Madrone Audubon Society

Policy and Advocacy for Birds and their Habitats

November 3, 2026 Election

Madrone Audubon Society SUPPORTS:

Measure H

A YES vote on Measure H supports renewing a sales tax of 0.125% with revenue dedicated to the protection of parks, water supplies, and fish and wildlife habitat; reduction of wildfire risk; and expansion of walking, hiking, and biking trails. 2/3 needed to pass.

Measure H reads: Without raising taxes, to improve and protect Sonoma County’s regional and neighborhood parks; safeguard water supplies, streams, rivers; reduce future wildfire risk; preserve fish and wildlife habitat; conserve natural areas for future generations; expand walking, hiking, and biking trails.

Measure H would mean that Sonoma County continues a one-eighth-cent special transaction and use tax (sales tax) countywide until ended by voters, providing approximately $15.5 million annually, with community oversight, public disclosure, and annual audits.

Madrone Audubon Society OPPOSES:

Prop 45

Prop 45 would amend the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A NO vote on this measure means: Public and private projects would continue to use existing project review and court challenge procedures under CEQA.

Prop 45 would limit the environmental and public review of projects currently required under CEQA and make it more difficult to enforce CEQA’s protections. Since created in 1970, CEQA has required that development and infrastructure projects reduce or mitigate impacts to communities and the environment, and that the public and decision makers are notified in a timely manner in advance of project approval.

Prop 45 would undermine CEQA’s protection by imposing unreasonable time constraints on public input, even for very large-scale infrastructure projects, eliminate key environmental analyses and reduces legal avenues available to members of the community to ensure developers comply with CEQA.