New tax on the wealth of billionaires. [Ballot]

Dec 11, 2025 - These costs would be pai d from the new wealth tax revenues. Summary of Major Fiscal Effects. This measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Temporary increase in state revenues from a new tax on the wealth of billionaires.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024

Proposed constitutional initiative related to gaming activities. [Ballot]

Aug 1, 2018 - Cardrooms in 32 counties operate certain card games (such as poker and pai-gow) in a manner that is generally understood to make them non-banked or non-percentage games. These car drooms are regulated by the local governments that authorized them, the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC), and the California Department of Justice (DOJ).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-003

1999 Initiative Analysis: The Tribal Government Gaming and Economic Self-Sufficiency Measure of

Class III gambling, which is the subje ct of this measure, generally includes banked card games (such as blackjack, pai gow, and baccarat), virtually all video or electronic games, slot machines, parimutuel horse race w agering, and craps.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990607_INT.html

2002 Initiative Analysis: Jarvis-Simon Homeowners and Renters Tax Relief Act

The fiscal impact on state revenues would likely decline as the inventory of tax credits attributable to the AMT pai d on ISOs is reduced. Summary of Fiscal Effect. The measure would have the following major fiscal effect: State Revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2002/020708_INT.htm

California's Tax System: A Primer, Chapter 4

The tax revenues generated by these firms accounted for about 15 percent of the total BCT taxes pai d. Corporations earning a taxable income of $500,000 or more, in contrast, represented only 3 percent of returns, but had 85 percent of the tax liability.
https://lao.ca.gov/2001/tax_primer/0101_taxprimer_chapter4.html

^[PDF] The Gaming Revenue Act of 2004

Typical card games include draw poker, 7-card stud, and poker pai gow. State law specifically prohibits certain games—such as twenty-one. Current law limits the expansion of both the number of card rooms and the size of existing card rooms until January 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/031060.pdf

^[PDF] "The Tribal Government Gaming and Economic Self-Sufficiency Measure of 2000"

Class III gambling, which is the subject of this measure, generally includes banked card games (such as blackjack, pai gow, and baccarat), virtually all video or electronic games, slot machines, parimutuel horse race wagering, and craps.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990607_INT.pdf

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Currently, 82 cardrooms in 32 counties operate certain card games (such as poker and pai-gow). These cardrooms are regulated by the local governments that authorized them, the Cal ifornia Gambling Control Commission (CGCC), and the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

^[PDF] Overview of Gambling in California

Cardrooms offer certain card games (such as poker and pai-gow) that are approved by the BGC. These games must also comply with state law and local gaming ordinances.  Size of Industry. Currently, there are 89 cardrooms that operate in 32 counties in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2015/Gambling-Overview-052015.pdf

2006 Initiative Analysis: Keep Them in Jail Alternative Incarceration Act

Proposal This measure would: (1) allow the operation by sheriffs of alternative jail and treatment facilities for offenders, and (2) modify the workers’ compensation benefits that are pai d to offenders in jail or work release programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2006/060813.htm