Social media platforms. [Ballot]

Feb 6, 2024 - State Court Costs. This measure likely would increase state court costs and workload from additional civil cases being filed in state courts against social media platforms. The magnitude of this increase in state court costs and workload, however, could depend on several factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-035

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - Charges Out-of-State Students Fees, With Revenue for Specified Purposes. Although all students (in and out of state) enrolling on a for-credit basis are to pay tuition, out-of-state students are to pay additional fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - State law limits the type of gaming that can occur in California. For example, state law currently bans sports wagering in California. However, state law allows certain gaming activities in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - The measure could result in various other fiscal impacts on the state and local governments. For example, the state and local governments could experience increased revenues from economic activity generated from people from out of state visiting to place sports wagers and spending more in the state as a result.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Cannabis and certain psychedelic drugs. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - For example, state-licensed businesses must participate in the state ’s “track-and-trace ” system by attaching unique identifier tags (similar to bar codes) to each plant and product. These tags allow the state to track the movement of cannabis plants and products through the supply chain.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-032

California Children’s Services (CCS) program. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2023 - The state is responsible for paying the remaining share of cost. To cover this share, the state generally uses money from the General Fund, the state ’s primary budget account. In some cases, money from other sources is used, such as funds from counties for services required to be funded by counties under state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-029

High-quality public schools. [Ballot]

Dec 6, 2023 - Background State Required to Provide a Public School System . The California Constitution requires the state to organize and fund a system of public schools that operates at least six months per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-028

Schools notifying parents of a student’s gender identity; school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and athletic programs and activities; and certain gender-affirming medical treatment

Nov 14, 2023 - State Law Allows Transgender and Nonbinary Students to Participate in Either Girls State or Boys State Conferences. The American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary Organization operate separate week-long leadership conferences for high school students known as Boys State and Girls State conferences.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027

Managed care organization tax. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - Also in certain years, the federal government rejected the state ’s initially enacted version of the MCO tax, requiring the state to restructure the tax and resubmit it for approval. Recently Enacted MCO Tax Package State Recently Enacted New Version of the MCO Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-024

Drug crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - State Prison.  People whose current or past convictions include serious, violent, or sex crimes can be sentenced to state prison. The sentence lengths for people convicted of felonies vary based on the severity of the crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-023