Senate Bill No. 415 (SB 415)
Senate Bill No. 415 (SB 415), also known as the California Voter Participation Rights Act, mandates jurisdictions with odd-year elections to move to even-year elections by November 2022 if voter turnout falls below a threshold established by law. The new law aims to increase voter participation and lower costs in local elections since even-numbered year elections have higher voter turnout. Below is a list of all jurisdictions with regularly scheduled even-year elections.
Special District Elections
November – Even Years
- Bayshore Sanitary District
- Broadmoor Police Protection District
- Coastside County Water District
- Coastside Fire Protection District
- Colma Fire Protection District
- East Palo Alto Sanitary District (Starting 2020)
- Granada Community Services District
- Highlands Recreation District (Starting 2020)
- Ladera Recreation District
- Menlo Park Fire Protection District
- Mid-Peninsula Water District (Formerly Belmont County Water District)
- Midcoast Community Council
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space, Wards 5, 6, 7
- Montara Water & Sanitary District
- North Coast County Water District
- Peninsula Health Care District
- Pescadero Municipal Advisory Council
- San Mateo County Harbor District
- Sequoia Healthcare District
- West Bay Sanitary District
- Westborough Water District
- Woodside Fire Protection District (Starting 2020)
Non-scheduled elections
- County Service Area #1
- San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District
School District Elections
November – Even Years
- Bayshore Elementary School District
- Belmont-Redwood Shores School District
- Brisbane Elementary District
- Burlingame School District (Starting 2020)
- Cabrillo Unified School District
- County Board of Education
- Hillsborough City School District
- Jefferson Elementary School District
- Jefferson Union High School District
- La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District
- Las Lomitas Elementary School District
- Millbrae School District
- Menlo Park City School District
- Pacifica School District
- Portola Valley School District (Starting 2020)
- Ravenswood City School District
- Redwood City School District
- San Bruno Park School District
- San Carlos School District (Starting 2022)
- San Mateo-Foster City School District (Starting 2020)
- San Mateo County Community College District
- San Mateo Union High School District
- Sequoia Union High School District
- South San Francisco Unified District
- Woodside Elementary School District
Municipal Elections
November – Even Years
- Atherton
- Belmont
- Brisbane (Starting 2020)
- Burlingame (Starting 2022)
- Colma
- Daly City
- East Palo Alto
- Foster City
- Half Moon Bay
- Hillsborough
- Menlo Park
- Millbrae
- Pacifica
- Portola Valley
- Redwood City
- San Bruno
- San Carlos
- San Mateo
- South San Francisco
- Woodside
County Offices – Even Years
- Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
- Board of Supervisors (various Districts)
- Controller
- Coroner
- County Superintendent of Schools
- District Attorney
- Sheriff
- Superior Court Judges (various offices)
- Treasurer-Tax Collector
Federal/State Office – Even Years
Gubernatorial Primary/General
Federal Offices:
- U.S. Senator
- U.S. Representative in Congress, 14th District
- U.S. Representative in Congress, 18th District
State Offices:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- State Controller
- State Treasurer
- Attorney General
- Insurance Commissioner
- State Board of Equalization, District 2
- State Superintendent of Public Instruction (Primary only)
- State Legislative Offices:
- State Assembly, 19th District
- State Assembly, 22nd District
- State Assembly, 24th District
Presidential Primary/General
Federal Offices:
- Presidential Preference (Presidential Primary)
- President/Vice President (General)
- U.S. Senator
- U.S. Representative in Congress, 14th District
- U.S. Representative in Congress, 18th District
State Legislative Offices:
- State Senator, 11th District
- State Senator, 13th District
- State Assembly, 19th District
- State Assembly, 22nd District
- State Assembly, 24th District