TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ryan J. Alsop, Chief Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Andrew M. Mize, Legislative & Policy Analyst
SUBJECT: Napa County Wildfire Preparedness, Watershed Protection and Open Space Preservation Act of 2026
RECOMMENDATION
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Accept from the Registrar of Voters the Certificate of Sufficiency for the "Napa County Wildfire Preparedness, Watershed Protection and Open Space Preservation Act of 2026" and take related actions.
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BACKGROUND
Factual & Legal Background and Staff Recommendation.
The Registrar of Voters (hereafter the "ROV") has examined an Initiative petition that has been identified by the proponents as the " Napa County Wildfire Preparedness, Watershed Protection and Open Space Preservation Act of 2026" (hereafter "Initiative"). The ROV has determined that the Initiative signatures were sufficient in that the submitted Initiative petition contained the signatures of registered voters representing at least 10 percent of the entire vote cast in Napa County for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election (50,108).
A certificate of sufficiency documenting that determination has been submitted to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, which must be accepted and ordered filed by the Board. Immediately following acceptance, the Board is required to take one of the following actions: (1) place the question of approving or rejecting the Initiative before the voters on the next general election ballot which is the November 3, 2026 Gubernatorial General Election, or (2) postpone the question of placing the measure before the voters and order a report addressing the various impacts the passage of the Initiative might have, as authorized by Elections Code Section 9111.
Of the two options above, the Chief Executive Officer recommends that the Board place the measure on the November 3, 2026, Gubernatorial General Election ballot.
General Elections Overview of Initiative Process
Elections Code section 9103 states th...
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