2011 Initiative Analysis: The Medical Marijuana Regulation, Control, and Taxation Act (Amendment #1S)

While some marijuana crimes are defined in state law as infractions, punishable by a fine, other marijuana crimes are defined as misdemeanors, punishable by fines, incarceration in jail for less than a year, probation, or some combination of these.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2011/110806.aspx

2012 Initiative Analysis: Brain Syndrome and Severely Disabled Veterans Property Tax Exemption Initiative

In many cases, the state must pay more to schools and community colleges when local property taxes distributed to school districts decline. Accordingly, under this measure, the state may be required to increase its spending for K-14 education by a minor amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2012/120031.aspx

2012 Initiative Analysis: Stop the $100 Billion Bullet Train to Nowhere Act

In addition, the HSRA has an executive director appointed by the board and a staff of about 25. Voters Approved Funding for High-Speed Rail in 2008. In November 2008, voters approved Proposition  1A, which authorizes the state to sell up to $9.95  billion in general obligation bonds to partially fund the development and construction of a high-speed rail system.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2012/120068.aspx

2012 Initiative Analysis: Patient Reasonable Access Act of 2012

While state law prohibits the establishment of facilities that distribute, sell, or cultivate medical marijuana within 600 feet of a school, it otherwise gives local cities and counties the discretion to regulate the location and operations of such facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2012/120103.aspx

2012 Initiative Analysis: Government Employee Pension Reform Act

Under this measure, 50 percent of the maximum state retiree health contribution would be payable to future employees who retired after 15 years of service. This payment would grow somewhat for each year of service after 15 years until reaching 100 percent of the maximum state retiree health contribution after 25 or more years of service.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2012/120207.aspx

2012 Initiative Analysis: The Nuclear Waste Act of 2012

2012 Initiative Analysis: The Nuclear Waste Act of 2012 About the LAO May 25, 2012 Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed a statutory initiative related to the generation of nuclear power in California (A.G.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2012/120290.aspx

2012 Initiative Analysis: College and University Funding and Accountability Act

An additional tax of 1.25 cents per cigarette, or 25  cents per pack of 20. (If this new tax were to go into effect, existing provisions of state law would increase taxes automatically on other tobacco products at a comparable rate.)
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2012/120545.aspx

2013 Initiative Analysis: End Taxpayer Funding of Political Parties

California generally holds two statewide elections in even-numbered years to elect candidates to state and federal offices —a primary election (in June) and a general election (in November). Counties administer these statewide elections.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130426.aspx

2013 Initiative Analysis:The California Nuclear Waste Act

Accordingly, no new nuclear plants have been constructed in California in over 35 years. (State law specifically exempted Diablo Canyon Power Plant and SONGS 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/ballot/2013/130465.aspx

2013 Initiative Analysis: The Free Exercise of Religion

The measure also specifies that a person or organization “using any part of the Bible ’s content as authority ” may freely communicate his or her views at any public or private gathering, school, or place of worship, or in specified forms of communication (such as the radio or telephone).
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2013/130505.aspx