General obligation bonds for water programs and projects. (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Dec 10, 2015 - Protection and Restoration of Watersheds Within State Parks ($150  Million). The measure provides $150  million for the restoration of watersheds within state parks, as well as to improve the water supply and wastewater treatment systems in state parks.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-091

General obligation bonds for water programs and projects. (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Dec 10, 2015 - Protection and Restoration of Watersheds Within State Parks ($150  Million). The measure provides $150  million for the restoration of watersheds within state parks, as well as to improve the water supply and wastewater treatment systems in state parks.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-094

Public social services. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2015 - Additionally, in 2011, the state shifted responsibility for certain low-level offenders from the state to the counties on a prospective basis. As part of this shift, certain offenders released from state prison are now supervised in the community by probation officers instead of by state parole agents.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-064

The Repeal of the Charter Schools Act (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Jan 25, 2016 - Since the state first allowed charter schools in 1992, the number of students attending charter schools has grown steadily. The state currently has 1,230  charter schools serving about 580,000 students (9  percent of all students in the state).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-114

Changes to how Californians vote. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Feb 3, 2016 - Secretary of State. Among other duties, the Secretary of State is the state ’s chief elections officer and oversees a variety of elements related to elections, campaigns, and lobbying in California. In addition to maintaining other information technology ( IT) systems, the Secretary of State oversees the development of California ’s statewide voter registration system, known as VoteCal, discussed in greater detail below.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-117

Death penalty. [Ballot]

Dec 9, 2015 - The state incurs costs for the Supreme Court to hear such cases and for court-appointed counsel to provide legal representation to condemned individuals. The state also incurs costs for attorneys employed by the state Department of Justice to uphold death sentences in the appeals process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-096

Amend the California Constitution to generally require physicians to notify the parent or guardian of a minor under the age of 16 before performing an abortion on that minor, with certain exceptions.

Oct 30, 2015 - The CalWORKs program is supported with both state and federal funds, but because all CalWORKs federal funds are capped, these additional costs would probably be borne by the state. These costs would typically not be significant compared to total state spending for CalWORKs, which is estimated to cost about $5.7  billion in state and federal funds in 2015-16.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-063

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 - State Spending Limit The State Constitution contains various rules affecting the state budget, such as the state spending limit that has been in place since passage of Proposition  4 in 1979. The Constitution requires the state to issue taxpayer rebates if the state exceeds the spending limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-081

Cap total annual compensation for executives at specified hospitals—including private nonprofit and for-profit hospitals—at the level of compensation received by the President of the United States. [B

Jan 11, 2016 - A public hospital is operated by the state of California, a county, a city, the University of California, a local health district or authority, or any other political subdivision of the state. A private hospital is typically operated by a corporation (either for-profit or nonprofit).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-111

A proposed statutory initiative prohibiting the generation of nuclear power in California. [Ballot]

Oct 14, 2015 - These state and local f iscal impacts, however, could still be major. Summary of Fiscal Effects We estimate that this measure could have the following major fiscal effects: Potential impacts on state and local finances in the form of decreased revenues and increased costs due to possible electricity price increases and state liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-055