Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - The workload imposed by the measure on the State Auditor —recurring audits of all 58 counties and the state —would be a substantial increase in the State Auditor ’s workload that would require a significant expansion of that office.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

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

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

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 taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 14, 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/2025-006

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

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

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 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