Republican State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio of San Diego and Republican State Senator Tony Strickland of Huntington Beach, along with business owner Donald DiCostanzo. Supporters of the initiative say that it would restore public trust in elections and that California’s “automatic voter registration” process through the DMV is vulnerable and can inadvertently add non-citizens to the rolls.
The second initiative is the Save Prop 13 aimed at reinforcing California’s Proposition 13 protections by closing loopholes and limiting local tax increases.
The grassroots movement to protect Proposition 13 has officially qualified the Save Prop 13 initiative for the November ballot. After submitting more than 1.3 million signatures across all 58 counties, campaign leaders confirmed that the measure has cleared the required threshold following county verification – securing its place before voters in 2026.
Passed overwhelmingly by voters in 1978, Proposition 13 caps property tax rates and limits how much assessments can increase each year. Supporters say it has protected seniors, middle-class families, and small businesses from being taxed out of their homes as property values rise.
The Save Prop 13 initiative aims to strengthen constitutional protections for taxpayers, close loopholes used to impose higher property taxes, require voter approval before any future weakening of Prop 13 and protect homeowners, especially seniors from sudden tax increases.
With qualifications now secured, the campaign shifts to winning voter approval in November 2026, setting up a major statewide battle over the future of property taxes in California.
Please remember to vote in the June 2 Primary Election, and if you want to bring your ballot in the pink envelope provided to our next meeting, we can take it to the Sacramento County Voter Registration & Elections Office for you.
God bless you,
Terri Lyn Alexander, President