Place a limit on gross charges for patient care services or items set by certain private hospitals. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2015 - Fiscal Effects This measure could have two major fiscal effects on state and local governments. The first effect would result in state and local government savings —although these savings would be offset in part by a variety of other factors —while the second effect would result in state and local government costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-101

Proposed statutory initiative that increases excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. [Ballot]

Jun 23, 2015 - New State Tobacco Tax Revenues This measure increases —effective April 1, 2017 —the existing state excise tax on cigarettes by $2 per pack. The total state excise tax, therefore, would be $2.87 per pack.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-030

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

Nov 24, 2015 - Background State laws govern various employment processes for teachers hired by public local educational agencies (LEAs). Some of the state ’s major teacher employment laws are highlighted below. The state also has rules for determining how much total funding goes to LEAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-078

Voluntary certification of the accuracy of information cited in political advertisements for federal office (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2015 - As we discuss below, the measure would have one-time and ongoing fiscal effects on state and local governments. One-Time Fiscal Effect. State and local governments would experience one-time costs —possibly tens of millions of dollars —to establish a new IT system that complies with the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-051

A New Hope for California [Ballot]

Apr 13, 2015 - Fiscal Effects State Government Costs. The likely state costs to implement the measure would be at least hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Because some of the panel ’s responsibilities are one time in nature, state costs would likely be higher during 2016-17 and would decrease somewhat thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-006

The California Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act (Amendment #1-S) [Ballot]

Mar 3, 2015 - This measure would place certain requirements for the adult film industry —now described in detail only in state regulations and in a Los Angeles County law —in California state statute. It also would place additional requirements concerning the industry in state statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-004

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

Mar 6, 2015 - The state and charter schools share costs equally. Charter schools that are unable to contribute the local match may borrow the matching funds from the state and repay the state over a maximum 30-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-005

No Blank Checks Initiative [Ballot]

Feb 27, 2015 - General obligation bonds and revenue bonds are two types of bonds issued by state and local governments in California. State general obligation bonds are guaranteed by the state government ’s full faith and credit and are generally repaid using the state ’s general tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-003

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act [Ballot]

Feb 5, 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 $5.6 billion in state and federal funds in 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-013

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act—Version 2 [Ballot]

Feb 9, 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 $5.6  billion in state and federal funds in 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-014