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

Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 22, 2015 - Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that federal authorities could continue under federal l aw to prosecute California patients and providers engaged in the cultivation and use of marijuana for medical purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-103

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

Proposition 36 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Proposition  47 Reduced Punishments for Some Theft and Drug Crimes In 2014, Proposition  47 changed some theft and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. For example, shoplifting (stealing items worth $950 or less from a store) and drug possession generally became misdemeanors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=36&year=2024

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 measure related to the use of restroom and changing room facilities [Ballot]

Jun 8, 2015 - In federal fiscal year 2014-15, California governmental entities received a total of about $1.2  billion in federal contract funds (such as for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory). In addition, some federal grants also include provisions prohibiting discrimination based on sex and gender identity.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-019

Proposition 65 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - In 2014, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed a statewide carryout bag law, Senate Bill (SB)  270. Similar to many local laws, SB  270 prohibits most grocery stores, convenience stores, large pharmacies, and liquor stores in the state from providing single-use plastic carryout bags.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=65&year=2016

High-speed rail (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Jan 8, 2016 - All of the federal funds have be en appropriated to HSRA, which began construction of the high-speed rail system in the Central Valley in 2014 using these funds. Currently, about $670  million of the federal funds have been spent.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-109

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act [Ballot]

Feb 5, 2015 - These costs would typically not be significant compared to total state spending for CalWORKs, which is estimated to cost about $5.6 billion in state and federal funds in 2014-15. Under these circumstances, there could also be a minor increase in child welfare and foster care costs for the state and counties.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-013