California voters on Tuesday soundly rejected a package of ballot measures that would have reduced the state's projected budget deficit of $21.3 billion to something slightly less overwhelming: $15.4 billion.
The defeat of the measures means that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state Legislature will have to consider deeper cuts to education, public safety, and health and human services, officials have said.
| Prop 1A (spending caps, taxes) | Yes | 35.4% |
| No | 64.6% | |
| Prop 1B (payments to schools) | Yes | 38.8% |
| No | 61.2% | |
| Prop 1C (lottery borrowing) | Yes | 36.7% |
| No | 63.3% | |
| Prop 1D (diverting child development funds) | Yes | 35.7% |
| No | 64.3% | |
| Prop 1E (reallocating mental health funds) | Yes | 35.1% |
| No | 64.9% | |
| Prop 1F (elected official pay) | Yes | 75.2% |
| No | 24.8% |
68.4% of precincts reporting
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