Home building and downpayment assistance. [Ballot]

Oct 6, 2025 - The measure sets a maximum purchase price for a home financed with a middle-class homeownership loan, which in 2025 is roughly equivalent to between $1  million to $1.5  million depending on the county.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-013

Personal income tax rates for high-income taxpayers. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2025 - Fiscal Effects Measure Would Bring in Between $5  Billion and $15  Billion Each Year. The amount of money brought in by this measure is hard to predict and will go up and down with the economy. This is because much of the revenue comes from taxing investment income and capital gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

Housing assistance program for certain University of California employees. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2025 - Typically, UC borrows some funds from its Short-Term Investment Pool (STIP) to issue home loans. STIP holds cash from tuition, fees, state funds, and other revenues. UC places these funds in safe, short-term investments so it can generate interest until the funds are spent for university purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018

International protocol official in state government. [Ballot]

Sep 16, 2015 - State entities under the Governor ’s authority are responsible for promoting California agriculture, environmental policies, trade and investment activities, maintaining record of any agreements made between the st ate and foreign governments, and other interests.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-046

Stem cell research. [Ballot]

Dec 2, 2019 - (For taxable bonds, the interest that investors earn is not exempt from federal taxes.) CIRM Has Spent Nearly All Available Funds. As Figure 1 shows, bonds issued under Proposition  71 have comprised virtually all of CIRM ’s funding, with a relatively small amount of funding coming from investment income, private donations, and other sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-022

Proposition 14 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - The state sold the bonds to investors, and the money generated from these sales funded CIRM grants and operations. After selling bonds, the state has been repaying investors with interest over many years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=14&year=2020

The California Nuclear Waste Act [Ballot]

Feb 26, 2015 - State Could Be Held Liable to Compensate Utilities for Investment Losses. Under current state law, IOUs are generally allowed to recover costs associated with their capital investments through the ratemaking process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-001

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

Oct 14, 2015 - State Could Be Held Liable to Compensate Utilities for Investment Losses. Under current state law, IOUs are generally allowed to recover costs associated with their capital investments through the ratemaking process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-055

The right to boycott or engage in other activities to express opposition to the policies of the state of Israel toward Palestinians. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - Places Specific Restrictions on Public Investment and Retirement Funds. The measure places restrictions on public investment and retirement funds as well. Specifically, the measure prohibits public investment or retirement funds from adopting policies that infringe upon or restrict the right to support BDS activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-011

Funding for students attending private schools. [Ballot]

Nov 2, 2023 - The state historically has obtained funding for these grants by selling bonds to investors. The state then repays the investors, with interest, from the General Fund. The state typically pays off bonds over several decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-026