Legislative rules and responsibilities (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Dec 1, 2015 - The cap is adjusted each year for changes in per capita personal income and population. Proposal The measure makes three changes to Legislative rules and responsibilities. First, the measure requires the Legislature to ensure audiovisual recordings of all public proceedings ar e publicly accessible on the Internet within 24 hours and archived for at least 20 years thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-083

Increases excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products and applies the tobacco products excise tax to electronic cigarettes (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2015 - About 2  percent of the remaining funds would be provided to CDE for school programs to prevent and reduce the use of tobacco products by young people. The department administers various e ducation 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/2015-081

Sports markets. (Amendment No. 2) [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2015 - Proposal The measure amends the state constitution to provide that “any California resident, 18 years or older, has the right to trade on responsible, carefully regulated, non-gambling, and socially beneficial sports markets. ” Fiscal Effect The fiscal effect of the measure on state and local governments would depend primarily on how the measure is interpreted and implemented,
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-082

Teacher tenure (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2015 - This measure would require school districts to conduct two additional evaluations within a teachers ’ first five years of employment. Whereas teachers currently are evaluated in years one, two, and four of their employment, this measure would require them to be evaluated in each of their first five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-079

The cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana (Amendment No 1). [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2015 - The measure states that schools, employers, and landlords may not discriminate against or penalize a person solely for their status as a medical marijuana patient or caretaker to a medical marijuana patient, unless failing to do so would put the school, employer, or landlord in violation of federal law or in jeopardy of losing a federal contract or funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-075

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

Nov 24, 2015 - Revenues from investment returns vary significantly year to year depending on market performance; however, pension boards adopt actuarial assumptio ns that assume average investment returns over an extended time horizon.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-076

Teacher employment laws. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2015 - This measure ends collective bargaining for the following areas affecting certificated staff —layoffs and reemployment, transfers, reassignments, instructional hours during a normal school day, and the start date of instruction for the school year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-078

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

Nov 24, 2015 - Revenues from investment returns vary significantly year to year depending on market performance; however, pension boards adopt actuarial assumptio ns that assume average investment returns over an extended time horizon.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-077

Limitations of the activities of holocaust denial organizations. [Ballot]

Nov 20, 2015 - The annual legal cost statewide is u nlikely to be significant, but the cost could be significant for a particular educational institution in a particular year. (Statewide, trial courts also would incur costs to hear these cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-073

California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2015 - Presented to: California Association of School Business Officials
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3309