Healthy School Meals For All – Yes on Prop LL and Prop MM (Passed)

With the passage of Prop LL and Prop MM, Colorado children won’t have to worry about the cost of lunch or skipping a meal because their family can’t afford it. Now, school meals are fully funded in a sustainable, long-term manner.

Denver Kids vs. Big Tobacco – Yes on Measure 310 (Passed)

With a landslide win with more than 71% of the vote, Measure 310 will keep candy-flavored tobacco off store shelves, and Denver kids will be protected from a lifetime of nicotine addiction.

For Our Kids – Yes on 7A (Passed)

Effort 7A created Colorado’s first Early Childhood Service District encompassing Garfield, Pitkin, and Southwest Eagle counties. This district will provide tuition credits to families, grants for child care providers to expand capacity, and wage increases for early childhood teachers.

Help Larimer Kids Thrive – Yes on 1B (Passed)

With the passage of Initiative 1B, Larimer County will now be able to expand child care availability, affordability, and quality — as well as teacher pay.

Healing Denver – Yes on 2Q (Passed)
Denver Health is facing a funding crisis that threatens essential care and programs, putting vital services at risk. 2Q strengthens Denver Health’s ability to provide health care and address violence, homelessness, food insecurity, and mental health through a sales tax.

Affordable Denver – Yes on 2R (Failed)
Teachers, nurses, and firefighters in Denver are being priced out of their neighborhoods due to a shortage in affordable housing. Ballot measure 2R would have increased access to accessible housing through a sales tax.

Housing in Adams County – Yes on 1A (Failed)
Measure 1A would have helped stabilize the housing crisis in Adams County by building more starter homes, condos, and apartments through a sales tax.

Pueblo School District 70 – Yes on 4A (Failed)
Sewage water is contaminating Pueblo County High School’s water supply. 4A would have raised funds through a mill levy to fix the sewage problem, make roof replacements, install fire alarms in nine schools, and more.

Child Care for La Plata – Yes on 1A (Passed)
Proposition 1A allocates 70% of the existing lodging tax to support affordable child care in La Plata County, without increasing taxes.

Ute Pass Health Services District – Yes on 7A1 (Passed)
7A1 creates a one-cent sales tax (excluding groceries and medicine) to keep the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system running in Ute Pass.

Affordable Child Care and Housing in Grand County – Yes on 1A (Passed)
Proposition 1A funds housing and child care for people living and working in the community by raising Grand County’s lodging tax from 1.8% to 2%.

Pueblo 2A (Failed)
This initiative would have raised an estimated $630,000 annually to create a special fund for child care programs. The special fund would have expanded child care assistance to middle-income families who do not qualify for the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program (CCCAP) but are still unable to access child care for their children due to the high cost of care.

Ute Pass 7A (Failed)
This initiative would have provided much needed funding to support and expand services to people living in Teller and Park Counties. The Ute Pass Ambulance District provides lifesaving care, at-home medical visits, substance use support, and wrap-around support so people can be healthy and safe. 

Prop II (Passed)
In 2020, Prop EE passed with bi-partisan support and is already making a difference in the lives of Colorado families. The measure invests in kindergarten readiness by providing all Colorado kids access to preschool in the year before kindergarten and supporting critical health programs. Prop II successfully passed to continue investing in Colorado kids by providing pre-k to every four-year-old in the state.

Steamboat Springs Affordable Housing Ballot Initiative (Passed)
Voters in Steamboat Springs overwhelmingly voted to add a tax on short-term rentals to generate much-needed revenue to build and maintain affordable housing opportunities for their residents and vital workforce. 

Proposition 123 (Passed)
Coloradans are facing a severe housing shortage and affordability crisis. With this proposition, a first-of-its-kind dedicated amount of state dollars must be allocated to expand housing affordability throughout Colorado. 

Proposition FF (Passed)
Prop FF ensures that no public school student goes hungry by creating universal eligibility for free school meals. 

Denver Waste No More – Initiated Ordinance 306 (Passed)
Waste No More requires all Denver businesses, including apartment buildings, condos, restaurants, hotels, sporting arenas, and permitted events to provide compost and recycling pick-up services alongside trash services.

Denver Sidewalks (Passed)
This initiative takes the responsibility to maintain sidewalks out of the hands of Denver homeowners and requires the city to build and maintain safe, accessible sidewalks for everyone.