Restrictions on certain oil drilling permits (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - If voters reject SB  1137 on the November 2024 ballot but pass this measure, it could result in the following fiscal effects: Decreased State Revenues. We estimate that within a few years of implementation, the measure would reduce state revenues by tens of millions of dollars annually resulting from a decrease in oil extraction.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-014

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 - 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 treatments for individuals under the age of 18 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027

Proposition 15 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - New Funding for Local Governments and Schools. Overall, $6.5  billion to $11.5  billion per year in new property taxes would go to local governments. 60  percent would go to cities, counties, and special districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=15&year=2020

1,000 percent sales tax on some political advertisements. [Ballot]

Dec 29, 2015 - This measure states that a sales tax of 1,000  percent would be imposed on some "political advertisements, " a term which it says refers to "any political advertising delivered within the state of California, " including, but not limited to, "all media spending by political parties, political action committees or candidates. " The measure provides the sales tax will not apply to the first $1
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-106

Parental or legal guardian notification if student requests gender-related accommodations. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - There is generally no state requirement for private schools to collect certain student information. Transgender and Nonbinary Students . While there is limited data on the number of transgender and nonbinary youth, the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law estimates that nearly 50,000 of the state ’s 2.6  million children aged 13 to 17  years (about 2  percent) identify as transgender.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-018

Property taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 4, 2023 - This reduces property tax revenue going to schools and o ther local governments. Over the first few years, schools and other local governments would lose several hundred million dollars each year. Over time, these revenue losses would gr ow to between $1.5  billion and $2  billion annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-005

High-quality public schools (Version 1). [Ballot]

Aug 30, 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/2023-009

High-quality public schools (Version 2). [Ballot]

Aug 30, 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/2023-010

Use of school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and student participation in athletic programs and activities based on their gender identity. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - While there is limited data on the number of transgender and nonbinary persons in California, the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law estimates about 200,000 of the state ’s 33  million population aged 13 years and over (less than 1  percent) identify as transgender.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-019

Felony sentencing. [Ballot]

Dec 14, 2021 - The board generally considers the release of third strikers after they serve the minimum number of years required by their sentences (less any sentencing credits). For example, BPH would consider the release of a third striker sentenced to 25-years-to-life with 5 years of sentencing credits after the person served 20 years in prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-035