Cultivation, possession, and sale of marijuana. Version 7 [Ballot]

Feb 5, 2016 - Pursuant to the legislation, medical marijuana cooperatives are in the process of being phased out within a few years and replaced by state-licensed businesses that cultivate and distribute medical marijuana.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-120

Cultivation, possession, and sale of marijuana. Version 6 [Ballot]

Feb 5, 2016 - Pursuant to the legislation, medical marijuana cooperatives are in the process of being phased out within a few years and replaced by state-licensed businesses that cultivate and distribute medical marijuana.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-119

End publicly recorded votes in the Legislature by Senators and Assembly Members. [Ballot]

Jan 12, 2016 - If the measure were to result in increased costs to tabulate votes, the Legislature may have to reduce other legislative expenses by hundreds of thousands of dollars or more per year in order to keep its total spending within the constitutional limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-112

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 - Currently, this level of compensation is $450,000 per year. “Executives ” are defined under this measure to include individuals whose primary responsibilities are executive, managerial, or administrative, for example CEOs or chief financial officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-111

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

Oct 14, 2015 - Accordingly, no new nuclear power plants have been constructed in California in over 35 years. (State law specifically exempted Diablo Canyon from these new requirements. Because no permanent disposal site for nucle ar waste is now available in the United States, these facilities temporarily store their nuclear waste on site, either in water or in “dry cask ” steel cylinders.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-055

Online signature gathering for initiative, referendum and recall petitions. [Ballot]

Mar 22, 2016 - While these processes have evolved somewhat over the past 105  years, state and local initiative, referendum, and recall campaigns still generally involve the circulation of signature petitions to place measures on the ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2016-002

The California Nuclear Waste Act [Ballot]

Feb 26, 2015 - Accordingly, no new nuclear power plants have been constructed in California in over 35 years. (State law specifically exempted Diablo Canyon from these new requirements. Because no permanent disposal site for nuclear waste is now available in the United States, these facilities temporarily store their nuclear waste on site, either in water or in “dry case ” cement casings.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-001

Nationhood status and possible secession from the U.S. [Ballot]

Aug 28, 2015 - Quadrennial "Nationhood Referenda. " A statute proposed by this measure would place before California 's voters every four years a "nationhood referendum, " asking whether California "should acquire the exclusive power to make its laws, levy its taxes and establish its own relations abroad —in other words, sovereignty —and at the same time to maintain with United States an
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-037

International protocol official in state government. [Ballot]

Sep 16, 2015 - Accordingly, it is conceivable that the fiscal effect of this measure would be limited to the creation of the Office of the Chief of Protocol, which would re sult in additional state costs of at least a few hundred thousand dollars per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-046

California Independence in Statewide Elections Act [Ballot]

May 14, 2015 - These costs likely would be highest in the year immediately following implementation of the measure, possibly in the range of a few hundred thousand dollars. Summary of Fiscal Effects This measure would have the following fiscal effects: Increased state and local costs to administer and enforce campaign finance and disclosure laws, possibly in the range of a few hundred thousand dollars initially.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-012