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

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

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

Proposition 4 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Energy Infrastructure ($850  Million). More than half of this money would support the development of wind turbines off the California coast ($475  million). Most of the remaining money would pay for building infrastructure such as transmission lines to carry electricity long distances ($325  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=4&year=2024

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

Proposition 52 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - The fee revenue is used for two purposes: (1) to fund the state share of increased Medi-Cal payments for hospitals and grants for public hospitals ($3.7  billion in 2015-16) and (2) to generate state General Fund savings ($850  million in 2015-16).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=52&year=2016

Revenue from paper and reusable carryout bag sales. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2015 - In 2014, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed a statewide single-use carryout bag law, Chapter  850, of 2014 (SB 270, Padilla). Similar to many of the local ordinances, SB 270 prohibits most grocery, convenience, and liquor stores from providing single-use plastic bags.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-074

A proposed constitutional and statutory initiative related to poverty reduction. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2015 - We estimate that, in 2017-18, between $850  million and $1  billion would be allocated to the Home Visiting Account to provide for expanded home visiting services. The funding allocated annually for this purpose generally would grow over time, tracking the growth of the new surcharge revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-043