Time limits, environmental reviews, and judicial reviews for certain types of infrastructure projects. [Ballot]

Dec 10, 2025 - Depen ding on how these offsetting factors interact, the fiscal impacts of the measure ’s changes on state courts could range from net annual savings that could reach the tens of millions of dollars to net annual costs that could reach the low tens of millions of dol lars.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023

LAO Publications

Despite these budgetary surpluses, compared to other recent simi lar analyses, our outlook shows much smaller budget surpluses. Surpluses have declined largely as a result of new spending commitments by the state, including the increased state m inimum wage.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications?page=27&year=0&publicationType=0

LAO Publications

Despite these budgetary surpluses, compared to other recent simi lar analyses, our outlook shows much smaller budget surpluses. Surpluses have declined largely as a result of new spending commitments by the state, including the increased state m inimum wage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=27&year=0&publicationType=0

Drug crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - In total, we estimate that the county jail and supervision population could decrease by hundreds of people, resulting in reduced county correctional costs likely in the millions of dol lars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-023

^[PDF] Citizens' Constitutional Convention Act

It could also result in more or less state and local spending on particu- lar public programs. The fiscal effects resulting from a convention would depend on a number of factors—including the decisions of the convention itself, the response of voters to the convention’s recommendations, and the actions of future elected state officials.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090690.pdf

^[PDF] 1998 Cal Facts: California's Fiscal Structure

Simi- lar taxes are collected on sale of other tobacco prod- ucts. Estate d 0.8% to 16% The estate tax is a "pick-up" tax to take advantage of the maximum state credit al- lowed against the federal estate tax, at no net cost to taxpayers.
https://lao.ca.gov/1998/1998_calfacts/1998_calfacts_fiscal_structure.pdf

LAO Publications

We suggest an alternative approach that could save taxpayers billions of dol lars more over the long run. It would also allow the state to begin addressing more of its retirement liabilities sooner. Our approach focuses on high-interest debts that the state is otherwise not addressing.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications?page=32&year=0&publicationType=0

LAO Publications

We suggest an alternative approach that could save taxpayers billions of dol lars more over the long run. It would also allow the state to begin addressing more of its retirement liabilities sooner. Our approach focuses on high-interest debts that the state is otherwise not addressing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=32&year=0&publicationType=0

^[PDF] Eminent Domain Protection Act

Background Every year, California state and local governments buy hundreds of millions of dol- lars of property from private owners. Governments use much of this property for pur- poses such as roads, schools, and public utilities, and typically own and operate these properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2007/070965.pdf

1999 Initiative Analysis: Let the Voters Decide Act of 2000

Fiscal Effect The provisions of the measure that reduce the salaries and living expense payments to Members of the Legislature would result in annual savings of at least several millions of dol lars, probably in the range of about $5  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1999/990333_INT.html