Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Long-standing state law permits California ’s 58 counties to impose and collect a tax on the transfer of ownership in real estate. This is known as a documentary transfer tax. The tax is limited to 55 cents per $500 in property sale (or 0.11 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-004

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Long-standing state law permits California ’s 58 counties to impose and collect a tax on the transfer of ownership in real estate. This is known as a documentary transfer tax. The tax is limited to 55 cents per $500 in property sale (or 0.11 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-005

Local land use. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - This authority extends to zoning or land use in: (1)  the coastal zone; (2)  the siting of a power plant that can generate more than 50 megawatts of electricity; or (3)  the development of water, communications, or transportation infrastructure projects that the state declares are matters of statewide concern.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-016

Local land use planning and zoning. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - The ultimate fiscal effects of the measure on the state and local governments will depend on d ecisions by the state ’s 482 cities and 58 counties. Summary of Fiscal Effects. We estimate that this measure would have the following major fiscal effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-011

Taxing very high-income taxpayers and dedicating revenues to pandemic prevention. [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2021 - The California Departmen t of Public Health (CDPH) works closely with the state ’s 61 local public health departments (58 county and three city departments) to promote public health across California.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

The enforcement of and sentencing for certain criminal offenses. [Ballot]

Dec 4, 2019 - (Currently 35 of the 58 counties have more than 100,000 residents.) In these counties, the SBTT court would determine if the crime was caused in whole or in part by (1)  economic need, (2)  drug use or addiction, or (3)  a mental health issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-024

Changes to how Californians vote. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Feb 3, 2016 - Once VoteCal is fully operational, it will (1) bring the state into compliance with HAVA, (2) provide a centralized voter registration database that is accessible by elec tions offices in all 58 counties, and (3) establish a publicly available website which will allow voters to register to vote online.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-118

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

Proposition 26 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - About 23,000 stores in all 58 counties sell state lottery games. Lottery sales —after prizes and operation costs —support education. About $1.9 billion in lottery revenue supported education last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=26&year=2022

Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2016 [Ballot]

Mar 6, 2015 - The grants are allocated on a per square foot basis, with a maximum of $3  million for each new construction project and $1.5  million for each modernization project. Grant recipients are required to match state dollars for both types of projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-005