Estate taxes and financial aid for college. [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2017 - Funds first would be used to provide tuition coverage in the first year of college for Cal Grant B recipients and eliminate two Cal G rant B entitlement criteria —the requirements that students be recent high school graduates and meet academic criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-038

Private legal actions that enforce state labor laws. (Version 3) [Ballot]

Nov 28, 2017 - The measure limits the contingency fees of attorneys representing employees in PAGA lawsuits to 25  percent of the first $100,000 recovered for the employees and 12.5  percent of any additional amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-037

Splitting California into three new U.S. states. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2017 - Issues Concerning Public Schools and Higher Education California governments spend around $100  billion per year on education —mostly for elementary and secondary (K-12) schools, but also for community colleges, the California State University (CSU) system, and the University of California (UC) system.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-018

Changes to how Californians vote. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Feb 3, 2016 - In addition, the measure specifies that the Legislature shall appropriate up to $1  million from the state ’s General Fund each calendar year for the commission ’s operating expenses. The measure further specifies that any costs incurred by SCO or DGS as a result of the measure would be reimbursed to those departments from the $20  million appropriation.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-117

California Public Utilities Commission and wildfires. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2021 - Additionally, schools that participate in the  National School Lunch Program  can serve meals at no charge to students who have been rendered homeless or who participate in D-SNAP. Proposal Reassigns CPUC Functions to Other State Agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-020

Personal income taxes and funding for education and health programs (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2015 - The General Fund is budgeted to spend about $115  billion during the current 2015-16 fiscal year. State General Fund Spending. The largest category of state General Fund spending is for school districts and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-070

A constitutional initiative related to compensation and retirement benefits for state and local governmental employees in California. [Ballot]

Jul 27, 2015 - As part of employment, the state provides defined benefit retirement plans for its employees and for those of public schools and community colleges. CalSTRS administers plans for school and community college teaching employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-033

Retirement benefits for state and local governmental employees in California (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2015 - Revenues from investment returns vary significantly year to year depending on market performance; however, pension boards adopt actuarial assumptio ns that assume average investment returns over an extended time horizon.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-076

Retirement benefits for state and local governmental employees in California (Amendment No.1). [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2015 - Revenues from investment returns vary significantly year to year depending on market performance; however, pension boards adopt actuarial assumptio ns that assume average investment returns over an extended time horizon.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-077

Amend the Constitution to allow and facilitate future, but unknown, legislative actions that could substantially increase state healthcare spending and associated tax revenues. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2017 - Schools and Community Colleges Receive a Minimum Share of State Revenue. Proposition  98 (1988) amended the Constitution to require the state to provide schools and community colleges a minimum level of funding each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-019