Relating to attorney fees and medical damages in motor vehicle accident cases. [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2025 - Under this kind of contract, clients typicall y only pay their attorneys if they settle or win the case. Attorneys generally pay for up-front litigation costs related to the cases (such as court fees and evidence collection costs).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-022

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

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

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 - For example, state law requires that people seeking or entering into a contract of more than $100,000 with a state entit y certify that they are (1) in compliance with the state ’s non-discrimination laws, (2) that any policy they have against any sovereign nation recognized by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-011

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Jun 29, 2023 - These regulatory costs could eventuall y be partially or fully offset by regulatory fee revenue. To the extent that fee revenues are not sufficient to fully support such costs, some of the costs could require support fr om other funding sources (such as the state General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-004

Constitutional initiative related to medical marijuana. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2015 - Impedes a patient 's ability to obtain, transport, or cultivate marijuana, so long as (1)  the method of obtaining, cultivating, or transporting marijuana is consistent with the business practices and/or cultivation practices used for other non-prohibited flora in the l aw ’s jurisdiction, and (2) no medical marijuana business or cultivation activities occur within 600  feet of a K-12 school, unless approved by local authorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-044

Proposition 16 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - State law also has a number of antidiscrimination provisions that are similar to those in federal l aw. Policies and Programs Created or Modified After Proposition  209. After voters approved Proposition  209, some public entities in California created or modified policies and programs to instead consider characteristics not banned by Proposition  209.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=16&year=2020

Parole hearings for youth offenders. [Ballot]

Aug 31, 2017 - Under indeterminate sentencing, individuals receive a sentence range, such as 25-y ears-to-life. As discussed below, these individuals are typically considered for release in hearings conducted by the state Board of Parole Hearings (BPH).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-009

Juvenile dependency proceedings. [Ballot]

Jun 17, 2021 - The magnitude and direction of these costs would depend significantly on whether the courts interpret this measure to eliminate certain existing requirements for juvenile dependenc y proceedings —which could reduce court workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-004

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - This minimum requirement changes over time based on changes in state revenues, or the econom y and the number of students attending school. The state meets the minimum requirement by providing schools with funding from local property tax revenue and state tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 4, 2023 - After county election officials receive the VBM ballot, before the envelope is opened, election officials verif y the signature of the voter on the outside of the envelope. State law outlines the signature verification process and specifies that exact matches between the signature on the env elope and the signature on file is not required.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-016