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California will also vote in November on whether to stop daylight savings time changes, either by getting rid of daylight savings time or making it permanent:

California will also vote in November on whether to stop daylight savings time changes, either by getting rid of daylight savings time or making it permanent: * [San Francisco Chronicle] California voters will get a say on year-round daylight-saving time: https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/amp/California-voters-will-get-a-say-on-year-round-13035491.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/amp/California-voters-will-... * [Ballotpedia] California Proposition 7, Permanent Daylight Saving Time Measure (2018): https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_7,_Permanent_Daylight_Saving_Time_Measure_(2018) https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_7,_Permanent_...

SllX 8y ago
Just to clarify for anyone that hasn't clicked through. Even if this passes, two conditions must apply first: 1. The US Federal Government has to change the law to allow States to make DST permanent. You can choose to not have DST at all, or you can apply DST on an annual basis, but presently Federal law makes no provisions for making DST permanent. 2. A Bill would have to be drafted and passed through the California legislature with a two-thirds majority after the Federal law changes. All this does is give the legislature the option, to maybe change to permanent DST, if Federal law ever changes to make it legally possible. Personally I will still vote for it, I enjoy long Summer evenings with sunsets at 9pm and walks along Ocean Beach, but if you are planning to vote for or against it, just want everyone reading this to know what you are really voting on. By itself, this ballot measure does nothing.