A proposed statutory initiative to lower the legal age to purchase and consume alcohol. [Ballot]

Oct 14, 2015 - Taxes Associated With Alcohol Sales. The state collects an alcoholic beverage tax on alcohol sold in California. The tax is a per-gallon excise tax with a rate that varies by the type of alcohol, from $0.20 per gallon for beer and wine to as much as $6.60 per gallon for some distilled spirits.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-054

The cultivation, possession, and sale of marijuana. [Ballot]

Dec 7, 2015 - In addition, the state could also receive revenue fr om excise taxes, if such taxes were enacted by the Legislature. However, since the measure prohibits sales and use taxes on medical marijuana products, these revenues would be partially offset by the loss of sales tax currently collected on medical marijuana sales.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-087

Health insurer financial reserves. [Ballot]

Jan 5, 2018 - As part of the MCO tax legislation, the net income from healt h coverage of insurers subject to the MCO tax was made exempt from the corporate income tax. The provisions of the MCO tax legislation, including exemptions from the corporate inco me tax, are set to expire in July 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-048

Related to the cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana. [Ballot]

Aug 24, 2015 - Under the measure, these taxes would increase annually beginning on January  1, 2020 by the rate of inflation. The measure states that the Legislature could (1) reduce the above tax rates with a majority vote or (2) increase the above tax rates, or impose additional taxes on marijuana, with a two-thirds vote.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-036

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Oct 16, 2017 - State and local governments could receive additional revenues, such as sales taxes from psilocybin sales permitted under this measure. This is because many individuals who are curr ently purchasing psilocybin illegally could begin purchasing it legally under state law at businesses that collect sales taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-024

Local Government Control [Ballot]

Sep 15, 2020 - The state and federal government help to subsidize the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing deve lopment through tax credits for developers. The state provided $600  million in 2020-21 for tax credits to encourage the development of affordable housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2020-002

Cap total annual compensation for executives at specified hospitals—including private nonprofit and for-profit hospitals—at the level of compensation received by the President of the United States. [B

Jan 11, 2016 - These potential responses depend, in part, on the covered hospital ’s tax status (taxable or tax-exempt). For example, consider the case of a private nonprofit hospital that is not subject to the corporate tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-111

The cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana. Amendment #1 [Ballot]

Dec 7, 2015 - State and local governments currently collect sales tax on medical marijuana. A small number of cities also impose additional taxes on medical marijuana sales. We estimate that the total amount of state and local revenue collected statewide from the above taxes likely is in the high tens of millions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-085

Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 22, 2015 - State and local governments currently collect sales tax on medical marijuana. A small number of cities also impose additional taxes on medical marijuana sal es. We estimate that the total amount of state and local revenue collected statewide from the above taxes likely is in the high tens of millions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-103

The cultivation, possession, and sale of marijuana. (Amendment #1) [Ballot]

Dec 7, 2015 - State and local governments currently collect sales tax on medical marijuana. A small number of cities also impose additional taxes on medical marijuana sales. We estimate that the total amount of state and local revenue collected statewide from the above taxes likely is in the high tens of millions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-086