Proposition 35 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Some of these funding increases began in 2024, but most will begin in 2025 and 2026. Once they all begin in 2026, the increases likely would result in around $4  billion more for Medi-Cal annually. Around half of this amount will come from the health plan tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=35&year=2024

Shellfish Suppression Act [Ballot]

May 22, 2015 - This measure would make the consumption or sale of shellfish (such as crab, lobster, and shrimp) a serious felony punishable by a fine of $666,000 and/or imprisonment of up to roughly six and a half years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-016

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

High-quality public schools. [Ballot]

Dec 6, 2023 - The California Constitution requires the state to organize and fund a system of public schools that operates at least six months per year. Children in California currently may enroll in free public schools in transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 through 12 (K-12).
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 - 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

Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2016 [Ballot]

Mar 6, 2015 - School districts and COEs that cannot meet the match requirement may apply for financial hardship funding from the state to offset their local share of costs. Modernization. Modernization grants are provided to school districts and COEs that have buildings more than 25 years old.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-005

State and local law enforcement agencies. [Ballot]

Feb 17, 2016 - First, Chapter  466 requires state and local law enforcement agencies to submit an annual report beginning in 2019 to the state Attorney General on all stops conducted in the previous calendar year. Agencies must provide certain information regarding each stop, including the perceived race, ethnicity, gender, and approximate age of the person stopped.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-124

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

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - In recent years, the limit has been an important consideration in state budgeting decisions. Revenues in excess of the limit, over a two-year period, tr igger a requirement for taxpayer rebates and additional school payments.                                                                                                                          
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-012

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