California Farming and Food-Access Bond Measure (2024)
| California Farming and Food-Access Bond Measure | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Bond issues and Food and agriculture | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Bond issue | Origin State Legislature |
The California Farming and Food-Access Bond Measure was not on the ballot in California as a legislatively referred bond act on November 5, 2024.[1]
The measure would have issued $3.365 billion in bonds to fund agricultural and farming lands, infrastructure, and worker development.[2]
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the California State Legislature to place a legislatively referred bond measure on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 54 votes in the California State Assembly and 27 votes in the California State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Bond measures do require the governor's signature.
This bond measure was introduced as Assembly Bill 408 (AB 408) on February 2, 2023. It passed the Assembly on May 31, 2023, by a vote of 67-9 with four absent.[1]
| Vote in the California State Assembly | |||
| Requirement: | |||
Number of yes votes required: 54  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 67 | 9 | 4 |
| Total percent | 83.8% | 11.2% | 5.0% |
| Democrat | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 6 | 9 | 3 |
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