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Felony sentencing. [Ballot]

Jan 2, 2018 - The measure requires that savings to the state, as calculated by the administration, be annually transferred from the General Fund into a new state fund —the People ’s Fair Sentencing and Public Safety Act of 2018 Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-046

Emergency medical personnel. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Dec 14, 2017 - Unlike fire department crews, who await emergency calls while stationed at their permanent department location, ambulance crews are positioned throughout a city or region dependin g on the volume and location of 911 calls typically received in that area and the response times agreed upon in the contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-043

Rent control. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2017 - For the types of policies that have prevailed in California (both before and after Costa-Hawkins), the following effects appear to be most clearly s upported by empirical research: Conversion of Rental Housing to Ownership Housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-041

Estate taxes and financial aid for college. [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2017 - The federal estate tax applies to the transfer of assets at death. In 2016, Californians paid $3.9  billion in federal estate taxes. As of 2017, the tax applies to estates valued over $5.49  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-038

State income taxes and various charges collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. [Ballot]

Nov 1, 2017 - The VLF is an annual fee on the ownership of a registered vehicle in California, in place of taxing vehicles as personal property. The fee rate is 0.65  percent of the vehicle ’s current estimated value.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-031

Voting rights for individuals in prison and under parole supervision. [Ballot]

Oct 12, 2017 - For instance, for a city mayor, the voting district is the city ’s boundaries. For a state governor, the boundary of the voting district is the state. For other elected offices —including city councils, county supervisors, state legislators, and the House of Representatives —the voting district boundaries are determined by local and state governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-023

Criminal prosecution of law enforcement officers. [Ballot]

Oct 12, 2017 - These include state agencies (such as the California Highway Patrol) and local agencies (such as county sheriffs, city police, and school district police). Use of Force by Law Enforcement Officers. Federal, state, and local laws and policies govern law enforcement activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-022

Splitting California into three new U.S. states. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2017 - In addition, LADWP imported about one-fifth of its water in 2016 via the city ’s own aqueduct, which originates in the Mono Basin and the Owens Valley (in the proposed state of Southern California). Decisions Concerning Water.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-018

Amend the Constitution to allow and facilitate future, but unknown, legislative actions that could substantially increase state healthcare spending and associated tax revenues. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2017 - Because the measure does not, on its own, make any changes to existing healthcare programs, raise new tax revenues, or transfer existing tax revenues, the measure has no direct fiscal effects. Instead, the fiscal effects of the measure entirely depend upon whether the Legislature passed future healthcare-related legislation increasing state revenues or transferring existing revenues to the HCTF.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-019

Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2017 - Cities and counties impose taxes on the transfer of homes and other real estate. These transfer taxes are based on the value of the property being transferred. Transfer taxes are e qual to $1.10 per $1,000 of property value in most locations, but exceed $20 per $1,000 of property in some cities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-013