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YES on H

Backroom deals can’t survive the sunlight

YES on H rolls back City Hall’s backroom housing deal and gives our neighborhoods back to the people who live in them.

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  • Backroom deals?
  • Developers getting what they want?
  • Residents getting the shaft?

That’s Newport Beach City Hall

Unless YOU stop it

Here’s the deal they made without you

Nobody made them do it. The state asked for 4,845. City Hall handed out 8,174.

YES on H rolls it back

  • Cuts City Hall’s 8,174 units to 2,900.
  • Keeps Newport Beach meeting its state requirement.
  • Puts YOU back in charge.

Reasonable housing. Not a backroom deal

Read the ballot carefully

YES on H means FEWER units. Not more

  • YES on H =

    2,900

  • NO on H =

    8,174

The official ballot language says Measure H “allows 2,900 new affordable housing units.” It’s the opposite of more housing: City Hall already approved 8,174. YES on H cuts that by nearly two-thirds.

City Hall didn’t want you to see this

  1. Nearly 9,000 Newport Beach residents signed petitions to put Measure H on the ballot.
  2. City Hall sued them, with city lawyers paid for by YOUR tax dollars.
  3. A judge threw the lawsuit out, then called the Council’s attempt to push the other reforms to 2028 an “abuse of discretion.”
  4. Every challenge. Every time. City Hall lost

VOTE YES on H, P, Q & R

Election Day·Tuesday, November 3

P, Q & R are on a SEPARATE city mail ballot. Watch your mailbox for both ballots, and vote YES on all four.

Ballot 1 Your regular ballot

  • YES

    Measure H

    Cancels the corrupt housing deal

Ballot 2 Separate city mail ballot

  • YES

    Measure P

    Term limits. Eight years on the Council.

  • YES

    Measure Q

    Neighborhood voting. Your district elects your council member.

  • YES

    Measure R

    The Sunshine Charter. Meetings recorded, agendas 72 hours ahead, records in 10 days.

FAQ

Doesn’t Newport Beach have to plan for new housing?

Yes, and Measure H does. The state requires 4,845 units. H’s 2,900 new units, plus roughly 3,500 already in the pipeline or coming as ADUs, adds up to more than 6,400. That’s the requirement with room to spare, without the extra 3,300 units nobody (except developer donors) asked for.

Is Measure H against affordable housing?

No. About three out of four homes under H are reserved for lower-income households. What H stops is the overbuild: thousands of extra units City Hall zoned for that the state never required.

Why call it a corrupt deal?

Because it was done the wrong way. City Hall zoned for thousands more units than the law required, did it without a vote of the people, and then spent your tax dollars in court trying to keep you from voting on it. That’s not how an honest city government works.

What happens if H fails?

City Hall’s 8,174-unit plan stays in place, and the next big deal gets made the same way.

When do I vote?

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Mail ballots arrive in October. Vote YES on H on your regular ballot, and YES on P, Q & R on the separate city ballot.

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Take back our city. Vote YES on H.

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