Proposition 15 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Summary of Legislative Analyst ’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact Increased property taxes on commercial properties worth more than $3  million providing $6.5  billion to $11.5  billion in new funding to local governments and schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=15&year=2020

Proposed statutory initiative related to the cultivation, sale, and use of cannabis. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - Reduction in State and Local Fee Revenues and Regulatory Costs. The measure would result in lower state and local license fee revenue —likely in excess of $100  million annually —because it would limit state license fees for cannabis businesses to no more than $1,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-010

Proposed statutory initiative related to the cultivation, sale, and use of cannabis. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - Reduction in State and Local Fee Revenues and Regulatory Costs. The measure would result in lower state and local license fee revenue —likely in excess of $100  million annually —because it would limit state license fees for cannabis businesses to no more than $1,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-011

Chronic Dialysis Clinics [Ballot]

Jan 3, 2020 - No Other Fiscal Effects Apart from the relatively minor impact on state costs that is covered by fees, we find that the measure would have no other significant effects on state and local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-030

Medical Malpractice Cases [Ballot]

Nov 15, 2019 - State Trial Court Costs. This measure could potentially increase the number of medical malpractice cases and thereby increase costs for state trial courts. It could also potentially increase the length of cases, which would increase costs for state trial courts as well.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-018

App-based rideshare and delivery drivers. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2019 - Increase in State Income Tax Revenue. The measure likely would lead to an increase in personal income tax revenue for the state. The state collects personal income taxes on earnings, including earnings from selling st ock.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-026

General obligation bonds for various natural resources-related programs and projects. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2019 - Fiscal Effects Fiscal Effects on State Government. This measure would allow the state to borrow up to $7.9  billion by selling general obligation bonds to investors, who would be repaid with interest using the state ’s general tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-005

Pretrial release and bail. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2019 - New State Pretrial Release Process State Adopted New Process in 2018. The Legislature passed and the Governor signed Chapter  244 of 2018 (SB  10, Hertzberg), which establishes a new state pretrial process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-006

Chronic Dialysis Clinics [Ballot]

Dec 13, 2019 - We estimate that this scenario would lead to increased costs for state and local governments in the low tens of millions of dollars annually. This represents a small increase relative to the state ’s total spending on Medi-Cal and to state and local governments ’ total spending on employee and retiree health coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-025

Taxation of commercial property. [Ballot]

Oct 2, 2019 - State law allows property owners to deduct property tax payments from their taxable income for the purposes of calculating PIT and corporation tax payments. This reduces their tax bills. State Constitution Governs State Spending on Schools and Community Colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-008