Davis’ Measure V remains in air as Village Farms deficit holds in Yolo election update
Measure V, the citywide vote on Davis’ expansion to allow the Village Farms development, remains too close to call one week after Election Day, according to the latest results released Tuesday by Yolo County election officials.
The measure trailed by 438 votes, with 51.3% voting against the measure, nearly four percentage points more than those in favor of annexing the land to build the 1,800-home, 498-acre project. The margin has remained relatively unchanged since June 2.
The measure’s backers said they expected late-returned ballots and Election Day voters to break in their favor.
The measure’s supporters argued that the project would bring needed housing to Davis, help attract young families and add more than $1 billion to the city’s property tax roll. Opponents argued the additional revenue would not offset the project’s impact on the environment and city infrastructure.
The project has the support of many elected officials in Davis and at the Davis Joint Unified School District. If voters reject Measure V, city and school district leaders may face difficult decisions about costs they deferred pending the election outcome. Davis voters will weigh in on the 1,250-unit Willowgrove development in November.
Precinct-level results show support for the measure in west and central Davis, but opposition from precincts closest to the proposed site remained.
Elections officials still had about 13,000 ballots left to count across all of Yolo County as of Tuesday afternoon. Officials processed about 12,000 ballots between Friday afternoon and Tuesday’s update, but it was unclear whether they would finish counting the remaining ballots before the next scheduled update at 4 p.m. Friday.
Yolo County saw higher-than-expected voter turnout for the off-year primary. A significant number of ballots arrived on or after Election Day as voters contemplated the race for governor, Deputy Clerk Katharine Campos said Monday.
This story was originally published June 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM.
