Ethnic studies course at the California State University. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - The measure directs CSU to coll aborate with certain CSU faculty groups to develop core competencies for the ethnic studies courses, with the faculty groups needing to approve those core competencies before the s tart of the 2030-31 academic year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-003

Proposition 33 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - This law lasts until 2030. State Law Limits Local Rent Control.  Another state law, known as the   Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act  (Costa-Hawkins), limits local rent control laws in three main ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=33&year=2024

Temporary extension of Proposition 30 income tax increases (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2015 - This measure would increase state income tax revenues by billions of dollars per year above current expect ations for the years 2019 through 2030. (This would result in increased tax revenues for fiscal years 2018-19 through 2030-31.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-065

Extend temporary personal income tax rate increases on high-income taxpayers (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Jan 25, 2016 - This measure would increase state income tax revenues by billions of dollars per year above current expect ations for the years 2019 through 2030. (This would result in increased tax revenues for fiscal years 2018-19 through 2030-31.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-115

Disposal and Recycling of Single-Use Plastic Packaging and Foodware. [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2019 - Require producers to reduce the total amount of single-use plastic packaging and foodware sold in California by 25  percent by 2030. Establish take-back and deposit programs to establish convenient ways for consumers to recycle.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-028

Raising the personal income taxes for certain households to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This tax increase would end the earliest of: (1)  January 1, 2043 or (2)  beginning January 1, 2030, the January 1 following three consecutive calendar years in which statewide greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced by 80  percent below 1990 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-037

Climate change. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - The state updated the limit in 2016 to 40  percent below 1990 levels by 2030, and further reduced it in 2022 to an objective of at least 85  percent below 1990 emissions levels by 2045. Emissions will need to decline much faster than historical trends in order to meet these goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-012

Raising taxes on certain corporations to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This tax increase would end the earliest of: (1)  January 1, 2043 or (2)  beginning January 1, 2030, the January 1 following three consecutive calendar years in which statewide greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced by 80  percent below 1990 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-038

Landfills. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - These include a state law requiring statewide GHG emissions to be limited to 40  percent below 1990 levels by 2030. GHGs include gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Landfills produce methane emissions when organic waste —such as food scraps, wood, and paper —decompose.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-006

Local rent control laws. [Ballot]

Feb 10, 2023 - This law lasts until January 1, 2030. State and Local Government Tax Revenues.  Three taxes are the largest sources of tax revenue for the state and local governments in California —personal income tax, property tax, and sales tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2022-008