Ballot Money
Follow the money behind California's November 2026 ballot propositions.
Why this exists
I'm an American voter who happens to live in California, and I built this because I want to vote well. Ballot measure names are often deceptive — committees choose names designed to mislead. What actually matters is simpler: who is paying for what, and whether you trust them.
So this tool shows, for each proposition, how much money sits behind the YES side and the NO side, who the biggest funders are, and background profiles on the organizations doing the spending. I reviewed every organization profile by hand before it went up here.
What this is — and isn't
- This site was built as a real-world test of the Muse.ai personal agent: a complex, real use case, not a demo.
- My votes and private notes are not on this site. What you see is public campaign-finance data plus researched organization profiles.
- This is informational, not partisan. I have my own opinions, and I try to hold them loosely.
- Why some funders have no background write-up: the lists show the top funders on each side of each measure, not every donor. Each background profile is put together by Muse and then reviewed and approved by me by hand before it goes up. A funder without a profile still appears with its contribution amounts, but no write-up — either it hasn't been researched yet, its profile is still awaiting my approval, or there is little public information available about it. Coverage grows as more profiles are approved.
Start here
Data: California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS filings and FPPC top-contributors lists, refreshed regularly.