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

Jan 20, 2026 - Civil penalties on covered co mpanies may be assessed as a percentage of annual gross revenue, beginning at 5 percent for initial violations and increasing to as much as 100 percent for violations that remain u ncured over specified time periods.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - These include (1)  which state entity would have the responsibility of issuing the cards (for example, DMV, Secretary of State, or a newly created office), (2)  the complexity of the design of the card (for example, whether photographs are required, any security elements, the materials used for a physical card, and whether a digital ident ification card could be used), and (3)  the number of voters who request cards each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

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 - File No. 25-0006, Amendment #1). Background Charter Cities and Other Local Governments in California. California is composed of a large network of local governments. These include counties, cities, special districts, and school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-006

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 - Figure 1 (on the next page) shows how the measure would allocate the tax revenues if the revenues average $1 billion annually. With this assumption, the measure would allocate around $5 billion to the Institute for metagenomic sequencing research and development over the full ten-year period in which the tax is in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - File No. 25-0004, Amendment #1). Background Charter Cities and Other Local Governments in California. California is composed of a large network of local governments. These include counties, cities, special districts, and school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-004

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - File No. 25-0005, Amendment #1). Background Charter Cities and Other Local Governments in California. California is composed of a large network of local governments. These include counties, cities, special districts, and school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-005

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

Dec 23, 2015 - Specifically, a city or county could implement (1) a cultivation tax of up to $2 per square foot of plant canopy on all marijuana and (2) a retail sales tax of up to 5  percent on recreational marijuana.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-104

Proposition 58 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - Schools may approve these waivers for students meeting one of three conditions: (1) English learners who have attended an English-only classroom for at least 30 days and whose teachers, principal, and district superintendent all agree would l earn better in a bilingual program; (2) students who are at least ten years old; or (3) students who are already fluent English speakers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=58&year=2016