Constitutional initiative regarding a nonpartisan, unicameral, state Legislature. [Ballot]

Oct 8, 2019 - County Elections Responsibilities. California counties administer elections —including special elections called by the Governor. County elections officials prepare and distribute county voter information guides, provide places for voting, maintain voter registration records, print ballots for all registered voters, tabulate votes, and transmit election results to the Secretary of State.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-012

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - At the same time, state and/or local revenues could increase due to required fees (such as regulatory fees), payments (such as a share of sports wagering revenues), or tax revenues from economic activity associated with sports wagering.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031

Proposed constitutional initiative regarding how Californians vote and the composition of the State Senate. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2019 - Total county costs to administer elections are estimated to be in the range of the low to mid-hundreds of millions of dollars per year; however, the cost per county varies widely depending on the population, size of the county, and number of candidates, among other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-013

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

Nov 24, 2015 - (In addition to the 1.45  percent tax towards Medicare, high earners pay an additional 0.9  percent of pay on earnings above a certain threshold; however, the employer does not pay this additional tax.)
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 - (In addition to the 1.45  percent tax towards Medicare, high earners pay an additional 0.9  percent of pay on earnings above a certain threshold; however, the employer does not pay this additional tax.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-077

Voting rights for individuals in prison and under parole supervision. [Ballot]

Oct 12, 2017 - In some counties, the county sheriff picks up the ballots from the county registrar and delivers the ballots to the jail, returning the ballots to the registrar once completed. In other counties, inmates simply receive and return their vote-by-mail ballots via the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-023

Proposition 3 [Ballot]

Nov 6, 2018 - These investors would be repaid with interest using the state ’s General Fund tax revenues. The cost of these bonds would depend on various factors —such as the interest rates in effect at the time they are sold, the timing of bond sales, and the time period over which they are repaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=3&year=2018

Child Custody and Juvenile Dependency. [Ballot]

Mar 17, 2021 - This measure could result in an ongoing increase in county workload to the extent that jurisdictional hearings that currently are decided by a judge are instead decided by a jury. For example, child welfare departments and/or county attorneys may need to spend more time preparing for jury trials because of the different rules related to how and what informa tion can be presented to a jury.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-001

Proposed statutory initiative that would increase excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. It also creates a new excise tax on the distribution of electronic cigarett

Jun 23, 2015 - The department administers various education programs, and allocates funding to various types of local education agencies, including county offices of education, school districts, and charter schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-029

Proposed statutory initiative that increases excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. [Ballot]

Jun 23, 2015 - The department administers various education programs, and allocates funding to various types of local education agencies, including county offices of education, school districts, and charter schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-030