Proposition 3 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Proposition 3 [Ballot] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=3&year=2024

Attorney compensation in certain civil lawsuits. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - Under a contingency fee contract, clients typically pay only if their attorne ys win their cases. Attorneys generally pay for up-front litigation costs related to the case (such as court fees and evidence collection costs) and receive a percentage of the mon ey that their client receives after settling or winning the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-031

California labor law violations. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - On the other hand, trial courts could receive an increased number of appeals of Labor Com missioner decisions or an increased number of class-action lawsuits or other civil filings that otherwise would have been pursued as PAGA lawsuits.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-027

App-based rideshare and delivery drivers. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2019 - To limit these new costs, rideshare and delivery com panies might hire fewer drivers. These companies also would eventually increase fares and delivery charges to make up for their new costs. Responses by Consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-026

Proposition 34 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Before 2019, Medi-Cal paid for the cost of prescription drugs in different ways. In 2019, the state adopted a single approach called “Medi-Cal Rx. ” Medi-Cal Rx likely saves the state money because Medi-Cal pays for drugs at more discounted prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=34&year=2024

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This is because a federal court previously determined that the payments required by certain tribal-state com pacts into the state ’s General Fund for use at the state ’s discretion generally were an illegal tax prohibited under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

Cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 23, 2015 - Department of Justice (DOJ) is not to prosecute marijuana users and businesses that act in com pliance with state and local marijuana laws so long as those laws are written and enforced in a manner that upholds federal priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-104

Use of school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and student participation in athletic programs and activities based on their gender identity. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - Beginning in 2019-20, public K-12 schools could report a student ’s gender as either male, female, or nonbinary. There is no state requirement for private K-12 schools to collect certain student information.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-019

Parental or legal guardian notification if student requests gender-related accommodations. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - Beginning in 2019-20, public schools could report a student ’s gender as either male, female, or nonbinary. There is generally no state requirement for private schools to collect certain student information.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-018

Medi-Cal Rx program and revenues from federal drug price discounts. [Ballot]

Oct 19, 2023 - In January 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that, among other provisions, changed the way Medi-Cal pays for prescription drugs. Under this new approach, when a patient is prescribed a drug, Medi-Cal pays pharmacies directly for the cost to acquire a nd dispense the drug.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-021