About the vote count
As you watch these results, keep in mind:
- There more more than 22.6 million registered voters in California.
- In 2020, the last presidential election, more than 16.1 million Californians cast a ballot.
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Keep in mind that in tight races the winner may not be determined for days or weeks after Election Day. This is normal. Here's why.
In California, ballots postmarked on or before Nov. 5 are counted toward the results as long as they arrive within seven days of the election. The California Secretary of State's Office is scheduled to certify the final vote on Dec. 13.
What is at stake in this race
Proposition 34 would limit how certain healthcare organizations spend the money they make from a federal discount drug program. The restrictions wouldn’t apply to all healthcare entities: The healthcare organization would need to have spent more than $100 million on things other than direct patient care in the last decade — and own and operate multifamily housing units “with at least 500 high-level violations.”
So far, only one group appears to match that description: The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which operates HIV clinics and thrift stores across the country.
The proposition would also codify the way the state buys drugs by having state agencies negotiate as a single entity for better prices.
Why this race mattered
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has funded a number of ballot measures on rent control in recent years (including Prop. 33 this year). They backed similar efforts in 2018 and 2020 that failed. The nonprofit’s founder and president, Michael Weinstein, has been a controversial political figure who’s built the organization into a $2 billion operation. The organization also provides housing and has been subject of an L.A. Times investigation about its properties’ poor living conditions.
Prop. 34 has been dubbed by opponents as a "revenge initiative." Housing interest groups have opposed the AHF rent control ballot measures, and are now the main financial backers of Prop. 34.
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California’s independent legislative analyst warns the state faces a nearly $18 billion deficit. It is “critical” for lawmakers to rein in spending and increase revenues long term, he said. -
The billionaire climate activist, who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2020, joins a crowded field with no clear frontrunner. -
Once encompassing parts of the Inland Empire and the Coachella Valley, District 41 now will include southern L.A. County cities and a slice of Orange County after Prop. 50 passed in November.
