Which CA ballot props are likely to pass?

By Lynn LaDepartment of Elections employee Hong Ngo places ballots into bins at City Hall in San Francisco on March 5, 2024. Photo by Juliana Yamada for CalMattersWith less than two weeks until Election Day, some of you may have already filled out your ballot and submitted your vote (way to go, you!).& But for those who are still deciding and curious about what other California voters think about the statewide ballot measures, a& new poll out Wednesday night& from the Public Policy Institute of California sheds some light. Conducted earlier this month, the poll of 1,137 likely voters (with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points) puts the 10 propositions into three buckets:Four are way ahead:Prop. 36: Opposed by Democratic leaders, the proposal to increase penalties for certain drug and theft crimes remains popular, with 73% in favor, including 67% of Democrats and 86% of Republicans. Prop. 3: With 67% support, voters are primed to scrub the California constitution of language that bans same-sex marriage, especially since it has been legal in the state since 2013. Prop. 4: 60% approve the bond issue, which would allow the state to borrow $10 billion for environmental and...