Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Drivers for rideshare companies work as independent contractors rather than employees, generally using their own v ehicles and choosing when and where to work. Most drivers for rideshare companies drive part-time and many only work for less than a year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-028

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

Oct 27, 2025 - Of these employees, 112,666 were career support staff, 14,482 were tenured or tenure-track faculty, and 191 were senior managers (with the remainder being lower-level managers, lecturers, and student workers, among others).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - Providers must also offer parental controls that allow parents to manage certain aspects of a child ’s use of the system, such as time limits and the use of a child ’s data for training. Finally, providers must undergo annual independent audits at their own expense and submit audit reports to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - In addition, large frontier AI developers —generally companies with substantial annual revenue —must publish annual AI safety frameworks that describe, among other things, governance structures, alignment with recognized risk-management standards, and procedures for identify ing, assessing, and mitigating major risks.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Oversight of certain frontier artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - In addition, large frontier AI developers —generally companies with substantial annual revenue —must publish annual AI safety frameworks that describe, among other things, governance structures, alignment with recognized risk-management standards, and procedures for identify ing, assessing, and mitigating major risks.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

California’s relationship with the United States of America. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that the initial act admitting a state to the Union “was final. ” The court said: “There was no place for reconsideration, or revocation, except through revolution, or through consent of the states. ” Initiatives and Constitutional Revisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-010

Limiting pay for administrators at hospitals and physician groups. [Ballot]

Sep 22, 2025 - The initiative would limit how much hospitals and physician groups could pay their administrators (including executives and managers). The limit would apply to private entities, as well as public hospitals owned by special districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-009

Nonprofit safety net health clinic expenses. [Ballot]

Sep 22, 2025 - Clinics also report the share of total expenses that advance the clinic ’s mission to provide primary care services to medically underserved groups (separate from the clinic ’s management and fundraising expenses).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-008

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 - State and local government monies placed in investment and retirement funds are managed in various ways. For example, the California Public Employees ’ Retirement System is governed by a 13-member board.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-011

Statutory initiative that would establish a statewide vote to express the intent of California voters to seek independence from the United States of America. [Ballot]

Jan 8, 2025 - Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that the initial act admitting a state to the Union “was final. ” The court said: “There was no place for reconsideration, or revocation, except through revolution, or through consent of the states. ” Initiatives and Constitutional Revisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2024-001