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

Oct 13, 2015 - A significant portion of money spent in elections is used to produce advertisements on television, radio, and printed or electronic media to convey support or opposition to a candidate for political office.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-051

California Independence in Statewide Elections Act [Ballot]

May 14, 2015 - For example, developing a television commercial urging voters to “vote for ” a candidate is an independent expenditure if the commercial is made without coordination with the candidate ’s campaign. Current law does not limit the amount of money individuals, organizations, and businesses may spend on independent expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-012

Public access to state and local government records (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - In addition, the measure changes the time lines and fees associated with a request, in cluding: Time Line. Requiring all government entities to (1)  determine whether they possess disclosable records within ten calendar days or 14 calendar days under “extraordinary ” circumstances that the measure specifies does not include a search of a large number of
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015

Renewable energy (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - LSEs generate or purchase electricity from a variety of sources and distribute it to households and businesses using an interconnected network of transmission lines and power connections (referred to as the electricity grid).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-008

Water supply. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - These changes include shortening the time line for litigation following completion of a CEQA review, imposing a 90-day time line for the Coastal Commission to review and decide upon permit applications, prohibiting the Coastal Commission from requesting any new or revised environmental reviews t o inform its decisions, and authorizing the Secretary of the
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-014

Homeownership affordability. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - To the extent that this results in fewer lawsuits being filed against public projects —such as government-sponsored affordable housing, water, or electric utility projects —this could shorten project time lines and reduce the costs incurred by public entities to complete these projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-025

Proposition 35 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - In line with these rules, Proposition  35 temporarily increases the limit by the size of the health plan tax for four years. After the temporary increase ends, the long-term effect of the proposition on the state ’s spending limit is uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=35&year=2024

Proposition 4 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Most of the remaining money would pay for building infrastructure such as transmission lines to carry electricity long distances ($325  million). The rest of the money would pay for projects to build large batteries that store electricity for when it is needed ($50  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=4&year=2024

A proposed constitutional and statutory initiative related to poverty reduction. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2015 - The California Film and Television Credit is a competitive tax credit available to qualified motion picture industry businesses based in part on hiring. The competitive tax credit programs are both administered by the California Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), California ’s single point of contact for economic development and job creation efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-043

State sales tax and teacher compensation. [Ballot]

Oct 11, 2017 - Schools and the state could take a variety of actions to bring required spending in line with available resources. Increased state costs of about $1  billion per year to cover higher teacher pensions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-021