Homeownership affordability. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - Local governments rely on a variety of taxes and fees to fund their services, like schools, fire and police, public works, and parks. The property and sales taxes generally are the largest sources of local tax revenue for cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-025

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - The local governing board may further require a full -year course in personal finance to graduate from high school. Fiscal Effects As we discuss below, this measure could result in various increased costs to schools in the first few years that would be supported with funds provided to schools under the existin g minimum funding requirement for K-12 schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

Drug crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - For example, people who receive five years in prison (such as because they were previously convicted of a sex crime) for selling fentanyl under current law could instea d receive up to 12 years for selling fentanyl resulting in death under the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-023

Medi-Cal Rx program and revenues from federal drug price discounts. [Ballot]

Oct 19, 2023 - The entity would be prohibited from reapplying for tax-exempt status or the relevant l icenses for ten years. Also during this ten-year period, the entity would be ineligible to receive any new or renewed state or local government grants or contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-021

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

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

Gender-affirming medical procedures for individuals under the age of 18 years. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - Gender-affirming medical procedures for individuals under the age of 18 years. [Ballot] Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed measure (A.G.  File  No. 23-0020, Amendment #1) related to certain gender-affirming medical procedures for individuals under the age of 18 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-020

Drug and theft crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 11, 2023 - The measure adds fentanyl to the set of drugs to which this felony applies, thereby increasing the sentences for people convicted of this crime for fentanyl from up to one year in jail in most cases to up to four years in prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-017

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 4, 2023 - To register to vote, a person must be a U.S. citizen, be a resid ent of California, not currently be incarcerated or found mentally incompetent to vote by a court, and be at least 18 years old. (Eligible people who are 16 or 17 years old can pre -register to vote; however, they are not eligible to vote until they reach  18 years of age.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-016

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